ethics?

[fredr...@celica.dec]

>Newsgroups: net.sport.hoops
>Path: decwrl!decvax!bellcore!ulysses!burl!gc49!smithrd
>Subject: Re: NCAA contest picks
>Posted: 14 Mar 86 20:06:00 GMT
>Organization: AT&T Technologies, Guilford Center, NC
>Keywords: ethics
>Summary: me-thinks something is fishy about this one
>
>In article <16...@decwrl.DEC.COM> fredr...@celica.DEC writes:
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>>The preceding picks were submitted Thursday morning, March 13.
>>
>>Mark Fredrickson
>
>
>However, from the article, we also note:
> >Date: 13 Mar 86 17:31:20 GMT
> >Date-Received: 14 Mar 86 09:28:02 GMT
> >Sender: dae...@decwrl.DEC.COM
>
>I can only assume:
> (1) you're pulling our leg
> (2) you're desparate
> (3) "submitted" should have been followed by "to the keypunch
> group"
>or
> (4) you're using some home(DEC)-brewed interface to posting
> news (as evidenced by the daemon sender and your
> machine name being different from the posting machine)
>
>I'd guess #4 (I believe in the goodness of mankind), but you can
>understand my reluctance to take such a posting seriously.
>
>But then again, I could be wrong (remember the NIT....)
>--
> Randy D. Smith (919) 279-5312
> AT&T Technologies, Guilford Center, NC
> ....!{ihnp4,burl}!{gc49,gc3ba}!smithrd

I have no desire (or motive) to deceive you folks. I know nothing of the
process a posting follows before it reaches its final destination. I sat here
at my desk last Thursday morning and made my picks and whisked them away to
the address I always use. I put the note on the bottom because I had no idea
how long it would take for it to be posted and I knew the games were starting
that day.

I guess following your choice #3 would have been advisable ("submitted to the
keypunch group") if I knew enough to do that.

As for your #4, I haven't got the foggiest notion of what that even means.

I realize the fact that I was 14-2 (I missed Depaul and Oklahoma) in Thursday's
games may fuel your accusation (did you have a tough first round, Randy?), but
first-round games are pretty easy to have a high percentage on. The only ones
I missed on Friday were the two big upsets, Cleveland St. and Ark. L-R. Do you
think I would have had Northeastern advancing to the final 16 if I was trying
to cheat?

As you can tell, I'm not a veteran netter. If the person running the contest
wants to disqualify me, I promise I'll still sleep at night.

Mark Fredrickson