Re: netscapism quote

Daniel W. Connolly (connolly@beach.w3.org)
Sun, 25 Jun 95 20:20:17 EDT

In message <19950625.12964@naggum.no>, Erik Naggum writes:
>I have been notified that Dan Connolly quotes my current signature in a
>message to this list <9506241800.AA14335@mailer.oclc.org> without giving me
>credit for it.

This caught me off guard. Then I saw this:

In message <9506241800.AA14335@mailer.oclc.org>, connolly@w3.org writes:
>NETSCAPISM /net-'sca-,pi-z*m/ n (1995): habitual diversion of the mind to
> purely imaginative activity or entertainment as an escape from the
> realization that the Internet was built by and for someone else.

I don't recall writing this. Then I saw this in the headers:

Received: from www10.w3.org (www10.w3.org [18.23.0.20]) by beach.w3.org (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id OAA25594 for <connolly@beach.w3.org>; Sat, 24 Jun 1995 14:13:53 -0400
Received: from fssun09.dev.oclc.org by www10.w3.org (5.0/NSCS-1.0S)
id AA00600; Sat, 24 Jun 1995 14:13:52 +0500
Received: from (localhost.dev.oclc.org) by fssun09.dev.oclc.org (4.1/SMI-4.1)
id AA29920; Sat, 24 Jun 95 14:03:03 EDT

So this message supposedly left beach.w3.org on saturday. I wasn't
in on saturday.

I'm afraid this is a case of unattended terminal.

Erik: if you're pissed that somebody's using your signature
without attribution, just think how I feel that somebody's
using my workstation to forge mail from me when I'm not
around.

I don't like locking my workstation, but it looks like I
may have to.

I hate living in a world where the insurance companies and
the lawers run everything, but all these idiots just keep
handing them the power...

Dan