From: mjb@vince.arl.mil (Matthew J. Bennett) Subject: Not a threat, *a promise* With all the talk of threats, why don't we make this into a newsgroup, and various other topics that some enjoy but others don't, I propose to make a little teeny weeny change in how this whole list works. First, make it a dual list server/newsgroup. So you can read it in whatever program you want, threaded, steel belted, sorted, whatever. But the magic of this proposal is the sorting. You see, each message will be automatically sorted into separate areas, using a complex algorithm that I have designed using ancient techniques handed down from father to son in my family, back from when my ancestors first crawled from the primordial slime, oh a generation or two ago. These methods incorporate fuzzy logic, astigmatic logic, neural networks, the Taguchi method, Total Quality Management, wavelet transforms, and just about every other buzzword I can think of. Everyone will be subscribed to all groups to begin with, except for those folks from AOL, since I figure I gotta give them a challenge, just to make sure the GUI hasn't sapped all their wiley ways. When you get tired of a certain subject, you can just remove it from your access list, quick, simple, no threats of bodily harm or actually having to meet someone face to face. Here's a list of the groups that we should start with, with more groups added at a whim. Presented as their USENET names. alt.miata alt.miata.armament alt.miata.babe.magnet alt.miata.bestiality alt.miata.binaries.pictures.erotica alt.miata.capri.die.die.die alt.miata.cdchanger alt.miata.charger alt.miata.charger.super alt.miata.charger.super.rulez alt.miata.charger.turbo alt.miata.charger.turbo.rulez alt.miata.cheesy.ground.effects alt.miata.cheesy.ground.effects.fan alt.miata.cheesy.ground.effects.flame alt.miata.clubs alt.miata.color.other.than.red.who.cares alt.miata.color.red alt.miata.color.red.rulez alt.miata.coming.to.take.me.away.ha.ha alt.miata.delsol.die.die.die alt.miata.detectors.lidar alt.miata.detectors.lidar.flame alt.miata.detectors.radar alt.miata.dweebs alt.miata.eaten.by.a.grue alt.miata.erotica alt.miata.fan.andy.poling alt.miata.flame alt.miata.flame.aol alt.miata.flame.everybody alt.miata.flames.not.painted.miata.flambe alt.miata.flames.painted.on.side alt.miata.flames.painted.on.side.flame alt.miata.frontplate alt.miata.frontplate.tickets alt.miata.gabba.gabba.hey alt.miata.gatherings alt.miata.gatherings.wrecks alt.miata.geeks alt.miata.gunracks alt.miata.guns alt.miata.guns.assault alt.miata.guns.flame alt.miata.guns.water alt.miata.humor alt.miata.humor.lewd alt.miata.jato alt.miata.lane.change.under.a.semi alt.miata.list.complaints alt.miata.list.complaints.complainers alt.miata.list.complaints.complainers.go.away alt.miata.meguiars alt.miata.mod.capacitor alt.miata.mod.diode alt.miata.mod.klystron alt.miata.mod.resistor alt.miata.mod.synchrotron alt.miata.mod.tranzorb alt.miata.music alt.miata.music.classical alt.miata.music.country alt.miata.music.jazz alt.miata.music.list alt.miata.music.list.flames alt.miata.music.polka alt.miata.music.rock alt.miata.netcop alt.miata.netcop.from.aol.die.die.die alt.miata.oil alt.miata.oil.dino alt.miata.oil.dino.flame alt.miata.oil.misinformation alt.miata.oil.synthetic alt.miata.oil.synthetic.flame alt.miata.oldtimers alt.miata.oldtimers.flame alt.miata.oldtimers.i.was.here.before.you alt.miata.oldtimers.pick.on.aol alt.miata.oversteer.and.understeer alt.miata.personals alt.miata.pickup alt.miata.questions.intelligent alt.miata.questions.intelligent.answers alt.miata.questions.stupid alt.miata.questions.stupid.flame alt.miata.sex alt.miata.sex.impossible alt.miata.sex.possible alt.miata.sex.stories alt.miata.some.people.take.this.too.seriously alt.miata.stupid.tricks alt.miata.subscribe alt.miata.subscribe.flame alt.miata.suspension alt.miata.talk.huh alt.miata.talk.inane alt.miata.talk.misc alt.miata.threats alt.miata.threats.bomb alt.miata.threats.come.and.get.me alt.miata.threats.flame alt.miata.tires alt.miata.top.speed alt.miata.topdown alt.miata.topdown.in.hail alt.miata.topdown.in.plague.of.frogs alt.miata.topdown.in.rain alt.miata.topdown.in.snow alt.miata.topup alt.miata.topup.flame alt.miata.unsubscribe alt.miata.unsubscribe.flame alt.miata.wax alt.miata.wheels alt.miata.wheels.teddybear alt.miata.wrecks alt.miata.wrecks.stories And to those who don't like this idea? Well, my sorting program will make sure you are forced to read every message in all caps and *all* subscription messages. Please feel free to add groups. I wanna hear from you. Matt & Annoying Little Red Car