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Re: Coming soon, Free web hosting for MOCs
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lugnet.publish
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Thu, 6 Mar 2003 20:33:17 GMT
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In lugnet.publish, Sean Kenney writes:
> > I don't buy it. Certainly I hope I am wrong but I think this is an elaborate
> > hoax ala Mr. Beneke 2000. Too many things just don't add up for me - I'll
> > spare the bandwidth.
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> It's no joke. I'd never ramp up everyone's hopes like that for some kind of
> hoax.
Well then let this serve as my public apology. I am sorry for doubting this
effort. In my defense however past attempts warrant caution at this time of
year...
> ( By the way, what is "Mr. Beneke 2000" ? )
This is the more than elaborate April Fools joke of 2000. It is by far the
best April Fool's joke ever witnessed on Lugnet.
http://news.lugnet.com/trains/?n=5366
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> Anyway, I'll keep you all updated on the progress, starting with a general
> announcement when the public beta opens sometime next week. There still may
> be a few things missing if I get a lot more bugs back from my Alpha testers,
> but so far things are looking good.
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> Sean
Best of luck on your project.
-Nick
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| (...) It's no joke. I'd never ramp up everyone's hopes like that for some kind of hoax. MOCpages is something that I've been planning for over a year. That was when I started noticing (among many other things) the exponential growth in popularity on (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.publish)
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