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Message no. 1
From: Mark Imbriaco <mark@******.net>
Subject: Ping!
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 09:20:13 -0500 (EST)
Ping!

-Mark
Message no. 2
From: "James Cueno" <JAMES-CUENO@*********.edu>
Subject: Re: Ping!
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 08:33:24 CST
> Ping!
>
> -Mark

Ni!

jim
Message no. 3
From: Craigtw1@***.com
Subject: Re: Ping!
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 11:30:05 -0500
In a message dated 96-01-15 09:34:29 EST, you write:

>> Ping!
>>
>> -Mark
>
>Ni!

What is the airspeed velocity of a swallow?

Tom
Message no. 4
From: "James Cueno" <JAMES-CUENO@*********.edu>
Subject: Re: Ping!
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 12:22:07 CST
> >> Ping!
> >>
> >> -Mark
> >
> >Ni!
>
> What is the airspeed velocity of a swallow?

African or European (or however that line goes, been too long....
<grumble>)?

jim
Message no. 5
From: Evan Hughes <ehughes@****.carleton.ca>
Subject: Re: Ping!
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 96 14:04:20 EST
Mark Imbriaco writes:
> Ping!

*warble*


Evan Hughes
Honours Computer Science
http://chat.carleton.ca/~ehughes
Message no. 6
From: JOHN SPAIN <93135653@****.dcu.ie>
Subject: Re: Ping!
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 19:19:00 +0000 (GMT)
What's all this nonsense then?? Ah, what terrible times are these, when
a bunch of knaves can say Ni! in an innocent listserver with impunity.
*Shakes head*

So, before someone brings up coconuts and temperate zones, I'd like to throw
in some comments regarding the events of this last month (Just read through
350 messages, didn't I?? I think I'm entitled!)

Censorship in the USA -

What is the real risk for Shadowtk?? I mean, as far as I see it, to be the
subject of censorship, there needs to be a complaint first, and since the
list is only distributed to members, the chance of this is very low.
Plus, except for the odd 'real life' swear word, the contents of the list
are rather tame (IMHO). Yes, I know your country is full of people who think
'The Beauty and the Beast' is Satan worship, but...

How many Anime fans are here? -

Me! Me,Me! (Shirow for ever!) :)

On that line, how many foreigners are there here?? (Meaning non-US)
I'm Irish meself.

The Nuke plot -

I have no problem at all with anything going on here, but maybe, just maybe,
people are over-reacting to it (I mean, the corps, etc...)

What I mean is, it's 2057, right? A-bombs have been around since the year
of dot. They are positively _stone age_ Sure, they can cause a lot of damage,
but I'm sure no one would bat an eyelid if I suddenly came up with a corp
that was in the forefront of genetic engineering, right? And yet, with just one
strain of 'umble bacteria you could do a lot more damage than with 20 A-bombs.

IMHO, at least....

As for the wraith hunt finale... wow. Weren't they doing that as a public
service, kinda 'hooding'?? They definitely didn't give much of a damn about
civilian casualties... (Reminded me of 'The Dirty Pair' - 'It wasn't OUR
fault!')

As for my characters...

Mark, has Gryffin done that attack on SF yet?? Was the execution of magistrate
Yamagata it?? I'd appreciate it if Goku was counted as having cooperated there.
He's a character that desperately needs some connections...

Hmm... tha's all really....

-J.S.
Message no. 7
From: mneideng@****.caltech.edu (Mark L. Neidengard)
Subject: Re: Ping!
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 11:28:55 -0800 (PST)
According to JOHN SPAIN:
>
> What's all this nonsense then?? Ah, what terrible times are these, when
> a bunch of knaves can say Ni! in an innocent listserver with impunity.
> *Shakes head*

Not all that innocent, if its recent misbehavior is any indication. =)

> How many Anime fans are here? -
>
> Me! Me,Me! (Shirow for ever!) :)

Look at my homepage sometime if there is any doubt. =)

> The Nuke plot -
>
> I have no problem at all with anything going on here, but maybe, just maybe,
> people are over-reacting to it (I mean, the corps, etc...)

*ahem* That's actually one of the more touchy issues. As I contended in one
of my long-winded posts, I view the other corps as under-reacting. But,
since I'm not the only one here and since certain plot events happened before
I signed on, I'm prepared to go with it to the extent that Maxim will
receive its comeuppance soon.

> What I mean is, it's 2057, right? A-bombs have been around since the year
> of dot. They are positively _stone age_ Sure, they can cause a lot of damage,
> but I'm sure no one would bat an eyelid if I suddenly came up with a corp
> that was in the forefront of genetic engineering, right? And yet, with just
> one strain of 'umble bacteria you could do a lot more damage than with 20
> A-bombs.

Not quite. Genetic engineering can be used for a lot of different purposes,
for creating plagues as well as creating bioroids and God-knows what else.
But remember that no corp would want to seriously research a plague except to
find a cure. Above all else, the coprs want to make money, which requires a
stable population base that is capable of paying for its products. The
LAST thing any corp wants is to precipitate large-scale loss of life. Atomic
weapons are _only_ good for this latter purpose, and therefore the corps would
want the minimum number of nukes around possible. Once the Eight have reached
their ascendency, any other corp trying to develop nukes would be seen as
wanting to _use_ those nukes, which is impermissible in the extreme.

> IMHO, at least....
>
> As for the wraith hunt finale... wow. Weren't they doing that as a public
> service, kinda 'hooding'?? They definitely didn't give much of a damn about
> civilian casualties... (Reminded me of 'The Dirty Pair' - 'It wasn't OUR
> fault!')

Well, it started out as public service, yes. The problem was that the Wraith
broke free and started causing casualties, and then the other Free Spirit
showed up to kill the wraith for its own reasons, and _it_ didn't care a fig
about collateral damage. =) I don't want to see any more nasties of this
magnitude again, but if they appear, they're the proper province for the
military, not for the "Shadowfolk".
--
/!\/!ark /!\!eidengard, CS Major, VLSI. http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/~mneideng
"Fairy of sleep, controller of illusions" Operator/Jack-of-all-Trades, CACR
"Control the person for my own purpose." "Don't mess with the Dark
Elves!"
-Pirotess, _Record_of_Lodoss_War_ Shadowrunner and Anime Addict
Message no. 8
From: Evan Hughes <ehughes@****.carleton.ca>
Subject: Re: Ping!
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 96 14:37:30 EST
JOHN SPAIN writes:
[BELCH]
> How many Anime fans are here? -
> Me! Me,Me! (Shirow for ever!) :)

Asimiya uber alles! *grin*

> On that line, how many foreigners are there here?? (Meaning non-US)
> I'm Irish meself.
Canuck.

> The Nuke plot -
> What I mean is, it's 2057, right? A-bombs have been around since the year
> of dot. They are positively _stone age_ Sure, they can cause a lot of damage,
> but I'm sure no one would bat an eyelid if I suddenly came up with a corp
> that was in the forefront of genetic engineering, right? And yet, with just one
> strain of 'umble bacteria you could do a lot more damage than with 20 A-bombs.

True (don't do it though... I am. =) but the nuke thing isn't in a
vacuum. The Big8 is a corporate entity and they don't like competition.
Maxim is being eliminated for to cut down on the comp. as well as to make
an example...

> As for the wraith hunt finale... wow. Weren't they doing that as a public
> service, kinda 'hooding'?? They definitely didn't give much of a damn about
> civilian casualties... (Reminded me of 'The Dirty Pair' - 'It wasn't OUR
> fault!')
*grin* Vaguely reminiscent of a few of my characters... =)

Evan Hughes
Honours Computer Science
http://chat.carleton.ca/~ehughes
Message no. 9
From: Evan Hughes <ehughes@****.carleton.ca>
Subject: Re: Ping!
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 96 14:42:05 EST
Mark L. Neidengard writes:
> But remember that no corp would want to seriously research a plague except to
> find a cure. Above all else, the coprs want to make money, which requires a
> stable population base that is capable of paying for its products. The
> LAST thing any corp wants is to precipitate large-scale loss of life. Atomic
> weapons are _only_ good for this latter purpose,

Oh yeah, Mr. Smartass? What about all those giant asteroids headed
towards the earth? Well? Come on? How *else* are we gonna deal with those?

