> From: houlihan at epix.net (Jerry Houlihan)
> Subject: Re: Looking for articles on Cell Biology
He wrote:
> >> My sis is doing a report on Cell Biology and I'm wondering if
I wrote:
> >Yes. In the library. This is in fact a serious group, devoted
He wrote:
> I don't think my posting was, in any way, out of line. I am
looking for
> information about CELL BIOLOGY.....and not the shit you find in
the public
> library in Lancaster, PA.....the kind of cutting edge stuff that
resides
> on the NET. I hope you don't think that because you have a PhD
after your
> name and get a free connection through your University, that you
have any more
> right to participate on the Internet or in the Usenet groups than
I do! In
> fact, I probably have more of a right to be here since I PAY for a
connection
> and MY tax dollars go toward the maintainence and upkeep of the
Internet.
> America
> invented, built and payed for the Internet....NOT S. Africa....we
just allow you
> to be a part of it out of the goodness of our hearts. Now get off
your high hog
> and go bother the make.money.fast posters!!!!!
I reply:
And I say, again, that asking for "cutting-edge information" on cell
biology in this newsgroup is a waste of everyone time: the subject
is vast, the information voluminous, and you have completely
non-specific about what it is exactly you want. Which leads me to
the conclusion that you don't know, and would be far better served -
as would your sister - by going and doing some preliminary reading
on the subject, and THEN coming into what is a serious newsgroup
with a serious question. Not something of the "Gee, I wanna know
everything about E coli" sort of thing.
And for your information, you only pay for your part of the
Internet, which is a whole lot bigger than just the US bit of it
(which is big, and came first, granted). I pay for mine (tax
rands). You are connected to mine also. Grow up.
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