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On Fri, 02 Mar 2018 11:21:40 +0000, maus wrote:

> Writing of magazines, back then, the UK market had a magazine called
>  "Computer Shopper", NOT the US one, the UK one was developed by a man
> called "* Dennis", whose previous point of interest was as have being
>  prosecuted for being associated with a porn charge. As far as I
>  remember,
> the judge more or less let him off, as he thought that Mr. D. was of
> "Low intelligence "

Ah yes. The notorious Felix Dennis.

Computer Shopper was indeed good to start with. As was Personal Computer 
World; that got fatter and fatter with more and more adverts and Wintel.

I fitted a special large leterbox for PCW.

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maus <ma...@mail.com> wrote:
> Writing of magazines, back then, the UK market had a magazine called
>  "Computer Shopper", NOT the US one, the UK one was developed by a man 
> called "* Dennis", whose previous point of interest was as have being
>  prosecuted for being associated with a porn charge. As far as I remember,
> the judge more or less let him off, as he thought that Mr. D. was of
> "Low intelligence "
> 
> He next produced the above magazine, which was first printed on very
> low quality paper, but had great articles about every sort of computer,
> including the LYNX. As the years passed, the quality of the paper went
>  up, but the content collapsed to the point where it was hard to find 
> actual articles among the dross. By that time, Mr. Dennis was gone with
>  lotsofcash.
> 
> 
> Now we have Facebook.. "O tempo, o mores". I must check if there are any
> computer magazines now.
> 

Probably not. Because we have stuff like Facebook notbthat many people read
anymore!

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On 2 Mar 2018 11:21:40 GMT, maus <ma...@mail.com> wrote:

>Writing of magazines, back then, the UK market had a magazine called
> "Computer Shopper", NOT the US one, the UK one was developed by a man 
>called "* Dennis", whose previous point of interest was as have being
> prosecuted for being associated with a porn charge. As far as I remember,
>the judge more or less let him off, as he thought that Mr. D. was of
>"Low intelligence "
>
>He next produced the above magazine, which was first printed on very
>low quality paper, but had great articles about every sort of computer,
>including the LYNX. As the years passed, the quality of the paper went
> up, but the content collapsed to the point where it was hard to find 
>actual articles among the dross. By that time, Mr. Dennis was gone with
> lotsofcash.

I used to buy the US version. Very useful, but heavy. When they became
a slick Wintel mag, I stopped buying them.

On 2018-03-02, Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> maus <ma...@mail.com> wrote:
>> Writing of magazines, back then, the UK market had a magazine called
>>  "Computer Shopper", NOT the US one, the UK one was developed by a man 
>> called "* Dennis", whose previous point of interest was as have being
>>  prosecuted for being associated with a porn charge. As far as I remember,
>> the judge more or less let him off, as he thought that Mr. D. was of
>> "Low intelligence "
>> 
>> He next produced the above magazine, which was first printed on very
>> low quality paper, but had great articles about every sort of computer,
>> including the LYNX. As the years passed, the quality of the paper went
>>  up, but the content collapsed to the point where it was hard to find 
>> actual articles among the dross. By that time, Mr. Dennis was gone with
>>  lotsofcash.
>> 
>> 
>> Now we have Facebook.. "O tempo, o mores". I must check if there are any
>> computer magazines now.
>> 
>
> Probably not. Because we have stuff like Facebook notbthat many people read
> anymore!
>

As many really do as ever. I read Facebook every day, to see what my
less computer literate relations have to say. (and one very literate one)..
Its really a heap of *.


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On 2 Mar 2018 11:21:40 GMT, maus <ma...@mail.com> wrote:
> Writing of magazines, back then, the UK market had a magazine called
>  "Computer Shopper", NOT the US one, the UK one was developed by a man 
> called "* Dennis", whose previous point of interest was as have being
>  prosecuted for being associated with a porn charge. As far as I remember,
> the judge more or less let him off, as he thought that Mr. D. was of
> "Low intelligence "

I think he got 9 months or something, but all 3 of the OZ defendants
were found innocent on appeal and only spent a couple of weeks in
jail.

> He next produced the above magazine, which was first printed on very
> low quality paper, but had great articles about every sort of computer,
> including the LYNX.

Well there were other publications in between.

> As the years passed, the quality of the paper went
>  up, but the content collapsed to the point where it was hard to find 
> actual articles among the dross. By that time, Mr. Dennis was gone with
>  lotsofcash.

Although he kept in publishing until the end. 

