Re: OMG!

[Quantum Cat <quantum-no-spam@cotse.com>]

Hiya, Pule!

 *>Howe Family <khowe@omninet.net.au> wrote
 *>>
 *>> What makes you so sure there is 0 effective market?

 *>OK, just curious: how many times have your programs been downloaded, and how
 *>many shareware fees have you received?

Clue, Pule.  Any nonzero answer negates your point.  ;)

 *>>I think perhaps
 *>> people come to that conclusion because they hang out here and think it's
 *>> the centre of the Apple II universe. comp.sys.apple2 isn't the centre of
 *>> the A2 universe, it's a back alley leading to the sewer.

Harsh, Kim.  This won't be such a bad place once the thieving scum leave.

As it is now, it's fun.  Sort of like plinking at rats at the dump.  ;)

 *>Heh heh....  We help a lot of newbies here and answer a lot of questions.

Heh Heh.... So what?  You also tolerate stealing, and apparently, slamming 
perhaps the last developer of cool things for the Apple II.

Crawl back under your rock, Pule.

 *>The idea of asking for money to do that wouldn't occur to us. 

The idea of paying money for someones efforts wouldn't occur to you either.  So 
what's your point?

 *>We do this for fun.  

Hey!  So do I!  ;)

 *>The smell you refer to comes from people like you, zombies who died years
 *>ago and periodically crawl out of their A2Central.com crypt to come here and
 *>try to recapture a little of life.

Awww... Poor Puley got offended and regurgitates memories from his childhood.

Scary, Pule!  ;)

 *>> most of those hanging out
 *>> here are more interested in what they can steal than supporting current
 *>> development.
 *>>

 *>Actually, I'm more interested in keeping a piece of history alive. 

Well, let's see.  There are museums.  There are hobbyists who restore and use the 
machines and software.  Exactly how do looters fit in to this?  ;)

 *>I have no interest in new stuff, ideally my Apple II's would be historically
 *>accurate.

And this means the rest of us have to follow your lead?  Heh... I like new stuff.

 *>New software? How gauche! I'd just as soon put a digital readout on a
 *>grandfather clock.

No one's accusing you of having any taste, Pule.  

 *>You guys flatter yourself by claiming we want to steal your lame creations,
 *>and try to lump yourselves in with the Greats, the people who created A2
 *>software 15 years ago.

Heh heh...  TCP/IP is lame.  Dig Dug is cool.  NDA Telnet clients are lame. 
Adventureland is cool. Arachnid and SIS are lame.  Apple Panic is cool.  Do you 
know how ridiculous you sound, Pule?  ;)

 *>> If you really are interested in the Apple II and its future, you should
 *>> pay your $10 and try joining A2Central.com for a month.

 *>Ten dollars!  A princely sum, considering I've paid less for IIgs system
 *>complete with hard disk.

That and it would cut into your illicit drug budget.  You'd have to buy a cheaper 
grade of weed. ;)

 *>>I think you
 *>> would be very surprised to see how much is going on. The Apple II isn't
 *>> finished yet, as long as people enjoy using it and creating for it. How
 *>> about being part of those who build it up, instead of pulling it down.
 *>>

 *>Aren't you they guy who just just said  "comp.sys.apple2 isn't the centre of
 *>the A2 universe, it's a back alley leading to the sewer?"

I'm sure he doesn't think it can't be cleaned up some, Pule.  ;)

 *>Yet here you are, slumming in CSA2 and "being part of those who build it
 *>up." 

Some of us remember how csa2 used to be before the pirate scum moved in.  Perhaps 
we're here for urban renewal.  Clean out the crackhouses and this place would 
look pretty nice.  ;)

Bwahaha! -Paul

Better have that checked, Pule.  ;)


Quantum Cat

Vogons for a Turlette Free Apple II Community!