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 Message 1152 
 Roger Nelson to mark lewis 
 Re: Science News 
 30 Jun 16 07:26:58 
 
ml> 29 Jun 16 12:01, you wrote to me:
 
ml> >> you've been told that the echo's name has been changed for several
ml> >> years, tim...
 
ml>TR> No...I haven't been!
 
ml> i told you at least once and i know that roger has said it more than
ml> twice... there was even a discussion about how the old name was still
ml> appearing instead of the new one...
 
I fixed that some time ago.  I was a little surprised that the old name was
still in use and sent the correction to Ross, who changed it that day.  It had
been corrected in BACKBONE.NA when I chenged the theme, but not in all
distributions.  Ross is in charge of the AREAS.TXT file and that's where the
old name was.
 
ml> >> your sysop used an old list when they created the areas on their
ml> >> bbs... your sysop needs to rename the echo on their system so they
ml> >> have the proper name on it... your sysop is the one that needs to
ml> >> FixTheirStuff...
 
That's what I told him.
 
ml>TR> Whatever. Since `discussion' isn't allowed in this echo I'll not be
ml>TR> posting in here much.
 
ml> we'll see if your sysop responds to my netmail about fixing the echo's
ml> name/description on his system ;)
 
I wrote him, too.  I haven't received a reply yet.
 
ml> ... Bug: 1. Programmer's term for a feature.
 
... Bug: 2. An elusive creature living in a program which makes it incorrect.
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

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