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   - Douglas Adams

On 2018-03-03, Andy Leighton <an...@azaal.plus.com> wrote:
> On 2 Mar 2018 11:21:40 GMT, maus <ma...@mail.com> wrote:
>> Writing of magazines, back then, the UK market had a magazine called
>>  "Computer Shopper", NOT the US one, the UK one was developed by a man 
>> called "* Dennis", whose previous point of interest was as have being
>>  prosecuted for being associated with a porn charge. As far as I remember,
>> the judge more or less let him off, as he thought that Mr. D. was of
>> "Low intelligence "
>
> I think he got 9 months or something, but all 3 of the OZ defendants
> were found innocent on appeal and only spent a couple of weeks in
> jail.

I think that he published VIZ or somethng like that. Seemed a fun
guy. Is he alive or dead, do you know?.

>
>> He next produced the above magazine, which was first printed on very
>> low quality paper, but had great articles about every sort of computer,
>> including the LYNX.
>
> Well there were other publications in between.
>
>> As the years passed, the quality of the paper went
>>  up, but the content collapsed to the point where it was hard to find 
>> actual articles among the dross. By that time, Mr. Dennis was gone with
>>  lotsofcash.
>
> Although he kept in publishing until the end. 
>


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ma...@mail.com wrote:

> I think that he published VIZ or somethng like that. Seemed a fun
> guy. Is he alive or dead, do you know?.

Died 3-4 years ago

<http://www.dennis.co.uk/about>

On Friday, March 2, 2018 at 6:11:26 AM UTC-8, Bob Eager wrote:
> On Fri, 02 Mar 2018 11:21:40 +0000, maus wrote: [...]
> Ah yes. The notorious Felix Dennis.
> 
He once lived in a 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedsit -- according to 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Dennis -- and Whoa! His publication 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Week -- comes in the mail 

to the Burschenhaus where I live on the lam. 

Mentifex
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http://ai.neocities.org/MsIeAi.html 
http://cyborg.blogspot.com/2018/03/jmpj0302.html 
http://github.com/BuildingXwithJS/proposals/issues/22 
http://medium.com/p/4241750b5224 

On 2018-03-04, menti...@gmail.com <menti...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Friday, March 2, 2018 at 6:11:26 AM UTC-8, Bob Eager wrote:
>> On Fri, 02 Mar 2018 11:21:40 +0000, maus wrote: [...]
>> Ah yes. The notorious Felix Dennis.
>> 
> He once lived in a 
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedsit -- according to 
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Dennis -- and Whoa! His publication 
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Week -- comes in the mail 
>
> to the Burschenhaus where I live on the lam. 
>
> Mentifex


I notice that it does not mention "Personal Life"

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On Sat, 03 Mar 2018 22:07:55 GMT, Andy Burns <use...@andyburns.uk> wrote:

> ma...@mail.com wrote:
> 
>> I think that he published VIZ or somethng like that. Seemed a fun
>> guy. Is he alive or dead, do you know?.
> 
> Died 3-4 years ago
> 
> <http://www.dennis.co.uk/about>

from wikipedia

In 2006, Dennis wrote a best-seller on how he became a multi-millionaire 
in How to Get Rich.[13] As well as anecdotes from his life, the book 
describes his crack cocaine addiction and admission to spending over $100 
million on drugs and women. 

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On Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 2:27:26 PM UTC-7, Andy Leighton wrote:

> I think he got 9 months or something, but all 3 of the OZ defendants
> were found innocent on appeal and only spent a couple of weeks in
> jail.

Oh, so we're not dealing with some sort of low-life, but instead a courageous 
crusader for freedom of expression. I think I've even _heard_ of a magazine called 
OZ in association with claims that it was of historical significance.

John Savard

On Sun, 4 Mar 2018 03:48:01 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca>
wrote:

>On Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 2:27:26 PM UTC-7, Andy Leighton wrote:
>
>> I think he got 9 months or something, but all 3 of the OZ defendants
>> were found innocent on appeal and only spent a couple of weeks in
>> jail.
>
>Oh, so we're not dealing with some sort of low-life, but instead a courageous 
>crusader for freedom of expression. I think I've even _heard_ of a magazine called 
>OZ in association with claims that it was of historical significance.

FWIW, the whole thing, both Sydney and London versions, is available
for noncommercial use from the University of Wollongong
<http://ro.uow.edu.au/ozsydney/1/>
>
>John Savard

On Sun, 4 Mar 2018 03:48:01 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
> On Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 2:27:26 PM UTC-7, Andy Leighton wrote:
>
>> I think he got 9 months or something, but all 3 of the OZ defendants
>> were found innocent on appeal and only spent a couple of weeks in
>> jail.
>
> Oh, so we're not dealing with some sort of low-life, but instead a courageous
> crusader for freedom of expression. I think I've even _heard_ of a magazine called 
> OZ in association with claims that it was of historical significance.

