9 Sep
2005
9 Sep
'05
7:20 p.m.
Some day, before I die, I want to get everyone on this list in the same
room (er, bar) and see all their faces, and the reactions on them,
when someone starts a convertsation about a "tit mouse" :-)
that just cracks me up.
(did you ever see "bar fly"? Charles Bukowski is one of my heros) here's
to everyone on this list!
-brad
9 Sep
9 Sep
7:26 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad Parker" <brad at heeltoe.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 7:20 PM
Subject: is it just me ? :-)
Some day, before I die, I want to get everyone on this list in the same
room (er, bar) and see all their faces, and the reactions on them,
when someone starts a convertsation about a "tit mouse" :-)
that just cracks me up.
(did you ever see "bar fly"? Charles Bukowski is one of my heros) here's
to everyone on this list!
-brad
How many people are on the list anyway?
10:51 p.m.
Active, maybe, but more like 1,000 overall.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Nico de Jong
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 10:46 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: is it just me ? :-)
Fra: "Teo Zenios" <teoz at neo.rr.com>
How many people are on the list anyway?
When I did my age survey, there were 86 replies. Should we guess : just over
100 active members ?
Nico
11:06 p.m.
Evan wrote...
Active, maybe, but more like 1,000 overall.
Higher.
When I did my age survey, there were 86 replies.
Should we guess : just
over
100 active members ?
Probably about right. But it's hard to count. I notice
there are a ton of
people who lurk. Rarely or never posting. But when something goes wrong with
the list I get emails from them quickly. Hence, I know they're there :> So
it depends. If by active you mean "conversation and posting", about 100 is
probably right. If by active you mean people who regularly read the list,
the number is many times that.
Jay
11:18 p.m.
Jay West wrote:
Probably about right. But it's hard to count. I
notice there are a ton
of people who lurk. Rarely or never posting. But when something goes
wrong with the list I get emails from them quickly. Hence, I know
they're there :> So it depends. If by active you mean "conversation
and posting", about 100 is probably right. If by active you mean
people who regularly read the list, the number is many times that.
Jay
I don't post much. I'm totally not into big iron and don't like to get
involved in the pissing contests that seem to erupt on the list. But
I'm still here lurking.
James
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10 Sep
10 Sep
8:46 a.m.
On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, James Rice wrote:
I don't post much. I'm totally not into big
iron and don't like to get
involved in the pissing contests that seem to erupt on the list. But
I'm still here lurking.
I don't know what you're talking about. This is afterall a pissing
contest mailing list with a side interest in vintage computers.
Kind of in the same vein of going to a fight and seeing a hockey game
break out ;)
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11:41 a.m.
On Sat, 10 Sep 2005, Jay West wrote:
Sellam wrote....
The smiley came at the end of the message ;)
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I don't know what you're talking about.
This is afterall a pissing
contest mailing list with a side interest in vintage computers.
I wholeheartedly
disagree. But that's just my own opinion. 
12:04 p.m.
Sellam wrote....
> I don't know what you're talking about.
This is afterall a pissing
> contest mailing list with a side interest in vintage computers.
I wholeheartedly disagree. But that's just my own
opinion.
No, It's more than just a minority opinion -- It's the vast majority
of us, I'd bet.
John A.
12:47 p.m.
I don't know what you're talking about. This
is afterall a pissing
contest mailing list with a side interest in vintage computers.
I wholeheartedly
disagree. But that's just my own opinion.
1:05 p.m.
It seems depressingly accurate as a description
of what the list really is, ...
More of a 'list has been', THX Jay.
I beat the wrong dead horse here.
The list is mostly free of "that problem"
it would be wrong to say "that problem" is acceptable.
But right to say "that problem" is mostly gone as it is.
John A.
sending the dead horse off to Michael Brown.
2:32 p.m.
John Allain wrote:
Forgive me my ignorance but I'm lost...I have no idea what you people
are talking about here...
Confused...
Bert
It seems
depressingly accurate as a description
of what the list really is, ...
More of a 'list has been', THX Jay.
I beat the wrong dead horse here.
The list is mostly free of "that problem"
it would be wrong to say "that problem" is acceptable.
But right to say "that problem" is mostly gone as it is.
John A.
sending the dead horse off to Michael Brown. 
12 Sep
12 Sep
5:45 a.m.
Am 10 Sep 2005 5:46 meinte Vintage Computer Festival:
On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, James Rice wrote:
THere are no hockey games at fights ... and no fights at hockey
games... it's (usualy) all witrhin the rules :)
Gruss
H.
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I don't post much. I'm totally not into
big iron and don't like to get
involved in the pissing contests that seem to erupt on the list. But
I'm still here lurking.
I don't know what you're talking about. This is afterall a pissing
contest mailing list with a side interest in vintage computers.
Kind of in the same vein of going to a fight and seeing a hockey game
break out ;) 
9 Sep
9 Sep
11:22 p.m.
Hey now, it isn't lurking if you have nothing positive to add to a
topic or the topic has little to nothing to do with you.
Now, those IBM clit's/tit mice, that is another story. Even I, the
self proclaimed ignorant bastard of the group, have dealt with them
and servicing them (swapping them out, cleaning them, calibration,
etc). If memory serves correctly, they are also on-topic as they are
not all that common as one would think (damned touchpads) and meet
the age rules.
-John Boffemmyer IV
At 11:06 PM 9/9/2005, you wrote:
Evan wrote...
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Active, maybe, but more like 1,000 overall.
Higher.
When I did my age survey, there were 86 replies.
Should we guess : just over
100 active members ?
Probably about right. But it's hard to count. I notice
there are a
ton of people who lurk. Rarely or never posting. But when something
goes wrong with the list I get emails from them quickly. Hence, I
know they're there :> So it depends. If by active you mean
"conversation and posting", about 100 is probably right. If by
active you mean people who regularly read the list, the number is
many times that.
Jay
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12 Sep
12 Sep
5:52 p.m.
John Boffemmyer IV wrote:
Now, those IBM clit's/tit mice, that is another
story. Even I, the self
proclaimed ignorant bastard of the group, have dealt with them and
servicing them (swapping them out, cleaning them, calibration, etc). If
memory serves correctly, they are also on-topic as they are not all that
common as one would think (damned touchpads) and meet the age rules.
I *think* I've got it sorted out now. Some kind soul suggested that
there wasn't access from the underside of the keyboard, so I've saved
myself a job there (and probably a wrecked laptop; I hate taking the
darn things apart ;)
For reference, Thinkpad keytops *do* come off. Just be gentle and apply
a rocking motion whilst lifting them off so nothing gets damaged. I
removed the G, H and B keys around the mouse nipple, then cleaned in
there as best I could with a toothbrush. So far, no problems since - so
maybe a hair or dust had got in there and was upsetting the mechanism
somehow.
I'm glad it's fixed - aiming somewhere around where I wanted to click
and letting the cursor drift before attempting to smack the mouse button
at the appropriate point was getting really irritating!
cheers
Jules
6:41 p.m.
Jules:
I'm glad it's fixed - aiming somewhere around
where I wanted to click
and letting the cursor drift before attempting to smack the mouse button
at the appropriate point was getting really irritating!
It does wonders for your hand/eye coordintation :)
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www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UKs biggest home computer collection?
8:07 p.m.
Rumor has it that Jules Richardson may have mentioned these words:
I'm glad it's fixed - aiming somewhere around
where I wanted to click and
letting the cursor drift before attempting to smack the mouse button at
the appropriate point was getting really irritating!
Why, sounds like a good video game to me! ;^>
[[ This from a guy who *enjoys* playing "the real spider" on my
LinuxFromScratch install on my Fujitsu Lifebook, which sports a catstongue
or eraserhead pointing device with 3 mouse buttons. ]]
Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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10 Sep
10 Sep
8:07 a.m.
(Jay) I notice there are a ton of people who lurk.
Rarely or never posting.
When I lurk I do it as a courtesy to prevent blather-feed-forward loops.
That is, when everyone tries to get in on the same bad joke or whatever
and the few (hundred!) lurkers that remain have to delete 120 messages
a day for four consecutive days.
Another courtesy I practice is when a question I can answer comes
up, I read till end of list to see if it's already been answered and let
that be too. On questions where I know there are better experts present
I'll wait a half day or so for them, then answer if there's still nothing.
(James) ... the pissing contests that seem to erupt on
the list.
The correct term, unfortunately.
John A.
9 Sep
9 Sep
11:02 p.m.
Teo Zenios wrote:
Dunno, but twice as many nipples as there are people at a guess...
Some day, before I die, I want to get everyone on
this list in the same
room (er, bar) and see all their faces, and the reactions on them,
when someone starts a convertsation about a "tit mouse" :-)
How many people are on the list anyway?
6865
days inactive
6869
days old
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participants (15)
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allain＠panix.com -
bert＠brothom.nl -
brad＠heeltoe.com -
Hans.Franke＠siemens.com -
john_boffemmyer_iv＠boff-net.dhs.org -
jrice54＠vzavenue.net -
julesrichardsonuk＠yahoo.co.uk -
jwest＠classiccmp.org -
mouse＠Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA -
news＠computercollector.com -
nico＠FARUMDATA.DK -
teoz＠neo.rr.com -
vcf＠siconic.com -
witchy＠binarydinosaurs.co.uk -
zmerch＠30below.com