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On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 21:25:46 +0000, br d wrote:

> I was working in a perfect shit hole in Canning Town last week,
> demolishing a set of garages. This area is part of a regeneration
> project which has been emptied of tenants and left to gangs of feral
> youths who roam around looking for innocents to beat up. 
> 
> For anyone from the uk who has been following the story in the papers
> this week of the father who was shot 4 times by a revolting little
> thug and died in front of his wife and son in a pool of blood, well,
> it's just around the corner from there.
> 
> Anyway (there's a point to all this you'll be disappointed to know),
> I'm clearing all the old car engines, burnt clothes and rat shit from
> one of these garages when I see a cd case buried 'neath it all.
> Reaching down and retrieving it reveals it to be a brand new, never
> before opened copy of Hardwar. Well you could have buggered me with a
> broom handle right there and then and I wouldn't even of noticed, so
> stricken I was with awe at my good fortune.
> 
> Haven't played it yet. 
> 
> That was mildly on topic wasn't it?
> 
> Incidentally, I've decided o both top and bottom post this so nobody
> takes offence.
> 
> br d
> 
> I was working in a perfect shit hole in Canning Town last week,
> demolishing a set of garages. This area is part of a regeneration
> project which has been emptied of tenants and left to gangs of feral
> youths who roam around looking for innocents to beat up. 
> 
> For anyone from the uk who has been following the story in the papers
> this week of the father who was shot 4 times by a revolting little
> thug and died in front of his wife and son in a pool of blood, well,
> it's just around the corner from there.
> 
> Anyway (there's a point to all this you'll be disappointed to know),
> I'm clearing all the old car engines, burnt clothes and rat shit from
> one of these garages when I see a cd case buried 'neath it all.
> Reaching down and retrieving it reveals it to be a brand new, never
> opened copy of Hardwar. Well you could have buggered me with a broom
> handle right there and then and I wouldn't even of noticed, so
> stricken I was with awe at my good fortune.
> 
> Haven't played it yet. 
> 
> That was mildly on topic wasn't it?
> 
> Incidentally, I've decided o both top and bottom post this so nobody
> takes offence.
> 
> br d
> 
> And did I see a post from bp just now! Fucking hell this place has got
> weird while I've been away.

Br d: please come home ... all is forgiven.

No, wait -- I was thinking of someone else.

Anyway, yeah -- it's quite the reunion we seem to be having here. Still no
sign of Zan, though. In fact, he hasn't posted since May 23, 2006. Perhaps
not coincidentally, May 23 is observed as the "Day of Disunity" in
Discordianism (you can look it up).

Bret

"Bret Ripley" <ripley@gotsky.com> wrote in message 
news:hbfme0wlsudd.11vhli8qr21j.dlg@40tude.net...
> On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 21:25:46 +0000, br d wrote:
>
> Anyway, yeah -- it's quite the reunion we seem to be having here.
>
> Bret

Please don't say things like that. Where is the Bill or The Good Doctor, I 
ask you? We can't have a reunion without a detractor or a sock-puppet now 
can we?

Check the FAQ? I'm sure I read that somewhere. And what happened to all of 
Lemmings lumpy beer? 

On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:01:27 GMT, Shingen wrote:

> "Bret Ripley" <ripley@gotsky.com> wrote in message 
> news:hbfme0wlsudd.11vhli8qr21j.dlg@40tude.net...
>> On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 21:25:46 +0000, br d wrote:
>>
>> Anyway, yeah -- it's quite the reunion we seem to be having here.
>>
>> Bret
> 
> Please don't say things like that. Where is the Bill or The Good Doctor, I 
> ask you?

Well, of course we need Bill.  Sheesh.  That goes without saying.  Don't
know about the other feller, however.

> We can't have a reunion without a detractor or a sock-puppet now 
> can we?
> 
> Check the FAQ? I'm sure I read that somewhere. And what happened to all of 
> Lemmings lumpy beer?

Lumpy beer always sticks in the straw.

Bret

In article <bB0Ih.5784$M65.5080@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net>, 
shingen@aolsuks.sbcglobal.net says...
> 
> Please don't say things like that. Where is the Bill or The Good Doctor, I 
> ask you? We can't have a reunion without a detractor or a sock-puppet now 
> can we?
> 

Oh, Puh-leez. I am ever so glad those two don't spam the [airways] any more.
When it all started I used to think it kinda funny and interesting to read, but 
it soon turned into an obsessive vendetta that was about as interesting as 
watching a dead seal rot on the beach. The Bill spent years in my bozo bin.
Seems to have gotten out somehow since I saw a couple of posts by him recently.
Didn't look like he's gotten over it yet, though. Somebody send that man some 
prozac, or a friendly hooker, I dunno which ;-)

-P.

