Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 25670
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2002/8/24 [Academia/Berkeley/CSUA/Motd] UID:25670 Activity:very high
8/23    Is it just me, or are threads being purged three or four times
        a day?  It seems like, just as motd starts to be entertaining
        or interesting, someone purges it.  What gives?      -mice
        \_ revolution starts in '03.
        \_ I think there are those who do not want the motd to be
           entertaining or interesting. They want it to be nothing
           but "couch for sale" and "sysadmin question of the day".
           \_ We go through cycles of this.  Everyone few months a new geek
              shows up who think they're going to be the one who "cleans up
              the motd" and "kills all the trolls" and blah blah blah.  They
              fight a losing battle for a few days, sometimes as long as a
              week or two and then grow up and go away and find better ways
              to spend their time than cull non-nerd topics from the motd.
              No big deal.  I know who this particular loser is.  It won't
              last much longer.  Be patient, keep posting and keep reposting
              from your copy after each idiotic blasting.  Works everytime.
              \_ I thought paolo gave up on that?
                \_ paolo wasn't culling, he was deleting the entire motd
                   every 3 minutes by an automated script.  -tom
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