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Aug 31, 2002, 2:11am

This coming from a guy who can quote Starfleet Directives by heart. I
would say the same to you, except it probably would have no effect. How
about... "Get some medication!"

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Goober King
Either that or "Grow up!"
robrod at prism.net

Sep 1, 2002, 2:22am

Observe, Ladies and Gentlemen, the kid is using the very same tactics he
is complaining about Joeman using. Logic and patience are apparently not
his forte...

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Goober King
The irony's so thick, you can cut it with a knife...
robrod at prism.net

Sep 1, 2002, 8:27pm

That'd be great, except that's when the CY Awards are going to take
place! No offense, but I doubt even the Great AWTeen Show can compete
with that. :P

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Goober King
Bow to the power of the CYs...
robrod at prism.net

Aug 31, 2002, 6:57pm

You certainly seem to have an odd fixation with hell, don't you? It
always struck me as ironic that the people who shout about people going
to hell too much are usually the ones that are probably better
candidates for the trip than the people they're yelling at. :P

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Goober King
He's already in hell...
robrod at prism.net

Sep 2, 2002, 3:09pm

I swear, you people just look for any excuse to bash the CYs, don't you?

The whole reason I posted that article was to clear up all the crap
about "changing rules on a whim". If you actually read the *entire*
article, rather than quoting out of context, you'd see that APB wasn't
exactly in the right frame of mind when she approved the rules (which
were made *after* all the nominations had come in, btw) and so she
rejected them later after she realized the effect they would have on the
CYs. The net result: No change! The rules are still the same as they've
always been, and no further changes are forthcoming, at least for this
round.

If you people still want to believe that the CYs are corrupt or whatever
after being presented with the facts, then you are truly delusional.

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Goober King
Or maybe they're just jealous they didn't get in...
robrod at prism.net

Sep 2, 2002, 7:41pm

As has already been pointed out, statements made in the CY Forums are
not official statements. And, as ambivalent pointed out, the rules on
the Rules page haven't been changed since they were first posted.
Therefore, NO CHANGE HAS OCCURRED! The rules were introduced, and then
retracted, before they were ever entered in as official rules. Does that
help clear up the confusion?

And I'm not speaking on behalf of the CYs, just repeating what I already
reported in my article. You'll have to talk to the Selection Committee
about the Av category.

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Goober King
Is it really that hard to understand?
robrod at prism.net

Sep 3, 2002, 9:44am

You have got to be kidding me. When have you *ever* seen a forum where
posts were considered to be official committee rulings, unless there is
a specific forum marked for such business? If no such forum exists, then
nothing should be taken as official unless posted on the website.
Otherwise, it's all just talk. I would think that to be common sense,
but I guess that doesn't apply when you have an ax to grind...

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Goober King
Might as well grind that ax on Cy's head! :P
robrod at prism.net

Sep 3, 2002, 9:51am

My point is, the rules changed, and then changed back before they had
any sort of impact on the nominations. People were nominated using the
old rules, and the selection committee chose their top 5 based on the
old rules.

That being said, I too question how some of the nominations got on the
top 5, given that, from the beginning, Selection Committee members were
exempt from winning a CY. That, and some of the top 5 aren't all that
clear what's being nominated. (i.e. "Aylla" in the Av category) The only
clue I have is from Daphne who said that APB essentially said that
everyone was eligible. This, then, would be the *only* residual effect
from the rule "changes".

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Goober King
It does make you wonder...
robrod at prism.net

Sep 3, 2002, 2:12pm

*sigh* Both you and paul misunderstand me. I meant "forum" as in a
portion of the *main* forum set aside for official committee business.

Take, for lack of a better example, the SW City forums. Their main forum
is divided into smaller forums by topic, and one of those topics happens
to be for official town business only, including town policy changes.

