Or does anyone know where Invisible's posts are going? Ever since Warp 
mentioned that Invisible is covertly using the off-topic-group to blog, 
he's gone radio silent.

Maybe he's on covert ops and I'm stirring something up that had better 
been left alone. Maybe asking about Invisible will start a nuclear flame 
thread, because his cover is blown and the situation escalates.

But I don't know. I'm just wondering where our mascot went. I'm worried 
that he ran off and hooked up with some girl that deserves and 
appreciates his wits... Err... No. Scratch that. If he's done that, I'm 
proud of him and not worried. :-)

So, Orchid, what have you been up to? Scheming to take over the world? 
Or did Pinky mess it up again?

Regards,
Tim

-- 
aka "Tim Nikias"
Homepage: <http://www.nolights.de>

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"Tim Nikias" <JUS### [at] gmxnetWARE> wrote in message 
news:476028b2$1@news.povray.org...

> So, Orchid, what have you been up to? Scheming to take over the world? Or 
> did Pinky mess it up again?

      His company had their Christmas Party last night and drunken cute QA 
girl nabbed his ear and whispered: "Come with me Big Boy..."

       He fainted, and is now recovering in Hospital eating grapes, and 
eager to get back to his former life.   ;)


       ~Steve~



>
> Regards,
> Tim
>
> -- 
> aka "Tim Nikias"
> Homepage: <http://www.nolights.de>

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Tim Nikias wrote:
> Or does anyone know where Invisible's posts are going? 
> 


It is ski season, and I told him to go flirting.

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St. wrote:

>       His company had their Christmas Party last night and drunken cute QA 
> girl nabbed his ear and whispered: "Come with me Big Boy..."
> 
>        He fainted, and is now recovering in Hospital eating grapes, and 
> eager to get back to his former life.   ;)

It's almost more fun to just sit here and watch the conspiracy theories...

-- 
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/

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Tim Nikias wrote:
> Or does anyone know where Invisible's posts are going? Ever since Warp 
> mentioned that Invisible is covertly using the off-topic-group to blog, 
> he's gone radio silent.

Um... I posted a message here less than 12 hours ago? (Sure, it was a 
reply rather than a new thread, but it's there. Actually, it was a reply 
to Warp, ironically...)

> Maybe he's on covert ops and I'm stirring something up that had better 
> been left alone. Maybe asking about Invisible will start a nuclear flame 
> thread, because his cover is blown and the situation escalates.

LOL! You loon.

> But I don't know. I'm just wondering where our mascot went. I'm worried 
> that he ran off and hooked up with some girl that deserves and 
> appreciates his wits... Err... No. Scratch that. If he's done that, I'm 
> proud of him and not worried. :-)

[not sure whether to be amused or insulted by this point]

> So, Orchid, what have you been up to? Scheming to take over the world? 
> Or did Pinky mess it up again?

My mother is rebuilding our kitchen. The house is currently a building 
site. We have no running water or heating. (Current temparature outside 
is -2°C, with ice crystals sparkling on the roads.) For part of today we 
didn't have any electricity either. Navigating the various rooms of the 
building requires caving gear. We've eating food out of cans cooked on a 
portable camping stove.

My God, that sounds more made-up than Tim's suggestions! LOL! But trust 
me, *this* is the actual truth. Oh, and did I mention the moving 
furniture, drilling and cutting wood, cutting and joining plumbing, and 
lifting large heavy objects?

This is the worst Christmas ever. I'm almost *glad* to go back to work. 
(!!) Oh yeah, and that's going to be so much fun... just think how much 
might have gone wrong in 3 days. (3 days?? It seems like 6 months...)

-- 
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/

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On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:51:16 +0000, Orchid XP v7 wrote:

> St. wrote:
> 
>>       His company had their Christmas Party last night and drunken cute
>>       QA
>> girl nabbed his ear and whispered: "Come with me Big Boy..."
>> 
>>        He fainted, and is now recovering in Hospital eating grapes, and
>> eager to get back to his former life.   ;)
> 
> It's almost more fun to just sit here and watch the conspiracy
> theories...

