NET NEWS STANDARD FOLLOW-UP FORM I took exception to your recent post to _________________(newsgroup). It was: ___ Lame. ___ Stupid. ___ Much longer than any worthwhile thought of which you may be capable of. You need to look at the fact that: ___ What you posted has been posted before (mark only if last item checked) ___ It was done better the last time. ___ Your post was a pathetic imitation of _____________. ___ Your post contained spelling errors. ___ Your post contained grammar errors. ___ Your post was an obvious forgery. (mark only if last item checked) ___ It was done clumsily. ___ You have a lame login i.d. ___ Your machine has a stupid name. ___ You quoted an entire areticle only to add ___ new line(s) of text. ___ You flamed someone who has been around a lot longer than you. ___ You flamed someone who is far more intelligent than you. ___ You flamed someone who is far wittier than you. ___ Your lines are 80 columns long or longer. Pleas adjust. ___ You failed to check the Followups-to: line. Also: ___ The .sig you appended is ridiculous because (check all that apply): ___ You have ___ snail mail addresses which no one uses anymore. ___ You have ___ phone numbers for people to use in prank calls. ___ You have listed email addresses, which normally can be found in the header and so are redundant. ___ You have listed multiple email addresses. Are you really expecting people to send email to you in triplicate? ___ You included a stupid disclaimer. (mark only is last item checked) ___ Your pathetic attempt at being witty in the disclaimer failed. ___ You included (check all that apply): ___ A stupid quote. ___ A stupid self-quote. ___ A stupid quote from a net.nobody. ___ A stupid Rush Limbaugh quote. ___ A lame ASCII graphic of (check all that apply): ___ USS Enterprise ___ Australia ___ A bicycle ___ A company or university logo ___ A face ___ A signature Furthermore: ___ You have greatly misunderstood the purpose of _____________(newsgroup). ___ You have greatly misunderstood the purpose of the net. ___ You must have spent your entire life in a Skinner box to be this clueless. ___ This has been pointed out to you before. ___ It is reccommended that (check all that apply): ___ You find a volcano and throw yourself in. ___ You get a gun and shoot yourself. ___ Rent a clue ___ Get a life. Comments: