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Some news groups, primarily of technical nature, are moderated, meaning whatever you write is first submitted to a (human) moderator for inspection and then, if it's okay, posted on the group. The main purpose of moderation is to prevent false information from reaching the Usenet...
Ariadne, her eyes large with compassion, tells her husband, "Dio, we need to talk about your drinking." Dionysus can't believe what he is hearing. "Look, I'm the god of wine, okay? I'm not the god of iced tea. I am the god of revelry, a crucial element of the fertility process. The dancing and drinking and whooping and wahooing is what makes the wheat grow, babes. That's what gives us the corn crop...
...right, then, it's immoral, you say. Okay, Plan Two: Some evening, one of the house dining halls closes to students, who may then eat at any other dining hall they wish. (They could even be assigned, so that the added students would not create enough extra labor at any one house to be noticeable.) That dining hall hosts a dinner for the homeless, feeding hundreds of Cambridge's needy. The change per meal? Exactly the same as my other plan, since HUDS is simply producing extra meals with no compensation. Once again, society gains by $6, rather than losing...
...okay here," said the 31-year-old former tractor-trailer driver. "I've adjusted to it a bit because I have no choice...
...laughing so hard she was crying. My dad ruffled my hair and said, "So this is the sleaze you work with." Okay, so it didn't boost my ego, and I felt a bit foolish for worrying, but their reaction did remind me not to take the tension over the magazine so seriously...