5/3     csua wall is dying. so is nwrite, talk, and motd. how sad.
        \_ We'll all text-message each other on our CSUA mobile phones,
           which will have CPUs faster than soda and run *nix.
        \_ want to know what killed it? IRC (1992). ICQ (1994). AIM (1996).
           YIM (1997). MSN Messenger (1998). Mobile text messaging (2000).
           Eudora/POP/IMAP/Affordable desktop/laptops (now people don't
           have to log into soda to check email). And finally, lack of
           CSUA effort to 1) make a more friendly frontend for nwrite/talk,
           something that the better programmars at XCF have no problem
           writing and 2) get more members involved 3) tom scaring newbies
           from using soda.
           \_ Hi paolo!
                \_ paolo is sexy
                   \_ well he's mostly right.  -knows paolo
              \_ well he's mostly right.  -!doesn't know paolo
           \_ behold, kchang has risen from squishdom and is striking with
              righteous fury at his old enemies!
              \_ well he's mostly right.  -!doesn't know kchang
        \_ How is motd "dying"? It seems to get more posts than ever.
                \_ case u haven't noticed it's mostly from ilyas, tom, and psb
                   \_ I like that definition of 'mostly.'  For instance, let's
                      measure the fraction of the threads currently signed by
                      above three, versus all other threads. -- ilyas
                      \_ it's a dumb and obviously false statement even if
                         you only count signed posts.  since a majority of
                         posters do not sign, it's beyond idiotic.  just
                         ignore it.
                         \_ Obviously someone needs to take the time to
                            write a script that will record motd editing
                            frequency per account, and settle this argument
                            once and for all.