Correspondent:: "William L. Houts" Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 14:26:17 -0800
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I started posting on Usenet in 1985, so I've been around the Net for a
while --long before anyone besides a college student or a defense contractor
had an email address. Back then, it seemed to me there was a high signal to
noise ratio on the Net. There were plenty of cranks, but they seemed
balanced out by the thoughtful, funny and interesting people I encountered.
The newsgroup talk.bizarre in particular, I remember with fondness. I was
not yet hip to the SubChurch, so I can't speak to the situation on
alt.slack..
Anyway, I've got Usenet again after being without it for years. And what I
find after a week or so is that its a festering hellpit of thwarted desire,
impotent rage and lunacy. it was always prone to these things, of course.
But now it seems overwhelmed by them.
To quote a poet, does anybody else in here feel the way I do?
"William L. Houts" wrote in message
news:1100559378.212513@yasure...
>
>
> I started posting on Usenet in 1985, so I've been around the Net for a
> while --long before anyone besides a college student or a defense
> contractor
> had an email address. Back then, it seemed to me there was a high signal
> to
> noise ratio on the Net. There were plenty of cranks, but they seemed
> balanced out by the thoughtful, funny and interesting people I
> encountered.
> The newsgroup talk.bizarre in particular, I remember with fondness. I was
> not yet hip to the SubChurch, so I can't speak to the situation on
> alt.slack..
>
> Anyway, I've got Usenet again after being without it for years. And what
> I
> find after a week or so is that its a festering hellpit of thwarted
> desire,
> impotent rage and lunacy. it was always prone to these things, of course.
> But now it seems overwhelmed by them.
I guess that means we're doing our job and doing it well!
Correspondent:: "Kristian Lahdensuo" Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 01:10:25 +0200
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"William L. Houts" kirjoitti
viestissä:1100559378.212513@yasure...
>
>
> I started posting on Usenet in 1985, so I've been around the Net for a
> while --long before anyone besides a college student or a defense
> contractor
> had an email address. Back then, it seemed to me there was a high signal
> to
> noise ratio on the Net. There were plenty of cranks, but they seemed
> balanced out by the thoughtful, funny and interesting people I
> encountered.
> The newsgroup talk.bizarre in particular, I remember with fondness. I was
> not yet hip to the SubChurch, so I can't speak to the situation on
> alt.slack..
>
> Anyway, I've got Usenet again after being without it for years. And what
> I
> find after a week or so is that its a festering hellpit of thwarted
> desire,
> impotent rage and lunacy. it was always prone to these things, of course.
> But now it seems overwhelmed by them.
>
> To quote a poet, does anybody else in here feel the way I do?
I haven't been here for so long, but I feel there is some lunacy and
loathing going on. Paranoia has crept in when people have joined in that
were not present when things developed. Lots of misunderstandings that lead
to mania.
Correspondent:: eRIC Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 16:31:35 -0700
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Kristian Lahdensuo wrote:
> "William L. Houts" kirjoitti
> viestissä:1100559378.212513@yasure...
>
>>
>>I started posting on Usenet in 1985, so I've been around the Net for a
>>while --long before anyone besides a college student or a defense
>>contractor
>>had an email address. Back then, it seemed to me there was a high signal
>>to
>>noise ratio on the Net. There were plenty of cranks, but they seemed
>>balanced out by the thoughtful, funny and interesting people I
>>encountered.
>>The newsgroup talk.bizarre in particular, I remember with fondness. I was
>>not yet hip to the SubChurch, so I can't speak to the situation on
>>alt.slack..
>>
>>Anyway, I've got Usenet again after being without it for years. And what
>>I
>>find after a week or so is that its a festering hellpit of thwarted
>>desire,
>>impotent rage and lunacy. it was always prone to these things, of course.
>>But now it seems overwhelmed by them.
>>
>>To quote a poet, does anybody else in here feel the way I do?
>
>
> I haven't been here for so long, but I feel there is some lunacy and
> loathing going on. Paranoia has crept in when people have joined in that
> were not present when things developed. Lots of misunderstandings that lead
> to mania.
>
>
>
Nope, it's just my auld fraternity come back to "haunt" me. They
surgical, ain't they. Must be one of their top squads from the academy,
if I am getting the proper readings.
--------
The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new. Kristian
Lahdensuo sat down and wrote
>I haven't been here for so long, but I feel there is some lunacy and
>loathing going on. Paranoia has crept in when people have joined in
>that were not present when things developed.
