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* giganewserik simpson
`* giganewsJohn Harshman
 +* giganewsRonO
 |`* giganews*Hemidactylus*
 | `* giganewsJohn Harshman
 |  `* giganews*Hemidactylus*
 |   +- giganewserik simpson
 |   `- giganewserik simpson
 `* giganewsPro Plyd
  `* giganewsJohn Harshman
   `- giganewsBob Casanova

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 by: erik simpson - Sun, 24 Dec 2023 18:09 UTC

For any interested, giganews loads messages for the last two decades.
Of possible historical interest. There were LOTS of cranks around back
then (Ed Conrad, Pagano, etc).

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 by: John Harshman - Sun, 24 Dec 2023 18:50 UTC

On 12/24/23 10:09 AM, erik simpson wrote:
> For any interested, giganews loads messages for the last two decades. Of
> possible historical interest.  There were LOTS of cranks around back
> then (Ed Conrad, Pagano, etc).
>
And who can forget the late, great Ted Holden?

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 by: RonO - Sun, 24 Dec 2023 19:34 UTC

On 12/24/2023 12:50 PM, John Harshman wrote:
> On 12/24/23 10:09 AM, erik simpson wrote:
>> For any interested, giganews loads messages for the last two decades.
>> Of possible historical interest.  There were LOTS of cranks around
>> back then (Ed Conrad, Pagano, etc).
>>
> And who can forget the late, great Ted Holden?
>

When I started reading TO back in 1993 Holden was still taking flak for
his spilford the bat sig. Some readers were still using 300 BAUD modems
and they didn't like downloading the sig all the time.

Ron Okimoto

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 by: *Hemidactylus* - Sun, 24 Dec 2023 19:41 UTC

RonO <rokimoto@cox.net> wrote:
> On 12/24/2023 12:50 PM, John Harshman wrote:
>> On 12/24/23 10:09 AM, erik simpson wrote:
>>> For any interested, giganews loads messages for the last two decades.
>>> Of possible historical interest.  There were LOTS of cranks around
>>> back then (Ed Conrad, Pagano, etc).
>>>
>> And who can forget the late, great Ted Holden?
>>
>
> When I started reading TO back in 1993 Holden was still taking flak for
> his spilford the bat sig. Some readers were still using 300 BAUD modems
> and they didn't like downloading the sig all the time.
>
Didn’t someone posting here in the late 90s go by the nym “spilford”? I
recall the sig. Holden himself may have pre-dated me.

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 by: John Harshman - Sun, 24 Dec 2023 20:40 UTC

On 12/24/23 11:41 AM, *Hemidactylus* wrote:
> RonO <rokimoto@cox.net> wrote:
>> On 12/24/2023 12:50 PM, John Harshman wrote:
>>> On 12/24/23 10:09 AM, erik simpson wrote:
>>>> For any interested, giganews loads messages for the last two decades.
>>>> Of possible historical interest.  There were LOTS of cranks around
>>>> back then (Ed Conrad, Pagano, etc).
>>>>
>>> And who can forget the late, great Ted Holden?
>>>
>>
>> When I started reading TO back in 1993 Holden was still taking flak for
>> his spilford the bat sig. Some readers were still using 300 BAUD modems
>> and they didn't like downloading the sig all the time.
>>
> Didn’t someone posting here in the late 90s go by the nym “spilford”? I
> recall the sig. Holden himself may have pre-dated me.
>
The bat's name was actually "splifford", and it was a big ASCII bat graphic.

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 by: *Hemidactylus* - Sun, 24 Dec 2023 21:13 UTC

John Harshman <john.harshman@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/24/23 11:41 AM, *Hemidactylus* wrote:
>> RonO <rokimoto@cox.net> wrote:
>>> On 12/24/2023 12:50 PM, John Harshman wrote:
>>>> On 12/24/23 10:09 AM, erik simpson wrote:
>>>>> For any interested, giganews loads messages for the last two decades.
>>>>> Of possible historical interest.  There were LOTS of cranks around
>>>>> back then (Ed Conrad, Pagano, etc).
>>>>>
>>>> And who can forget the late, great Ted Holden?
>>>>
>>>
>>> When I started reading TO back in 1993 Holden was still taking flak for
>>> his spilford the bat sig. Some readers were still using 300 BAUD modems
>>> and they didn't like downloading the sig all the time.
>>>
>> Didn’t someone posting here in the late 90s go by the nym “spilford”? I
>> recall the sig. Holden himself may have pre-dated me.
>>
> The bat's name was actually "splifford", and it was a big ASCII bat graphic.
>
Thanks for the correction. Was it Pat James that went by splifford? I
thought somebody did.

