Is Barry Margolin a real person???

[Bob Rahe]

In article <20000106080023.E4855 at washingt.cospo.osis.gov>,
Joseph S D Yao  <jsdy at cospo.osis.gov> wrote:
...

>When network news was still Usenet (UUCP) news, Loren Weinstein (UCLA)
>was rumored to read and answer ALL items in ALL newsgroups.  I was
>standing next to him in one of those after-Usenix-session shoot-the-
>breeze groups, and I said something to him, addressing him by name.
>Immediately one of the very-much-younger people present shot to his feet
>and stammered, "Are you Loren?  THE Loren?  I mean, really Loren?  We
>all thought you must be a machine!"

>So this is not a new accusation.  ;-)
...


  Isn't it "Lauren" ?  Because I remember back in the days of the Human-Nets
mailing list (pre usenet??? toddler-Arpanet???) There was a question 
going around as to whether he was a him or a her... And he wouldn't say...
I think he rather enjoyed that actually!  8-)

   Bob
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