The CY Awards forum, on the other hand, has no such forum. The closest
thing the CY forums have is the News forum, which is where Tauntaun made
the announcement that started all this crap. When APB saw that the new
rules would rule out so many people, she retracted them in a reply to
that very same post. But since the new rules were never posted to the
website, they were never made *official*. There was never any
announcement on the website or in any forum designated for such a
purpose announcing these new rules, so as far as present day is
concerned, those rules never existed.

And as far as investigative reporting goes, that's exactly what I did by
posting that AWNews article here in the NGs. If you can't accept the
words of APB and Daphne, then there's not much else I can tell you.

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Goober King
The truth cannot help those who refuse to see it
robrod at prism.net

Sep 3, 2002, 7:21pm

better = more well known. :P

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Goober King
Does anyone outside of SW City and JFK2 know it even exists? :P
robrod at prism.net

Sep 5, 2002, 6:52pm

Shouldn't you be using the .-) smiley, then? ;)

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Goober King
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king...
robrod at prism.net

Sep 6, 2002, 1:58pm

Exactly how are you going to get people to return the world after four
months?

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Goober King
There is no honor amongst avatars...
robrod at prism.net

Sep 8, 2002, 5:32pm

Obviously, you never played Guess Who? before... Basically, the idea is
that each player gets a collection of pictures of people and then each
player is given a second picture of one of the people in that set as
their "it" man. Then, players take turns asking questions in an attempt
to eliminate people from the group and find out who the "it" man is.
(i.e. "Does your person wear glasses?" If the other person says 'no',
then you can flip down all the people in your set that are wearing
glasses, otherwise you can flip down all the people who *don't* have
glasses) Whoever correctly guess who the other player's "it" man first,
wins. If you guess wrong, then the other person wins.

http://www.toys2wish4.com/gueswhogamby.html - This is what the original
game looks like

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Goober King
Could even use AW avatars for it! :D
robrod at prism.net

Sep 8, 2002, 5:44pm

Another AW institution leaving our virtual halls. :(

You've been a fixture at GZ, and I'm sure it will now be that much
emptier without you. May the street3.rwx rise up to meet you in all your
virtual (and real life) travels.

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Goober King
Another one bites the dust :(
robrod at prism.net

Sep 18, 2002, 9:40am

Geez, Insanity! Just pick a name and stick with it, will ya?! Trying to
make people think that there's more than one person involved with
Heartfall doesn't exactly bode well for your credibility...

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Goober King
Hosts are known to carry viruses...
robrod at prism.net

Sep 27, 2002, 10:53pm

In that case, judging from your tenuous grasp of English grammar,
punctuation, and your apparent inability to organize your thoughts, (if
you can even call them that...) you should fit right in around here! :P

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Goober King
Welcoming you to the one big happy dysfunctional family that is the AW
NGs...
robrod at prism.net

Oct 6, 2002, 3:51am

The only interesting thing I see here is that he makes *no* mention of
your personal life whatsoever. The closest he ever gets is saying that
you might have some financial difficulty, but beyond that, nothing.

Let's face facts here, folks: Everyone involved with this thread is NOT
helping the situation any. MrBruce's credibility is getting shot more to
hell every time he posts. And as I'm sure Bluemax and Carolann are
figuring out, you can't convince those people who feel they've been
wronged by InSaNiTy otherwise. And, of course, Mr Heartfall himself
isn't helping by posting under ever-changing aliases and trying to
convince the world that there's more to his "company" than just him.

So, my suggestion to *everyone*, and that includes you Bruce, is to quit
while you're ahead, go outside, and take a nice deep breath. Hopefully,
by the time you all come back, you'll be a bit more sane and reasonable
and we'll all have forgotten about this pointless argument.

