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Article #106038Re: Elite IV
From: MindFever
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:06
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:06
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"Memnoch" <memnoch@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:mfmam4d8lvocqm9bd4se2kqvduqkhv3t2a@4ax.com... > 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....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, > you > know, since I've been sitting there with binoculars for the last few years > and > all! At first we thought it was just buggered air conditioning or > something > and then the fire engines turned up. > > Other than that nothing to report. And unfortunately I've since left that > company as it has been closed down but at least those developers over > there > don't have to worry about me staring at them from across the road any > more! > :-) Heyya Memnoch! Hmm, do you work for a gaming industry btw? I had a weird notion that you do (before reading this post,mind you) ;) Also: WHAT?...fire on their roof? ah man ... i hope nobody was hurt. Well at least nobody was FIRED,I trust ? :P (lame joke) Lol, you stared them every day ? I could blackmail you that I will report you if you don't give me a free copy of Elite IV ;)
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!ecngs!feeder.ecngs.de!130.59.10.21.MISMATCH!kanaga.switch.ch!switch.ch!kanja.arnes.si!news-hub.siol.net!news.siol.net!not-for-mail From: "MindFever" <MindFever@blowme.org> Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.space-sim References: <1iaq83p9tsscs$.5jdblnmbbgil$.dlg@40tude.net> <mfmam4d8lvocqm9bd4se2kqvduqkhv3t2a@4ax.com> Subject: Re: Elite IV Lines: 59 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 12.0.1606 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V12.0.1606 Message-ID: <G8s9l.11298$x84.370295@news.siol.net> Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 20:06:18 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 89.143.200.90 X-Complaints-To: abuse@siol.net X-Trace: news.siol.net 1231441574 89.143.200.90 (Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:06:14 MET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:06:14 MET Organization: Slovenija OnLine - SiOL Bytes: 3290 X-Original-Lines: 2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit