AOL Account abuse
John Henry
flux wrote...
>Conn MacKintosh wrote in message <347F3B75...@wctc.net>...
>>For anyone who's interested, the address to report AOL user's account
>>abuse is:
>>ab...@aol.com
>>Just in case you need it.
>What the hell kind of abuse are you talking about? Are these people
posting >kiddy porn or just opinions that you don't agree with. This is not
a >moderated group is it? I didn't think so. So shut up.
It's called an anarchy. It's moderated by those motivated to make an effort
at keeping dickheads off the group, whether they're passing fake news,
throwing racist or homophobic flames around, or just being irreconcilable
assholes. It's usually pretty easy around here, unless you're a homophobe,
bigot, or other variety of obnoxious, ignorant ass.
And AOL is one of the biggest spawning grounds for idiocy, although WebTV
has been doing an admirable job of catching up.
May I suggest that you spend a little time here before *you* start dictating
the rules? There are rules, regardless of whether there is moderation.
For instance, posting a flame to a guy that's well-known and well-respected
(usually) here for doing a public service, and then having the amazing gall
to post it in HTML (big no-no on non-binary newsgroups), won't necessarily
get a letter sent to your ISP...the first time. However, to continue doing
so after having been enlightened to the conventions or Usenet (called
'netiquette') would likely not only end up with a couple of notes to your
ISP, but about 50 people letting you know that you are not welcome to post
here, because you are not yet evolved enough personally to participate at
the maturity level required for the level of discussion we attempt to try
and maintain here.
And as this letter attests, we can even be nice to clueless newbies;-)
I did the same thing when I first got here, so I'm being nice. Very nice,
as you know if you've ever seen me really flame someone. And, I can
always respect someone that stands up to anyone claiming any kind of
authority anywhere. But, some order is away necessary. Get used to the
place, get to know us, and let us get to know you, before you start trying
to throw your weight around.
If you click on the URL in my sig, it'll take you to my homepage. Follow
the link for RSPW. Therein is a link to the RSPW FAQ (which will soon be
joined by several other FAQ's/guides to posting, such as those written by
Scott Keith).
Read it.
And never take anything at face value here until you get to know who the
real insiders are, and who the wannabe's are.
As for me, in all honesty, by *best* 'inside' information comes from the
'net, much of it from this newsgroup, or pages/newsletters operated by
people that post here.
Hope this helps, and welcome to the cesspool.
John Henry
Scott Hall 1961-1997 Eric Bischoff 1960-1997
'I respect jou, NastyMang' 'I reject you, bookerman!'
Stevie Ray 1967-1997 Elizabeth Poffo, 1958-1997
'I respect you, Booker T' 'I respect you MachoMan!
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Arcade/4308/
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Are you threatening me?
John Henry wrote in message ...
flux wrote...
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>Conn MacKintosh wrote in message <347F3B75...@wctc.net>...
>>For anyone who's interested, the address to report AOL user's =
account
>>abuse is:
>>ab...@aol.com
>>Just in case you need it.
=20
>What the hell kind of abuse are you talking about? Are these =
people
posting >kiddy porn or just opinions that you don't agree with. =
This is not
a >moderated group is it? I didn't think so. So shut up.
=20
It's called an anarchy. It's moderated by those motivated to make =
an effort
at keeping dickheads off the group, whether they're passing fake =
news,
throwing racist or homophobic flames around, or just being =
irreconcilable
assholes. It's usually pretty easy around here, unless you're a =
homophobe,
bigot, or other variety of obnoxious, ignorant ass.
=20
And AOL is one of the biggest spawning grounds for idiocy, although =
WebTV
has been doing an admirable job of catching up.
=20
May I suggest that you spend a little time here before *you* start =
dictating
the rules? There are rules, regardless of whether there is =
moderation.
=20
For instance, posting a flame to a guy that's well-known and =
well-respected
(usually) here for doing a public service, and then having the =
amazing gall
to post it in HTML (big no-no on non-binary newsgroups), won't =
necessarily
get a letter sent to your ISP...the first time. However, to =
continue doing
so after having been enlightened to the conventions or Usenet =
(called
'netiquette') would likely not only end up with a couple of notes to =
your
ISP, but about 50 people letting you know that you are not welcome =
to post
here, because you are not yet evolved enough personally to =
participate at
the maturity level required for the level of discussion we attempt =
to try
and maintain here.
=20
And as this letter attests, we can even be nice to clueless =
newbies;-)
=20
I did the same thing when I first got here, so I'm being nice. Very =
nice,
as you know if you've ever seen me really flame someone. And, I =
can
always respect someone that stands up to anyone claiming any kind of
authority anywhere. But, some order is away necessary. Get used to =
the
place, get to know us, and let us get to know you, before you start =
trying
to throw your weight around.
=20
If you click on the URL in my sig, it'll take you to my homepage. =
Follow
the link for RSPW. Therein is a link to the RSPW FAQ (which will =
soon be
joined by several other FAQ's/guides to posting, such as those =
written by
Scott Keith).
=20
Read it.
=20
And never take anything at face value here until you get to know who =
the
real insiders are, and who the wannabe's are.
=20
As for me, in all honesty, by *best* 'inside' information comes from =
the
'net, much of it from this newsgroup, or pages/newsletters operated =
by
people that post here.
=20
Hope this helps, and welcome to the cesspool.
=20
John Henry
Scott Hall 1961-1997 Eric Bischoff 1960-1997
'I respect jou, NastyMang' 'I reject you, bookerman!'
Stevie Ray 1967-1997 Elizabeth Poffo, 1958-1997
'I respect you, Booker T' 'I respect you MachoMan!
