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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snipped stuff about the BBS scene and my game, Planet Busters> Well we are at an intergame point again, if you have an interest in playing this blast from the past (and possibly trouncing me at (...) (22 years ago, 25-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Possibly apocryphal, possibly not really the first but an interesting story of computer archeaology nontheless: (URL) got the URL from an old IBMers mailing list I am on) I don't think it has anything to do with MS other than that's where the story (...) (22 years ago, 25-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Robert L. Forward 1932-2002
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Robert L. Forward 1932-2002 Robert Forward, physicist, might be known to you as the author of Dragon's Egg (1987), a hard sf novel in which humans communicate with accelerated lifeforms on the surface of a neutron star and affect their history. SFWA (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Stumbled across this while reading my Mac news sites. Not hilarious, but amusing: (URL) (22 years ago, 21-Sep-02, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Now that's dissapointing...how can Hubzilla wreak havok upon the Disneyland Indiana Jones figure that lives on my desk? Still damn funny though. Matt (22 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Alas, Hubzilla does not have movable limbs. (...) (22 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Yes, but how does it rate as an action figure? I emailed them to find out. (...) (22 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I don't recall any computer product ever actually making me laugh out loud before (unless you count Gateway trying to compare their lame Profile system to Apple's iMac...), but then this came along: (URL) (22 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek) !
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| | Re: Original Smiley Found (-:
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(...) Well, back in the days when 40 column screens were common for BBS users (Commodore 64, Apple ][, etc.) the :) version was preferable, since :-) looked very much out of proportion. Interestingly enough I remember from my BBS days that -) was (...) (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Original Smiley Found (-:
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(...) Its main benefit, of course, is that it doesn't smell so much! Cheers, - jsproat (22 years ago, 14-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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