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Subject: 
Re: I'm back...
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Fri, 25 May 2001 16:13:54 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Duane Hess writes:
> 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

I can see your handywork already Todd. Thanks.

-Duane



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  Re: I'm back...
 
(...) 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 (25 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.admin.general)

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