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Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars)
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Sun, 19 Dec 1999 21:49:59 GMT
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On Sun, 19 Dec 1999 03:58:10 GMT, "Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com>
wrote:
In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Jasper Janssen writes:
On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 03:52:09 GMT, "Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com>
wrote:

If he's ignored, it's because people insist on calling him pterry.

It's his email address. It's his _name_.

Top be a bit more precise, his email address is pterry@something
(something.demon.co.uk, IIRC), he sometimes signs off with it IIRC,
and it makes a nice convenient shorthand. ;)


Oops!  Well, it's obviously derived from Pyramids--that's what I was
erroneously referring to.

It is? I think I've read Pyramids, but I didn't get that.

My mistake.  I wasn't aware that he'd chosen it.
Anyway, the rest of my post still stands!  8^)

Possibly. I haven't read the last few so I can't say whether they were
very substandard. I also don't tend to see things like that very
strongly, anyway.

Jasper



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  Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars)
 
(...) I'm deriving it from Ptraci, Ptaclusp, and the like. I've also read a discussion of this, though whether it was on Usenet or elsewhere, I can't recall. I'll look into it if you're really curious. (...) When I say substandard, by the way, I (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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(...) Oops! Well, it's obviously derived from Pyramids--that's what I was erroneously referring to. My mistake. I wasn't aware that he'd chosen it. Anyway, the rest of my post still stands! 8^) Dave! (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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