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Arcade/4308/
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wrote...<BR><BR>>Conn MacKintosh wrote in message <<A=20
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t;...<BR>>>For=20
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account<BR>>>abuse is:<BR>>><A=20
href=3D"mailto:ab...@aol.com">ab...@aol.com</A><BR>>>Just in =
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need it.<BR><BR>>What the hell kind of abuse are you talking =
about? =20
Are these people<BR>posting >kiddy porn or just opinions that you =
don't=20
agree with. This is not<BR>a >moderated group is it? =
I didn't=20
think so. So shut up.<BR><BR>It's called an anarchy. =
It's=20
moderated by those motivated to make an effort<BR>at keeping =
dickheads off=20
the group, whether they're passing fake news,<BR>throwing racist or=20
homophobic flames around, or just being =
irreconcilable<BR>assholes. =20
It's usually pretty easy around here, unless you're a =
homophobe,<BR>bigot,=20
or other variety of obnoxious, ignorant ass.<BR><BR>And AOL is one =
of the=20
biggest spawning grounds for idiocy, although WebTV<BR>has been =
doing an=20
admirable job of catching up.<BR><BR>May I suggest that you spend a =
little=20
time here before *you* start dictating<BR>the rules? There are =
rules,=20
regardless of whether there is moderation.<BR><BR>For instance, =
posting a=20
flame to a guy that's well-known and well-respected<BR>(usually) =
here for=20
doing a public service, and then having the amazing gall<BR>to post =
it in=20
HTML (big no-no on non-binary newsgroups), won't necessarily<BR>get =
a letter=20
sent to your ISP...the first time. However, to continue =
doing<BR>so=20
after having been enlightened to the conventions or Usenet=20
(called<BR>'netiquette') would likely not only end up with a couple =
of notes=20
to your<BR>ISP, but about 50 people letting you know that you are =
not=20
welcome to post<BR>here, because you are not yet evolved enough =
personally=20
to participate at<BR>the maturity level required for the level of =
discussion=20
we attempt to try<BR>and maintain here.<BR><BR>And as this letter =
attests,=20
we can even be nice to clueless newbies;-)<BR><BR>I did the same =
thing when=20
I first got here, so I'm being nice. Very nice,<BR>as you know =
if=20
you've ever seen me really flame someone. =
And, I=20
can<BR>always respect someone that stands up to anyone claiming any =
kind=20
of<BR>authority anywhere. But, some order is away =
necessary. Get=20
used to the<BR>place, get to know us, and let us get to know you, =
before you=20
start trying<BR>to throw your weight around.<BR><BR>If you click on =
the URL=20
in my sig, it'll take you to my homepage. Follow<BR>the link =
for=20
RSPW. Therein is a link to the RSPW FAQ (which will soon =
be<BR>joined=20
by several other FAQ's/guides to posting, such as those written =
by<BR>Scott=20
Keith).<BR><BR>Read it.<BR><BR>And never take anything at face value =
here=20
until you get to know who the<BR>real insiders are, and who the =
wannabe's=20
are.<BR><BR>As for me, in all honesty, by *best* 'inside' =
information comes=20
from the<BR>'net, much of it from this newsgroup, or =
pages/newsletters=20
operated by<BR>people that post here.<BR><BR>Hope this helps, and =
welcome to=20
the cesspool.<BR><BR>John Henry<BR>Scott Hall=20
=
1961-1997 &nbs=
p; =20
Eric Bischoff 1960-1997<BR>'I respect jou,=20
NastyMang' 'I reject =
you,=20
bookerman!'<BR>Stevie Ray=20
=
1967-1997 &nbs=
p; =20
Elizabeth Poffo, 1958-1997<BR>'I respect you, Booker=20
T' 'I =
respect=20
you MachoMan!<BR><A=20
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For instance, posting a flame to a guy that's well-known and =
well-respected
(usually) here for doing a public service, and then having the =
amazing gall
to post it in HTML (big no-no on non-binary newsgroups), won't =
necessarily
get a letter sent to your ISP...the first time. However, to =
continue doing
so after having been enlightened to the conventions or Usenet =
(called
'netiquette') would likely not only end up with a couple of notes to =
your
ISP, but about 50 people letting you know that you are not welcome =
to post
here, because you are not yet evolved enough personally to =
participate at
the maturity level required for the level of discussion we attempt =
to try
and maintain here.
=20
And as this letter attests, we can even be nice to clueless =
newbies;-)
=20
Your arrogance is simply amazing
=20
=20
If you click on the URL in my sig, it'll take you to my homepage. =
Follow
the link for RSPW. Therein is a link to the RSPW FAQ (which will =
soon be
joined by several other FAQ's/guides to posting, such as those =
written by
Scott Keith).
=20
Read it.
Bite me :) How's that for netiquette. I used a =
litte figure too.
=20
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that you are not welcome to post<BR>here, because you are not yet =
evolved=20
enough personally to participate at<BR>the maturity level required =
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my sig,=20
it'll take you to my homepage. Follow<BR>the link for =
RSPW. =20
Therein is a link to the RSPW FAQ (which will soon be<BR>joined by =
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the link for RSPW. Therein is a link to the RSPW FAQ (which will =
soon be
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I read your stupid FAQ. It don't say nothing about posting.
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John Henry
Flux wrote:
>John Henry wrote:
>>For instance, posting a flame to a guy that's well-known and
well-respected
>>(usually) here for doing a public service, and then having the amazing
gall
>>to post it in HTML (big no-no on non-binary newsgroups), won't necessarily
>>get a letter sent to your ISP...the first time. However, to continue
doing
>>so after having been enlightened to the conventions or Usenet (called
>>'netiquette') would likely not only end up with a couple of notes to your
>>ISP, but about 50 people letting you know that you are not welcome to
>>post here, because you are not yet evolved enough personally to
participate >>at the maturity level required for the level of discussion we
attempt to try
>>and maintain here.
>>And as this letter attests, we can even be nice to clueless newbies;-)
>Your arrogance is simply amazing
That's because you don't know me. I'm arrogant because I've *earned* it,
Sparky. Been there, done that, and if you want to make a big deal about it,
I'll happily oblige you. I got the brains, I got the looks, I got the
money, and I got the stroke, to have your account pulled--right now. All
you have to do is turn off the HTML formatting--if you have even the native
intelligence to figure out that simple procedure--and there's no problem.
You've been given good reasons why, and nobody's going to think you rolled
over for me or anyone else if you do.
Now, I've been nice. I'm tired of being nice, because on those rare
occasions when I am, some little pinhead like you makes me regret it. So,
screw you, this letter's been forwarded to ab...@erols.com and
webm...@arc.com
Like I said, if the health of this newsgroup doesn't mean enough to you for
you to take 3 seconds and change your posting format, then your opinion
doesn't mean enough to me to NOT complain to your ISP. Very simple, which
is why you probably won't get it.
>>If you click on the URL in my sig, it'll take you to my homepage. Follow
>>the link for RSPW. Therein is a link to the RSPW FAQ (which will soon be
>>joined by several other FAQ's/guides to posting, such as those written by
>>Scott Keith).
>>Read it.
Bite me :) How's that for netiquette. I used a litte
figure too.
Just great. I'm sure your webmasters will be impressed. Good bye,
dickhead.
Bob Barnett
SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
John Henry
Bob Barnett wrote in message <348194...@beachnet.com>...
>SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go stalk someone, Bob.
Bob Barnett
John Henry wrote:
>
> Bob Barnett wrote in message <348194...@beachnet.com>...
>
> >SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Go stalk someone, Bob.
It's raining-I'm not driving today.
SkulllHead
Open letter to John Henry:
I know why you are so determined to "define" conduct on rspw. Because this
group is your substitute for real interaction with people. RSPW is obviously
the only forum in which you can operate, not outside with real people, face to
face. It has become your world. When somebody will not conform, you feel
threatened, as if your world was being taken away from you. Oh, no, you may
loose all of your internet buddies because so many people are posting crap that
this newsgroup might just get too traffic intensive for your ISP to carry. Oh
no, oh no!!! Waaaaaaa!!!!!! How would you survive. Let me tell you, if
this group gets pulled it's most likely because it's a group about
"professional" wrestling. I can hear them now: "well, we need to either dump
the wrestling group, or the thyroid support group.....isn't that wrestling
stuff just a bunch fixed matches to perpetuate fan interest and sell product?
Axe the wrestling group tomorrow!!!" Not because people are posting high
bandwidth.
You consider yourself a well respected contributor to this group. Boy, that's
something I wish I could put on my resume. "Well respected participant in
internet group on professional wrestling" Ha ha hahahahahaha!!!!!!!
Rob Blake
Bob Barnett wrote:
>
> SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Careful Bob....that might get forwarded to his "abusemaster"....
--
"It's time to get EXTREME!" -- Paul E.
The Bogus Prophet
John is fully capable of answering for himself and this posting
shouldn't be construed as my speaking for him. That being said,
I'd like to make a couple of comment.
Er, "Skullhead" is that your first or last name? It would be
nice to know the name of the person one is addressing. I'm
sure that you wouldn't want people think that you're hiding
behind a psuedonym.
>I know why you are so determined to "define" conduct on rspw.
Actually, John is not trying to "define" proper conduct on
rspw, he's pointing out violations of proper conduct. The
internet has been in existence for close to 30 years now.
During that time an online culture has developed that has
defined what proper conduct is, generally referred to as
"netiquette." Some of the proprietary online services have
developed independently of the internet and have fostered
a different ethos which in recent years, because of the
intrusion of these services into the internet, have caused
a clash of values. In other words, clueless newbies still
don't get it.
>Because this
>group is your substitute for real interaction with people.
Excuse me for saying this, but someone who goes around with
the name "Skullhead" really has no business postings fantasies
about people he/she/it has never met and doesn't really know.
Of course these fantasies may represent your opinion about
John but you should then insert IMHO or IMDO somewhere. I'm
sure that many people here can tell you where to insert it.
>RSPW is obviously
>the only forum in which you can operate, not outside with real people, face to
>face. It has become your world. When somebody will not conform, you feel
>threatened, as if your world was being taken away from you. Oh, no, you may
>loose all of your internet buddies because so many people are posting crap that
>this newsgroup might just get too traffic intensive for your ISP to carry. Oh
>no, oh no!!! Waaaaaaa!!!!!! How would you survive. Let me tell you, if
>this group gets pulled it's most likely because it's a group about
>"professional" wrestling. I can hear them now: "well, we need to either dump
>the wrestling group, or the thyroid support group.....isn't that wrestling
>stuff just a bunch fixed matches to perpetuate fan interest and sell product?
>Axe the wrestling group tomorrow!!!" Not because people are posting high
>bandwidth.
Er, if you don't care for pro-wrestling either as a form of
entertainment or from a business perspective or from a social
history perspective or from a cultural perspective, why are you
bothering to read this newsgroup, much less post to it? As
for bandwidth considetations, you should really look into it.
It will help to explain why your email shows up late or not at
all as well as why a posting you make shows up a day later.
>You consider yourself a well respected contributor to this group. Boy, that's
>something I wish I could put on my resume. "Well respected participant in
>internet group on professional wrestling" Ha ha hahahahahaha!!!!!!!
I don't mean to get personal here but, in grade school, did your
teacher ever indicate that you had problems getting along with others?
If so, then you should be aware that you have some long standing
problems that need to be attended to, Skully.
--
***** Mike Palij ***** Bok...@netcom.com ***** "Busy, Busy, Busy." ******
* "One and one is two, two and two is four, and five will get you ten *
* if you know how to work it." - Mae West *
*- RSPW/PRO-W FAQ: http://www.provide.net/~dmacika/Wrestling/faq.html -*
John Henry
SkulllHead wrote in message
<19971130180...@ladder01.news.aol.com>...
>Open letter to John Henry:
>I know why you are so determined to "define" conduct on rspw.
Oh, this ought to be gooood. Especially since I'm not 'defining' anything,
merely attempting to enforce what is a commonly known Usenet standard that
has been in place since before most of the peple on this group knew what
Usenet was.
>Because this
>group is your substitute for real interaction with people.
Oh, really?
You know, you must be right, since *normally* when I interact with people, I
do it on a stage in front of 800 ot 1000 of them.
>RSPW is obviously
>the only forum in which you can operate, not outside with real people, face
to
>face.
You see, this is where you've got it backward, probably because you can't
imagine someone having the cojones or attitude to get away with what i do
here IRL. However, as anyone that knows me can tell you, I am (or rather,
can be) just as much an opinionated, arrogant jerk in real life as I am
here. And there is a good reason for that; I am perfectly capable and
wiling to back up my words wih action, if necessary. Now, IRL, I much
prefer to take a person thta *thinks* they have a problem with me, and
talking it over with them, and 9 times out of 10, the quickly realize that I
am right, and their anger is misdirected. However, to make the mistake of
thinking that I function any differently here than I do anywhere else belies
a near-total ignorance of who I am, and what I am about.
> It has become your world. When somebody will not conform, you feel
>threatened, as if your world was being taken away from you.
Boy, you are really stupid. I mean, I just cannot imagine what would lead
someone that is as obviously ignorant as you to the facts of my daily life
to attempt to make such statements.
But, if you really want to know about my social life, stop by the Brewery,
or Lake Boone Trail, or better, ask anyone that is involved in the Raleigh
music scene. Or better yet, since I've kinda kept my head down here, talk
to my friends in Detroit, Chicago, AnnArbor, Lansing, Grand Rapids,
Rockford, Cincy, Toledo, Cleveland, South Bend, Indy, Springfield,
Milwaukee, Green Bay, Madison, LaCrosse, New Berlin, Minneapolis, St. Paul,
or any one of a hundred other cities that I've palyed in in the last 14
years.
Of course, most of them have unlisted numbers, and the chances of a regular
fan finding them are slim to none...'regular fans' have this problem with
guys like me in not realizing that we are human beings, with a need for
privacy.
See, you don't know who I really am, Sparky. All you know is what I choose
to tell you. For all you know, my real name might be Pepper Keenan. Or Jon
Bongiovi. Or Rick Wakeman. OR Cueball Carmichael. Or Otto Wanz. Hell,
for all you know, I could be Ric Flair himself. All of the names above have
homes, businesses, or other interests in the Raleigh area. YOU DON"T KNOW.
Assuming that just because I enjoy RSPW and take an interest in seeing that
people follow the established protocol necessary to ensure that our group
continues to propagate means that I am a lifeless computer geek with nothing
better to do is ignorant.
Has it occurred to you that I may have been successful enough in other
endeavors to allow me the necessary free time to do what I want, when I
want, where I want?
>Oh, no, you may
>loose all of your internet buddies because so many people are posting crap
that
>this newsgroup might just get too traffic intensive for your ISP to carry.
Ironically enough, my ISP would be one of the *last* to drop a group for
excessive BW. Bellsouth is *huge*, and they don't really worry about server
space much. On the other hand, several *other* group member's ISPs are not
so large.
