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On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:03:00 +0100, MindFever wrote:

> "Bret Ripley" <ripley@gotsky.com> wrote in message 
> news:103aqitr1yqb$.5nos44m67jot.dlg@40tude.net...
>> 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?

Please genuflect when you speak that name.

> The guy who DEBUNKED Derek Smart's phony PHD? 

The very same.

> Are you sure?

As sure as the day is long.

> :) He rocked ,totaly ,back then...

Yes, and somehow he managed to do so without transposing his commas and
spaces.

>> Oh ... OK. Just how does one do that?
> 
> Dunno,read the FAQ of BC3000 (you will fail ;)

You are correct -- and I'm happy to continue failing for the foreseeable
future.

> ) :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 you are a DS sock-puppet trying to drum up attention?

(Randomly accusing people of being a DS sock-puppet was also a favorite
pastime in these parts.)

> Because it is a legendary piece of 
> crap and because i still think DS owns me some money

Why? Were you a Coke machine in a former life?

Bret