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From: gdr11@cl.cam.ac.uk (Gareth Rees)
Subject: Re: A bill of players' rights
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Date: Wed, 19 May 1993 19:47:29 GMT
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In article <C791n4.6I4@rice.edu>, adam@owlnet.rice.edu (Adam Justin Thornton) writes:
>>     6.  Not to need to do unlikely things
>> (Less extremely, the problem of the hacker's keys in "The Lurking Horror".)
> 
> Agreed, but I don't agree with the hacker problem: when you examined him, you
> saw the keys.  When you found a locked door...(plus, GUE is MIT: it's common
> knowledge that tunneling is a favorite pastime thereabouts)
> 
> [...]
>
>>     16.  Not to need to be American to understand hints
> 
> Sure.  But it's not always obvious what is and what isn't a common referent.

You say, "it's common knowledge" above.  Common to whom?  Certainly over here in
the UK rather little is known about what goes on at MIT. 

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Gareth Rees <gdr11@phx.cam.ac.uk>
