9 Jul
2001
9 Jul
'01
7:32 a.m.
Quoting Jim Davis <jimdavis(a)gorge.net>et>:
Spiffy. Mature too. This from someone who rips apart computers for
wall hangings and
office trophies, then spams his "products" on multiple newsgroups.
Piss off AOL boy.
> Well, I
don't like this OT crap either. I've never been on a list
> before that even came close to classiccmp's 80% OT-ness.
It's been one long, drawn out Midol Moment
around here for nearly two
weeks. Please take it elsewhere. I joined this list to be able to learn
more about old computers and maybe increase my stash of
goodies. Unfortunately, the list is being inundated with some of the most
bizarre socio-politicol folderol that I've ever seen. Occasionaly OT runs
Uh-oh, that comment warrants severe Usenet-style flamage... :-)
[Basil Fawlty Usenet flamethrower mode on]
Bizarre? You call what we've been discussing Bizarre? Let me guess,
you're a propagana artist from one of Big Brother's goon squads or
else you're some random politican's aid pretending to be a computer
collector, and you're working on "damage control," right? Ah, hah!
Just as we thought. Admit it, as vee haf vays uf making you talk.
[flames mode off]
are to be
expected. We're a very varied bunch with a pretty impressive
array of interests. Unfortunately, when the irrelevant totally overwhelms
the relevent, problems arrive, tempers flare and interesting people leave
the list. That's not fair to the rest of us left.
As someone else pointed out, this is definitely relevant to hacking.
Over in Europe, the looney one world government political plotters are