And as to my 'Internet Buddies', well, there just aren't that many of them,
and having this group removed wouldn't effect my e-mail anyway.
>Oh
>no, oh no!!! Waaaaaaa!!!!!! How would you survive. Let me tell you, if
>this group gets pulled it's most likely because it's a group about
>"professional" wrestling.
Jerk. What is your prejudice against p-w? And fwiw, popualr demand is a
much more convincing appeal than altruistic usefulness when it comes to
keepig a group on a server.
>I can hear them now: "well, we need to either dump
>the wrestling group, or the thyroid support group.....isn't that wrestling
>stuff just a bunch fixed matches to perpetuate fan interest and sell
product?
>Axe the wrestling group tomorrow!!!" Not because people are posting high
>bandwidth.
It's not even the high BW, it's the *improperly formatted* bw. Posting in
HTML can easily increase the size of a message by a factor of 4 or more.
The entirety of that increase is solely due to a few ignorant, arrogant
assholes that think that their 'artistic' talents are more important than
the survival of the group. Bottom line is that while a 300-line post about
the right way to post will *not* get a group pulled, an 8-line text message
that takes up 50 lines because it's in HTM *will.*
>You consider yourself a well respected contributor to this group. Boy,
that's
>something I wish I could put on my resume.
Whay would I care what's on a resume? I'm self-employed, and independently
wealthy to the degree that resume's will *never* be a concern of mine.
>"Well respected participant in
>internet group on professional wrestling" Ha ha hahahahahaha!!!!!!!
Hey, you really don't have a clue, do you? Do you know how much money there
is on this group? Do you know how many people make some portion of their
living off the information to be found here? Do you know how many people
read this group? Do you know *who* reads this group? Conservative
estimates place the number around 45,000, and I've seen well-cited estimates
ranging in the 100-120k range. Out of 120,000 people, thus far *4* have
chosen to attempt to tear me down for trying to protect the little corner of
Usenet that I call home. To balance that, at least that many have publicly
supported me, and at least a dozen more lurkers have e-mailed their support,
including a couple of well-known wrestlers and sheetwriters that I will not
name; if they wanted their positions or opinions made public they would post
them here.
So, bottom line? Your amateur psychology is pointless, your assessment of
me is not only erroneous but laughable, and I am convinced that I have the
full support of the regulars on this group, or at least the majority of
them. Until Francine, Mark Mero, Dave Meltzer, Wade Kelller, Bob Ryder,
Mike Palij, Scott Keith, Conn MacKintosh, or *any* of the other respected
regulars here tell me that they want to see HTML on the group, in defiance
of Usenet standard, I shall continue doing as I have done for the last
year--doing what I can to make sure that RSPW stays on the net, stays
active, and stays reasonably idiot-free.
Maybe you ought to look around a bit before jumping someone, skinner. I
take it upon myself to try and make this a reasonably cool place to be, and
to eliminate any and all threats to its existence. Everyone here knows
that, just like everyone here knows that Scott Keith is the 'real' net.cop
or RSPW. Just like everyone here with a brain knows that you just don't
post HTML or binary files to a non-binary newsgroup. Period. It ain't
about me, bub.
Allan J. Benson
"John Henry" (jhn...@bellsouth.net) writes:
> SkulllHead wrote in message
>
> <19971130180...@ladder01.news.aol.com>...
>>Open letter to John Henry:
>
> But, if you really want to know about my social life, stop by the Brewery,
> or Lake Boone Trail, or better, ask anyone that is involved in the Raleigh
> music scene. Or better yet, since I've kinda kept my head down here, talk
> to my friends in Detroit, Chicago, AnnArbor, Lansing, Grand Rapids,
> Rockford, Cincy, Toledo, Cleveland, South Bend, Indy, Springfield,
> Milwaukee, Green Bay, Madison, LaCrosse, New Berlin, Minneapolis, St. Paul,
> or any one of a hundred other cities that I've palyed in in the last 14
> years.
>
> Of course, most of them have unlisted numbers, and the chances of a regular
> fan finding them are slim to none...'regular fans' have this problem with
> guys like me in not realizing that we are human beings, with a need for
> privacy.
You talk as if you were famous. I don't know if you are or not but the
above comes off, to me at least, just like a post from "The Taskmistress".
A whole lot of words with very little reason to believe it.
Not meant as a flame, just an observation.
> Assuming that just because I enjoy RSPW and take an interest in seeing that
> people follow the established protocol necessary to ensure that our group
> continues to propagate means that I am a lifeless computer geek with nothing
> better to do is ignorant.
I don't care too much who posts what where myself, but I do believe people
should respect the opinion of the masses.
> Has it occurred to you that I may have been successful enough in other
> endeavors to allow me the necessary free time to do what I want, when I
> want, where I want?
Not really. The trolls seem to always have free time and I doubt many of
them are successful past graduating grammar school.
--
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| "Maniac! If I must fight, at least it is for a cause! You do |
| it for pleasure!" - Magneto - |
David Blazina
SkulllHead <skull...@aol.com> wrote in article> I know why you are so determined to "define" conduct on rspw. Because
this
> group is your substitute for real interaction with people. RSPW is
obviously
> the only forum in which you can operate, not outside with real people,
face to
feel
> threatened, as if your world was being taken away from you.
<snip>
Not to speak for John, (who does quite well on his own) but I have been
following this whole saga and all John is trying to do is to get a handful
of people to quit acting like jackasses. Some people are spamming the
group with every idiotic thought that pops into their little heads and some
people are insisting on posting binaries in this NG when they should not
be. Chances are these people are the ones who are socially retarded, not
John. John has the ability to form a coherent thought and make an
intelligent point while being able to have a discussion without using the
ever popular "shut up" as a reply.
You mentioned that John wants people to "conform" to his ways, there is a
difference between wanting someone to "conform" and wanting them to act
like an adult and have a little respect for the internet community.
And yes, I know we can just add these people to our killfiles, but adding a
new person every few days gets tiresome. Having people exhibit a little
common courtesy would be nice.
Dave
John Henry
Allan J. Benson wrote in message <65skgf$h...@freenet-news.carleton.ca>...
>"John Henry" (jhn...@bellsouth.net) writes:
>> SkulllHead wrote in message
>> <19971130180...@ladder01.news.aol.com>...
>>>Open letter to John Henry:
>You talk as if you were famous.
I've known a fair degree of notoriety under a couple of different names. I
don't use them here, for a good reason, and to make a point--*no one* here
knows anything *for sure* about me until I decide to let it be known. Like
I said, for all you *know*, I could be Ric Flair. If I was, do you think I'd
post under my real name?
>I don't know if you are or not but the
>above comes off, to me at least, just like a post from "The Taskmistress".
>A whole lot of words with very little reason to believe it.
Absolutely---but you *dis*believe at your own risk.