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In article <hl70o808ega4$.1ewvx5yhg5jk2$.dlg@40tude.net>, ripley@gotsky.com 
says...
> 
> Lumpy beer always sticks in the straw.
> 
> Bret

Better the straw than the craw!

-P.

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firstname dot lastname at gmail fullstop com

"Peter Huebner" <no.one@this.address> wrote in message 
news:MPG.205bea418751daf6989c40@news.individual.net...
> In article <bB0Ih.5784$M65.5080@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net>,
> shingen@aolsuks.sbcglobal.net says...
>>
>> Please don't say things like that. Where is the Bill or The Good Doctor, 
>> I
>> ask you? We can't have a reunion without a detractor or a sock-puppet now
>> can we?
>>
>
> Oh, Puh-leez. I am ever so glad those two don't spam the [airways] any 
> more.

ummm.. I was being facetious.. or was it sardonic? I forget now. 

On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:06:15 GMT, Shingen wrote:

> "Peter Huebner" <no.one@this.address> wrote in message 
> news:MPG.205bea418751daf6989c40@news.individual.net...
>> In article <bB0Ih.5784$M65.5080@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net>,
>> shingen@aolsuks.sbcglobal.net says...
>>>
>>> Please don't say things like that. Where is the Bill or The Good Doctor, 
>>> I
>>> ask you? We can't have a reunion without a detractor or a sock-puppet now
>>> can we?
>>>
>>
>> Oh, Puh-leez. I am ever so glad those two don't spam the [airways] any 
>> more.
> 
> ummm.. I was being facetious.. 

I wasn't.

> or was it sardonic?

Teutonic?

> I forget now.

It's for the best.

Bret

On Fri, 9 Mar 2007 22:04:20 +1300, Peter Huebner <no.one@this.address>
wrote:

>In article <bB0Ih.5784$M65.5080@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net>, 
>shingen@aolsuks.sbcglobal.net says...
>> 
>> Please don't say things like that. Where is the Bill or The Good Doctor, I 
>> ask you? We can't have a reunion without a detractor or a sock-puppet now 
>> can we?
>> 
>
>Oh, Puh-leez. I am ever so glad those two don't spam the [airways] any more.
>When it all started I used to think it kinda funny and interesting to read, but 
>it soon turned into an obsessive vendetta that was about as interesting as 
>watching a dead seal rot on the beach. The Bill spent years in my bozo bin.
>Seems to have gotten out somehow since I saw a couple of posts by him recently.
>Didn't look like he's gotten over it yet, though. Somebody send that man some 
>prozac, or a friendly hooker, I dunno which ;-)
>
>-P.


Oooh this is weird! I even forgot how to follow up a post! 
My version of Agent is older than christianity, whenever I click on
help I get a pithy Confucian tautology, still makes more sense than
the FAQ though.

Oh yes, my point. This place is not the same without Bill. If you had
Huffman killfiled through the entire history then I think you're in
the wrong room Pete. 

Please take this criticism in the spirit of space-sim, you know how it
works.

And bp!!!! Come on man get back in! Fuck I've missed you!

And I *may* be able to entice Z n back here, can't promise anything,
he's a hugely rich and powerful mover of the immovable lately, and
he's still only 12 years old.

HI Bret, Alan, Lem, Shin, Stan. Honestly, It brings a tear to the eye.
Is Daniel still around?

br d

"br d" <misterb@nildram.co.uk> wrote in message 
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> Is Daniel still around?


*grins and waves*

-- 
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ICQ:14459824  Yahoo IM: mylordkhorne 

On Fri, 9 Mar 2007 21:17:49 -0000, "Daniel \"Naughty Tentacles\"
Blakemore" <Daniel.Blakemore@nospam.btopenworld.com> wrote:

>"br d" <misterb@nildram.co.uk> wrote in message 
>news:qsd3v29easj762nkuj9383eann3c49llth@4ax.com...
>
>> Is Daniel still around?
>
>
>*grins and waves*

*wins and graves back*

Hope the little one is good dude.

br d

"br d" <misterb@nildram.co.uk> wrote in message 
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> On Fri, 9 Mar 2007 21:17:49 -0000, "Daniel \"Naughty Tentacles\"
> Blakemore" <Daniel.Blakemore@nospam.btopenworld.com> wrote:
>>"br d" <misterb@nildram.co.uk> wrote in message
>>news:qsd3v29easj762nkuj9383eann3c49llth@4ax.com...
>>> Is Daniel still around?
>>*grins and waves*
> *wins and graves back*
> Hope the little one is good dude.


