Re: OMG!

[russotto@wanda.vf.pond.com (Matthew T. Russotto)]

In article <988070258.3ae4c1722e860@webmail.cotse.com>,
Quantum Cat  <quantum-no-spam@cotse.com> wrote:
}Hiya, Matt
}
} *>}
} *>}There is a small group of cranks whose only interest in the Apple II
} *>platform 
} *>}is collecting warez.
}
} *>And unlike certain uncertain felines, they are harmless.
}
}That's quite the assertion.  I'll need a translation on the first part (I don't 
}speak Babblese), but you are in error at to the harm they do.
}
}I know of at least 5 Apple II programmers who have stopped developing for the 
}Apple because (I paraphrase...) "they've sucked the joy and fun out of it".  

Yeah, you and McCarthy have your little lists.

}That's not harmless.  Getting your privates caught in the zipper would be 
}harmless.  ;)

That's only mostly harmless, and only because unlike certain felines,
I'm not dumb enough to KEEP PULLING THE ZIPPER.

} *>}They clutter up the newsgroup with inane flamewars and lengthy
} *>rationalizations 
} *>}about the technical details of their thieving, and establish websites and
} *>ftp 
} *>}sites where other maggots of their ilk can download stolen materials.
}
} *>You were one of those people who tried to have Hardcore Computist shut down,
} *>right?
}
}Zing!  Off on some little tangent here, aren't you Matt?

Seems like I hit the target.


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Matthew T. Russotto                                russotto@pond.com
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