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Goober King
Quitting while he's ahead...
robrod at prism.net

Oct 6, 2002, 9:18pm

Because we're not moderators ;P

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Goober King
Just who *is* the moderator, anyway? :P
robrod at prism.net

Oct 9, 2002, 6:54pm

*sigh* And we were doing so well, too. Almost two whole days without
someone continuing this thread. Max, I suggest you drop this whole thing
like a live grenade and move on. Defending yourself will just make Bruce
defend himself, which means you'll have to defend yourself again, etc,
etc, etc. Not to mention all the other folks around here inserting their
two cents. *glances at Bowen*

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Goober King
Closing in on a month for this thread! :P
robrod at prism.net

Sep 11, 2002, 1:58pm

Part of the problem is, if you keep replying to him, he'll still get
that attention he's looking for. Any attention is good attention as far
as he's concerned. :P

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Goober King
If you ignore him, he'll go away... theoretically
robrod at prism.net

Sep 11, 2002, 11:38pm

Where Were You When...?

As I'm sure all of you have noticed, today is Sept. 11th, 2002: One year
after the horrific events that changed a nation, and changed the world.
While I'm could preach and pontificate about America and how its
struggle is everyone's cause, it wouldn't be a very fitting way to
remember those who lost their lives and loved ones on that tragic day.
So instead, I will simply offer a story:


The alarm went off. It was 7AM on a Tuesday, and that meant Psychology
101. I wasn't particularly thrilled to be taking that class, especially
this early in the morning, but I needed it for my gen ed requirement and
it certainly was more interesting than some other courses I've taken. I
eventually rolled off my bunk around 7:30 and got my clothes on. Not
having enough time for breakfast, I grabbed my bag of books and headed
out the door, all while my roommate slept.

As with most Psych classes, I barely remembered what was discussed as
soon as I walked out of the classroom an hour and a half later. Feeling
my stomach complaining, I walked down the hall towards the Student Union
to grab my customary sausage, egg, and cheese muffin breakfast. As
usual, the SU was abuzz with people coming and going, and I barely took
notice, intent on getting my daily dose of grease and fat.

After purchasing my breakfast, I ducked out the back door of the SU to
avoid the club tables that always started getting set up around the SU
front door at this time. In my current half-dead, hungry state of mind,
I wasn't in the mood to get accosted by some club member waving fliers,
condoms, or whatever else in my face.

As I made the long trek back to my dorm room, I was greeted by the
blustering Buffalo winds as they swept across the nearly treeless
expanse of campus. I gritted my teeth and yelled at the wind under my
breath, challenging it to knock me over. As with most windy days, the
wind failed to do so this time and I made it back to my dorm in one
piece, albeit a little ruffled.

I arrived at my room around 9:30 and saw that my roommate had already
left for his 9AM class. I dropped my bag on the floor and awakened my
computer that I had left on overnight. Ahh, the beauty of a permanent T1
connection.

As I was pulling all of my IM programs out of Away mode, I found a
message from a teenage friend from AW that simply said "you watching the
news?" I answered "No...", thinking that he was going to tell me that
the news was reporting on some silly story or other. Instead, he
responded "2 planes have crashed into the world trade center towers in
newyork." I turned on the TV and was instead greeted by images the
Pentagon, burning.

We then spent the next hour swapping information as it was reported on
TV, and I immediately messaged all of my friends and family who were
online, asking if they saw what was happening. My brother just couldn't
believe it all, responding simply with "shit!". My dad, who teaches at
the Naval War College, couldn't go to work because the Navy base was on
highest alert: Only essential government employees were allowed on base.
My mother, who had to travel to DC that morning on business, informed me
that her plane had landed just before the FCC had grounded all air
travel. She said she could see the smoke of the Pentagon from her 6th
floor office. She then said she was going to watch the news in the first
floor lounge. She didn't feel safe on the 6th floor.

My roommate came back from his class, having heard what had happened in
class, just in time to see the first tower fall. My AW friend
immediately messaged me "CBS just showed the tower falling. this is
history."

"This is war" I replied.

I then got up from my computer and sat down in my roommate's recliner,
and stayed there the rest of the day, eyes glued to the TV waiting to
see what would happen next, only getting up to answer the occasional
messages coming through my computer. My roommate informed me that they
had canceled classes for the rest of day, but the announcement didn't
even register with me. I just sort of nodded and mumbled "That's good."

