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"Bret Ripley" <ripley@gotsky.com> wrote in message 
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> On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 10:57:38 +0100, MindFever wrote:
>
>> "Bret Ripley" <ripley@gotsky.com> wrote in message
>> news:no20tzef6ext.1nu524l4tayc6.dlg@40tude.net...
>>> On Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:44:55 GMT, Memnoch wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 17:19:09 -0800, Bret Ripley <ripley@gotsky.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Mar 30 2007, 10:34 am, Memnoch
>>>>><memn...@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:36:26 -0700, Bret Ripley <rip...@gotsky.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> >On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:44:51 GMT,Memnochwrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> >> On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:22:08 GMT, "Jonah Falcon"
>>>>>> >> <jonahny...@mindspring.com>
>>>>>> >> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> >>>How come this is being developed and there's almost no press about
>>>>>> >>>it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> >> Because there is next to no information about it I guess. Their
>>>>>> >> offices in
>>>>>> >> Cambridge are just across the road from me on the Science Park. I
>>>>>> >> guess I
>>>>>> >> could hang around and stare through their windows for you guys! 
>>>>>> >> :-))
>>>>>>
>>>>>> >OK, it's a deal.  Of course, we'll expect you to give us regular
>>>>>> >status
>>>>>> >reports on the project.  Considering the history of Elite IV's
>>>>>> >development
>>>>>> >cycle, an update every 2 or 3 years should be adequate.
>>>>>
>>>>>So, Memnoch: how's your first report coming along?
>>>>
>>>> Well...erm...err....
>>>
>>> Yes, yes: out with it, man.
>>>
>>>> oh yeah, about 5 months or so ago they had a fire on their
>>>> roof. I was watching from upstairs and was probably the first to spot 
>>>> it,
>>>
>>> Well done! Of course, we expect nothing less from csipgs-s's number one
>>> industry spy.
>>>
>>>> you
>>>> know, since I've been sitting there with binoculars for the last few
>>>> years and
>>>> all!
>>>
>>> That's the spirit!
>>>
>>>> At first we thought it was just buggered air conditioning or something
>>>> and then the fire engines turned up.
>>>
>>> Don't tell me, let me guess: you donned firefighter's gear, rushed into
>>> the
>>> building, bashed in Braben's door with your fire axe, and made copies of
>>> his development notes?
>>>
>>>> Other than that nothing to report.
>>>
>>> Oh.
>>>
>>>> And unfortunately I've since left that company
>>>
>>> Oh, dear. That's a blemish on your file, and no mistake.
>>>
>>>> as it has been closed down
>>>
>>> Save the feeble excuses, if you don't mind.
>>>
>>>> but at least those developers over there
>>>> don't have to worry about me staring at them from across the road any
>>>> more!
>>>> :-)
>>>
>>> Oh, I think I see what you're getting at: Braben spotted you spying on
>>> him,
>>> and realizing your cover was blown you arranged to have your "employer"
>>> shut down as an excuse to relocate so you could continue to monitor the
>>> development of Elite IV from a secure locale .... brilliant!
>>>
>>> We look forward to your next report, due some time around 2012. Carry 
>>> on!
>>>
>>> Bret
>>
>> Sarcasm overload
>
> Elite IV's development arc was one of the minor (but persistent)
> side-threads back when this froup was fairly active. The group's raison
> d'etre, of course, was ... I forget. I think it had something to do with
> Bill Huffman.
>
>>... take it easy ;)
>
> Oh ... OK. Just how does one do that?
>
> Bret


WHAT? :) Bill Huffman? The guy who DEBUNKED Derek Smart's phony PHD? Are you 
sure? :) He rocked ,totaly ,back then...

> Oh ... OK. Just how does one do that?

Dunno,read the FAQ of BC3000 (you will fail ;) ) :P at least you will learn 
patience in a ZEN-BUDDHIST kind of way... man, for that garbage one must 
become the divine itself.

Why do i keep to bring up DS and BC3k? Because it is a legendary piece of 
crap and because i still think DS owns me some money