From: Mike Campbell <michael_s_campbell@...>
Date: 2003-09-28T02:05:13+09:00
Subject: Re: alerts - was Re: Fwd: FW: Porting Suggestions: Lucene to Ruby; Perl Text::Balanced

> Erik Hatcher wrote:
> > I was alerted about me being mentioned on ruby-talk, as I was not 
> > subscribed.  I'm now here!
> 
> This interests me, because I've suspected there must be a tool
> like this in existence. Too many times I have noticed someone
> pop out of nowhere to respond to a reference to his name being
> mentioned. (Three I can think of are A****r M****r, P*****k
> L***n, and most recently B****e S********p.  :)
> 
> Rather like accidentally mentioning a demon's name and thereby
> summoning him. But most supernatural entities have to have
> their names mentioned thrice in succession, whereas on Usenet,
> once is enough.


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