I'm not exactly known for being able to display my emotions, always
trying to hide them behind a facade of calm and sarcasm, and this
instance was no different. But instead of trying to just keep up
appearances, I actually didn't know what to feel.

I felt a chill go down my spine as I watched people jumping out of the
Twin Towers, to their deaths. I felt a sense of snide "shit's-on"
bravado against those who orchestrated the attacks, knowing in my heart
that they would pay for this. I felt the feeling of "this isn't really
happening", almost as if I was watching a movie. Oddly enough, I even
felt a sense of pride when I heard that they had stopped an Amtrak train
in Providence, RI looking for supporters of the hijackers (Being a
native Rhode Islander, any time RI gets in the news, whether good or
bad, is cool to me).

The result of all these jumbled feelings was one of numb emptiness. In
the end, I felt absolutely nothing. Though all the events registered in
my mind: the thousands of deaths, the repercussions of these acts, the
effects on my family, in my heart I felt nothing.

That emptiness would remain with me until it was replaced with something
else: pride. Pride in seeing my fellow countrymen coming together and
standing up to those who would stand against us. Pride in seeing them
come together to help each other, either by lining up to give blood or
sign up for the armed forces. So, in the midst of all the sorrow and
pain, I inwardly rejoiced, because I knew that, not only were we going
to make it through this, but we would become stronger because of it.

So, on this one year anniversary of the darkest day in American history,
if not the world, I honor the memory of those who are no longer with us
by praying for those who still are. Praying that our sense of unity
won't disappear into the night like a passing fad. Praying that we will
stand tall as one against all who would wish to see us fall, and truly
be the *United* States of America.

Everyone has a September Story. I encourage you to share yours as we all
remember what we lost, and also what we found within ourselves. May you
and yours find peace on this day, and may God continue to bless America.

Sep 12, 2002, 8:26pm

You seem to be a tad misinformed on some things, so let me see if I can
clear them up for you"

[View Quote] AWI isn't allowing anything to "trickle down", as you put it. When AWI
first introduced the rotate/move commands, they also modified the world
server so that world owners could decide if they wanted other people
using rotate/move in their worlds or not. AWI, in its infinite wisdom,
decided to disable rotate/move for AlphaWorld. However, the prevention
system had a rather huge flaw in it, which several resourceful builders
managed to exploit.

By the time AWI found out about this, the word had spread and quite a
few builds were exploiting this bug. AWI responded by plugging that
specific hole in the prevention system, but it wasn't long before
someone found *another* hole in the system and exploited it. Every time
AWI plugged a hole, it seemed as if another was discovered to take its
place, and it'll probably only be a matter of time before someone finds
another hole to replace the one AWI just recently patched.

So, I don't know where you got this idea of discrimination from, but if
you want to blame someone for it, blame Roland and the AWI programmers
for not being able to build a fool-proof prevention system. Though, if
MrGrimm can convince the boys upstairs to enable rotate/move in AW, this
whole argument becomes moot. :P

Also, the people clamoring to preserve AW weren't complaining about the
addition of new objects and textures. What they were complaining about
was that some of the objects/textures were *changed*, thereby affecting
older builds. Since some of these builds were built by people who may no
longer be around, they felt it was unfair because they couldn't do
anything to fix it.

> Thoughts on Tourists
> At one time, because of cruelty and intimidation being used to manipulate
> me, I personally felt tourists should not be allowed in some worlds. Notice
> I say the word Personally. I did not feel it was good for the good of a
> whole community. After experiencing Alpha World without tourists, I
> realized tourists were not the problem, speaking out against being treated
> disrespectfully and cruelly was my problem. Giving the citizens countless
> models, textures, commands, yet disallowing the ability for tourists and
> citizens to gather and communicate is not in the best interest of the
> positive development of the community, in my opinion.

