On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:48:52 -0700 (PDT), Gene Buckle ... One of the sleazy things about Network Solutions is that last I checked (a few months or quarters...
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murdoch
murdoch_1998
Apr 18, 2010 4:55 pm
On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:48:52 -0700 (PDT), Gene Buckle ... One of the sleazy things about Network Solutions is that last I checked (a few months or quarters...
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murdoch
murdoch_1998
Apr 18, 2010 4:57 pm
Hello everyone: I posted a few days ago from email and saw that my post did not show up. I posted again just to be sure, and nothing got through. I sent an...
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dmccunney
dwmccunney
Apr 18, 2010 5:21 pm
... I *do* use spam filters, and don't see the issue. Back when I got mail through POP from my ISP, I used Outlook for email, and installed an open source...
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Joe Roberts
jcentury
Apr 18, 2010 5:41 pm
Hi murdoch. This is my fault. I was on the road for a week without e-mail and forgot to nudge someone to please moderate. I will review the moderation...
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murdoch
murdoch_1998
Apr 19, 2010 1:54 pm
Hi Joe: I appreciate, as do others, that you and the other two moderators do work to set up the group. I'd like to make a suggestion which I hope will be taken...
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Digital Avatar
davatar707
Apr 19, 2010 1:55 pm
... Its a convenience for moderators who aren't here to monitor the place 24/7 and who know that this place gets hit at regular intervals by spambots. Welcome...
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Joe Roberts
jcentury
Apr 19, 2010 2:44 pm
Well I've decided to turn moderation off for now and just be more discerning with approving membership. MODERATORS: Be sure the "reason for joining" is...
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murdoch
murdoch_1998
Apr 19, 2010 11:16 pm
Hi: I personally was not suggesting to turn moderation off entirely. The compromise I was suggesting was simply to make the first post moderated, but once a...
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murdoch
murdoch_1998
Apr 19, 2010 11:16 pm
On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:32:18 +0000 (UTC), Digital Avatar ... Hi: I think you misinterpreted my point. I was not suggesting getting rid of ways to block spam....
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andrew_wiskow
Apr 20, 2010 2:12 am
I've decided to add Google AdSense ads to my BBS website, my personal website, as well as the ACUG website. It appears as a box at the top of the page, just...
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Bruce A Wakelee
pyster
Apr 20, 2010 10:42 am
MODS: Dont be assholes. Too often we see mods moderating points they dont like, and not just the flames or verbal vomit. -Bruce On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:44:48...
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Dennis Nedry
neddieseagoo...
Apr 20, 2010 10:55 am
... I don't see any need for moderation on here, as long as folks are careful not to let the penis extension folks in. -- I know a mouse And he hasn't got a...
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Gene Buckle
tspec2k
Apr 20, 2010 1:23 pm
... Not on this list you don't. There isn't a Tin Pot Moderator in the place. Quit painting with such a wide brush, it just pisses people off. g. -- Proud...
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Dennis Nedry
neddieseagoo...
Apr 20, 2010 1:39 pm
... Yeah, give me my wide brush back... I need it! -- I know a mouse And he hasn't got a house I don't know why I call him Gerald He's getting rather old But...
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Bruce A Wakelee
pyster
Apr 20, 2010 7:27 pm
No. Not on this list. -Bruce ________________________________ From: Gene Buckle <geneb@...> To: 80sBBS@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, April 20, 2010...
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Jason H.
mroblivious1bmf
Apr 21, 2010 8:03 pm
... From: murdoch <murdoch@...> Subject: Re: [80sBBS] How to gain the status of being allowed to post to this group without pre-moderation? To:...
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murdoch
murdoch_1998
Apr 25, 2010 9:17 pm
I think there are some similarities to old-style BBS's. If one uses Thomson ONE Equity or Bloomberg, one might not at first think "BBS", but I see some...
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Joe Roberts
jcentury
Apr 29, 2010 3:36 pm
Hi folks. I was trying to recall an incident where a BBS was busted for bomb-making files back in the 1980s. I remember reading about it in the newspaper at...
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Gene Buckle
tspec2k
Apr 29, 2010 3:39 pm
... Considering The Poor Man's James Bond was in current publication during that time, I'm really surprised to hear that. (I think TPMJB is still in print) g....
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Joe Roberts
jcentury
Apr 29, 2010 3:42 pm
... There are multiple editions of that series, plus others (including the infamous Anarchist Cookbook, of course, which I understand is still making someone...
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Steve Radich
bitshop5
Apr 29, 2010 3:50 pm
The anarchist cookbook probably. No further comment about my BBS in Maryland :-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anarchist_Cookbook Steve Radich - Founder...
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Gene Buckle
tspec2k
Apr 29, 2010 3:59 pm
... Loompanics was another publisher of that kind of thing. When I was 14, my mother found out I had a copy of TPMJB and made me burn it in front of her. I...
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Joe Roberts
jcentury
Apr 29, 2010 6:54 pm
... This reminded me of a funny story. I can't remember if I've ever talked about it here, but where I lived, probably like most places, had an Adolescent...
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Gene Buckle
tspec2k
Apr 29, 2010 7:40 pm
... Now THAT was a fun read. My condolences to your childhood. ;) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. ...
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dmccunney
dwmccunney
Apr 29, 2010 7:42 pm
... Just lovely. Thank you. _____ Dennis...
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Dennis Nedry
neddieseagoo...
Apr 29, 2010 8:14 pm
... Seconded! Very entertaining. My parents were the exact opposite. They wouldn't have bothered... I remember my dad took that huge box of VHS porn my...
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Gene Buckle
tspec2k
Apr 29, 2010 8:51 pm
... Oddly enough my mother seemed to have zero problem with it... When I was I think 12..maybe 13, a neighbor put his entire Playboy collection on the curb...
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Dennis Nedry
neddieseagoo...
Apr 29, 2010 9:08 pm
... That sounds about right. They also said, "go ahead and smoke the pot, just quit burning that horrible incense to cover it up." -- ... -- I know a mouse ...
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Gene Buckle
tspec2k
Apr 29, 2010 9:17 pm
... Hehe. BTW, were you the guy that took over the BBS Sources site from Alexie? I haven't been able to reach it. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 ...
