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On 08/10/2024 22:22, Zaghadka wrote:
On Tue, 08 Oct 2024 13:45:32 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Mike
S. wrote:
On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 18:30:26 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
There's some names from the past!
Yeah, the only name mentioned in this thread I don't remember at all
is Gerry Quinn.
Probably PTSD.
I can't say I remember them but I've always wondered with the really obnoxious knob jockeys - how many of them act like that in real life?
Neat! I hope yall don't drift away too :(
On 08/10/2024 22:22, Zaghadka wrote:
On Tue, 08 Oct 2024 13:45:32 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Mike
S. wrote:
On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 18:30:26 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
There's some names from the past!
Yeah, the only name mentioned in this thread I don't remember at all
is Gerry Quinn.
Probably PTSD.
I can't say I remember them but I've always wondered with the really >obnoxious knob jockeys - how many of them act like that in real life?
On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 21:40:07 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Neat! I hope yall don't drift away too :(
I've been here for over 30 years. Only death is going to take me away.
On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 21:40:07 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 ><candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Neat! I hope yall don't drift away too :(
I've been here for over 30 years. Only death is going to take me away.
I was born on Usenet.
read leaflet"WELCOME TO USENET!
If you're lurking, guy, I still think of you.
You taught me the word "putative," and was always an intelligent and
engaging correspondant. I think I even played a demo roguelike of yours.
I hope life finds you well (and sick of Usenet) and nothing more.
Of course, Google's archive isn't complete; it only goes back to late
1994. There are probably earlier "Mike S." posts that are, sadly, now
lost to history.
On Wed, 9 Oct 2024 18:10:09 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Mike S <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote at 14:27 this Wednesday (GMT):
On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 21:40:07 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 >>><candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Neat! I hope yall don't drift away too :(
I've been here for over 30 years. Only death is going to take me away.
Hopefully that doesn't happen too.
I think you're going to be disappointed with that one ;-)
Besides, half the fun is the coming and going of new faces and voices.
How boring it would be if it was the same conversations with the same
people over and over again.
TL;DR: I'm eagerly waiting for MikeS to die
(j/k, obviously)
;-)
JAB <noway@nochance.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
On 08/10/2024 22:22, Zaghadka wrote:
On Tue, 08 Oct 2024 13:45:32 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Mike >>> S. wrote:
On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 18:30:26 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
There's some names from the past!
Yeah, the only name mentioned in this thread I don't remember at all
is Gerry Quinn.
Probably PTSD.
I can't say I remember them but I've always wondered with the really
obnoxious knob jockeys - how many of them act like that in real life?
Likely all of them, at least at first.
Unlike usenet, real life assholeness carries with it the risk of getting punched in the face repeatedly.
That tend to put a bit of a damper on the activity that online rebukes
never can.
On Thu, 03 Oct 2024 15:21:29 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:
If you're lurking, guy, I still think of you.
You taught me the word "putative," and was always an intelligent and >>engaging correspondant. I think I even played a demo roguelike of yours.
I hope life finds you well (and sick of Usenet) and nothing more.
I gotta say, I've no recollection of who that is. ;-)
But I was dredging through my Usenet archives the other day, and it
was a delight to see a bunch of names I hadn't thought of in _years_;
people like Schrodinger, riku, Werner Spahl, Trimble, Mr Rob *, TimO,
Shawk, Nostromo and more who used to be regulars but over the years
drifted away, replaced by new faces. You can't help but wonder, "What >happened to them?" They all added to the interesting melange that is
Usenet.
So let's all raise a cup to all those who drifted away from Usenet;
thanks for giving us something to read all those years ago! And
another glass for the newcomers who've taken their places since then.
It'd be a boring place if it was just me scribbling my thoughts into
the void ;-)
Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote:
If you're lurking, guy, I still think of you.
You taught me the word "putative," and was always an intelligent and >>engaging correspondant. I think I even played a demo roguelike of yours.
I hope life finds you well (and sick of Usenet) and nothing more.
I like to think that after calling each and every regular poster here
stupid at least once (I kept track), he left us idiots and moved to a
forum that could properly appreciate his genius.
But I was dredging through my Usenet archives the other day, and it
was a delight to see a bunch of names I hadn't thought of in _years_;
people like Schrodinger, riku, Werner Spahl, Trimble, Mr Rob *, TimO,
Shawk, Nostromo and more who used to be regulars but over the years
drifted away, replaced by new faces. You can't help but wonder, "What >happened to them?" They all added to the interesting melange that is
Usenet.
I always imagined he lost his job after getting caught downloading porn
at work, and soon after his wife kicked him out of the house after doing nothing but play Tomb Raider (with nude patch) for a week straight.