And, truth be known, I'm nobody you'd necessarily recognize from TV, as
every time I'm on TV it's behind a drum kit. The only people I've spent
time pumping my name at are my friends in the music business, and that's
really just networking. And if I wanted to tell you, or anyone else, where
I'd be, I would have done so by now. I get enough crap in my maibox without
every fan I've ever had knowing who I am and how to reach me.
The 'Net businesses I mentioned are all legit, but again, because of my
rather large mouth, I choose to use a different name for business. Not a
good idea to alienate your customer base, you know? I also don't want any
band in which I am not in a *leadership* position to be stuck having to
defend my opinions. So, I use pseudonyms, like many of us in the
entertainment industry.
However, it's a safe bet that you've heard a song, commercial, or theme that
has my playing on it. Residual income *rules* baby!
>Not meant as a flame, just an observation.
And taken as such. Like I said, the point isn't that I'm some famous rock
star, the idea is that you never know *who* you're talking to around here,
and making assumptions about the people here is likely to lead to
embarrasment at best. the fellow I was replying to made a *bunch* of
totally off-base assertions about me. My reply was intended to educate the
little fool as to the danger of making such assertions based only on the
information *I* choose to provide.
>> Assuming that just because I enjoy RSPW and take an interest in seeing
that
>> people follow the established protocol necessary to ensure that our group
>> continues to propagate means that I am a lifeless computer geek with
nothing
>> better to do is ignorant.
>I don't care too much who posts what where myself, but I do believe people
>should respect the opinion of the masses.
I'm not even necessarily into the opinions of the masses. It's just a
simple matter of choosing which rules to rebel against. The no-HTML
standard was developed for a reason, and it is a geed and usefu standard
that I am wiing to uphold. While the group's opinions matter to some extent
on this (I woudn't be so self assured about speaking for the majority of the
group if I wasn't *sure* that the majority of the group agrees with me),
they are not the final arbiter of my actions.
>> Has it occurred to you that I may have been successful enough in other
>> endeavors to allow me the necessary free time to do what I want, when I
>> want, where I want?
>Not really. The trolls seem to always have free time and I doubt many of
>them are successful past graduating grammar school.
OTOH, they also generally display the intelligence level you would expect
from morons. I don't.
John Henry
I just wanted to say thanks to the RSPWers that have chosen to defend or
further illuminate my positions on the subject of trolls and HTML/binaries.
Half the reason some people try and defend that crap is because they don't
realize that the majority of us really do feel this way, or they don't
understand the *reasons* we feel this way. Thanks.
Bairman
bok...@netcom.com (The Bogus Prophet) wrote:
>Of course these fantasies may represent your opinion about
>John but you should then insert IMHO or IMDO somewhere. I'm
>sure that many people here can tell you where to insert it.
LO F'n L!!!
Bairman
RSPW - the game of human cesspool
"DO I LOOK LIKE A PEBBLE NOW?!?" - Mankind
flux
John Henry wrote in message <7xlg.573$C7.7...@news1.atl.bellsouth.net>...
>
>I've known a fair degree of notoriety under a couple of different names. I
>don't use them here, for a good reason, and to make a point--*no one* here
>knows anything *for sure* about me until I decide to let it be known. Like
>I said, for all you *know*, I could be Ric Flair. If I was, do you think
I'd
>post under my real name?
>
>And, truth be known, I'm nobody you'd necessarily recognize from TV, as
>every time I'm on TV it's behind a drum kit. The only people I've spent
>time pumping my name at are my friends in the music business, and that's
>really just networking. And if I wanted to tell you, or anyone else, where
>I'd be, I would have done so by now. I get enough crap in my maibox
without
>every fan I've ever had knowing who I am and how to reach me.
>
>The 'Net businesses I mentioned are all legit, but again, because of my
>rather large mouth, I choose to use a different name for business. Not a
>good idea to alienate your customer base, you know? I also don't want any
>band in which I am not in a *leadership* position to be stuck having to
>defend my opinions. So, I use pseudonyms, like many of us in the
>entertainment industry.
>
>
>And taken as such. Like I said, the point isn't that I'm some famous rock
>star, the idea is that you never know *who* you're talking to around here,
>and making assumptions about the people here is likely to lead to
>embarrasment at best. the fellow I was replying to made a *bunch* of
>totally off-base assertions about me. My reply was intended to educate the
>little fool as to the danger of making such assertions based only on the
>information *I* choose to provide.
>
>
>
sounds like a needle dick complex to me
Rob Blake
John Henry wrote:
>
> SkulllHead wrote in message
>
> <19971130180...@ladder01.news.aol.com>...
> >Open letter to John Henry:
>
> >I know why you are so determined to "define" conduct on rspw.
>
> Oh, this ought to be gooood. Especially since I'm not 'defining' anything,
> merely attempting to enforce what is a commonly known Usenet standard that
> has been in place since before most of the peple on this group knew what
> Usenet was.
And going to extreme lengths to do so, John.
flux
John Henry wrote in message ...
>flux wrote in message <65t27i$a98$1...@winter.news.erols.com>...
>
>>John Henry wrote in message
<7xlg.573$C7.7...@news1.atl.bellsouth.net>...
>
>>sounds like a needle dick complex to me
>
>FLUX! BABY! You changed it! How very cool of you, welcome to the group!
>
>John Henry
>Scott Hall 1961-1997 Eric Bischoff 1960-1997
>'I respect jou, NastyMang' 'I reject you, bookerman!'
>Stevie Ray 1967-1997 Elizabeth Poffo, 1958-1997
>'I respect you, Booker T' 'I respect you MachoMan!
>http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Arcade/4308/
>
>
>
If you're not being a sarcastic SOB right now then that means that you were
serious in your 48 hour tirade about my HTML posting sounding the death
march for this newsgroup. If you really believe that to be the case then
you are seriously paranoid and otherwise deranged.
flux
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flux
Sounds like there's not much of interest being posted on here, otherwise you
guys wouldn't spend so much time spoutin' off on me. Go read some wrestling
posts, like my well thought out, and heavily responded to, Adrian Adonis
post. I'm a big wrestling fan and always thought that we could all take
life with a big grain of salt for being the way we are. I should have known
that an internet newsgroup about wrestling would be crawling with people
like you guys: immature knuckle shufflers, nitpickers, big mouths,
self-aggrandizers (this means you John Henry, I know you're reading this and
I love you man), liars (see previous...), tightwads, Democrats and or
Stalinists. Not my idea of the happy-go-lucky wrestling types that I
associate with in the real world.
David Blazina wrote in message <65sn28$h...@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>...
Not to speak for John, (who does quite well on his own) but I have been
following this whole saga and all John is trying to do is to get a
handful
of people to quit acting like jackasses. Some people are spamming the
group with every idiotic thought that pops into their little heads and
some
people are insisting on posting binaries in this NG when they should not
be. ....
Dave
flux
I've heard your "one last time before I do this or that line" from you too
many times. Sounds like a lot of hot air to me. I'm gonna be a thorn in
your freakin' side on this group. Count on it.
John Henry wrote in message ...
>flux wrote in message <65tbqs$9ds$1...@winter.news.erols.com>...
>>Sounds like there's not much of interest being posted on here, otherwise
>you
>>guys wouldn't spend so much time spoutin' off on me. Go read some
>wrestling
>>posts, like my well thought out, and heavily responded to, Adrian Adonis
>>post. I'm a big wrestling fan and always thought that we could all take
>>life with a big grain of salt for being the way we are. I should have
>known
>>that an internet newsgroup about wrestling would be crawling with people
>>like you guys: immature knuckle shufflers, nitpickers, big mouths,
>>self-aggrandizers (this means you John Henry, I know you're reading this
>and
>>I love you man), liars (see previous...)
>
>You really are an idiot, aren't you? Do you get off on this shit? Is your
>life really so petty that you have to go around making trouble, for no
>reason but to get the attention? Do you go snatching old ladies purses,
and
>when arrested, tell the police to get with the program, because
>purse-snatching is cool now? And then come off like some little do-gooder
>that never does anything wrong.
>
>Bottom line, you little jerk, one last time before you go in my twit
>filter--you don't know *anything* about me that I do not choose to let you
>know. In addition, you have persisted in posting unreadable (for some)
>material on the group, after being asked repeatedly not to. You go to
>text-only, and I, in a show of just exactly what kind of forgiving guy I
am,
>offered you my hand, only to have it spit on, while you pat yourself on the
>back for being so clever. You're not clever, you're just a pathetic jerk
so
>lifeless and clueless that you have to antagonize total strangers to get
the
>attention that your parents so rightly deny you.
>
>Your mother should be slapped for letting you become more than a dirty
>thought. You represent the absolute dregs of humanity, and my heart bleeds
>for the tortuous pain and suffering which undoubtedly led to this
>irresistable urge to make yourself look like an ass. I feel no
>embarassment, little boy, for I was in the right with every step.
>Regardless of what else happens here, you will largely be remembered as
that
>little asshole that treated people that came to him with an open hand like
a
>target for ridicule. Damage done, pal, and all of it by you.
>
>That said,
>PLONK
Tongan Cheaque
Tsk, tsk, tsk, John Henry you should know better. Flux you need to
listen better. Both of you should go to your rooms.
You guys should take this to email. Whether it takes up BW or not it is
really annoying a lot of us here.
"Hello, My Name is Aldo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die
!!"
Sarcasmo
"The Tongan Cheaque"
Jeff Amdur
This whole discussion could be made moot with the expansion of something
called "Usenet 2", which is apparently being set up under different rules
than the current Usenet, and under which there would be clear, codified
restrictions on types of posts. From what I gathered, the newsgroups on
Usenet 2 would each have their own set of "czars", who would monitor the
groups carefully and have the power to remove spam, html and binary posts,
while not applying the overly-strict (IMHO) content guidelines of current
Usenet moderated groups. Free speech and expression among us "czardines"
would be tolerated; but true net abuse would banish the abuser from the
group.
If guarantees can be (or have been) worked out to prevent "czar abuse", I
think this is a reasonable solution we all can live with. The true Net
abusers will be bonked; and most of us will still have killfiles to filter
out our personal morons and trolls. The remaining task would be to get
ISP's to carry both Usenet and Usenet 2.
Jeremy Billones (who explained this to me yesterday): please elaborate on
this in this thread if I don't have this exactly right.
--
Jeff Amdur
Quality foreign language instruction since 1971 (Oy, gevalt! THAT long?!?)
Quality timekeeping for sports events since 1973
je...@home.com jef...@aol.com jia...@umd5.umd.edu
Allan J. Benson
"John Henry" (jhn...@bellsouth.net) writes:
> Allan J. Benson wrote in message <65skgf$h...@freenet-news.carleton.ca>...
>>"John Henry" (jhn...@bellsouth.net) writes:
>>> SkulllHead wrote in message
>>> <19971130180...@ladder01.news.aol.com>...
>>>>Open letter to John Henry:
>
>>You talk as if you were famous.
>>I don't know if you are or not but the
>>above comes off, to me at least, just like a post from "The Taskmistress".
>>A whole lot of words with very little reason to believe it.
>
> Absolutely---but you *dis*believe at your own risk.
I don't disbelieve you but it is a hefty claim you lay.
>>I don't care too much who posts what where myself, but I do believe people
>>should respect the opinion of the masses.
>
> I'm not even necessarily into the opinions of the masses. It's just a
> simple matter of choosing which rules to rebel against. While the
> group's opinions matter to some extent on this (I woudn't be so self
> assured about speaking for the majority of the
> group if I wasn't *sure* that the majority of the group agrees with me),
> they are not the final arbiter of my actions.
I said respect, not obey.
--
Allan Benson, the future of this newsgroup.
John Henry
Allan J. Benson wrote in message <65t02p$m...@freenet-news.carleton.ca>...
>"John Henry" (jhn...@bellsouth.net) writes:
>> Allan J. Benson wrote in message
>>>You talk as if you were famous.
>>>I don't know if you are or not but the
>>>above comes off, to me at least, just like a post from "The
Taskmistress".
>>>A whole lot of words with very little reason to believe it.
>> Absolutely---but you *dis*believe at your own risk.
>I don't disbelieve you but it is a hefty claim you lay.
And it's intentionally both a little heftier, and a little lighter, or maybe
a lot both ways, than the actual truth, which, like each and every one of
you, no one but I will ever know.
Like I said, I *could* be Ric Flair.
I'm not, but I could be, for all anyone knows, or can know, for sure.
But if you bothered to scroll down this far, you might find out a little
more about who I am...
If someone were to ask me, I might tell them that I'm definitely a former
(and future, believe it) touring musician. I'm also a successful
businessman, that owns several internet businesses. I might also tell them
that yes, I do stand IRL the same as I do here--very strongly for what I
think is right, wherever I can. I was fortunate enough to be born with
brains, looks, and talent, I am, however, unfortunately a little lacking in
the modesty department. I got lucky, and so far I've managed to do fairly
well with it, well enough that I can a) sleep at night knowing that I have
tried to do what I think is right, and b) afford to waste time in some
alarmingly large chunks on this newsgroup.
Actually, my posting freq will likely go down a bit soon, as I am making
changes to several programs and a website between now and Christmas.
I might tell them that I'm 27, long-haired, half-Cherokee, and a drummer
that has (you'll love this) a problem with questioning authority. I do it
too much to suit the taste of most authority. I have been like that since I
was old enough to talk. Much of my life would sound, frankly, cliche were I
to repeat it here, but I have toured with various bands in various parts of
the country, and have even managed to make MTV a couple of times. No, I'm
not saying more than that, because, frankly, the possibility, while perhaps
less than I may portray when I'm ranting, does exist that someone, people
that would bother me about appearances and suck, may be here on the group,
and would promptly begin to do so. Not that I mind the attention...first
requirement for membership in the musician's union is that one must be an
irretreivable egomaniac. I'd simply, at this point in my life, rather not
mix those three aspects of my life.
