Re: Old threads

On Mon, 19 May 2025 10:43:44 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Mon, 19 May 2025 06:36:52 -0700, Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
wrote:
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On 5/19/2025 1:28 AM, Mr Rob wrote:

On Mon, 19 May 2025 08:34:29 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
 

On 18/05/2025 16:09, Mr Rob wrote:

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No, not old trousers, but old threads from this group from 15+ years
ago.
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I was going through my ridiculously large and totally unnecessary
collection of data sticks.
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I came across some archived posts from this group (hopefully you can
see them via this link at postimg).
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I'm pleasantly surprised by how many posters are still positing 17+
years later.
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https://i.postimg.cc/QdnrNvWM/oldT.png
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Gee, I've been here that long!

 
 
The oldest post that I have found (so far) attributed to anyone that
still posts now, using the same name, is - you'd probably guess that
it was Spalls of course. I found it in my sent items from a very old
instance of Agent

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Yeah, that Spalls person has been around for a while. They were here
before then too, but used a pseudonymn at the time.
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Well if we're looking for oldest posts, it's easy to find them back to
the 90's on google groups.  My oldest in this group is 2006 I think, so
further back than that old bit that was found on a disused drive behind
a door marked "beware of the leopard."
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https://groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action/c/3xqicze2VAA/m/2NZP9zbz1xMJ
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I was first posting to r.g.f.dnd at least since 2001, though originally
under my real name (gasp!) for the first few.

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I've tried to collect a full archive of my own posts (because yes, I'm
that vain and self-important ;-), but between the different names I
posted under, the various news-servers I used, and the multitude of
newsgroups I frequented, there are some significant gaps.
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I'm pretty good from 2006 onwards, I think, but prior to that its a
spotty record, with quite noticable gaps in the late-90s era. These
days I archive all my posts for posterity. It'll make a fascinating
record of how the insane used the Internet for some future scholar ;-)
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I had x-no-archive set for years, but this is the oldest "real" post I
could find. Someone quoted it. Of course, it's about Steam. Probably a
reply to Steamkiller.

My first post to the group was apparently in 2004 complaining about a
purely political thread in this group. A direct political post. Glad
those days seem to be gone. I must've been lurking back then.

"Zaghadka" <zagh...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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On 19 Jan 2007 01:52:52 -0800, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg, pc games
wrote:
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Valve move with STEAM can eventually turn PC Games into a
console system

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Here's a hard-hitting reality for you:
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STEAM is here to stay, it is a commercial success, and it's grip will only be
augmented by similar systems in the near to distant future. I'd say that
electronic delivery probably *is* the future, in fact. No matter how much you
post to Usenet, it's not going away. Many people have decided their desire to
play Valve games outweighs the risks presented by STEAM.
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I uncomfortable with it too, but there you are. It's a done deal. :^/
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I think you must have to have something more productive you can do with your
skills and energy at this point. Go put your weight into a political campaign
and/or volunteer to support changes you think need to happen in your locality.
You have a lot of energy and zeal and Usenet is going to get you NOWHERE
towards what you want at this point.
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I think you should take your energy, which is commendable, and use it somewhere
where it counts. You are *needed* in whatever cause you choose to work for. You
are only silenced while you remain here posting on Usenet to people who don't
care. There aren't enough people doing productive work for political change in
this world. You should be one of them.
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Maybe you already do this, in which case, accept my humble apology.
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As for this "forum," I think even a BLOG would be more useful than pounding
away at Usenet in a style that is considered by most to be spam. When you hit
the same sour note again and again, you become a nuissance. People swat at
nuissances, regardless of the "truth" of their message or their function.
That's the resistance you're feeling at this point. It's not "denial," it's
annoyance.
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We've all heard you. It's time to move on, don't you think?
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--
Zag
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I thought I could organize freedom, how very
Scandinavian of me. ...Björk

^^^ Wow, I still use that sig.

--
Zag

This is csipg.rpg - reality is off topic. ...G. Quinn ('08)