Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 15:22:32 -0700 (PDT)
From: Cameron Kaiser
To: bill.gunshan...@hotmail.com, cctalk@classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: RIP Jerry Pournelle - Firsts
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>> I used to read hi
rom: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Bill
> Gunshannon via cctalk
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> Subject: BitNET (Was: RE: RIP Jerry Pournelle - Firsts)
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> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Bill
> Gunshannon via cctalk
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While all this talk of the ARPANet is cool and brings back some
fine memories, what about BitNET? Anyone here remember it?
Any chance someone has a copy of the source for a BitNET Node?
I have seen UUCPNet and DECNet revived. It might be fun to bring
Bit
From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Al Kossow via cctalk
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Sent: Friday, September 15, 2017 3:40 PM
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Subject: Re: RIP Jerry Pournelle - Firsts
On 9/15/17 12:36 PM, Chuck Guzis via
On 9/15/2017 2:25 PM, Brent Hilpert via cctalk wrote:
(~mid-80s, well before opening of the 'net to public access), some
guy-off-the-street came into the uni. comp sci department wanting a connection
to the arpa/internet
I had to finesse my way onto the internet pre Software Tool and Die.
> I used to read his column for its humor value but I always thought
> of him as an idiot as far as comuters were concerned.
Apparently this opinion is fairly widely shared:
http://www.panix.com/~clp/humor/computers/general/Jerry-Pournelle-parody.html
--
per
On 2017-Sep-12, at 9:47 PM, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 7:43 PM, Charles Dickman via cctalk <
> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 1:15 PM, Shoppa, Tim via cctalk
>> wrote:
>>> He seems to have been the first to mention ARPANET in a popular
>> ho
On 9/15/17 12:36 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
> I recall that he was a bit of a pompous a** on his Usenet postings, but
> you have to realize that the tenor of online conversation was very
My one interaction with him was at a Hackers. insert DRUNKEN between
pompous and a**
On 09/15/2017 11:54 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
> Never understood why Byte kept him around, unless for his humor
> value. And, even being a long time SciFi fan I didn't like his books
> either.
I recall that he was a bit of a pompous a** on his Usenet postings, but
you have to realize
From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Geoffrey Oltmans via
cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org]
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2017 2:27 PM
To: Jim Brain; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: RIP Jerry Pournelle
> On Sep 13, 2017, at 12:47 AM, Eric Smith via cctalk
> wrote:
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> On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 7:43 PM, Charles Dickman via cctalk <
> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 1:15 PM, Shoppa, Tim via cctalk
>> wrote:
>>> He seems to have been the first to mention ARPANET in a p
On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 12:50 PM, Jim Brain via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> On 9/15/2017 10:49 AM, Geoffrey Oltmans via cctalk wrote:
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>> Wow... that really doesn't make him look good at all!
>>
>>
>>> It does not surprise me. Not that I knew the man, but it seems in
> general, our
On 9/15/2017 10:49 AM, Geoffrey Oltmans via cctalk wrote:
Wow... that really doesn't make him look good at all!
On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 11:47 PM, Eric Smith via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 7:43 PM, Charles Dickman via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
Wow... that really doesn't make him look good at all!
On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 11:47 PM, Eric Smith via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 7:43 PM, Charles Dickman via cctalk <
> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
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> > On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 1:15 PM, Shoppa, Tim via cc
On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 7:43 PM, Charles Dickman via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 1:15 PM, Shoppa, Tim via cctalk
> wrote:
> > He seems to have been the first to mention ARPANET in a popular
> hobbyist-type context like BYTE. (Leading him to get kicked off ARPA
It's arguable that his daybook, Chaos Manor, was the first Blog.
Very sad news. I still find myself instinctively clicking on the
bookmark to his site, in the mornings.
--
Robert
On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 12:33 AM, Lars Brinkhoff via cctalk
wrote:
> Charles Dickman via cctalk writes:
>>> He se
Charles Dickman via cctalk writes:
>> He seems to have been the first to mention ARPANET in a popular
>> hobbyist-type context like BYTE. (Leading him to get kicked off
>> ARPANET!)
> Yes I remember reading something like that too. I would like to know
> the story of that.
You should probably ask
On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 1:15 PM, Shoppa, Tim via cctalk
wrote:
> He seems to have been the first to mention ARPANET in a popular hobbyist-type
> context like BYTE. (Leading him to get kicked off ARPANET!)
Yes I remember reading something like that too. I would like to know
the story of that.
Mu
He seems to have been the first to mention ARPANET in a popular hobbyist-type
context like BYTE. (Leading him to get kicked off ARPANET!)
Tim
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