This I'll agree with, as keeping tourists out of AW deprives them of the
one world (save possibly AWTeen) that might convince them to become an
AW citizen. As for speaking out against disrespect, that's never a
problem and it should never be seen as such. If you don't stand up for
yourself, you'll get walked all over for the rest of your life, even by
tourists.

> Thoughts on Processor Size for AW
> As for my processor being too small, my computer needing upgrading, let me
> point out to you that the size of my processor is fine for the newest
> version of AOL, newest version of Earthlink, newest CD of Atari Arcade Hits
> (and for that matter, nearly all Hasbro Interactive Games available),
> StarCraft, I could go on and on. I stand by my statement that consideration
> needs to be made for those that don't have bleeding edge technology on their
> desktops. It's a form of inequality for that not to be taken into
> consideration. If given opportunity to play paintball, I'd lose every game
> because of my processor size, not my ability. Ultimately, if we do not make
> allowance for those that have smaller computers, it will not contribute in a
> positive way to the development of the AW Community.

As everyone else has been saying, upgrade or die. If you can afford to
buy a laptop/computer, then you can afford to upgrade it every once in a
while. This doesn't mean you have to buy the latest and greatest stuff
just to keep up, but when the programs you use start outgrowing your
system, then it's time to get some new hardware to go with your new
software. This is the way it's always been in the world of computers,
and this is the way it will always be. Better get used to it.

--
Goober King
Can you discriminate against laziness?
robrod at prism.net

Sep 13, 2002, 10:04am

While I'm all about having a flair for the dramatic, methinks you're
taking things a *bit* too seriously. I agree that exclusion, injustice,
and oppression are wrong, but what you're talking about are not those
things.

It's not exclusion to make software that demands better hardware, it's
progress. While it's generally regarded as good programming practice to
make software work on the widest range of platforms available, it's not
required, and in some cases, especially in the world of 3D, it's nearly
impossible to accommodate *all* platforms.

It's not oppression to disallow rotate/move in AW, it's a precaution.
AWI had a valid concern that the move/rotate commands could be used to
vandalize other builds, since the world registry can't take them into
account when judging encroachment, so they disabled it in the most
popular building world in the Universe. But again, since most people who
managed to break through the prevention system and use rotate/move only
used it for positive building purposes, one can hope that AWI will
remove that restriction.

It's not injustice to prevent tourists from visiting other worlds, it's
an incentive. While I agree that AWI should allow tourists into more AWI
worlds, the only reason tourists exist is to give new users a chance to
preview the program before they buy a citizenship. If you give tourists
too much "power" in terms of ways to participate and build, they'll have
no reason to buy a citizenship and AWI will continue to lose money.

So while exclusion, injustice, and oppression should be wiped out in the
real world, here in the virtual world it's rather hard to take those
ideas seriously. In the end, it's all just bits and bytes and if you
don't like the way things are run, you can always speak with your feet
and your wallet and take your business elsewhere.

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Goober King
Help! Help! We're being oppressed! :P
robrod at prism.net

Sep 18, 2002, 9:58am

I think Weebo's drunk. He hasn't posted a coherent message about this
ordeal at all. :P

As for the CYs, I think the Committee needs to get a backbone and just
stop trying to please everyone. Since it's plainly obvious that some
people will *never* be happy with the CYs, no matter how they're run,
why bother trying to please them? If they had stuck to their guns at the
beginning and kept the Selection Committee noms up, we would've had a
couple whiners withdraw their noms and that would've been the end of it.
Now, the damage has been done and canceling the CYs altogether does
*not* fix the problem.

Of course, the main problem with the CY Awards is with ABP's insistence
to involve the community in all of this. Think of it this way: If the
contestants in a judging contest were also allowed to decide how the
judging was done and who the judges were, don't you think there'd be a
conflict of interest somewhere? ABP should have kept things internal by
hand-picking her successor and the CY & Selection Committee staffs. Then
the SC could filter through the noms while the CY Committee makes sure
the SC gets the job done, post the Top 5 for each category, and then
have the community vote from those choices.