There he is! :-)

Jim

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Orchid XP v7 escribió:
> Tim Nikias wrote:
>> Or does anyone know where Invisible's posts are going? Ever since Warp 
>> mentioned that Invisible is covertly using the off-topic-group to 
>> blog, he's gone radio silent.
> 
> Um... I posted a message here less than 12 hours ago? (Sure, it was a 
> reply rather than a new thread, but it's there. Actually, it was a reply 
> to Warp, ironically...)

"If somebody's gone from IRC for a week, you can be sure he got hit by a 
train". Maybe they were thinking the same about you and povray.off-topic 
(with a shorter period of time).

People do worry about me if I'm off chat/IM/email for a day...

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"Tim Nikias" <JUS### [at] gmxnetWARE> wrote in message 
news:476028b2$1@news.povray.org...
> Or does anyone know where Invisible's posts are going? Ever since Warp 
> mentioned that Invisible is covertly using the off-topic-group to blog, 
> he's gone radio silent.
>

Maybe Warp threatened to rape his entire family, just like he did to BDW. 
;-)

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"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message 
news:47605b38$1@news.povray.org...
> On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:51:16 +0000, Orchid XP v7 wrote:
>
>> St. wrote:
>>
>>>       His company had their Christmas Party last night and drunken cute
>>>       QA
>>> girl nabbed his ear and whispered: "Come with me Big Boy..."
>>>
>>>        He fainted, and is now recovering in Hospital eating grapes, and
>>> eager to get back to his former life.   ;)
>>
>> It's almost more fun to just sit here and watch the conspiracy
>> theories...
>
> There he is! :-)

     LOL! I thought that would draw him out!  :o)

       ~Steve~



>
> Jim

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Jeremy M. Praay wrote:
> 
> Maybe Warp threatened to rape his entire family, just like he did to BDW. 
> ;-) 
> 

EXSQUEEZE ME???

--Sherry "Did I Miss Something?" Shaw


-- 
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Sherry Shaw <ten### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> Jeremy M. Praay wrote:
> > 
> > Maybe Warp threatened to rape his entire family, just like he did to BDW. 
> > ;-) 
> > 

> EXSQUEEZE ME???

  Old story. Only the oldies can understand the reference.

-- 
                                                          - Warp

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On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:42:23 -0600, Sherry Shaw <ten### [at] aolcom> wrote:

>Jeremy M. Praay wrote:
>> 
>> Maybe Warp threatened to rape his entire family, just like he did to BDW. 
>> ;-) 
>> 
>
>EXSQUEEZE ME???
>
>--Sherry "Did I Miss Something?" Shaw

It was a sad tale of someone publicly sliding into paranoia (Bill de Witt, not
Warp). He is missed, a bit :) 

Regards
	Stephen

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Warp wrote:

>   Old story. Only the oldies can understand the reference.

I feel old now...

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Nicolas Alvarez wrote:

> "If somebody's gone from IRC for a week, you can be sure he got hit by a 
> train". Maybe they were thinking the same about you and povray.off-topic 
> (with a shorter period of time).
> 
> People do worry about me if I'm off chat/IM/email for a day...

LOL. But as I pointed out, I wasn't even "gone". ;-)

Still, nice to know at least somebody on earth cares whether I'm dead or 
not...

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Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> I feel old now...

  The longer you wait, the harder it gets...

-- 
                                                          - Warp

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And lo on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:49:13 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake, saying:

> Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
>
>> "If somebody's gone from IRC for a week, you can be sure he got hit by  
>> a train". Maybe they were thinking the same about you and  
>> povray.off-topic (with a shorter period of time).
>>  People do worry about me if I'm off chat/IM/email for a day...
>
> LOL. But as I pointed out, I wasn't even "gone". ;-)
>
> Still, nice to know at least somebody on earth cares whether I'm dead or  
> not...

I think you're confusing caring with noticing "I wonder where Invisible's  
got to?" in the same tone as "Didn't there used to be a tree there?" :-P

-- 
Phil Cook

--
I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
http://flipc.blogspot.com

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Phil Cook wrote:
> And lo on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:49:13 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did 
> spake, saying:
> 
>> Still, nice to know at least somebody on earth cares whether I'm dead 
>> or not...
> 
> I think you're confusing caring with noticing.

o_O

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Warp wrote:
> Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> I feel old now...
> 
>   The longer you wait, the harder it gets...

...as if I wasn't paranoid already. :-S

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On 13 Dec 2007 06:00:32 -0500, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:

>Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> I feel old now...
>
>  The longer you wait, the harder it gets...