He then spent several years wandering the Outback, constantly on the
run from an imaginary pink kangaroo named "Jonah Falcon", all the while muttering about how Fallout 3 was an obmination.
They say on clear night standing atop Ayers Rock you can hear his voice crying "I don't have to have played it to know it sucks!".
Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote:
If you're lurking, guy, I still think of you.
You taught me the word "putative," and was always an intelligent and >>engaging correspondant. I think I even played a demo roguelike of yours.
I hope life finds you well (and sick of Usenet) and nothing more.
I like to think that after calling each and every regular poster here
stupid at least once (I kept track), he left us idiots and moved to a
forum that could properly appreciate his genius.
The earliest one I found in c.s.i.p.g.action through Google and using
the nickname "Mike S." was from November 2 1994, regarding "Carrier
Command". Of course, the name may refer to somebody else but it's as
close as I could get. As for the game, Mikey liked it! ;-) >https://groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action/c/0F1kP8yklS4/m/QOfilI3U_acJ
Of course, Google's archive isn't complete; it only goes back to late
1994. There are probably earlier "Mike S." posts that are, sadly, now
lost to history.
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:0F1kP8yklS4/m/QOfilI3U_acJ
Of course, Google's archive isn't complete; it only goes back to late
1994. There are probably earlier "Mike S." posts that are, sadly, now
lost to history.
For me, the Google Groups archive for this newsgroup goes back to
when it was created in early 1993. That includes a post from a "Mike
S." about Carrier Command on November 1, 1993, so I think maybe you got
your years confused.
https://groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action/c/
The earliest "Mike S" post (without the final period, so maybe adiferrent
person) I could find was this one on the subject of "DoD License Plate42FA4F2TWm4J
Frame in PostScript for ftp'ing", dated August 6th, 1991:
https://groups.google.com/g/tx.motorcycles/c/5sEvzCnnYDo/m/
...Doom"
Um, er...
And I just found what those DoD numbers people used to have in their signatures actually are. (You can see one in the post I linked above.)
I always though it was a "Department of Defence" number assigned to contractors or something that worked with the US Department of Defence. (Which is actually a thing now, but not back then.)
Turns out they were actually membership numbers in the "Denizens of
online motorcycle club.
*sigh* I can't believe it took me over three decades to figure this out.
On 09/10/2024 18:02, Xocyll wrote:
JAB <noway@nochance.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
On 08/10/2024 22:22, Zaghadka wrote:
On Tue, 08 Oct 2024 13:45:32 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Mike
S. wrote:
On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 18:30:26 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
There's some names from the past!
Yeah, the only name mentioned in this thread I don't remember at all >>>>> is Gerry Quinn.
Probably PTSD.
I can't say I remember them but I've always wondered with the really
obnoxious knob jockeys - how many of them act like that in real life?
Likely all of them, at least at first.
Unlike usenet, real life assholeness carries with it the risk of getting
punched in the face repeatedly.
That tend to put a bit of a damper on the activity that online rebukes
never can.
I'm more thinking of those that act like it when they think they can get
away with it so a prime example is being an arsehole to people who work
in shops knowing they can't 'fight' back.
On 10/9/2024 11:10 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:
Mike S <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote at 14:27 this Wednesday (GMT):
On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 21:40:07 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Neat! I hope yall don't drift away too :(
I've been here for over 30 years. Only death is going to take me away.
Hopefully that doesn't happen too.
I was just watching someone's standup on youtube where he asked the
question of something like "do you really want to live forever?"
Half the audience answered no, the other half didn't respond. There
were no yeses.
I'm definitely old enough not to want to live forever. If the world
were all fun and games, and I got to go back to being around 35 and in >perfect physical shape, I might consider it.
On 09/10/2024 18:02, Xocyll wrote:
JAB <noway@nochance.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
On 08/10/2024 22:22, Zaghadka wrote:
On Tue, 08 Oct 2024 13:45:32 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Mike >>>> S. wrote:
On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 18:30:26 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
There's some names from the past!
Yeah, the only name mentioned in this thread I don't remember at all >>>>> is Gerry Quinn.
Probably PTSD.
I can't say I remember them but I've always wondered with the really
obnoxious knob jockeys - how many of them act like that in real life?
Likely all of them, at least at first.
Unlike usenet, real life assholeness carries with it the risk of getting
punched in the face repeatedly.
That tend to put a bit of a damper on the activity that online rebukes
never can.
I'm more thinking of those that act like it when they think they can get
away with it so a prime example is being an arsehole to people who work
in shops knowing they can't 'fight' back.