% X-NEWS: spcvxb news.admin.policy: 641 P Relay-Version: VMS News - V6.1B4+SPC1 6/9/92 VAX/VMS V5.5-1; site spcvxb.spc.edu< Path: spcvxb!rutgers!att-out!cbfsb!cbnewsf.cb.att.com!forbesq Newsgroups: news.groups,alt.flame,talk.bizarre,news.admin.policy,rec.music.synth,rec.music.makers.synth,rec.humor 1 Subject: =4= Planet of the Usenet Winter Olympics 5 Message-ID: <1992Nov17.072636.13387@cbfsb.cb.att.com> . From: forbes@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (Scott Forbes) Date: 17 Nov 92 07:26:36 GMT Sender: news@cbfsb.cb.att.com  Followup-To: rec.humor References: <1992Nov14.072212.29383@cbfsb.cb.att.com> <1992Nov15.072436.11408@cbfsb.cb.att.com> <1992Nov16.060508.16368@cbfsb.cb.att.com> / Organization: Usenet Sports Programming Network A Keywords: Usenet Winter Olympics coverage -- exclusively on USPN! B Summary: A world where metaphors collide and sanity has no meaning	 Lines: 94 B Xref: spcvxb news.groups:41882 alt.flame:39252 talk.bizarre:73963 W  news.admin.policy:641 rec.music.synth:33645 rec.music.makers.synth:164 rec.humor:61401          \\=    ////     The Usenet Sports Programming Network presents...    (____)    \  /      ||     ||  =              /\     /\                   /\            /\  /\ >   /\        /  |_____|\/\     /\/\      /  \/\    /\  /  \/  \C  /  \  /\  /   | RFD | \ \   / /  \  /\/    \ \  /  \/    \   \  /\ A /    \/  \/    |-----|    \ /     .\/ /   .    \/    \         \/ @       \        |     |     \      |-------|                    /+                |     |            |  CFV  | +                                   |_______| +                                   |       | +                                   |       | +                \            |     |       |                  \___----''''|                   \ announce |          "Oops!"   \results  |                   o \__---'''| ?              \  -+- \       |                     "Start over." :               \  ||  \      |                   o        o;                \/ \   \     |                  -+-   o  -+- :                 \ |                             |   -+-  |;                  \|                            / \   |  / \ 7                                                     / \ '                             S L A L O M   1                   The 1992 Usenet Winter Olympics   
 Peter Arnett: ? >Welcome back to USPN's coverage of the Usenet Winter Olympics! ? >Today's broadcast of the Slalom event includes interviews with B >past medal-winners in this thrilling event, including last year'sA >rookie sensation from sci.virtual-worlds.apps.  But first, let's A >take a look at the history of this unusual sport, which began...     #                                   *    Rich: C >I don't understand it!  News.groups should be *demanding* a way to C >enforce the Guidelines by now, some way to handle errant sysadmins @ >and create a more orderly net -- but there's NOTHING!  In fact,C >there are suggestions popping up everywhere to make the Guidelines  >*easier* to read and use!   Gene: C >They don't realize the consequences of simplifying the Guidelines: C >The less intimidating the Guidelines, the more newsgroups created. C >And the more newsgroups created, the more Usenet descends into the @ >lawless anarchy it is swiftly becoming.  I don't know where youB >found this "Dave Hayes" character -- he's very convincing, by the6 >way -- but so far your plan appears to be backfiring.   Rich: B >We need more time!  I'll tell Dave to propose a new RFD, one thatB >conflicts with the original, and deliberately forces the issue...   Gene: A >You'd better hurry.  The Cabal is losing patience.  If your plan B >fails -- YOUR plan, which the Cabal has put considerable time andC >effort into backing -- I don't need to spell out the consequences.    Rich: 6 >I'll do everything I can.  There must be something...    #                                   *    Peter:B >--next competitor is Mansoor A. Jaffery, from soc.religion.islam.@ >It looks like Mansoor is having a little trouble as he makes it >around the second turn...   Mansoor:7 >Post to groups:  news.announce.newgroups, news.groups, 3 >                 soc.religion.islam, soc.culture.* 9 >Subject:         That's not the CFV!  *This* is the CFV!  >Reply-To:        /dev/null    [...rumble...]   Peter:; >Mansoor's started an avalanche of angry postings!  It's --   B [Peter is buried under several thousand tons of snow.  After a few- moments, the camera returns to USPN studios.]    Bryant: @ >Thanks for that exciting update, Peter!  USPN's coverage of theA >Usenet Winter Olympics will continue right after these messages. 