Often the reverse is true :)


Regards
	Stephen

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"Stephen" <mcavoysATaolDOTcom@> wrote in message 
news:n262m3psftdshq880146kdsgoa0fo2oonb@4ax.com...
> On 13 Dec 2007 06:00:32 -0500, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
>
>>Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>> I feel old now...
>>
>>  The longer you wait, the harder it gets...
>
> Often the reverse is true :)

     LOOOOL! (I hope not!!)   :o)

      ~Steve~


>
>
> Regards
> Stephen

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On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:53:05 -0000, "St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote:

>
>"Stephen" <mcavoysATaolDOTcom@> wrote in message 
>news:n262m3psftdshq880146kdsgoa0fo2oonb@4ax.com...
>> On 13 Dec 2007 06:00:32 -0500, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
>>
>>>Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>>> I feel old now...
>>>
>>>  The longer you wait, the harder it gets...
>>
>> Often the reverse is true :)
>
>     LOOOOL! (I hope not!!)   :o)
>
>      ~Steve~
>

Just you wait, young man :)

BTW Some say that it is a blessing.


Regards
	Stephen

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Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> Um... I posted a message here less than 12 hours ago? (Sure, it was a 
> reply rather than a new thread, but it's there. Actually, it was a reply 
> to Warp, ironically...)

See, that's what I meant talking about covert ops. I don't have that 
much time to sift through all the tons of off-topic posts and see if I 
can find yours. I checked the rather regular "New thread by Invisible" 
quota and found that you've gone silent.
I personally found Warp's phrasing a little harsh, but others already 
mentioned that they don't mind your posts, so I figured it covered. But 
then, no more posts from Invisible! So I got a little worried. (Yes, I 
didn't "just notice", I got a little worried, you're a sensitive guy).

>> Maybe he's on covert ops and I'm stirring something up that had better 
>> been left alone. Maybe asking about Invisible will start a nuclear 
>> flame thread, because his cover is blown and the situation escalates.
> 
> LOL! You loon.

:-)

>> But I don't know. I'm just wondering where our mascot went. I'm 
>> worried that he ran off and hooked up with some girl that deserves and 
>> appreciates his wits... Err... No. Scratch that. If he's done that, 
>> I'm proud of him and not worried. :-)
> 
> [not sure whether to be amused or insulted by this point]

Be amused! Why should that be an insult? I'm wishing that you'd rather 
ran off with a girl instead of being sulky about something, or worse, 
that something bad happened to you. That's not an insult, is it?

>> So, Orchid, what have you been up to? Scheming to take over the world? 
>> Or did Pinky mess it up again?
> 
> My mother is rebuilding our kitchen. The house is currently a building 
> site. We have no running water or heating. (Current temparature outside 
> is -2°C, with ice crystals sparkling on the roads.) For part of today we 
> didn't have any electricity either. Navigating the various rooms of the 
> building requires caving gear. We've eating food out of cans cooked on a 
> portable camping stove.
> 
> My God, that sounds more made-up than Tim's suggestions! LOL! But trust 
> me, *this* is the actual truth. Oh, and did I mention the moving 
> furniture, drilling and cutting wood, cutting and joining plumbing, and 
> lifting large heavy objects?
> 
> This is the worst Christmas ever. I'm almost *glad* to go back to work. 
> (!!) Oh yeah, and that's going to be so much fun... just think how much 
> might have gone wrong in 3 days. (3 days?? It seems like 6 months...)

And after the kitchen is ready, you and you're mother will be baking 
cookies to secretly convince everyone that you're both really GREAT 
PEOPLE and it'd be the BEST FOR EVERYONE if you get World Leadership... 
I get it. Cunning plan. Not sure if it's going to work. Not everyone 
likes cookies...

Regards,
Tim

-- 
aka "Tim Nikias"
Homepage: <http://www.nolights.de>

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Tim Nikias wrote:
> Orchid XP v7 wrote:
>> Um... I posted a message here less than 12 hours ago? (Sure, it was a 
>> reply rather than a new thread, but it's there. Actually, it was a 
>> reply to Warp, ironically...)
> 
> See, that's what I meant talking about covert ops. I don't have that 
> much time to sift through all the tons of off-topic posts and see if I 
> can find yours. I checked the rather regular "New thread by Invisible" 
> quota and found that you've gone silent.

