🚀 go-pugleaf

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:21:47 -0700, Bret Ripley <ripley@gotsky.com>
wrote:

>On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:49:07 -0700, Bill Huffman wrote:
>
>> "Bret Ripley" <ripley@gotsky.com> wrote in message 
>> news:alcy1ofyfqig$.m0uts64bss4v.dlg@40tude.net...
>>> On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 17:32:19 -0700, Bill Huffman wrote:
>>>
>>>> "John Secker" <John@secker.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>> news:bCDjw2ApBOtHFwNn@secker.demon.co.uk...
>>>>> In message <57widpnxgb79.ik7e22ju3psg.dlg@40tude.net>, Bret Ripley
>>>>> <ripley@gotsky.com> writes
>>>>>>On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 13:21:36 -0800 (PST), Solstar wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> as topic said,i just got BC millenium,after playing a lot with
>>>>>>> bc3000.but right now,'i'm seeing UC screenshots...it seems almost
>>>>>>> identical.what's the differences betweeen the two?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Oops -- sorry, must have dozed off there.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi: I am the last of the keepers of the csipgs-s FAQ. According to 
>>>>>>section
>>>>>>71.b (revision c.3) of the FAQ, we are not allowed to discuss D*r*k 
>>>>>>Sm*rt
>>>>>>simulations here. Please submit your query (in triplicate) to any public
>>>>>>utility office or post office for prompt processing.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Hmm -  can't help wondering what a D*r*k Sm*rt simulations would look
>>>>> like. A random word generator from a dictionary of profanities?
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> John Secker
>>>>
>>>> You're correct. The amazing technical achievement though, worthy of a 
>>>> Ph.D.,
>>>> was hiding the word generator from the dictionary of profanities within 
>>>> an
>>>> Excel spreadsheet and applying a seamless graphical interface that 
>>>> contains
>>>> seams.
>>>
>>> Observation: fully 100% of this month's posts consist of Bill Huffman
>>> obsessing over D*r*k Sm*rt. You cyber-stalker, you.
>>>
>>> So, Bill, how ya doin'?
>> 
>> I'm doing most wonderful, thanks. Sorry that I didn't respond sooner but I 
>> was hoping that I could maybe win some kind of cyber stalking award for two 
>> months in a row.
>
>What on earth for? You're already got a lock on "Best in Class:
>Cyber-Stalker". Are you trying for some kind of lifetime achievement award?
>:)
>
>It still pains me that this groups is dead. We had some good laughs. I
>still harbor fond memories of the "Derek Smart and Toadies vs. Detractors"
>Unreal Tournament. Of course, the idea was actually better than the event
>-- IIRC it was Lemming's idea and Derek Smart reluctantly agreed, but since
>no actual Toadies could be found I volunteered to be a designated Toadie.
>As it turned out, Derek Smart was a no-show and I didn't have the proper
>maps installed, so the "Tournament" ended up being Brad Martin vs. Lemming
>with me mercilessly pinging the server out of frustration. I think you'll
>agree, this event was a fine distillation of much that was good about
>c.s.i.p.g.s-s.
>
>Bret

It's understandable that this group withered Bret, Usenet just lost
out to the browser gods, but it's a real shame we all got dispersed.
I'm now on various web forums, none of which have any of the spark and
general joy of space-sim. Of course we couldn't all argue the same old
stuff for ever but it seems a shame that all the old people (both
sides included) are still around in disparate locations yet we can't
pull us all together. I'm no web spurt so I wouldn't know how to begin
but there were certainly some amongst us who could set up a forum and
call in the old members. 

Perhaps I'm just succumbing to nostalgia but even without the old
flamewar I'm sure we could find much to discuss, a group of crotchety,
miserable and downright clever bastards like the gang of old could
surely still produce good interaction in these interesting times.

?

brad