Events have moved onto centre-stage and there is no longer a level
playing field. This has caused much friction as the tectonic plates have
drifted still further. The wrong people have joined in and they threaten
the structural integrity of the vessel.
>Lots of misunderstandings that lead to mania.
Well that's just ridiculous. Everything's fine.
--
Rev. Lithium Carbonate
Correspondent:: yourweightonthemoon@yahoo.com (your weight on the moon)
Date: 16 Nov 2004 12:19:29 -0800
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> > I started posting on Usenet in 1985, so I've been around the Net for a
By 1983, people were already complaining about the downfall of the net.
By the time you got here, it was already gone to heck.
Correspondent:: "William L. Houts" Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 13:54:38 -0800
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"your weight on the moon" wrote in message
news:68f994bb.0411161219.54e16c91@posting.google.com...
> > > I started posting on Usenet in 1985, so I've been around the Net for a
>
> By 1983, people were already complaining about the downfall of the net.
> By the time you got here, it was already gone to heck.
Yeah, now that you mention it, I remember reading things like that back
then.
And people, I know, are always decrying the present in favor of some golden
mythological past. Morals are in decline! The English language is being
corrupted! Prices were once fair and politicians honest!
Even so, I remember talk.bizarre, and it was pretty funny. I checked it out
yesterday and it was like a desert. Viagra ads, obvious trolls and
tumbleweed, that's all there was.
But alt.slack, I know, will not fail me. Alt.slack will persist in its
snarkiness and rare aversion to stupid dogmas.
Won't it?
Correspondent:: eRIC Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:22:07 -0700
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William L. Houts wrote:
> Even so, I remember talk.bizarre,
We don't remember you.
--
Raanubis
Correspondent:: eRIC Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:20:16 -0700
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your weight on the moon wrote:
>>>I started posting on Usenet in 1985, so I've been around the Net for a
>
>
> By 1983, people were already complaining about the downfall of the net.
> By the time you got here, it was already gone to heck.
And then I arrived, me, Saint Judas.
--
Raanubis
Correspondent:: Zapanaz Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 15:24:50 -0800
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On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 14:26:17 -0800, "William L. Houts"
wrote:
>
>
>I started posting on Usenet in 1985, so I've been around the Net for a
>while --long before anyone besides a college student or a defense contractor
>had an email address. Back then, it seemed to me there was a high signal to
>noise ratio on the Net. There were plenty of cranks, but they seemed
>balanced out by the thoughtful, funny and interesting people I encountered.
>The newsgroup talk.bizarre in particular, I remember with fondness. I was
>not yet hip to the SubChurch, so I can't speak to the situation on
>alt.slack..
>
>Anyway, I've got Usenet again after being without it for years. And what I
>find after a week or so is that its a festering hellpit of thwarted desire,
>impotent rage and lunacy. it was always prone to these things, of course.
>But now it seems overwhelmed by them.
>
>To quote a poet, does anybody else in here feel the way I do?
>
>
>
I did, I started using a kill filter liberally and that brought it
back to usable levels.
--
Zapanaz
International Satanic Conspiracy
Customer Support Specialist
http://joecosby.com/
"If the barking of a dog disturbs your meditation, it is simplest to
shoot the dog, and think no more about it."
-Aleister Crowley
Correspondent:: "William L. Houts" Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 15:36:00 -0800
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>
> I did, I started using a kill filter liberally and that brought it
> back to usable levels.
>
>
> --
> Zapanaz
Oh yeah, the magical kill file! I had forgotten all about that. Thanks for
the hint.
Correspondent:: IMBJR Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 00:02:20 +0000
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On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 15:24:50 -0800, in reply to Zapanaz
:
>On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 14:26:17 -0800, "William L. Houts"
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>I started posting on Usenet in 1985, so I've been around the Net for a
>>while --long before anyone besides a college student or a defense contractor
>>had an email address. Back then, it seemed to me there was a high signal to
>>noise ratio on the Net. There were plenty of cranks, but they seemed
>>balanced out by the thoughtful, funny and interesting people I encountered.
>>The newsgroup talk.bizarre in particular, I remember with fondness. I was
>>not yet hip to the SubChurch, so I can't speak to the situation on
>>alt.slack..
>>
>>Anyway, I've got Usenet again after being without it for years. And what I
>>find after a week or so is that its a festering hellpit of thwarted desire,
>>impotent rage and lunacy. it was always prone to these things, of course.
>>But now it seems overwhelmed by them.