Just don't have much time to go near the computer, that's all.

> I personally found Warp's phrasing a little harsh, but others already 
> mentioned that they don't mind your posts, so I figured it covered. But 
> then, no more posts from Invisible! So I got a little worried. (Yes, I 
> didn't "just notice", I got a little worried, you're a sensitive guy).

Heh. A bunch of random Internet heads know that I'm a sensitive guy. Now 
if I could convince some girls of this fact...

Interestingly, I usually *do* have time to read almost every single post 
on this forum. And then get bored that there are no new posts popping 
up. I should probably get a life or something...

>>> But I don't know. I'm just wondering where our mascot went. I'm 
>>> worried that he ran off and hooked up with some girl that deserves 
>>> and appreciates his wits... Err... No. Scratch that. If he's done 
>>> that, I'm proud of him and not worried. :-)
>>
>> [not sure whether to be amused or insulted by this point]
> 
> Be amused! Why should that be an insult? I'm wishing that you'd rather 
> ran off with a girl instead of being sulky about something, or worse, 
> that something bad happened to you. That's not an insult, is it?

"Maybe he got a girl? No. Scratch that. Silly idea..." ;-)

>>> So, Orchid, what have you been up to? Scheming to take over the 
>>> world? Or did Pinky mess it up again?
>>
>> My mother is rebuilding our kitchen.
> 
> And after the kitchen is ready, you and you're mother will be baking 
> cookies to secretly convince everyone that you're both really GREAT 
> PEOPLE and it'd be the BEST FOR EVERYONE if you get World Leadership... 
> I get it. Cunning plan. Not sure if it's going to work. Not everyone 
> likes cookies...

Maybe they could be like Wilderness Cookies and have cocane in them?

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Invisible wrote:
  >>>> But I don't know. I'm just wondering where our mascot went. I'm
>>>> worried that he ran off and hooked up with some girl that deserves 
>>>> and appreciates his wits... Err... No. Scratch that. If he's done 
>>>> that, I'm proud of him and not worried. :-)
> 
> "Maybe he got a girl? No. Scratch that. Silly idea..." ;-)

Course, you JUST HAD to understand it the wrong way... Even though it 
says what I meant right there in the original post, but here's a 
rephrasing just to be 100% sure:
"If he ran off with a girl, scratch that I'd be WORRIED, I'd be PROUD." :-P

>> And after the kitchen is ready, you and you're mother will be baking 
>> cookies to secretly convince everyone that you're both really GREAT 
>> PEOPLE and it'd be the BEST FOR EVERYONE if you get World 
>> Leadership... I get it. Cunning plan. Not sure if it's going to work. 
>> Not everyone likes cookies...
> 
> Maybe they could be like Wilderness Cookies and have cocane in them?

Hm... Of course, those eating the cookies would be thus turned quite 
easily... Still haven't resolved the problem of non-cooky-eating people. 
But you're remodelling the entire kitchen, you'll probably have room for 
some other tasteful meal...

Well, I've warned everyone here by now. If they spread the word, your 
plan is mute, and you need to come up with something new. Sorry for all 
the work on the kitchen and stuff, but I can't just let you take over MY 
world... Eh... Ups. Did I say that out loud?  q>.<p

Regards,
Tim

-- 
aka "Tim Nikias"
Homepage: <http://www.nolights.de>

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Tim Nikias wrote:

> "If he ran off with a girl, scratch that I'd be WORRIED, I'd be PROUD." :-P

Sadly, this is not the case. (The girl I was hoping for has simply 
stopped speaking to me.)

>> Maybe they could be like Wilderness Cookies and have cocane in them?
> 
> Hm... Of course, those eating the cookies would be thus turned quite 
> easily... Still haven't resolved the problem of non-cooky-eating people. 
> But you're remodelling the entire kitchen, you'll probably have room for 
> some other tasteful meal...

But they're Wilderness Cookies! People will buy them even if they don't 
intend to eat them, because they're so cute. ;-) [Or maybe from the 
cocane fumes, if I keep them warm...]

