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Re: I'm back...
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Date: 
Fri, 25 May 2001 14:05:37 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Jaco van der Molen writes:
> <this nyme is being used because I was once again banned, complain to
> my ISP if you like, however that's only likely to result in me using a
> proxy server, something my ISP has no control over.  I'm gonna speak
> my piece, whether anyone likes it or not.>
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 25 May 2001 04:33:34 GMT, "Santosh Bhat" <santob@ihug.com.au>
> wrote:
> 
> > James Jessiman was an AFOL who worked on a program for drawing lego pieces
> > etc..and to make instructions out of them. The result of his work is found
> > at http://www.ldraw.org , a commonly used program for rendering lego creations.
> > 
> > Sadly, James died a few years ago at a young age. As a way of remembering
> > and saying thanks, the LDRAW homepage has a memorial for James and for the
> > work that he began.
> > 
> > 
> > Simon has put a link on his own page (see the original link) with the words
> > "James Jessiman is Dead...deal with it NOW". Despite that it links to the
> > memorial page, its a rather tactless way of doing it.
> > 
> > Santosh
> 
> No, no, NO!  It DOESN'T link to the memorial page, it links to the
> image archive of cheap Inet statuary.  I have no problems with the
> memorial page, in fact I think it's really good.  What I'm against is
> the cheapening of his death and the ideal to turn him into a demigod
> of the Lego community.  In fact, if the image archive is taken off,
> I'll take the link button off my site.  The memorial has NOTHING to do
> with this at all.
> 
> -Matthew

Todd,

Is there anything we can do about this clown? It's one thing to have a
personality that nobody else seems to like, but trying to fake someone elses
name in a NG is downright irritating to the extreme. TOSs him out again...

-Duane



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: I'm back...
 
(...) I've been lying low and keeping quite, in fear of ID theft and for sheer stupidity of this thread, but I must chime in. From what I've observed, Todd has been A) ignoring this to see if it will go away, or B) Posting and canceling, presumably (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
  Re: I'm back...
 
(...) I can see your handywork already Todd. Thanks. -Duane (25 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.admin.general)

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