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Message no. 1
From: Frank Pelletier <jeanpell@****.IVIC.QC.CA>
Subject: SysOpus
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 01:47:13 +0000
Very nice...

Can we expect this character to get involved more often in these budding
flame wars? Have we finally found our own "CaptChaos", a Shadowland
monitor?

I think this would not only end some meaningless threads, but add a little
flavor to the board...

Salutations

Trinity
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Frank Pelletier
Trinity@********.com, jeanpell@****.qc.ca

"Life is a blur"
Message no. 2
From: Sascha Pabst <Sascha.Pabst@**********.UNI-OLDENBURG.DE>
Subject: Re: SysOpus
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 12:06:45 +0000
On 20 Jan 98 at 1:47, Frank Pelletier wrote:
> Very nice...
>
> Can we expect this character to get involved more often in these budding
> flame wars? Have we finally found our own "CaptChaos", a Shadowland
> monitor?
>
> I think this would not only end some meaningless threads, but add a little
> flavor to the board...
I agree, although I see some problems arising here... as Mark doesn't
intercept our mail to the listserv, it would be kind of "public
character" - else poor Fang would be the only one always to be
interrupted :-)

Mark, will you send messages like "SysOpus will interfere n's next
(long) message" to ... longwinded... errrm... people?Any plans at all
for this char?

Sascha
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Message no. 3
From: Jeffrey Mach <mach@****.CALTECH.EDU>
Subject: Re: SysOpus
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 12:16:35 -0800
On Tue, 20 Jan 1998, Sascha Pabst wrote:

> I agree, although I see some problems arising here... as Mark doesn't
> intercept our mail to the listserv, it would be kind of "public
> character" - else poor Fang would be the only one always to be
> interrupted :-) ^^^^

Huh? Um...Fang's my character, and in general wouldn't be posting
something SysOpus would object to. You're probably thinking of someone
else.

> Mark, will you send messages like "SysOpus will interfere n's next
> (long) message" to ... longwinded... errrm... people?Any plans at all
> for this char?

Dunno how old he is, but I've seen SysOpus or someone like him before that
the Dred Executors of the list use to remind people to be vaguely civil
around here. It is usually posted after the fact, but it tends to keep
the flame-wars to a minimum. Unless of course, it is people flaming
Jen&Gabe the asbestos duo.

--My two yen

Jeff
Message no. 4
From: "Mark A. Imbriaco" <perlhacker@*********.NET>
Subject: Re: SysOpus
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 18:17:27 -0800
On 1/20/98, at 3:07 AM, Sascha Pabst wrote:

>On 20 Jan 98 at 1:47, Frank Pelletier wrote:
>> Very nice...

Glad you liked it. I've used SysOpus a few times in the past, but I've
been
reluctant because I didn't want it to degenerate into censorship.

>> Can we expect this character to get involved more often in these budding
>> flame wars? Have we finally found our own "CaptChaos", a Shadowland
>> monitor?

Sometimes. I don't want to overuse him and censor the board.

>> I think this would not only end some meaningless threads, but add a
little
>> flavor to the board...
>
>I agree, although I see some problems arising here... as Mark doesn't
>intercept our mail to the listserv, it would be kind of "public
>character" - else poor Fang would be the only one always to be
>interrupted :-)

I think he mean't Flux here, to help the confusion.

>Mark, will you send messages like "SysOpus will interfere n's next
>(long) message" to ... longwinded... errrm... people?Any plans at all
>for this char?

That's a good idea. I'll give it a whirl next time we get a situation
that calls
for it on the list. This is the first time that I've gotten any response
to the
SysOpus character, either good or bad.

-Mark

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