*grin*

Evan Hughes
Honours Computer Science
http://chat.carleton.ca/~ehughes
Message no. 10
From: "James Cueno" <JAMES-CUENO@*********.edu>
Subject: Re: Ping!
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 13:44:54 CST
> JOHN SPAIN writes:
> [BELCH]
> > How many Anime fans are here? -
> > Me! Me,Me! (Shirow for ever!) :)
>
> Asimiya uber alles! *grin*

Uhhhhh....

> > On that line, how many foreigners are there here?? (Meaning non-US)
> > I'm Irish meself.
> Canuck.

I smell a bad joke coming on: An Irishman and a Canadian walk into a
bar....
Message no. 11
From: mneideng@****.caltech.edu (Mark L. Neidengard)
Subject: Re: Ping!
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 11:45:51 -0800 (PST)
According to Evan Hughes:
>
> Mark L. Neidengard writes:
> > But remember that no corp would want to seriously research a plague except to
> > find a cure. Above all else, the coprs want to make money, which requires a
> > stable population base that is capable of paying for its products. The
> > LAST thing any corp wants is to precipitate large-scale loss of life. Atomic
> > weapons are _only_ good for this latter purpose,
>
> Oh yeah, Mr. Smartass? What about all those giant asteroids headed
> towards the earth? Well? Come on? How *else* are we gonna deal with those?
>
> *grin*

Well, probably people would construct the devices (under close scrutiny) when
the need arose. =) The more extreme case is a very small yield device built
into an important biotech lab to sterilize it should something go wrong. To
my way of thinking, the number of these outside the military should be less
than half a dozen total. And probably a like number in the military.
--
/!\/!ark /!\!eidengard, CS Major, VLSI. http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/~mneideng
"Fairy of sleep, controller of illusions" Operator/Jack-of-all-Trades, CACR
"Control the person for my own purpose." "Don't mess with the Dark
Elves!"
-Pirotess, _Record_of_Lodoss_War_ Shadowrunner and Anime Addict
Message no. 12
From: Shane Courtrille <hardware@*****.com>
Subject: Re: Ping!
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 14:02:56 -0700
>> What I mean is, it's 2057, right? A-bombs have been around since the year
>> of dot. They are positively _stone age_ Sure, they can cause a lot of damage,
>> but I'm sure no one would bat an eyelid if I suddenly came up with a corp
>> that was in the forefront of genetic engineering, right? And yet, with just
>> one strain of 'umble bacteria you could do a lot more damage than with 20
>> A-bombs.
>
>Not quite. Genetic engineering can be used for a lot of different purposes,
>for creating plagues as well as creating bioroids and God-knows what else.
>But remember that no corp would want to seriously research a plague except to
>find a cure. Above all else, the coprs want to make money, which requires a
>stable population base that is capable of paying for its products. The

Of course a Corp could develop a deadly virus.. and a cure for it. Then
release the virus.. let it run for a bit.. then be a savior and come out
with the cure for it.. avalible for only $19.95 a shot....

Just my two bits...


Owl

Shane Courtrille
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Message no. 13
From: Evan Hughes <ehughes@****.carleton.ca>
Subject: Re: Ping!
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 96 17:48:12 EST
Shane Courtrille writes:
> Of course a Corp could develop a deadly virus.. and a cure for it. Then
> release the virus.. let it run for a bit.. then be a savior and come out
> with the cure for it.. avalible for only $19.95 a shot....

Yeah right... And run the risk of being found out by another corp? Think
of all the crap they'd go through then. Even without government control,
they'd be economically dead. Would _you_ buy anything from a corp who had
just made a concerted effort to take a fair sized chunk out of the human
race?

Evan Hughes
Honours Computer Science
http://chat.carleton.ca/~ehughes
Message no. 14
From: mneideng@****.caltech.edu (Mark L. Neidengard)
Subject: Re: Ping!
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 14:49:09 -0800 (PST)
According to Shane Courtrille:
> >Not quite. Genetic engineering can be used for a lot of different purposes,
> >for creating plagues as well as creating bioroids and God-knows what else.
> >But remember that no corp would want to seriously research a plague except to
> >find a cure. Above all else, the coprs want to make money, which requires a
> >stable population base that is capable of paying for its products. The
>
> Of course a Corp could develop a deadly virus.. and a cure for it. Then
> release the virus.. let it run for a bit.. then be a savior and come out
> with the cure for it.. avalible for only $19.95 a shot....
>
> Just my two bits...