> Well, I've warned everyone here by now. If they spread the word, your 
> plan is mute, and you need to come up with something new. Sorry for all 
> the work on the kitchen and stuff, but I can't just let you take over MY 
> world... Eh... Ups. Did I say that out loud?  q>.<p

"See his eyes, they're bloodshot red, and bloodshot's what you're going 
to be. It's not the fact that he's following you, it's that he's not 
trying to hide it, that's what's bothering you..."

-- 
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*

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Invisible escribió:
> Heh. A bunch of random Internet heads know that I'm a sensitive guy. Now 
> if I could convince some girls of this fact...

LOL

> Interestingly, I usually *do* have time to read almost every single post 
> on this forum. And then get bored that there are no new posts popping 
> up. I should probably get a life or something...
> 

I set the kenned ham thread to 'ignore' so that its posts don't show as 
unread. That thread (flamewar?) was (is?) growing out of control.

But I'm now reading the *other* 53 (!) unread posts from .off-topic

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"Sherry Shaw" <ten### [at] aolcom> wrote in message 
news:4760c662$1@news.povray.org...
> Jeremy M. Praay wrote:
>>
>> Maybe Warp threatened to rape his entire family, just like he did to BDW. 
>> ;-)
>
> EXSQUEEZE ME???
>
> --Sherry "Did I Miss Something?" Shaw
>

I think it happened in 2003 or maybe 2004.  Bill was quite prolific poster, 
similar to Invisible, but the difference was that Bill's posts were often 
meant to incite, although he was also known for posting lots of "nothing".

Then one day, he seemed to "lose it".  He compared Warp's criticism to 
"raping his family" and said he would never post here again.  He never did. 
I often wonder what happened to him.  It's oddly funny and sad at the same 
time.

For whatever reason, I remember this exchange, probably because I was new 
here, and because it was funny:
Bill: "Ahhh...  Relaxing with a glass of lemonade after mowing my lawn.  Who 
needs drugs?"
Warp: "People who don't have lawns."

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On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:35:51 +0000, St. wrote:

> "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
> news:47605b38$1@news.povray.org...
>> On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:51:16 +0000, Orchid XP v7 wrote:
>>
>>> St. wrote:
>>>
>>>>       His company had their Christmas Party last night and drunken
>>>>       cute QA
>>>> girl nabbed his ear and whispered: "Come with me Big Boy..."
>>>>
>>>>        He fainted, and is now recovering in Hospital eating grapes,
>>>>        and
>>>> eager to get back to his former life.   ;)
>>>
>>> It's almost more fun to just sit here and watch the conspiracy
>>> theories...
>>
>> There he is! :-)
> 
>      LOL! I thought that would draw him out!  :o)

It does indeed seem to have worked. :-)

Jim

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Jeremy M. Praay wrote:
> "Sherry Shaw" <ten### [at] aolcom> wrote in message 
> news:4760c662$1@news.povray.org...
>> Jeremy M. Praay wrote:
>>> Maybe Warp threatened to rape his entire family, just like he did to BDW. 
>>> ;-)
>> EXSQUEEZE ME???
>>
>> --Sherry "Did I Miss Something?" Shaw
>>
> 
> I think it happened in 2003 or maybe 2004.  Bill was quite prolific poster, 
> similar to Invisible, but the difference was that Bill's posts were often 
> meant to incite, although he was also known for posting lots of "nothing".
> 
> Then one day, he seemed to "lose it".  He compared Warp's criticism to 
> "raping his family" and said he would never post here again.  He never did. 
> I often wonder what happened to him.  It's oddly funny and sad at the same 
> time.
> 
> For whatever reason, I remember this exchange, probably because I was new 
> here, and because it was funny:
> Bill: "Ahhh...  Relaxing with a glass of lemonade after mowing my lawn.  Who 
> needs drugs?"
> Warp: "People who don't have lawns." 
> 
> 

Ah.  Vaguely remember Bill.  Must have missed the rape thing (had a lot 
going on around that time).  Just had this wacky image of Warp intoning, 
"I will rape you and your grandfather and your dog."  Didn't seem right 
somehow...

I mean, I can see him offering to, oh, I don't know, *proofread* 
someone's entire family, but that's just not the same thing at all...