However, sick bastard that I am, love it when people underestimate me,
because it leave me space to rip them to shreds--that applies anywhere.
IOW, I am enough of what I say I am to support what I have to say. I'm never
a liar. I tell the truth, and people jump to conclusions. I simply choose
to not disabuse them of their notions for not only my own pleaasure, but the
enjoyment of all. Definitely been there, definitely done that, but.
I'm *not* Ric Flair ;-)
>>>I don't care too much who posts what where myself, but I do believe
people
>>>should respect the opinion of the masses.
>> I'm not even necessarily into the opinions of the masses. It's just a
>> simple matter of choosing which rules to rebel against. While the
>I said respect, not obey.
Mmm. Good point. My fault for not reading closely enough.
John Henry
FunkyM3485 wrote in message
<19971201005...@ladder02.news.aol.com>...
>"John Henry" <jhn...@bellsouth.net> write:
>>And, truth be known, I'm nobody you'd necessarily recognize from TV, as
>>every time I'm on TV it's behind a drum kit.
>Paul Schaffer?!!!! Is that you?! FunkyM loves you, man!
That's Anton Fig, brother, of course to the Fig Newton, but no...
>>However, it's a safe bet that you've heard a song, commercial, or theme
that
>>has my playing on it. Residual income *rules* baby!
>Really? FunkyM is in the music business too. The name is Trent Reznor. You
may
>have heard of it...
Cool, Remember the palooza/TOD gig at Pine Knob in oh, shit, 91 or 2 I
guess? It's me, man, Eddie! Eddie Vedder!
Oops. I can trust you, right?
>>>> Has it occurred to you that I may have been successful enough in other
>>>> endeavors to allow me the necessary free time to do what I want, when I
>>>> want, where I want?
>>>Not really. The trolls seem to always have free time and I doubt many of
>>>them are successful past graduating grammar school.
>>OTOH, they also generally display the intelligence level you would expect
>>from morons. I don't.
>What's a moron?
A moron, Funky, is someone that's almost, but not quite, as smart as RSPW's
resident genius, FunkyM! You may bow, if you like.
John Henry
flux wrote in message <65t27i$a98$1...@winter.news.erols.com>...
>John Henry wrote in message <7xlg.573$C7.7...@news1.atl.bellsouth.net>...
>sounds like a needle dick complex to me
FLUX! BABY! You changed it! How very cool of you, welcome to the group!
John Henry
flux wrote in message <65t4dr$sgb$1...@winter.news.erols.com>...
>John Henry wrote in message ...
>>flux wrote in message <65t27i$a98$1...@winter.news.erols.com>...
>>>John Henry wrote in message
>>>sounds like a needle dick complex to me
>>FLUX! BABY! You changed it! How very cool of you, welcome to the group!
>If you're not being a sarcastic SOB right now then that means that you were
>serious in your 48 hour tirade about my HTML posting sounding the death
>march for this newsgroup. If you really believe that to be the case then
>you are seriously paranoid and otherwise deranged.
Did I ever claim otherwise?
John Henry
John Henry
flux wrote in message <65temk$8g8$1...@winter.news.erols.com>...
>I've heard your "one last time before I do this or that line" from you too
>many times. Sounds like a lot of hot air to me. I'm gonna be a thorn in
>your freakin' side on this group. Count on it.
I just had to see...
not for long, sparky
Conn MacKintosh
John Henry wrote:
So, bottom line? Your amateur psychology is pointless, your assessment of
me is not only erroneous but laughable, and I am convinced that I have the
full support of the regulars on this group, or at least the majority of
them. Until Francine, Mark Mero, Dave Meltzer, Wade Kelller, Bob Ryder,
Mike Palij, Scott Keith, Conn MacKintosh, or *any* of the other respected
regulars here tell me that they want to see HTML on the group, in defiance
of Usenet standard, I shall continue doing as I have done for the last
year--doing what I can to make sure that RSPW stays on the net, stays
active, and stays reasonably idiot-free.
First, I'd like to say I'm honored to be mentioned in the above company.
Second, I wish to point out that all I did was post the ab...@aol.com
address, and look what happens.
Everything I do seems to get out of hand.
co...@wctc.net (conn MackIntosh)
-------------------==== Posted via Deja News ====-----------------------
http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Post to Usenet
Kelly Vaters
Gentlemen, please....
AOL abuse of Usenet is not a problem emanating from the user level.
Somebody higher up on the ISP scale is failing to educate its users
properly about netiquette and the "chaos" effect violating netiquette can
wreak.
I think it's time, ladies and gentlemen, to begin an all-out assault not
only against the trollers and spammers who threaten the existence of this
newsgroup in their small but quickly cumulative ways, but also against the
online services and Internet service providers who allow this crap to go
on, and indeed ignore it in the interest of garnering profit.
It's come down to money, ladies and gentlemen; any sick, selfish asshole
with the $20 to plank down to access the Internet is now able to do so
without fear of reprisal. Let's show the people making shill off the abuse
of the Internet that their present policies are not helping the cause
here.
I would suggest, finally, that if anyone currently holds an AOL or WebTV
account (the more flagrant abuse seems to originate from those services),
they might want to switch online services for a little while. Let's all
e-mail these people explaining why we will begin killfiling any account
from these services and push for changes to their enforcement of their
Terms of Service agreements. My apologies to those who may feel this is
unfair, but your online services are not doing their part in keeping the
Internet free of abuse. It must start with Usenet.
Kelly, the Eternally P.O.'d by Internet Abuse 8(
--
JRok84
Listen here!! I am on AOL (for now) and not once have I abused the system, if
you feel that the RSPW is being abused, then dont read the posts that you think
are lame. I dont condone anyone SPAMing or mail bombing or trying to organize
a plot to screw the members of AOL, so let it go..... ANd besides, all these
angles that are anti-society are doing it, so bitch and Bischoff and Vinny (I
am refering to nWo and DX) Are we clear? Good...
Why is Sting in line for a title shot? The dude hasnt fought in like 84 years
I think..... WCW is out of control!!!!
The sign of the times is the X!!
Save the Drama....... DX ...........
Rob Childers
>Why is Sting in line for a title shot? The dude hasnt fought in like 84
years
>I think..... WCW is out of control!!!!
It's called marketing. Sting's been out for over a year (not counting the
Giant-Luger-Sting triangle matches seen at house shows early in 97). They
needed excitement surrounding his return to milk it for every penny it was
worth.
Some time ago they started the long, drawn-out question of where his loyalty
was. Then they made it apparent that he was anti-nWo (not necessarily
pro-WCW). Hogan-Sting is the culmination of this angle. It will produce
incredible buy-rates for Starrcade, proving it a success.
