time(0L) - history of a misconception

[Doug Gwyn]

In article <1991May25.002706.27552 at kithrup.COM> sef at kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) writes:
>Talk to Henry, Doug, or Chris about such things; I'll just get
>into an argument and end up calling you a fool or worse.  (HGoC might
>*think* so, but I don't think they'll *say* so.  Well, actually, I'm not so
>sure about that, now that I think about it.)

"Sean, you ignorant slut."

I think it's entirely a function of how annoyed we are by hearing the
umpteen-zillionth repetition of the same error, when sources of correct
information are relatively easy to come by.

:-)