From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:24:37 -0500 From: Kurt H Maier To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-ID: <20130128142437.GA56383@intma.in> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [9fans] Why should I invest[tigate] plan9? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 0f3b9f6c-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 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