The polluters, the litterers, the vandals, the
besmirchers, the graffiti "artists" invaded. In a
natural defensive reaction, everyone who used to be
useful -- myself included -- became polarized.
But that's not the bad news. The bad news is
that the graffiti "artists," besmirchers, vandals,
litterers, and polluters are not only winning but
certain to win. Entropy is on their side. It is
easier to destroy than to build.
May God rot them all.
Also, glancing over the credits in the C-FAQ ...
These guys hardly ever, if at all, post here:
Dan Bernstein
Tanmoy Bhattacharya
D'Arcy J.M. Cain
Billy Chambless
Clive D.W. Feather
Jos Horsmeier
James C. Hu
Lawrence Kirby
Peter Klausler
Andrew Koenig
Kaz Kylheku
Mike Lee
George Marsaglia
Richard A. O'Keefe
Dan Pop
Kevin D. Quitt
Michael Rubenstein
Jens Schweikhardt
Peter Seebach
Henry Spencer
Bob Stout
Dan Stubbs
Kurt Watzka
Larry Weiss
And these favorites are now reduced to guest appearances:
Chris Torek
Dik T. Winter
Those posters are simply irreplacable. (There are lots of others that
never got put in the credits but were valuable posters that also went
away.)
First, there was the September that never ended.
Then there were the AOLers.
Then the WebTV wave.
I don't know what to call the current wave of nonsense, but I am
partial to "The giant flush".
We'll never get ARPA-Net back.