Indeedy-doody!  Growing up fast, and getting almost as good on the PC as I 
am *already*....  :D

-- 
Daniel Blakemore
Mini Gallery #1 - 
http://www.voidgamers.com/channel/b.190.html?author_name=MYLORDKHORNE
#2 - http://www.lordsofthebattlefield.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=147
ICQ:14459824  Yahoo IM: mylordkhorne 

"br d" <misterb@nildram.co.uk> wrote in message 
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[snip]
> I'm clearing all the old car engines, burnt clothes and rat shit from
> one of these garages when I see a cd case buried 'neath it all.
> Reaching down and retrieving it reveals it to be a brand new, never
> before opened copy of Hardwar. Well you could have buggered me with a
> broom handle right there and then and I wouldn't even of noticed, so
> stricken I was with awe at my good fortune.
>
> Haven't played it yet.
>
[snip]

Just reinstalled "Hardwar" on my system yesterday and the last official 
version, 2.04, runs just fine.  I suggest you visit this site, as it's sort 
of the "one-stop" place for all things "Hardwar" these days:

http://zedo.hardwar.org.uk/

Zedo's site is a huge repository of info on HW (including all patches, both 
official and the 6 or so betas which add all sorts of new features).

I've had HW on my system at various times since I bought it as an Interplay 
bargain title back in 1998 and never cease to be amazed at the level of 
enthusiasm this largely-overlooked game has managed to generate and sustain 
over the years.

The game was DOA when it was published; it just didn't click.  However, a 
small group of....ahem....fanatics (including the developers, themselves) 
became devoted followers of HW.  Software Refinery put out patches for the 
game for years after it flopped....when there was absolutely no economic 
incentive to do so.  Finally, SF went out of business, but former employees 
and beta-testers continued to put out beta patches and the like (and I think 
some of them are still doing so to this day....10 years after the game was 
originally published in the UK).

The game is very complex and the game universe of "Misplaced Optimism" on 
Titan......has a ton of "attitude" and is very rememiniscent of "Fallout." 
The introductory FMV sets the tone very well.

Have fun playing it. 

On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:50:40 +0000, br d <misterb@nildram.co.uk>
wrote:

>
>HI Bret, Alan, Lem, Shin, Stan. Honestly, It brings a tear to the eye.
>Is Daniel still around?

When are you going to phone me, you bastard?  Are you still dallying
with Hen Dick?  I miss you, you big lummox.  

Lemming
-- 
Curiosity *may* have killed Schrodinger's cat.

I think all the pointless posts here have finally killed off this forum. 
Good riddance. Now if we an just get rid of X3 rubbish that will be the 
space sim genre dead as well.

Nats

"Lemming" <thiswillbounce@bumblbee.demon.co.uk> wrote in message 
news:e3d523p57qtkir0lhbh61muug2mcbechsj@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:50:40 +0000, br d <misterb@nildram.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>HI Bret, Alan, Lem, Shin, Stan. Honestly, It brings a tear to the eye.
>>Is Daniel still around?
>
> When are you going to phone me, you bastard?  Are you still dallying
> with Hen Dick?  I miss you, you big lummox.
>
> Lemming
> -- 
> Curiosity *may* have killed Schrodinger's cat. 

"Nats" <nstutt@homecall.co.uk> wrote in message 
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>I think all the pointless posts here have finally killed off this forum. 
>Good riddance. Now if we an just get rid of X3 rubbish that will be the 
>space sim genre dead as well.
>
> Nats

Hi Stan, thanks for the cheery words. You know all those other blokes from 
the UK are such downers with no sense of humor then you come along and prove 
how happy and upbeat a bloke can be.

P.S. I had to delete Lemming's post because it was such a negative post 
unlike yours and to hide the fact that you top posted. 

On Mar 8, 4:25 pm, br d <mist...@nildram.co.uk> wrote:
> Reaching down and retrieving it reveals it to be a brand new, never
> opened copy of Hardwar. Well you could have buggered me with a broom
> handle right there and then and I wouldn't even of noticed, so
> stricken I was with awe at my good fortune.

I had lots of fun with HW.  Even played on one of the online servers
for a while and hosted one too.  Rip the music and put it on an audio
CD.  The music is one of the best parts of the game.  I liked playing
Terminus to it as well.

On the 20 Apr 2007, FLY135 <fly_135@hotmail.com> wrote:

<snip>

> I had lots of fun with HW.  Even played on one of the online servers
> for a while and hosted one too.  Rip the music and put it on an audio
> CD.

Odd, on the full-retail version I own the game CD can be played in my 
CD player. Music wasn't really to my taste so I turned it off.