Ah, evil. More than a tad risky in the Shadowrun world view, though, since
the other corps would have every reason to be suspicious of a cure that is
too precipitous. Also, given the residual level of medical technology, a
truly effective plague would almost have to be specifically bioengineered.
Also, lots of the employees of the club would probably get hosed. Heck,
there's even the chance that someone could beat you to the cure. =)

It could happen, but the risk would be pretty dreadful, and if you were
found out...
--
/!\/!ark /!\!eidengard, CS Major, VLSI. http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/~mneideng
"Fairy of sleep, controller of illusions" Operator/Jack-of-all-Trades, CACR
"Control the person for my own purpose." "Don't mess with the Dark
Elves!"
-Pirotess, _Record_of_Lodoss_War_ Shadowrunner and Anime Addict
Message no. 15
From: shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk (Paul J. Adam)
Subject: Re: Ping!
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 18:10:45 GMT
> Ping!
> -Mark

Ah! I see you have the machine that goes Ping! You see, we lease this machine
from the company we sold it to, thus it appears in the monthly cost account
rather than the quarterly asset account...

--
Paul J. Adam
Message no. 16
From: Mark Imbriaco <mark@******.net>
Subject: Re: Ping!
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 20:11:23 -0500 (EST)
> Mark, has Gryffin done that attack on SF yet?? Was the execution of magistrate
> Yamagata it?? I'd appreciate it if Goku was counted as having cooperated there.
> He's a character that desperately needs some connections...

Nope, Griff hasn't run his yet. I've been too busy with other
things to write one up, but I'm glad you reminded me. (I just
finished a big project, so I'm goint to spend some time goofing
off tomorrow.. I earned it. :-)

I'll drop you a line tomorrow and we'll talk about Goku's
participation. Sound good?

-Mark

Mark Imbriaco email: <mark@******.net>
iTribe, Inc. url: http://www.itribe.net/~mark/
Director of Engineering pgp/geek: http://www.itribe.net/~mark/codes.html

W e b W o n d e r s . O n l i n e O d d i t i e s . C o o l S t u f f
Message no. 17
From: Craigtw1@***.com
Subject: Re: Ping!
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 21:02:55 -0500
In a message dated 96-01-15 13:25:35 EST, you write:

>> >> Ping!
>> >>
>> >> -Mark
>> >
>> >Ni!
>>
>> What is the airspeed velocity of a swallow?
>
>African or European (or however that line goes, been too long....
><grumble>)?
>
>

You mean: Is that an European swallow or an African swallow?

<replies> I don't know.
*BOOM!* AHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhh...
Message no. 18
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Ping!
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 00:45:15 GMT
> So, before someone brings up coconuts and temperate zones, I'd like to throw
> in some comments regarding the events of this last month (Just read through
> 350 messages, didn't I?? I think I'm entitled!)
>
> On that line, how many foreigners are there here?? (Meaning non-US)
> I'm Irish meself.

British. Sorry :)

> The Nuke plot -
>
> I have no problem at all with anything going on here, but maybe, just maybe,
> people are over-reacting to it (I mean, the corps, etc...)

> What I mean is, it's 2057, right? A-bombs have been around since the year
> of dot. They are positively _stone age_ Sure, they can cause a lot of damage,
> but I'm sure no one would bat an eyelid if I suddenly came up with a corp
>that was in the forefront of genetic engineering, right? And yet, with just one
> strain of 'umble bacteria you could do a lot more damage than with 20 A-bombs.

Agreed. Also, all those weapons and all that weapons-grade material around
right now? After all the upheavals of Shadowrun history, can all the Pu-239
and U-235 be accounted for to the ton, let alone kilogram? Once you have
the material, A-bombs - even H-bombs - are university science at most. Read
Tom Clancy's _The Sum Of All Fears_ for a good take on building a 100kT
device covertly.

