From: Rabid Wombat <wombat@mcfeely.bsfs.org>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 21:24:40 -0700 (PDT)
To: "Douglas B. Renner" <dougr@skypoint-gw.globelle.com>
Subject: [Noise] Re: [POINTERS] On Vulis' net background
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Still more on this rather silly topic:
(Hey - at least I put "noise" on it)  :)

below:

On Tue, 15 Oct 1996, Douglas B. Renner wrote:

> Some *very* informative background data may be found at:
> 
> http://www.math.harvard.edu/~verbit/scs/cranks/from-Schlomo.html#vulis
> 
> Of course the title KOTM may also have been fraudulently obtained (if USENET 
> vote forgery bears any relevance...)
> see: "Fraudulent votes from bwalk.dm.com cited" in (are we surprised?)
> news.admin.net-abuse.misc   Here's a pointer to one archive:
> 
> http://www2.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/news?msg@3945@misc%2enews%2einternet%2ediscuss%26dlv+bwalk+dm+com
> 
> Doug
> 
> 

I don't know if anyone ever figured out who was forging votes for whom - 
the May '96 KOTM award was hotly contested, with forgeries flying every 
which way. If you have way too much time on your hands, read all about it 
at: http://www.wetware.com/mlegare/kotm/winnersk96.html#may96

-r.w.