Re: a2 dead? read this.

[Slick <PAYSlick_RCBD@hotmail.com>]

Nathan Mates wrote:
> 
> In article <357DE641.35B7@hotmail.com>,
> Slick  <PAYSlick_RCBD@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >I tried and failed to find the infamous article in which
> >Rubywand endorsed piracy with Deja News.
> 
>    You're not trying very hard. This took only a few seconds to find:
> 
> --- snip
> 
> Subject:      Re: help finding sources on the net for Appleworks
> From:         Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>
> Date:         1998/04/01
> Message-ID:   <35231454.8A3F3A5F@swbell.net>
> Newsgroups:   comp.sys.apple2
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> Candace Richardson writes ... > > Thank you to all those that have helped
> me repair my apple //e. it's > working fine
> now and I have successfully replaced the ram chips. > > I need help finding
> the Appleworks software for the Apple //e
> on 5.25 > disks. .... You can find Appleworks II as two disk image files on
> Asimov at ...
> ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/images/utility/word_processing/
> Rubywand
> 
> --- snip
> 
>    [Dejanews destroyed formatting, but the content is still rather
> there]
> 
>    You're also managing to conveniently ignore all of Rubywanker's
> messages trying to claim that asimov is in any way legal when even
> other pirates have the balls to admit it's illegal. Rubywanker refuses
> to let the truth about what he's recommending influence his "faqs"
> [more sector edits of other's words withOUT permission] where he
> continually recommends asimov as a "legitimate" software source along
> with all others.
> 
>    Lose the blinders-- Rubywanker is truly a pirate, and your refusal
> to see that is severely hampering your ability to say anything that'll
> be taken seriously by people.
> 
> Nathan Mates
> 
> --
> <*> Nathan Mates http://www.visi.com/~nathan/      <*>
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> # Shun wishful thinking, avoid opinion, care not what the neighbors
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WOW! I just looked at the link to the word processing folder in your
post. IF the AW5PA, AW5PB... AW5PF is AppleWorks 5.0 and the Grammer
images are TimeOut Grammer, they should definately be removed. I've been
thinking of BUYING the upgrade to AppleWorks and TimeOut Grammer for
some time now. I still am thinking of buying, for two reasons: I won't
get an updated manuel from Asimov, and I am not a pirate.

As for the Deja News search, I didn't use the right serach terms. I was
(power) searching for "pirate" or "piracy" with an author of "Rubywand"
in the "comp.sys.apple2" newsgroup.

There was a two month period early this year when I was bogged down with
homework. I didn't get on CSA2 much and missed lots of threads when I
did. This thread you are referring to must have been during this time.
School is my first priority. I had to drop a class last semester and am
now in summer school, so I may fall behind again in reading messages on
CSA2.

On the other hand, I have discovered that I am occasionally missing
posts or the posts are delayed in reading them. The message I quoted
from was the last message in the thread I had when I posted the reply.
Today, I saw that there were more messages posted houres before my
reply. I am planning on getting a new ISP hopfully either this week or
next week, but certainly this month. I hope this will solve the problem
of missing posts. This switch may mean that I ditch my hotmail account,
so you may be seeing a new Slick posting here.

Am I one of the thieves because I asked for a cracked copy of Oregon
Trail? In my post, I gave out information that I thought only someone
holding an original disk in their hand could know. I have downloaded
cracked copies of other games I own from Asimov that had effective copy
protection.
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