I think that possession of nuclear weapons is universal already among the
Big Eight, and a lot of smaller corporations have at least a couple. Insurance
against the Omega Order, the last-ditch weapon when there's little for them
to lose. Like firearms where I live, proving possession is one thing. Actually
using one is another. The mistake Magnus made may have been to test one:
'don't ask, don't tell' falls down when someone's setting off nuclear
firecrackers.

But that's just my opinion. Who asked for it anyway?

--
Paul J. Adam
Message no. 19
From: Gloria <l.m.evans@**********.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Ping!
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 13:19:04 GMT
(Just read through
> 350 messages, didn't I?? I think I'm entitled!)
You want to try 735. I HAVE to check my mail more often.


> On that line, how many foreigners are there here??
(Meaning non-US)
Well, I don't know about demmed foreigners - I'm English,
old boy.

Gloria Road
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Message no. 20
From: Donato Montanari <montanar@****.be>
Subject: Re: Ping!
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 96 15:59:55 MET
>
> > On that line, how many foreigners are there here??
> (Meaning non-US)
> Well, I don't know about demmed foreigners - I'm English,
> old boy.
>
> Gloria Road

Here is one: I am Italian :)

Donato
Message no. 21
From: Peter Triller <triller@***.uni-passau.de>
Subject: Re: Ping!
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 16:07:46 +0100 (MET)
>
>
>
>
> (Just read through
> > 350 messages, didn't I?? I think I'm entitled!)
> You want to try 735. I HAVE to check my mail more often.
>
>
> > On that line, how many foreigners are there here??
> (Meaning non-US)
> Well, I don't know about demmed foreigners - I'm English,
> old boy.
>


And I'm Germam
Message no. 22
From: Gawain Emrys Ap Geoffrey <g.l.g.steele@**********.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Ping!
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 10:11:14 PST
On Mon, 15 Jan 1996 14:13:31 -0500 JOHN SPAIN wrote:

> On that line, how many foreigners are there here??
(Meaning non-US)
> I'm Irish meself.

Both myself and Gawain/Lucifer (My non-appearing
character) are English as it happens. Woodpecker, alas, does
not deserve such praise.

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Message no. 23
From: mneideng@****.caltech.edu (Mark L. Neidengard)
Subject: ping
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 10:15:04 -0700 (PDT)
pong.
--
/!\/!ark /!\!eidengard, CS Major, VLSI. http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/~mneideng
"Fairy of sleep, controller of illusions" Operator/Jack-of-all-Trades, CACR
"Control the person for my own purpose." "Don't mess with the Dark
Elves!"
-Pirotess, _Record_of_Lodoss_War_ Shadowrunner and Anime Addict
Message no. 24
From: Turgul <turgul@**.COM>
Subject: Ping
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 06:22:49 -0600
Ping
Message no. 25
From: Mike Loll <e5rs010@*****.BOWIESTATE.EDU>
Subject: ping
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 12:58:36 EST
just wanna see if my re-subscribe worked.....

mike loll
Message no. 26
From: Brian Angliss <angliss@*****.COLORADO.EDU>
Subject: ping
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 19:51:36 -0700
This is a test. This is only a test. Had this been a real post, it
would have had some interesting content contained within it.
Message no. 27
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Ping
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 13:15:02 +1300
Anyone getting anything from s-tk? Some more developments in the Horse
thing should have turned up.

PLAYTHING OF A CRUEL GOD
JAIMIE NICHOLSON
Message no. 28
From: Oscar <U09549@*****.UIC.EDU>
Subject: Re: Ping
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 09:49:35 CST
Nothing over the weekend, but a couple notes this morning.

Oscar
Message no. 29
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: ping
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 09:52:30 +1300
Ping. Test message. Is everyone dead?

PLAYTHING OF A CRUEL GOD
JAIMIE NICHOLSON
Message no. 30
From: "The Illustrious Mr. Frypp" <JAMES-CUENO@*********.EDU>
Subject: Re: ping
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 09:07:57 CST
> Ping. Test message. Is everyone dead?

Yes.
jim c

"If you get beef tapeworms from eating undercooked beef,
and pork tapeworms from eating undercooked pork,
do you get dwarf tapeworms from eating undercooked dwarves?"
Message no. 31
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Ping
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 12:28:59 +1200
>>>>>[Has s-land moved again?]<<<<<
-- Rand <t/d>

as a variant of the usual "why's it so quiet" comment...

