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   Message 1,152 of 1,586   
   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   
      
   --- DB 3.99 + Windows 10   
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