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Re: Definition of a net Personality

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From: Snarfblat
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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