MAKING MONEY? now that is funny
Tuesday, 29-Jun-1999 18:59:11

209.170.208.28 writes:

http://www.InsideTheWeb.com/messageboard/mbs.cgi?acct=mb237006&MyNum=930697151&P=Yes&TL=930674169

Doc been absent of late. Been sparing with them MIT types over hosting TB2000 ya know. Getting nowhere as one might figure. Phil had the best comeback so far,,,,"don't sweat it, it will all be over by January" not a direct quote but close.

MIT geeks now "doing something" at least I naively hope, right. Doing what? getting TB2000 off taxpayer supported information infrastructure over at MIT for starters. I got a problem with a place where the players condone the impending deaths of BILLIONS of our fellow humans, us too I am told, us dumbasses the Pollys. But then again, these people think this event is preparable. I say you need to think-LYE-TRENCHES-SURGICAL MASKS, or your are stroking yourself. Forget the barrels and seeds, yur gunna need backhoes folks.

But then again, most claim they are "middle-of-the-road" and don't expect Milne to happen. That is why they all were in such a fever debunking the Soybeanhead's Sales Letter, I guess. INSANITY, that is Y2k in a "nut"shell.

Speaking of money....Phil's HTML book is doing swimmingly well. #297 at Amazon as of today. Tom Clancy's latest "Rainbow Six" checks in at #1,981. Even the King of All Media, Howard Stern, can only muster spot 2,533 with his "Private Parts". No MIT, no problem here, none, now go back to sleep. Most Bibles I checked are in the #'s 5,000 or higher.

Only types higher than Phil are Oprah and her guests with their comic-books.

Y2k is just the latest game by a bunch of people who have been around since 1994 running all manner of scams on the constant flowing newbies from AOL. Took even Ed a little time to see the Potential, eh problem I mean. Jackweeds at TB2000 think Ed just forgot he programmed alot of this crap back in the 70's. Same for Bory and the rest of the profiteers. Y2k? please. Nice to see Ed true to form and Flipping again, what a freaking sorry-sack of s--- this guy is, has he NO spine at all?

The BILLIONS dead thing done it for me. How can one even answer anything in this environment? Debunk? for what possible reason? Why waste one's time? All the freaking evidence one could EVER need is here and at BIFFY concern Y2k being basically a web-marketing scheme.

Not to fret, Doc be around just the same.

Doc_Paulie@ihateclowns.com

-- Anonymous, June 30, 1999

Answers

Doc Paulie has it exactly right here:

"Debunk? for what possible reason? Why waste one's time?"

Even that rational argument won't stop trolls, though.

-- Anonymous, July 01, 1999

Well, the fact that that clown would even stoop to the level of contacting MIT and Phil Greenspun... speaks volumes... for me.

Also makes me "mad."

OM.

Diane

-- Anonymous, July 01, 1999

In war ands love, All's fair

-- Anonymous, July 01, 1999

Chuck, that notion would be a hard sell in Kosovo.

-- Anonymous, July 02, 1999

Doc's latest.

"Doc" Paulie tells about effort to remove TB2000 from MIT server

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 0012Bg

-- Anonymous, July 02, 1999

Earlier I phoned Arsdigita to see about the down server--MIT network problems--again. Came back up fairly quickly.

Managed to catch Phil Greenspun himself. We chatted and I asked about Doc Paulie. He said unless he's an Arsdigita client or an MIT student complaining, he pretty much ignores him. Basically, don't worry about it.

Phil, said the server is on an older computer, but the problem is with the network. Said all the top notch network people have been hired away and the ones left don't have a 24/7 attitude. It really needs to be moved, but that's not going to happen any time soon. Don't hold your breath on a search engine any time soon.

Phil's working on his new release of software, which is why he's there so late tonight, and he encourages everyone to "read his book."

Diane

-- Anonymous, July 02, 1999

BTW, Phil also said...

One thing I'm thinking of doing is limiting greenspun.com to participation by those with real email addresses (they get mailed a password and then have to come back to register). That would cut down on the amount of spam.

And...

We can programmatically block free e-mail services like Yahoo or Hotmail that don't require authentication.

I responded with...

Well that might also knock out some of the more "interesting" posters who feel they need to remain anonymous. Like those coming from government and military sites or "at work" in Washington D.C. We *do* get them.. in all flavors. I was impressed that the Director of the Naval War College even posted several times. Not to mention, lots of "others."

Not sure the trade off between troublesome troll or anonymous informed would be the ideal restriction.

'Tis a puzzlement.

Diane

-- Anonymous, July 03, 1999