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 by: erik simpson - Sun, 24 Dec 2023 21:48 UTC

On 12/24/23 1:13 PM, *Hemidactylus* wrote:
> John Harshman <john.harshman@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 12/24/23 11:41 AM, *Hemidactylus* wrote:
>>> RonO <rokimoto@cox.net> wrote:
>>>> On 12/24/2023 12:50 PM, John Harshman wrote:
>>>>> On 12/24/23 10:09 AM, erik simpson wrote:
>>>>>> For any interested, giganews loads messages for the last two decades.
>>>>>> Of possible historical interest.  There were LOTS of cranks around
>>>>>> back then (Ed Conrad, Pagano, etc).
>>>>>>
>>>>> And who can forget the late, great Ted Holden?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> When I started reading TO back in 1993 Holden was still taking flak for
>>>> his spilford the bat sig. Some readers were still using 300 BAUD modems
>>>> and they didn't like downloading the sig all the time.
>>>>
>>> Didn’t someone posting here in the late 90s go by the nym “spilford”? I
>>> recall the sig. Holden himself may have pre-dated me.
>>>
>> The bat's name was actually "splifford", and it was a big ASCII bat graphic.
>>
> Thanks for the correction. Was it Pat James that went by splifford? I
> thought somebody did.
>
Wasn't Pat James Jesse's little brother?

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 by: erik simpson - Mon, 25 Dec 2023 00:13 UTC

On 12/24/23 1:13 PM, *Hemidactylus* wrote:
> John Harshman <john.harshman@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 12/24/23 11:41 AM, *Hemidactylus* wrote:
>>> RonO <rokimoto@cox.net> wrote:
>>>> On 12/24/2023 12:50 PM, John Harshman wrote:
>>>>> On 12/24/23 10:09 AM, erik simpson wrote:
>>>>>> For any interested, giganews loads messages for the last two decades.
>>>>>> Of possible historical interest.  There were LOTS of cranks around
>>>>>> back then (Ed Conrad, Pagano, etc).
>>>>>>
>>>>> And who can forget the late, great Ted Holden?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> When I started reading TO back in 1993 Holden was still taking flak for
>>>> his spilford the bat sig. Some readers were still using 300 BAUD modems
>>>> and they didn't like downloading the sig all the time.
>>>>
>>> Didn’t someone posting here in the late 90s go by the nym “spilford”? I
>>> recall the sig. Holden himself may have pre-dated me.
>>>
>> The bat's name was actually "splifford", and it was a big ASCII bat graphic.
>>
> Thanks for the correction. Was it Pat James that went by splifford? I
> thought somebody did.
>

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 by: Pro Plyd - Fri, 29 Dec 2023 04:31 UTC

John Harshman wrote:
> On 12/24/23 10:09 AM, erik simpson wrote:
>> For any interested, giganews loads messages for the last two decades. Of
>> possible historical interest.  There were LOTS of cranks around back then
>> (Ed Conrad, Pagano, etc).
>>
> And who can forget the late, great Ted Holden?
>

Wowsers. I'd managed to blot those out of head. You're
like ripping a scab off a cut ;)

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 by: John Harshman - Fri, 29 Dec 2023 05:02 UTC

On 12/28/23 8:31 PM, Pro Plyd wrote:
> John Harshman wrote:
>> On 12/24/23 10:09 AM, erik simpson wrote:
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>>> Of possible historical interest.  There were LOTS of cranks around
>>> back then (Ed Conrad, Pagano, etc).
>>>
>> And who can forget the late, great Ted Holden?
>>
>
> Wowsers. I'd managed to blot those out of head. You're
> like ripping a scab off a cut ;)
>
So I suppose I shouldn't bring up Karl Crawford.

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 by: Bob Casanova - Fri, 29 Dec 2023 15:33 UTC

On Thu, 28 Dec 2023 21:02:03 -0800, the following appeared
in talk.origins, posted by John Harshman
<john.harshman@gmail.com>:

>On 12/28/23 8:31 PM, Pro Plyd wrote:
>> John Harshman wrote:
>>> On 12/24/23 10:09 AM, erik simpson wrote:
>>>> For any interested, giganews loads messages for the last two decades.
>>>> Of possible historical interest.  There were LOTS of cranks around
>>>> back then (Ed Conrad, Pagano, etc).
>>>>
>>> And who can forget the late, great Ted Holden?
>>>
>>
>> Wowsers. I'd managed to blot those out of head. You're
>> like ripping a scab off a cut ;)
>>
>So I suppose I shouldn't bring up Karl Crawford.
>
Karl Crawford (aka "Woodpecker") can't be brought up; he
exits from the other end.
>
--

Bob C.

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science,
the one that heralds new discoveries, is not
'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"

- Isaac Asimov

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