I think Felix Dennis was a bit of both. He certainly claimed to have
spent millions of quid on cocaine and hookers in the 80s and there are
claims that he had someone killed.

The interesting thing about the OZ trial, apart from the defendants
turning up in school-girl outfits,  was that two of them were defended 
by John Mortimer QC - who went on to write the Rumpole Of The Bailey stories.

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   - Douglas Adams

On 2018-03-04, Andy Leighton <an...@azaal.plus.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Mar 2018 03:48:01 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
>> On Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 2:27:26 PM UTC-7, Andy Leighton wrote:
>>
>>> I think he got 9 months or something, but all 3 of the OZ defendants
>>> were found innocent on appeal and only spent a couple of weeks in
>>> jail.
>>
>> Oh, so we're not dealing with some sort of low-life, but instead a courageous
>> crusader for freedom of expression. I think I've even _heard_ of a magazine called 
>> OZ in association with claims that it was of historical significance.
>
> I think Felix Dennis was a bit of both. He certainly claimed to have
> spent millions of quid on cocaine and hookers in the 80s and there are
> claims that he had someone killed.
>
> The interesting thing about the OZ trial, apart from the defendants
> turning up in school-girl outfits,  was that two of them were defended 
> by John Mortimer QC - who went on to write the Rumpole Of The Bailey stories.
>

In my opinion, one of the good guys. 


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On 2018-03-04, Kerr-Mudd,John <nots...@invalid.org> wrote:
> On Sat, 03 Mar 2018 22:07:55 GMT, Andy Burns <use...@andyburns.uk> wrote:
>
>> ma...@mail.com wrote:
>> 
>>> I think that he published VIZ or somethng like that. Seemed a fun
>>> guy. Is he alive or dead, do you know?.
>> 
>> Died 3-4 years ago
>> 
>> <http://www.dennis.co.uk/about>
>
> from wikipedia
>
> In 2006, Dennis wrote a best-seller on how he became a multi-millionaire 
> in How to Get Rich.[13] As well as anecdotes from his life, the book 
> describes his crack cocaine addiction and admission to spending over $100 
> million on drugs and women. 

As it is often said, "The Rest was wasted."



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On 2018-03-04, Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
> On 2018-03-04, Kerr-Mudd,John <nots...@invalid.org> wrote:
>> On Sat, 03 Mar 2018 22:07:55 GMT, Andy Burns <use...@andyburns.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> ma...@mail.com wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I think that he published VIZ or somethng like that. Seemed a fun
>>>> guy. Is he alive or dead, do you know?.
>>> 
>>> Died 3-4 years ago
>>> 
>>> <http://www.dennis.co.uk/about>
>>
>> from wikipedia
>>
>> In 2006, Dennis wrote a best-seller on how he became a multi-millionaire 
>> in How to Get Rich.[13] As well as anecdotes from his life, the book 
>> describes his crack cocaine addiction and admission to spending over $100 
>> million on drugs and women. 
>
> Presumably he frittered the rest away?
>
>

I had already posted!..

There was a movie, whateber, about the last days of John Mortimer. An
amazing amount of girls, both od and young, visited to say goodbye.


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Just_Another_Grumpy_Old_Man

On 4 Mar 2018 12:04:26 GMT, Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:

>On 2018-03-04, Kerr-Mudd,John <nots...@invalid.org> wrote:
>> On Sat, 03 Mar 2018 22:07:55 GMT, Andy Burns <use...@andyburns.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> ma...@mail.com wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I think that he published VIZ or somethng like that. Seemed a fun
>>>> guy. Is he alive or dead, do you know?.
>>> 
>>> Died 3-4 years ago
>>> 
>>> <http://www.dennis.co.uk/about>
>>
>> from wikipedia
>>
>> In 2006, Dennis wrote a best-seller on how he became a multi-millionaire 
>> in How to Get Rich.[13] As well as anecdotes from his life, the book 
>> describes his crack cocaine addiction and admission to spending over $100 
>> million on drugs and women. 
>
>Presumably he frittered the rest away?

After I got out of the Navy, my parents bought me a coffee mug for my
birthday from Leanin' Tree. Sadly, they no longer make it.

Anyway, there is some old geezer cowhand on the mug, and he says
basically 'I spent all of my money on booze and broads. The rested I
wasted.'.