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Message no. 1
From: Technomancer <arvanit@***.UCH.GR>
Subject: What is [OT]?
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 16:31:07 +0200
Is [OT] a symbol meaning Out of Topic?

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Message no. 2
From: David Buehrer <dbuehrer@****.ORG>
Subject: Re: What is [OT]?
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 07:51:23 -0700
Technomancer wrote:
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| Is [OT] a symbol meaning Out of Topic?

Close :) [OT] = Off Topic

-David
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Message no. 3
From: Brett Borger <bxb121@***.EDU>
Subject: Re: What is [OT]?
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 13:14:24 -0500
At 16:31 1/23/97 +0200, you wrote:
>Is [OT] a symbol meaning Out of Topic?

Basically. Off-Topic. Like this message. :) Anything not directly SR
game related.
-=SwiftOne=-
Message no. 4
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: What is [OT]?
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 15:42:57 +0000
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|Is [OT] a symbol meaning Out of Topic?

Off Topic, but you got the right idea...

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Message no. 5
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: What is [OT]?
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 12:42:10 -0500
At 04:31 PM 1/23/97 +0200, you wrote:
>Is [OT] a symbol meaning Out of Topic?
>
Yeah... We started using it about a week ago, to help those people who
can't stand the ff Topic Threads and the nasty drift...

Now if we can just keep people using it...

Hey Spike! Maybe you can yell at people who don't use the header when they
should...):):):)

Bull
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= Bull, aka Chaos, aka Rak, aka Steven Ratkovich =
= chaos@*****.com =
= "Order is Illusion! Chaos is Bliss! Got any fours?" =
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Less than 2 weeks till Star Wars!
Message no. 6
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: What is [OT]?
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 18:30:26 +0000
|Hey Spike! Maybe you can yell at people who don't use the header when they
|should...):):):)

I get tired of yelling....
(And besides, I'll probably be one of the first to fall by the wayside)

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|u5a77@*****.cs.keele.ac.uk| "Are you pondering what I'm pondering Pinky?" |
|Andrew Halliwell | |
|Principal subjects in:- | "I think so brain, but this time, you control |
|Comp Sci & Electronics | the Encounter suit, and I'll do the voice..." |
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|GCv3.1 GCS/EL>$ d---(dpu) s+/- a- C++ U N++ o+ K- w-- M+/++ PS+++ PE- Y t+ |
|5++ X+/++ R+ tv+ b+ D G e>PhD h/h+ !r! !y-|I can't say F**K either now! :( |
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Message no. 7
From: Vael Lashar <ltwiss@********.COM>
Subject: Re: What is [OT]?
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 19:02:24 +0000
Technomancer <SHADOWRN@********.itribe.net>
on 23 Jan 97 put to email a tale of What is [OT]?:

> Is [OT] a symbol meaning Out of Topic?

It's just an easy way of finding Spike & Bull. <grin>


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Message no. 8
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: What is [OT]?
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 19:01:30 +0000
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|Technomancer <SHADOWRN@********.itribe.net>
|on 23 Jan 97 put to email a tale of What is [OT]?:
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|> Is [OT] a symbol meaning Out of Topic?
|
|It's just an easy way of finding Spike & Bull. <grin>

I resemble that remark!

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______________________________________________________________________________
|u5a77@*****.cs.keele.ac.uk| "Are you pondering what I'm pondering Pinky?" |
|Andrew Halliwell | |
|Principal subjects in:- | "I think so brain, but this time, you control |
|Comp Sci & Electronics | the Encounter suit, and I'll do the voice..." |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|GCv3.1 GCS/EL>$ d---(dpu) s+/- a- C++ U N++ o+ K- w-- M+/++ PS+++ PE- Y t+ |
|5++ X+/++ R+ tv+ b+ D G e>PhD h/h+ !r! !y-|I can't say F**K either now! :( |
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Message no. 9
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: What is [OT]?
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 02:26:02 -0500
At 07:01 PM 1/23/97 +0000, you wrote:
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>|Technomancer <SHADOWRN@********.itribe.net>
>|on 23 Jan 97 put to email a tale of What is [OT]?:
>|
>|> Is [OT] a symbol meaning Out of Topic?
>|
>|It's just an easy way of finding Spike & Bull. <grin>

Ummmm... Why would you say that? 8o)

Bull
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Bull-the-cuddley-Kojack-imitating-Star-Wars-lovin'-ork-decker

=======================================================
= Bull, aka Chaos, aka Rak, aka Steven Ratkovich =
= chaos@*****.com =
= "Order is Illusion! Chaos is Bliss! Got any fours?" =
=======================================================

Less than 2 weeks till Star Wars!

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