X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,4c191a57c9b2123e,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: Patrick Craig Subject: The CP2 controversy Date: 1997/10/07 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 278551071 X-Sender: s002psc@paladin.wright.edu Organization: Wright State University Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Just wanted to give a hearty "thanks" for the hate mail I've received so far. Please, keep it coming. I enjoy it. In case you didn't realize, it's a real no-brainer to flame me - I can't do anything to change the curriculum here. I identified myself as a _teaching assistant_, remember? I've been reading some of the messages between you about this mess, and from what I can gather: CP2 is a massive conspiracy, masterminded by one single instructor (called kgros) and designed specifically to destroy alt.ascii-art. Why haven't I seen you guys on alt.paranoid.ufo? You'd be very much accepted there. For your information, CP2 is an exercise conducted in our class, and involves only the copying of a message from alt.ascii.art to a student's personal directory. The copied message is then attached to a message that is posted to our own personal newsgroup. You shouldn't be seeing any of this, but sometimes some of our students make a mistake and post to alt.ascii-art instead of the class newsgroup. Does it really cause you people physical pain to see these messages? The reason we use alt.ascii-art is - we like your work. We enjoy seeing the nice pictures you make, and it makes our students enjoy the course a little more. You're yelling at us because we like what you do. This is not surprising, considering the topsy-turvy state of today's society. Okay, I've said my peace. If this stuff is really making a wreck of your lives, then get a guide to U.S. colleges and write to our university's computer science department. Tell them you don't like what's going on. Ask them to change the location of the newsgroup we use in the course. And be unified about it. A million signatures does more than two. Have a nice day. Patrick Craig My views do not reflect those of Wright State University.