Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Zaghadka Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: I miss Gerry Quinn Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2024 11:31:50 -0500 Organization: E. Nygma & Sons, LLC Lines: 38 Message-ID: <2pe5gjlqanfae9grgqf70r0adng3oreelq@4ax.com> References: Reply-To: zaghadka@hotmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2024 18:31:51 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="638c8d7f0e943acb14f9673635cda6bd"; logging-data="1372020"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19FXPHvhWEhxB/m7bs5qW7BXYxriD2fU8A=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:uVlp8sAjfGgXrsuj+83AVoztGYA= X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.3/32.846 Bytes: 2403 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 wrote in >: > >> 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 wrote: >>>>If you're lurking, guy, I still think of you. >>>> >>>>You taught me the word "putative," and was always an intelligent and >>>>engaging correspondant. I think I even played a demo roguelike of >>>>yours. >>>> >>>>I hope life finds you well (and sick of Usenet) and nothing more. >>> >>>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? > >Hey! :) > 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