Why _is_ it so quiet, BTW? Anyone there other than Paul and I?
Message no. 32
From: BigDaddy <bigdaddy@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Ping
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 21:05:24 -0400
Jaimie Nicholson wrote:
>
> >>>>>[Has s-land moved again?]<<<<<
> -- Rand <t/d>
>
> as a variant of the usual "why's it so quiet" comment...
>
> Why _is_ it so quiet, BTW? Anyone there other than Paul and I?



BigDaddy's active, i'm still preparing my grand reopening of Reggies in
Chicago. Also, I moved to tampa with only a 33.6 not a cable modem any
more(DEAR GOD IT SUX!!)

--
Napalm Sticks to Kidz,
BigDaddy
Message no. 33
From: David Foster <fixer@*******.TLH.FL.US>
Subject: Re: Ping
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 21:02:21 -0400
On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, Jaimie Nicholson wrote:

->>>>>>[Has s-land moved again?]<<<<<
-> -- Rand <t/d>
->
->as a variant of the usual "why's it so quiet" comment...
->
->Why _is_ it so quiet, BTW? Anyone there other than Paul and I?
->
>>>>>>[Not to my knowledge, some of us are just a bit newer and trying
to
get a grip on what's SUPPOSED to happen in here. <insert hint here> What
is supposed to happen in here?]<<<<<<
-- Shadoweaver <20:58:21/08-12-2060>

Fixer --------------} The easy I do before breakfast,
the difficult I do all day long,
the impossible only during the week,
and miracles performed on an as-needed basis....

Now tell me, what was your problem?
Message no. 34
From: Jett <zmjett@*********.COM>
Subject: Re: Ping
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 22:34:44 -0400
Jaimie Nicholson wrote:
>
> >>>>>[Has s-land moved again?]<<<<<
> -- Rand <t/d>
>
> as a variant of the usual "why's it so quiet" comment...
>
> Why _is_ it so quiet, BTW? Anyone there other than Paul and I?

I was at GenCon, and hence away from my computer. But I'm back! :P
--Jett

<*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>


"I'll make this clear, that I'm just here for backup. And to offer the
occasional advice or insult."
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Message no. 35
From: Jhary-a-Conel <Jhary-a-Conel@***.NET>
Subject: Re: Ping
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:08:51 +0200
On 13 Aug 98, at 12:28, Jaimie Nicholson wrote:

> >>>>>[Has s-land moved again?]<<<<<
> -- Rand <t/d>
>
> as a variant of the usual "why's it so quiet" comment...
>
> Why _is_ it so quiet, BTW? Anyone there other than Paul and I?

Out there - yup.
Time on my hands - nope, unfortunately. I am quite happy I
managed to leave the threats, err, threads my characters were
involved in silently by now, w/o too much trouble for anyone involved
(I hope :-)

With an average of 4 hours spare time a day I will _not_ start a new
storyline or pick up an old one... Well, six weeks to go...


Jhary
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Message no. 36
From: "Michael R. Goldberg" <mrgoldbe@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject: Re: Ping
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 19:17:20 -0500
Actually, I've been lurking since Monday. (Went away for a few days.)

Right now, I'm trying to come up with some details on the
who/why/what/etc for both Ratspeak and Death (and crew). The harder
one is Ratspeak actually because the recent turmoil in events at SIGA
would be a great thing to draw the rodents attention and commentary on.
I would go so far as to say, the rodent must have been up to something
grand to miss out on something like that.

In matter of fact if Scourge were more given to idle gossip, he would
comment on it.

Later,
Mike
Message no. 37
From: Sean Marshall <methos@****.NET>
Subject: Re: Ping
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 22:02:38 -0500
At 08:05 PM 8/12/98 , you wrote:
>BigDaddy's active, i'm still preparing my grand reopening of Reggies in
>Chicago. Also, I moved to tampa with only a 33.6 not a cable modem any
>more(DEAR GOD IT SUX!!)

You had a cable modem!!! I'd give my left nut for one. The speeds are
incredible but so is the price, at least it is in Winnipeg, Canada.
($50.00/month for cable modem access)

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