>>
>>To quote a poet, does anybody else in here feel the way I do?
>>
>>
>>
>
>I did, I started using a kill filter liberally and that brought it
>back to usable levels.
I've only got one chump in mine, and alt.slack is fine. Wut on earth
are you filtering out?
> I've only got one chump in mine, and alt.slack is fine. Wut on earth
> are you filtering out?
Who's the chump if you don't mind me asking?
Correspondent:: Cardinal Vertigo Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 02:34:27 GMT
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Slack Master K.O.N. wrote:
>> I've only got one chump in mine, and alt.slack is fine. Wut on earth
>> are you filtering out?
>
> Who's the chump if you don't mind me asking?
Hint: if he never replies, it's you.
Correspondent:: "rev_cletus" Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 01:25:20 GMT
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"William L. Houts" wrote in message
news:1100559378.212513@yasure...
>
>
> Anyway, I've got Usenet again after being without it for years. And what
I
> find after a week or so is that its a festering hellpit of thwarted
desire,
> impotent rage and lunacy. it was always prone to these things, of course.
> But now it seems overwhelmed by them.
>
> To quote a poet, does anybody else in here feel the way I do?
Sure, but that's when I'm rilly topped-out on crystal and bourbon; you sure
you ain't some reincarnation of Burroughs, er mebbe an astrally-projected
dybbuk from the wizened recesses of Hunter Thompson's brane?
--
rev_c
.sig positively *stoked*, lissnin' to Ralph Stanley on the Monday-night
bluegrass show
Correspondent:: "William L. Houts" Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 05:39:28 -0800
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>
> Sure, but that's when I'm rilly topped-out on crystal and bourbon; you
sure
> you ain't some reincarnation of Burroughs, er mebbe an astrally-projected
> dybbuk from the wizened recesses of Hunter Thompson's brane?
>
You know, I've always had an urge to try heroin and maybe shoot an apple off
someone's head. Also, we do share that first name.
I think I'll book a flight to Tunisia in the morning.
> --
> rev_c
> .sig positively *stoked*, lissnin' to Ralph Stanley on the Monday-night
> bluegrass show
>
>
Correspondent:: wbarwell Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:06:08 -0500
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William L. Houts wrote:
>
>
> I started posting on Usenet in 1985, so I've been around the Net for a
> while --long before anyone besides a college student or a defense
> contractor
> had an email address. Back then, it seemed to me there was a high signal
> to
> noise ratio on the Net. There were plenty of cranks, but they seemed
> balanced out by the thoughtful, funny and interesting people I
> encountered.
> The newsgroup talk.bizarre in particular, I remember with fondness. I was
> not yet hip to the SubChurch, so I can't speak to the situation on
> alt.slack..
>
> Anyway, I've got Usenet again after being without it for years. And what
> I find after a week or so is that its a festering hellpit of thwarted
> desire, impotent rage and lunacy. it was always prone to these things, of
> course. But now it seems overwhelmed by them.
>
> To quote a poet, does anybody else in here feel the way I do?
After AOL came to the net, it was "Now its September all the time".
Except now its more like its Sepetember in the loonie bin
all the time.
Might as well call it kooknet, now.
A sort of Gresham's law, bad posters drive the good posters
out with a few exceptions.
--
Kerry - two medals a silver and bronze star.
Bush? Well they don't give medals
for going AWOL, missing your medical and
getting grounded or falling off of a bar stool.
Kerry - a hero, Bush - a zero
Cheerful Charlie
Correspondent:: nenslo Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 21:39:15 -0800
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"William L. Houts" wrote:
>
> I started posting on Usenet in 1985, so I've been around the Net for a
> while --long before anyone besides a college student or a defense contractor
> had an email address. Back then, it seemed to me there was a high signal to
> noise ratio on the Net. There were plenty of cranks, but they seemed
> balanced out by the thoughtful, funny and interesting people I encountered.
> The newsgroup talk.bizarre in particular, I remember with fondness. I was
> not yet hip to the SubChurch, so I can't speak to the situation on
> alt.slack..
>
> Anyway, I've got Usenet again after being without it for years. And what I
> find after a week or so is that its a festering hellpit of thwarted desire,
> impotent rage and lunacy. it was always prone to these things, of course.
> But now it seems overwhelmed by them.
>
> To quote a poet, does anybody else in here feel the way I do?
To quote another poet, get used to it.
Correspondent:: "ArWeGod" Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:37:24 GMT
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"William L. Houts" wrote in message
news:1100559378.212513@yasure...