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On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:05:09 -0700, "Bill Huffman" <sorry@nogo.com>
wrote:

>
>"Nats" <nstutt@homecall.co.uk> wrote in message 
>news:4623cc24_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
>>I think all the pointless posts here have finally killed off this forum. 
>>Good riddance. Now if we an just get rid of X3 rubbish that will be the 
>>space sim genre dead as well.
>>
>> Nats
>
>Hi Stan, thanks for the cheery words. You know all those other blokes from 
>the UK are such downers with no sense of humor then you come along and prove 
>how happy and upbeat a bloke can be.
>
>P.S. I had to delete Lemming's post because it was such a negative post 
>unlike yours and to hide the fact that you top posted. 
>

Fuck you, Huffman.  My post wasn't negative.  It was just ... well ..
br d hasn't phoned for ages, and I was getting a bit ...

Oh, whatever.  Plenty more fish in the sea.

Lemming
-- 
Curiosity *may* have killed Schrodinger's cat.

"Lemming" <thiswillbounce@bumblbee.demon.co.uk> wrote in message 
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> On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:05:09 -0700, "Bill Huffman" <sorry@nogo.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Nats" <nstutt@homecall.co.uk> wrote in message
>>news:4623cc24_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
>>>I think all the pointless posts here have finally killed off this forum.
>>>Good riddance. Now if we an just get rid of X3 rubbish that will be the
>>>space sim genre dead as well.
>>>
>>> Nats
>>
>>Hi Stan, thanks for the cheery words. You know all those other blokes from
>>the UK are such downers with no sense of humor then you come along and 
>>prove
>>how happy and upbeat a bloke can be.
>>
>>P.S. I had to delete Lemming's post because it was such a negative post
>>unlike yours and to hide the fact that you top posted.
>>
>
> Fuck you, Huffman.  My post wasn't negative.  It was just ... well ..
> br d hasn't phoned for ages, and I was getting a bit ...
>
> Oh, whatever.  Plenty more fish in the sea.

Now that's the friendly loving Lemming that I so adore. 

On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:20:06 -0700, "Bill Huffman" <sorry@nogo.com>
wrote:

>
>"Lemming" <thiswillbounce@bumblbee.demon.co.uk> wrote in message 
>news:c8lq23pkinki8q8e24utthp2kd84kobkrv@4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:05:09 -0700, "Bill Huffman" <sorry@nogo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Nats" <nstutt@homecall.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>news:4623cc24_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
>>>>I think all the pointless posts here have finally killed off this forum.
>>>>Good riddance. Now if we an just get rid of X3 rubbish that will be the
>>>>space sim genre dead as well.
>>>>
>>>> Nats
>>>
>>>Hi Stan, thanks for the cheery words. You know all those other blokes from
>>>the UK are such downers with no sense of humor then you come along and 
>>>prove
>>>how happy and upbeat a bloke can be.
>>>
>>>P.S. I had to delete Lemming's post because it was such a negative post
>>>unlike yours and to hide the fact that you top posted.
>>>
>>
>> Fuck you, Huffman.  My post wasn't negative.  It was just ... well ..
>> br d hasn't phoned for ages, and I was getting a bit ...
>>
>> Oh, whatever.  Plenty more fish in the sea.
>
>Now that's the friendly loving Lemming that I so adore. 
>

Where is br d anyway?  I'm getting a bit worried about him.

Lemming
-- 
Curiosity *may* have killed Schrodinger's cat.

"Lemming" <thiswillbounce@bumblbee.demon.co.uk> wrote in message 
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> On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:20:06 -0700, "Bill Huffman" <sorry@nogo.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Lemming" <thiswillbounce@bumblbee.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>>news:c8lq23pkinki8q8e24utthp2kd84kobkrv@4ax.com...
>>> On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:05:09 -0700, "Bill Huffman" <sorry@nogo.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Nats" <nstutt@homecall.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>>news:4623cc24_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
>>>>>I think all the pointless posts here have finally killed off this 
>>>>>forum.
>>>>>Good riddance. Now if we an just get rid of X3 rubbish that will be the
>>>>>space sim genre dead as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> Nats
>>>>
>>>>Hi Stan, thanks for the cheery words. You know all those other blokes 
>>>>from
>>>>the UK are such downers with no sense of humor then you come along and
>>>>prove
>>>>how happy and upbeat a bloke can be.
>>>>
>>>>P.S. I had to delete Lemming's post because it was such a negative post
>>>>unlike yours and to hide the fact that you top posted.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Fuck you, Huffman.  My post wasn't negative.  It was just ... well ..
>>> br d hasn't phoned for ages, and I was getting a bit ...
>>>
>>> Oh, whatever.  Plenty more fish in the sea.
>>
>>Now that's the friendly loving Lemming that I so adore.
>>
>
> Where is br d anyway?  I'm getting a bit worried about him.

You should be more worried about you and I.