--Sherry "I'm Probably In Lots Of Trouble Now" Shaw


-- 
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On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:11:30 -0600, Sherry Shaw <ten### [at] aolcom> wrote:

>
>I mean, I can see him offering to, oh, I don't know, *proofread* 
>someone's entire family, but that's just not the same thing at all...
>
>--Sherry "I'm Probably In Lots Of Trouble Now" Shaw
>

I would be if I said that :)

LOL

Regards
	Stephen

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"Jeremy M. Praay" <jer### [at] questsoftwarecmo> wrote in message 
news:4761525b@news.povray.org...
> "Sherry Shaw" <ten### [at] aolcom> wrote in message 
> news:4760c662$1@news.povray.org...
>> Jeremy M. Praay wrote:
>>>
>>> Maybe Warp threatened to rape his entire family, just like he did to 
>>> BDW. ;-)
>>
>> EXSQUEEZE ME???
>>
>> --Sherry "Did I Miss Something?" Shaw
>>
>
> I think it happened in 2003 or maybe 2004.  Bill was quite prolific 
> poster, similar to Invisible, but the difference was that Bill's posts 
> were often meant to incite, although he was also known for posting lots of 
> "nothing".
>
> Then one day, he seemed to "lose it".  He compared Warp's criticism to 
> "raping his family" and said he would never post here again.  He never 
> did. I often wonder what happened to him.  It's oddly funny and sad at the 
> same time.
>
 I didnt have internet at that time'so when I eventually got internet again, 
Bill was gone. It felt kinda strange, being used to going to p.o.t just to 
see what Bill is saying...

I remember he posted a pic of himself once and it looked like Stone Cold 
Steve Austin... in a Library  ...!

-- 
-Nekar Xenos-

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Nekar Xenos wrote:

>  I didnt have internet at that time'so when I eventually got internet again, 
> Bill was gone. It felt kinda strange, being used to going to p.o.t just to 
> see what Bill is saying...
> 
> I remember he posted a pic of himself once and it looked like Stone Cold 
> Steve Austin... in a Library  ...!

That's nothing. Warp posted a picture of himself, and it looked like the 
damn Terminator or something... O_O

Scary guy.

-- 
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*

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Stephen wrote:

> 
> It was a sad tale of someone publicly sliding into paranoia (Bill de Witt, not
> Warp). He is missed, a bit :) 
> 
> Regards
> 	Stephen

He disappeared right after the victory in Iraq.

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On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 11:14:11 -0500, Tom Galvin <tom### [at] impnospamorg> wrote:

>Stephen wrote:
>
>> 
>> It was a sad tale of someone publicly sliding into paranoia (Bill de Witt, not
>> Warp). He is missed, a bit :) 
>> 
>> Regards
>> 	Stephen
>
>He disappeared right after the victory in Iraq.

So he is still around then :)

Regards
	Stephen

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Stephen wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 11:14:11 -0500, Tom Galvin <tom### [at] impnospamorg> wrote:
> 
>> Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> It was a sad tale of someone publicly sliding into paranoia (Bill de Witt, not
>>> Warp). He is missed, a bit :) 
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> 	Stephen
>> He disappeared right after the victory in Iraq.
> 
> So he is still around then :)
> 
> Regards
> 	Stephen

Do you remember the burglar thread?

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On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:50:11 -0500, Tom Galvin <tom### [at] impnospamorg> wrote:

>Do you remember the burglar thread?

Not first hand. The last I remember is BdW wanted to learn an obscure language
so that he and his son could talk secretly on their walkie talkies. For what
sounded to me like paranoia. I then went offline for a week or two and heard
later about his over reaction to Warp sending him a PM.

Regards
	Stephen

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And lo on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:52:29 -0000, Stephen <mcavoysATaolDOTcom>  
did spake, saying:

> On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:50:11 -0500, Tom Galvin <tom### [at] impnospamorg>  
> wrote:
>
>> Do you remember the burglar thread?
>
> Not first hand. The last I remember is BdW wanted to learn an obscure  
> language so that he and his son could talk secretly on their walkie  
> talkies.

Hmm I vaguely recall him saying it was more like for being able to talk in  
a cafe or some such without other people being able to understand him.  
Thinking about it doing such might be considered dangerous to their health  
in the present climate.

-- 
Phil Cook

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On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:31:38 -0000, "Phil Cook"
<phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote:

>> Not first hand. The last I remember is BdW wanted to learn an obscure  
>> language so that he and his son could talk secretly on their walkie  
>> talkies.
>
>Hmm I vaguely recall him saying it was more like for being able to talk in  
>a cafe or some such without other people being able to understand him.  

