Re: [9fans] Why should I invest[tigate] plan9?

[Kurt H Maier <khm-9@intma.in>]

On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 10:13:28AM +0000, Unknown wrote:
> My route here was: when my ISP said I'd have to buy W95, because Win3
> wasn't good enough any more, I said screw-you and found linux and ETHO
> [the single fd0, full OS & inet suite].

Let me start out by saying I love this message.  I thought fakeposting
had died, but clearly there are still some practitioners out there.
Here are a few hints:

- Nobody's ISP tells them what OS to run, even back in 1995.  This
excessive detail deprives your message of the credibility it deserves.

- dog@gmail.com is not valid -- gmail requires at least six characters
in the username field; you had to know someone would notice this.  Next
time, register a better throwaway address.  Mailinator has lots of
legit-sounding domains to choose from.

- The message seems to have shot its whole magazine in the first
engagement.  Spread it out over a few more messages, so people get
engaged in the discussion before they realize it's a fakepost.

Don't get discouraged!  This is good work, and with practice, you'll be
tearing up mailing lists for years to come.

Thanks,
Kurt