Oh well... better luck next year, I suppose. :-/

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Goober King
If there is a next year...
robrod at prism.net

Sep 19, 2002, 9:37am

*sigh* No one reads my sigs... :'(

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Goober King
Sig space available. Apply within.
robrod at prism.net

Sep 23, 2002, 5:50pm

Huh? Take over what? It usually helps if you reply to the thread you're
actually talking about. :P

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Goober King
Getting a little ahead of himself with the whole World Domination thing...
robrod at prism.net

Sep 18, 2002, 10:14am

I suppose now would be a good time to give everyone a heads up as to our
situation with AWNews.com

As some of you may know, we've been in the process of transferring all
AWNews property from Cybor, the former owner, to myself. The website
hosting has been secured, but the awnews.com domain name is another
matter entirely.

The story goes like this: It didn't seem as if there was any
straightforward way to transfer the domain from one owner to another.
So, Cybor decided to just let the domain run out and I would have to
pick it up when it went on the public market. Unfortunately, I couldn't
get a straight answer out of register.com, the domain's registrar, as to
when the domain would go public. Still, since all the other "awnews"
domains (awnews.net, awnews.org, etc) have been available for months, I
figured no one would go for awnews.com, so I didn't watch it very
closely. Boy, was that a mistake.

On Sept. 8th, soon after the domain went public, some domain-grubbing
outfit called MostWantedDomains.com snatched it up and posted it as
being "up for sale". When I asked them how much they wanted for it, they
told me $1,250. I essentially told them to stuff it, since I would've
only had to pay $35 for it had I picked it up in time, and that they'll
never find another buyer for that domain.

Which brings us to now. Since I doubt MWD.com is going to be generous
enough to simply drop the domain, we're in the process of trying to
decide on a new domain name for AWNews. Possible suggestions include
domains like aw-news.com and awnews.org. If any of you has a suggestion
you think would be a) easy to remember, and b) has something to do with
"AWNews", feel free to post it here and we'll consider it.

Thanks for your help, and we're sorry for any disruption/inconvenience
all of this may have caused you. :-/

--
Goober King
AWNews.? Editor in Chief
robrod at prism.net

Sep 18, 2002, 6:41pm

While I must confess that I'm surprised at all this outpouring of
support for AWNews, I would rather not make a huge deal out of all this.
In the grand scheme of things, it's just a bunch of letters and we can
easily just change our name to AWNews.whatever.

As for going after MWD.com, I have never owned the AWNews.com domain.
It's always been owned by Cybor, so if anyone could take up legal action
over all this, it would have to be him. And considering that his
interest levels in AW right now are zero, I don't see that happening any
time soon. And even if that Cyber Squatter law gets passed, I get the
feeling that it won't be retro-active.

So I've learned my lesson and will be more vigilant when it comes to
domains. And while MWD's tactics may not be fair, I'll just have to hope
that the lack of buyers will make them release the domain. In the
meantime, we move on and get ourselves a new domain and a new name. I'm
sure everyone here will be perfectly capable of updating any AWNews
links they may have when the time comes. :)

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Goober King
With no more CYs, Bit must be looking for something to do... ;P
robrod at prism.net

Sep 18, 2002, 6:52pm

Also, just to clarify, the asking price they gave me was $1,250, not
$100,000. Though, this was before they actually posted an asking price
on the website, so it could be that they're not offering the lower price
anymore...

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Goober King
Gotta love inflation! :P
robrod at prism.net

Sep 18, 2002, 7:41pm

And I told MWD.com as much. It's obvious to me that they're not the most
ethical bunch in the world, which is why I really don't want to pursue
this further. I doubt it will do much good.

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Goober King
The internet is fertile ground for greed
robrod at prism.net

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