Re: I miss Gerry Quinn

On 6 Oct 2024 08:29:31 GMT, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, vallor
wrote:

On Fri, 04 Oct 2024 14:33:18 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote in
<m6d0gjlraj2db7the84u36hotg61n5cb2t@4ax.com>:
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rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Ross Ridge) looked up from reading the
entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
 

Zaghadka  <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote:

If you're lurking, guy, I still think of you.
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You taught me the word "putative," and was always an intelligent and
engaging correspondant. I think I even played a demo roguelike of
yours.
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I hope life finds you well (and sick of Usenet) and nothing more.

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I like to think that after calling each and every regular poster here
stupid at least once (I kept track), he left us idiots and moved to a
forum that could properly appreciate his genius.

 
So Comp.Os.Linux.Advocacy then?

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Hey! :)
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Hey yourself! Your community has a rep. And a penchant for telling people
to go to console and hand edit something in etc, in VI (no Emacs!) with
no understanding that most people aren't capable of even finding etc.

I kid, of course. ;^)

--
Zag

No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten