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Article #5Re: Definition of a net Personality
From: Snarfblat
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1992 21:31
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1992 21:31
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Michael Rawdon (rawdon@colby.cs.wisc.edu) wrote: : In <1d1oqtINN42b@agate.berkeley.edu> jsnell@ocf.berkeley.edu (Jason Snell) writes: : >In article <rawdon.720600366@cs.wisc.edu> rawdon@colby.cs.wisc.edu writes: : >>As one half of "The Siskel And Ebert of rec.arts.startrek", does that mean : >>my net.personalitydom is now secure? :-) : : >So, is Tim Lynch being Gene or Roger in this theory, Michael? : : Tim and I have debated that at great length. My contention is that I'm : Siskel, since Siskel is less forgiving than Ebert. Tim, of course, thinks : I'm wrong on that. :-) : : >Tim's got to be among the top net.personalities, despite his recent : >silence due to work.... on the rec.arts.startrek side, especially, : : True, though both Tim and I have made extensive forays into other groups as : well (many of the same ones, in fact: talk.abortion, rec.arts.comics... I've : also popped into soc.singles and alt.personals). : : >I'd say you're locked in a duel of fame with Atsushi Kanamori (who : >is now, sadly, retired...) : : Yeah, of the one-time "big four" (me, Atsushi, Roger Tang and Tim), I seem to : be the only one who's posting regularly (though Tim still reviews regularly : and Roger review and posts semiregularly). : : Of course, admittedly I did take a semivacation over the summer. :-) : : Also admittedly, who one sees as the "big four" is very much a matter of : opinion. :-) (Some people might include Hack-Man, Mike Shappe, and even your : humble self in that list...) : : -- : Michael Rawdon rawdon@colby.cs.wisc.edu : University of Wisconsin Computer Sciences Department, Madison, WI : : "So if you ask me how do I feel inside, I could honestly tell you we've : been taken on a very long ride." : - Marillion, "That Time Of The Night" Yay! A Marillion fan. I happen to be one myself. I don't know of too many others. Isn't there a Marillion newsgroup somewhere? I don't think my school gets it.
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Newsgroups: alt.net.personalities,rec.arts.startrek.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!caen!nic.umass.edu!news.amherst.edu!mcspinks From: mcspinks@unix.amherst.edu (Snarfblat) Subject: Re: Definition of a net Personality Message-ID: <Bx3yGn.Hqo@unix.amherst.edu> Sender: news@unix.amherst.edu (No News is Good News) Nntp-Posting-Host: amhux3.amherst.edu Organization: Amherst College X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6] References: <rawdon.720734552@cs.wisc.edu> Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1992 21:31:34 GMT Lines: 45