That too and I've got a memory of escape routs being talked about.

>Thinking about it doing such might be considered dangerous to their health  
>in the present climate.

Hmm! I hadn't thought about that. 

Regards
	Stephen

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Tim Nikias wrote:
> Or does anyone know where Invisible's posts are going? Ever since Warp 
> mentioned that Invisible is covertly using the off-topic-group to blog, 
> he's gone radio silent.

I still find it amusing that I actually left the country for a week and 
nobody noticed... :-D

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"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
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> Tim Nikias wrote:
>> Or does anyone know where Invisible's posts are going? Ever since Warp 
>> mentioned that Invisible is covertly using the off-topic-group to blog, 
>> he's gone radio silent.
>
> I still find it amusing that I actually left the country for a week and 
> nobody noticed... :-D

Huh.

I left the country for 2.3 months, and [I suspect] it wasn't noticed.  But 
then, I was hardly a "core" poster here, let alone being a "hardcore" poster 
like you are  :-P   I left on 2 December and came back one day ago, 12 
February.

So, whered'ja go, and to do what?  :-)

Lemme guess... It's winter where you are now, and you like skiing, and you 
did it last year, and you liked that then, so....

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Brian Elliott wrote:

> I left the country for 2.3 months, and [I suspect] it wasn't noticed.  
> But then, I was hardly a "core" poster here, let alone being a 
> "hardcore" poster like you are  :-P

LOL!

> I left on 2 December and came back one day ago, 12 February.

Anywhere nice?

> So, whered'ja go, and to do what?  :-)
> 
> Lemme guess... It's winter where you are now, and you like skiing, and 
> you did it last year, and you liked that then, so....

Yeah. I spent the time from 19 to 26 Jan in Switzerland. :-D

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And lo on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:54:39 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake, saying:

> Tim Nikias wrote:
>> Or does anyone know where Invisible's posts are going? Ever since Warp  
>> mentioned that Invisible is covertly using the off-topic-group to blog,  
>> he's gone radio silent.
>
> I still find it amusing that I actually left the country for a week and  
> nobody noticed... :-D

Actually I was thinking of mentioning that it had gone very quiet, I just  
guessed you'd gone on holiday and hadn't bothered to tell us <sniff>

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Phil Cook

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On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:54:39 +0000, Invisible wrote:

> Tim Nikias wrote:
>> Or does anyone know where Invisible's posts are going? Ever since Warp
>> mentioned that Invisible is covertly using the off-topic-group to blog,
>> he's gone radio silent.
> 
> I still find it amusing that I actually left the country for a week and
> nobody noticed... :-D

We noticed.... :-)

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>> I still find it amusing that I actually left the country for a week and
>> nobody noticed... :-D
> 
> We noticed.... :-)

OMGZ... I posted a remark in a long-dead thread and people *still* found 
it. And a few people noticed I was gone... heh. I wonder if that was 
before or after I mentioned it in my blog?

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"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
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> Brian Elliott wrote:
>
>> I left the country for 2.3 months, and [I suspect] it wasn't noticed. 
>> But then, I was hardly a "core" poster here, let alone being a "hardcore" 
>> poster like you are  :-P
>
> LOL!
>
>> I left on 2 December and came back one day ago, 12 February.
>
> Anywhere nice?

Definitely.  New Zealand.


>> So, whered'ja go, and to do what?  :-)
>>
>> Lemme guess... It's winter where you are now, and you like skiing, and 
>> you did it last year, and you liked that then, so....
>
> Yeah. I spent the time from 19 to 26 Jan in Switzerland. :-D

  :-)

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Brian Elliott wrote:

>> Anywhere nice?
> 
> Definitely.  New Zealand.

Obviously I've never been there - but I'm told it has a pretty 
comprehensive range of natural habitats...

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On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:00:05 +0000, Orchid XP v7 wrote:

>>> I still find it amusing that I actually left the country for a week
>>> and nobody noticed... :-D
>> 
>> We noticed.... :-)
> 
> OMGZ... I posted a remark in a long-dead thread and people *still* found
> it. 