>
>
> I started posting on Usenet in 1985, so I've been around the Net for a
> while --long before anyone besides a college student or a defense
contractor
> had an email address. Back then, it seemed to me there was a high
signal to
> noise ratio on the Net. There were plenty of cranks, but they seemed
> balanced out by the thoughtful, funny and interesting people I
encountered.
> The newsgroup talk.bizarre in particular, I remember with fondness. I
was
> not yet hip to the SubChurch, so I can't speak to the situation on
> alt.slack..
>
> Anyway, I've got Usenet again after being without it for years. And
what I
> find after a week or so is that its a festering hellpit of thwarted
desire,
> impotent rage and lunacy. it was always prone to these things, of
course.
> But now it seems overwhelmed by them.
>
> To quote a poet, does anybody else in here feel the way I do?
"Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn? Remember how she said that we
would meet again, some sunny day?"
Well, the sunny days are over, my friend. Now they let "just anyone" in.
It used to cost $12/hr to access CompuServe forums, and only serious
people could afford to post.
Unlimited access + Unlimited time == Unlimited Bulldada.
--
ArWeAccessable
Correspondent:: chaos_israel@antisocial.com (The Rev. Dr. Lt. Chaos Israel)
Date: 18 Nov 2004 19:58:52 -0800
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"William L. Houts" wrote in message news:<1100559378.212513@yasure>...
>
> Anyway, I've got Usenet again after being without it for years. And what I
> find after a week or so is that its a festering hellpit of thwarted desire,
> impotent rage and lunacy. it was always prone to these things, of course.
> But now it seems overwhelmed by them.
>
> To quote a poet, does anybody else in here feel the way I do?
You should try "real life" on for size.
--
C.
Correspondent:: "William L. Houts" Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 20:13:58 -0800
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> >
> > To quote a poet, does anybody else in here feel the way I do?
>
> You should try "real life" on for size.
>
Arrogant presumption. What makes you think I don't have a bellyful of real
life. You know nothing about me. Do you have any contact with real human
beings or do you just vent your spleen at people you don't know and who've
caused you no harm?
Correspondent:: asscoassc@aol.comsucks (AssCo Assc)
Date: 19 Nov 2004 19:18:50 GMT
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<< Do you have any contact with real human
beings or do you just vent your spleen at
people you don't know and who've
caused you no harm? >>
Hey, there's a flame I haven't read since 1986.
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Correspondent:: rhymeswith@starmail.com (C. Woolard)
Date: 23 Nov 2004 19:26:45 -0800
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"William L. Houts" wrote in message news:<1100837636.982298@yasure>...
> > >
> > > To quote a poet, does anybody else in here feel the way I do?
> >
> > You should try "real life" on for size.
> >
>
>
> Arrogant presumption. What makes you think I don't have a bellyful of real
> life. You know nothing about me. Do you have any contact with real human
> beings or do you just vent your spleen at people you don't know and who've
> caused you no harm?
"I don't conceptualize human consciousness as consisting of many different
moving parts: egos, souls, what have you. Sometimes I do speak of the mind
as distinct from the soul, but it's mainly a kind of rhetorical convenience.
So when you pose this question about the ego vversus the soul, it just
doesn't make any sense to me. There are people, they have souls, and I
suspect that God cares what happens to those souls. He may not care, may not
even exist, but the human soul persists."
You should try real life on for size.
Correspondent:: HellPope Huey Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 17:32:01 GMT
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In article <72e1e1e3.0411181958.2d56d796@posting.google.com>,
chaos_israel@antisocial.com (The Rev. Dr. Lt. Chaos Israel) wrote:
> "William L. Houts" wrote in message
> news:<1100559378.212513@yasure>...
> > Anyway, I've got Usenet again after being without it for years. And what I
> > find after a week or so is that its a festering hellpit of thwarted desire,
> > impotent rage and lunacy. it was always prone to these things, of course.
> > But now it seems overwhelmed by them.
> >
> > To quote a poet, does anybody else in here feel the way I do?
>
> You should try "real life" on for size.
It comes in pretty colors, but it often binds in the crotch.
--
HellPope Huey
I clicked my ruby slippers together,
but nothing happened
and the bikers beat the crap out of me anyway
We are here on Earth to do good to others.
What the others are here for, I don't know.
- W. H. Auden
"In the event of an emergency,
I stand in a field with a cow and wait to be airlifted."
- "The West Wing"