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On Mon, 05 May 2008 18:19:15 +0100, br d wrote:

> 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,

Huh -- I still haunt Usenet and don't do web forums. I guess I'm just olde
fashioned.

> but it's a real shame we all got dispersed.
> I'm now on various web forums,

In the old days, see, an admission like that would get you called a
cheese-swilling surrender monkey.

> 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.

Hey! I have an idea! Let's put on a show! My uncle has an old barn, you can
sew costumes, and ... uh ... wait. I guess the old Judy Garland/Mickey
Rooney schtick just won't work anymore. What the hell are you supposed to
do when you're too old to date Judy Garland and you grow up to become the
uncle with the old barn? Of course, I'm going to feel foolish if the answer
is "use web forums".

> 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.

That sounds kewl, but I sure don't have the mad skillz to us get there.
Maybe we should just annex an existing group?

> 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.

Sorry, I fell asleep during the middle bit.

> 
> ?

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> 
> brad

Bret

PS So what have you been up to lately? What web forums do you frequent? Do
you have any interesting rashes?