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Yes, I look forward to seeing it! ;) Scott S. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Sure, let me go fire up my eagle. Steve (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yoiks! And I thought I was a geek because I celebrated Skynet day... :) James (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Oh yeah, watch for it on the edge of the limb, just above the "A" in supervillan Chairface Chippendale's aborted grafitti project. Oh, and that's a nucular explosion. Nu-cu-lar. :-, Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) supposedly, there will be a large nuclear explosion which affects the gravity and sends the moon hurtling out of orbit and into space. --Todd (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) That reminds me--I've got a couple of old school buddies to send birthday greetings to today. I could *never* remember their birthdays when we were kids. Steve (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) ?!? Wouldn't my eye simultaneously freeze and burn and explode and implode and turn to useless jelly from the exposure? Not that this effect is any different from watching the last Star Wars flick... :-P What's happening today on the moon? (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Perhaps we could send a warning to Commander Koneig? F (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Everybody keep an eye on the moon today! (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) searching. Now if only the Communications of the ACM were freely available online...! Anyone know what the heck "Interactions 1.3" is? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) You can say many things about Wired [1], but at least they have an online archive. The above is available at: -> (URL) Cheers, (...) :: paul [1] such as it's gone from being an essential geek read to far too business orientated and obsessed (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I finally got around to remembering to report on this. Of all places, I saw this theory posed in (my autographed copy of :-) the book _Just Java_, 4th Edition by Peter van der Linden, on page 341 (light relief after chapter 13 on Applets). To (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Check out SGI's web page with it turned on. I think it makes an example of good use. (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) This absolutely baffles me. Javascript was the original browser security hole, and even after dozens of revisions, it still causes more annoyance than usefulness. Yet so many people are so incredibly fond of it. :-P (...) That would be nice. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Well, MediaOne, for a while. I don't use them as my home page (duh) but if I wanted information on anything, that was annoying. SGI's site doesn't _require_ javascript, but it's a lot nicer with. There's others. I wish there were better (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Like who? They don't get my visit. But I've never had a problem. If a site requires more than basic HTML, I find that life actually becomes easier if I avoid it. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Unfortunately, a lot of sites are becoming javascript-dependent. The hassle of having javascript turned off is worse than that of having it turned on. (25 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Turn off Javascript. There will be no pop-up windows with Javascript turned off. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Op een zekere dag, te weten Mon, 6 Sep 1999 06:41:35 GMT, klom "Sproaticus" <jsproat@io.com> in het toetsenbord en schreef ons: (...) Yeah, they're beautiful. I remember the first time I looked at them through a telescope..... Low magnification (...) (25 years ago, 6-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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