Well, with a proper newsreader, new messages show up as, well, new.  
Unread messages show up as unread.  And I nearly wrote that undead 
messages show up as undead. :-)

> And a few people noticed I was gone... heh. I wonder if that was
> before or after I mentioned it in my blog?

You have a blog? <scnr>

Jim

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"Orchid XP v7" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
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> Brian Elliott wrote:
>
>>> Anywhere nice?
>>
>> Definitely.  New Zealand.
>
> Obviously I've never been there - but I'm told it has a pretty 
> comprehensive range of natural habitats...

Sure does.  I find it breathtaking, the changes in landscape type (and 
roads) are often very "sudden".

In some places, the road goes from flat 100km/h highway driving, to a steep 
climb with 25km/h-rated blind bends, a cliff above you on one side of you 
and a deep valley drop on your other.

Improbably steep round grassy hills with clusters of pine trees on top jut 
suddenly out of relatively flat farm pasture land as though they fell there 
out of the sky.

The sheep have short legs on one side to enable them to walk around the 
hills - which are often so steep you wonder how the sheep don't just slide 
off the sides.

Lake Taupo in the centre of the island is over 600 sq. km in size, cold, 
high, clear and full of trout, its waters fed from a snow-capped volcano 
down the south end.  We were staying at a lakeside hotel on New Year's 
night, and walked along the northeastern lakefront path at midnight. A thin 
mist was swirling off the water in a small bay nearby.  I went to the 
shoreline and swished my hand in the water.  It was unexpectedly really 
warm, over 30 deg. C.  I walked in, and the underwater sand was warm too.  I 
swished some sand aside with my feet and only 4cm under the surface, it was 
burning!  In places, you can walk right up to geothermal heat just like 
that.

Driving along Route 3 from New Plymouth (Taranaki region, coastal South-West 
of the North Island), up to Hamilton (Waikato region, North midland), your 
road turns from following the West coastline into following the bottom of a 
steep-sided mountainous valley.  Now, it looks like the road goes from 
level(lsh) travel, to descend DOWN into this valley, and I'm going "HUH?!? 
How can we descend?  We were only just above sea level a moment ago!"  A 
fast rocky stream flows beside the road, but it's flowing the opposite way 
(weirdly looking like it flows UPHILL).  The reality of course is that 
you're driving uphill, but the mountains rise so steeply ahead and around 
the valley's sides, it messes your sense of the horizontal and fools you 
into thinking you're going down.

Passed thru plantation pine forests followed by dry scrub/semi-desert, 
followed by steep-narrow winding passes and up and over and down several 
ranges on the way from Taupo, going South-East to Napier on the East coast.

Driving over tight, steep mountain ranges on the Coromandel peninsula.  It's 
only 30kms across from the West coast to the East snd from a lookout on the 
way between, you see both coasts.  The mountains on the Coromandel's West 
coast go steeply right to the water's edge and the road clings precariously 
to the edge of the heavily-forested land in tight winding corners, where 
there's no room forany other road or settlement.

Wellington:  Beautiful.  Cosmopolitan.  V. hilly.  V. windy (gusts can knock 
you over).  Deep green harbour.  The Victoria (?) railway station has the 
"platform 9-3/4" sign of the Harry Potter movies.

Near Hamilton is the Hobbiton movie set from LOTR.  (didn't go there, but 
saw the signpost)

White sand beaches (Witianga), black sand beaches (Raglan), black pebble 
beaches (Napier), shell beaches (Maunganui).  All on the North island.

Havent even been to the wild South Island yet, where the fjordlands are.  I 
hear they get some of the highest rainfall in the world.

-- 
Brian

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"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message 
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> On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:00:05 +0000, Orchid XP v7 wrote:
>
>>>> I still find it amusing that I actually left the country for a week
>>>> and nobody noticed... :-D
>>>
>>> We noticed.... :-)
>>
>> OMGZ... I posted a remark in a long-dead thread and people *still* found
>> it.
>
> Well, with a proper newsreader, new messages show up as, well, new.
> Unread messages show up as unread.  And I nearly wrote that undead
> messages show up as undead. :-)

Must be a zombie process.

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Brian Elliott wrote:

>> Well, with a proper newsreader, new messages show up as, well, new.
>> Unread messages show up as unread.  And I nearly wrote that undead
>> messages show up as undead. :-)
> 
> Must be a zombie process.

Gah! >_<

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