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* Re: How Jerry Pournelle was kicked off the ArapanetManuel Aaron
`* Re: How Jerry Pournelle was kicked off the ArapanetRich Alderson
 `* Re: How Jerry Pournelle was kicked off the ArapanetDave McGuire
  `- Re: How Jerry Pournelle was kicked off the ArapanetRich Alderson

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Re: How Jerry Pournelle was kicked off the Arapanet

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Subject: Re: How Jerry Pournelle was kicked off the Arapanet
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 by: Manuel Aaron - Sun, 30 Jul 2023 17:03 UTC

On Tuesday, February 3, 1998 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-6, Keith Lynch wrote:
> In article <wjrEnp...@netcom.com>,
> Wayne J. Rasmussen <w...@netcom.com> wrote:
> > How did you manage to keep yours? I lost my MIT guest account back
> > in 1989. Supposedly, they were getting rid of guest accounts.
> Probably because I assisted other users. Others kept their accounts
> because they made themselves useful in various other ways, such as
> helping to write and debug the software.
> > You must have a lot of connections.
> No. I did briefly visit MIT in person in 2/86 (when I was in town for
> Boskone), 2/87 (Boskone) 1/89 (IAP), 9/89 (Worldcon), and 1/90 (IAP).
> (Boskone and the Worldcon are science fiction conventions. Boskone
> was held annually in Boston through 1987. It's now held annually in
> Framingham. The Worldcon is in a different city every year. It was
> last in Boston in 1989, and won't return there before 2004 at the
> earliest. IAP is an annual event, open to everyone, held by MIT.)
> Being seen in person, even if only for a minute, *does* make a
> difference, if you want to call that "connections".
> --
> Keith Lynch, k...@clark.net
> http://www.clark.net/pub/kfl/
> I boycott all spammers.
AYEESH

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 by: Rich Alderson - Sun, 30 Jul 2023 21:09 UTC

Manuel Aaron <zannriell@gmail.com> writes:

> On Tuesday, February 3, 1998 at 2:00:00=E2=80=AFAM UTC-6, Keith Lynch wrote=
> :
>> In article <wjrEnp...@netcom.com>,
>> Wayne J. Rasmussen <w...@netcom.com> wrote:
>>> How did you manage to keep yours? I lost my MIT guest account back
>>> in 1989. Supposedly, they were getting rid of guest accounts.
>> Probably because I assisted other users. Others kept their accounts
>> because they made themselves useful in various other ways, such as
>> helping to write and debug the software.
>>> You must have a lot of connections.
>> No. I did briefly visit MIT in person in 2/86 (when I was in town for
>> Boskone), 2/87 (Boskone) 1/89 (IAP), 9/89 (Worldcon), and 1/90 (IAP).
>> (Boskone and the Worldcon are science fiction conventions. Boskone
>> was held annually in Boston through 1987. It's now held annually in
>> Framingham. The Worldcon is in a different city every year. It was
>> last in Boston in 1989, and won't return there before 2004 at the
>> earliest. IAP is an annual event, open to everyone, held by MIT.)
>> Being seen in person, even if only for a minute, *does* make a
>> difference, if you want to call that "connections".
>> --
>> Keith Lynch, k...@clark.net
>> http://www.clark.net/pub/kfl/
>> I boycott all spammers.
> AYEESH

25.5 years later...

--
Rich Alderson news@alderson.users.panix.com
Audendum est, et veritas investiganda; quam etiamsi non assequamur,
omnino tamen proprius, quam nunc sumus, ad eam perveniemus.
--Galen

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 by: Dave McGuire - Mon, 31 Jul 2023 02:38 UTC

On 7/30/23 17:09, Rich Alderson wrote:
> Manuel Aaron <zannriell@gmail.com> writes:
>> On Tuesday, February 3, 1998 at 2:00:00=E2=80=AFAM UTC-6, Keith Lynch wrote=
>> :
>>> In article <wjrEnp...@netcom.com>,
>>> Wayne J. Rasmussen <w...@netcom.com> wrote:
>>>> How did you manage to keep yours? I lost my MIT guest account back
>>>> in 1989. Supposedly, they were getting rid of guest accounts.
>>> Probably because I assisted other users. Others kept their accounts
>>> because they made themselves useful in various other ways, such as
>>> helping to write and debug the software.
>>>> You must have a lot of connections.
>>> No. I did briefly visit MIT in person in 2/86 (when I was in town for
>>> Boskone), 2/87 (Boskone) 1/89 (IAP), 9/89 (Worldcon), and 1/90 (IAP).
>>> (Boskone and the Worldcon are science fiction conventions. Boskone
>>> was held annually in Boston through 1987. It's now held annually in
>>> Framingham. The Worldcon is in a different city every year. It was
>>> last in Boston in 1989, and won't return there before 2004 at the
>>> earliest. IAP is an annual event, open to everyone, held by MIT.)
>>> Being seen in person, even if only for a minute, *does* make a
>>> difference, if you want to call that "connections".
>>> --
>>> Keith Lynch, k...@clark.net
>>> http://www.clark.net/pub/kfl/
>>> I boycott all spammers.
>> AYEESH
>
> 25.5 years later...

SO, WHY did we let Google fart around with Usenet, again? ;)

-Dave

--
Dave McGuire, President/Curator
Large Scale Systems Museum
New Kensington, PA

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 by: Rich Alderson - Mon, 31 Jul 2023 20:08 UTC

Dave McGuire <mcguire@lssmuseum.org> writes:

> On 7/30/23 17:09, Rich Alderson wrote:
>> Manuel Aaron <zannriell@gmail.com> writes:

[ snip ]

>>> AYEESH

>> 25.5 years later...

> SO, WHY did we let Google fart around with Usenet, again? ;)

> -Dave

Because Sergei and Larry sold us a bill of goods?

--
Rich Alderson news@alderson.users.panix.com
Audendum est, et veritas investiganda; quam etiamsi non assequamur,
omnino tamen proprius, quam nunc sumus, ad eam perveniemus.
--Galen

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