BsCaBl
On Sun, 30 Nov 1997 19:57:36 -0500, "flux" <fl...@arc.com> wrote:
>
>sounds like a needle dick complex to me
>
>
well notice yer no longer posting in html.. hmmmm
BsCaBl
On Sun, 30 Nov 1997 21:13:38 -0500, "flux" <fl...@arc.com> wrote:
>This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
>
>------=_NextPart_000_0031_01BCFDD4.D3CAAB20
>Content-Type: text/plain;
> charset="iso-8859-1"
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>
>YOU'RE ALSO EASILY MANIPULATED!!!!!
im growing annoyed.. admitingly this thread is fun to read but dont
you have anything better to do?
Ronnie Deschenes
FunkyM3485 (funky...@aol.com) writes:
> "John Henry" <jhn...@bellsouth.net> write:
>>
>>And, truth be known, I'm nobody you'd necessarily recognize from TV, as
>>every time I'm on TV it's behind a drum kit.
>
> Paul Schaffer?!!!! Is that you?! FunkyM loves you, man!
>
You are the greatest, Paul! And you're canadian, too!
>>However, it's a safe bet that you've heard a song, commercial, or theme that
>>has my playing on it. Residual income *rules* baby!
>
> Really? FunkyM is in the music business too. The name is Trent Reznor. You may
> have heard of it...
>
I do a bit of recreational music. You may have heard of me. I call myself
"Jon Bon Jovi."
>>>> Has it occurred to you that I may have been successful enough in other
>>>> endeavors to allow me the necessary free time to do what I want, when I
>>>> want, where I want?
>>
>>>Not really. The trolls seem to always have free time and I doubt many of
>>>them are successful past graduating grammar school.
>>
>>OTOH, they also generally display the intelligence level you would expect
>>from morons. I don't.
>
> What's a moron?
>
> No kitty! It's MY chicken pot pie!
--
Ronnie Deschenes -=- dm...@freenet.carleton.ca
Handler of world-famous e-wrestler "Playboy" Ronnie D
Playboy's page: http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~dm870/
As soon as they idiot-proof the world, a better idiot will come along.
FunkyM3485
"John Henry" <jhn...@bellsouth.net> write:
>FunkyM3485 wrote in message
><19971201005...@ladder02.news.aol.com>...
>>"John Henry" <jhn...@bellsouth.net> write:
>
>that
>>>has my playing on it. Residual income *rules* baby!
>
>>Really? FunkyM is in the music business too. The name is Trent Reznor. You
>may
>>have heard of it...
>
>guess? It's me, man, Eddie! Eddie Vedder!
No, FunkyM was kinda stoned out of his mind at the time. In fact, FunkyM has a
lot of trouble recalling much about the past, oh, decade or so.
>Oops. I can trust you, right?
Sure! Enough that you can should make FunkyM your new accountant to handle all
that burdensome money you make.
>>What's a moron?
>
>A moron, Funky, is someone that's almost, but not quite, as smart as RSPW's
>resident genius, FunkyM! You may bow, if you like.
OWWW!!! FunkyM banged his head on his desk, dammit!
Bairman
funky...@aol.com (FunkyM3485) wrote:
>No, FunkyM was kinda stoned out of his mind at the time. In fact, FunkyM has a
>lot of trouble recalling much about the past, oh, decade or so.
I thought FunkyM was only six years old?
FunkyM's busted, baby...
Jack Nightingale
Just a comment...and Im a self-admitted hypocrite for taking up
bandwidth, but its amazing how much time and bandwidth y'all are
taking up arguing incessantly about something that everyone here
really seems to already know :)
Just a thought
Jeremy Billones
In article <jefam-ya02408000R3011971400090001@news>,
Jeff Amdur <je...@home.com> wrote:
>This whole discussion could be made moot with the expansion of something
>called "Usenet 2", which is apparently being set up under different rules
Jeff, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing :)
If you are *really* interested, hit http://www.usenet2.org
Short version: it's a seperate system, like AOL and Prodigy are separate
systems, but just happens to be carried by the same transport mechanism
as The Big 8. It has nothing else to do with Usenet. (Kind of a bad choice
of names, really.)
Usenet's not going anywhere. Unless we don't fix it and it dies :p
Jeremy Billones 2-3 4.80 0.845 http://www.primenet.com/~billones
"The biggest joke in the wrestling business is when a wrestler says he has
to be taken care of in his own home town... That's like saying that Shawn
Michaels who is an American can't lose the title in America. "
The Jammer
JRok84 wrote in message <19971201092...@ladder02.news.aol.com>...
>Listen here!! I am on AOL (for now) and not once have I abused the system,
if
>you feel that the RSPW is being abused, then dont read the posts that you
think
>are lame.
That's all well and good, but the ISPs need to take up space in their
servers to hold the spam. When the spam gets excessive, either the group
gets cut or the ISP needs more space. More space = more money being charged
to the users.
>I dont condone anyone SPAMing or mail bombing or trying to organize
>a plot to screw the members of AOL, so let it go...
We're not trying to screw anyone. We just want the ISPs to start
enforcing their ToS agreements and/or start EDUCATING their users (I think a
big step would be for AOL to disallow access to USENET using the "50 free
hours" disks they send out on a daily basis. Hell, I got 2 this week
alone!)
> ANd besides, all these
>angles that are anti-society are doing it, so bitch and Bischoff and Vinny
(I
>am refering to nWo and DX) Are we clear? Good...
Say what?! This has been going on a helluva lot longer than DX or the
nWo!
>Why is Sting in line for a title shot? The dude hasnt fought in like 84
years
>I think..... WCW is out of control!!!!
You're just now realizing this?
-Jammer (.sig lost in the mail)
The Jammer
>sounds like a needle dick complex to me
And you sound like someone AOL should take off their "50 Free Hours"
Mailing List.
FunkyM3485
b...@worldnet.att.net (Bairman) write:
>funky...@aol.com (FunkyM3485) wrote:
>
>>No, FunkyM was kinda stoned out of his mind at the time. In fact, FunkyM has
>a
>>lot of trouble recalling much about the past, oh, decade or so.
>
>I thought FunkyM was only six years old?
>
>FunkyM's busted, baby...
It's been a long six years.
Gern Blanston
John Henry wrote:
> And, truth be known, I'm nobody you'd necessarily recognize from TV,
> as
> every time I'm on TV it's behind a drum kit.
And here's today's trivia quiz:
John Henry is:
a) The adult version of one of the two Chris Partridges from "The
Partridge Family"
b) Pete Best, just happy to get a gig after those other three dorks
kicked him out of the band
c) Max Weinberg
d) Keith Moon, who has really been faking us out all this time
Seriously, JH, now I'm curious. I know a fair share about the biz,
having made a living playing music on the radio for two decades...
and dutifully paying ASCAP/BMI/SESAC...
Are you like an L.A. session guy? A Nashville session guy? Were/are
you in a band? Can you get me backstage at "Up With People?" Do you
have blisters on your fingers?
Gern
Rhymes with "Nigel Olsson? Liberty DeVito? More Current?"