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... is a half-chewed beetroot and a kettle full of gravel

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 18 August 2002 22:30 (twenty-three years ago)

I went wandering through the deserted streets and houses of the once proud city of Lusenet. The names of long-forgotten trolls, ancient panics, fury frozen into crumbling tableaux, now only the wind visits them.

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 18 August 2002 22:33 (twenty-three years ago)

Mark S = the Omega Man

― jamesmichaelward, Sunday, 18 August 2002 22:36 (twenty-three years ago)

And my last post attempt GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

― DG (D_To_The_G), Sunday, 18 August 2002 22:38 (twenty-three years ago)

I noticed someone's removed the Add New Board option, unless it's hidden somewhere stupid. I feel so rejected.

― Graham (graham), Sunday, 18 August 2002 22:58 (twenty-three years ago)

"TimeBomb 2000 (Y2000); 367490 messages, latest on August 16, 2002"

We never caught up.

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 19 August 2002 00:28 (twenty-three years ago)

so many technoweeds now - will Tron ever come back?

― Mike Hanle y (mike), Monday, 19 August 2002 02:09 (twenty-three years ago)

Fear not! For I have "the End" saved on my computer.

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 19 August 2002 07:49 (twenty-three years ago)

I like the new board.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Monday, 19 August 2002 11:43 (twenty-three years ago)

We never caught up.

But we can look ourselves in the mirror and be comforted by the knowledge that we were not suckered by Gary North.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 19 August 2002 15:12 (twenty-three years ago)

I hope there are tumbleweeds and a snake slithering away to hide somewhere.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 19 August 2002 16:06 (twenty-three years ago)

the beetroot plants are growing at an amazing rate! Within no time they will have formed their own complex society.

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 19 August 2002 16:52 (twenty-three years ago)

I've just posted 8376 messages to close every ILM thread. ILE is next.

― Graham (graham), Monday, 19 August 2002 17:48 (twenty-three years ago)

If Phil Greenspun is the Beyonder, and ILXor was / is the Beyonder world, then:

1) Where the hell is the Thing?
2) Who's wearing the stylish black symbiote?
3) What the hell happened to Mike Zeck?
4) Why did Spider-Woman fall into the dastardly clutches of Danny "Fill In" Fingeroth?

Mark S = Galactus! DO YOU SEE!

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 19 August 2002 21:23 (twenty-three years ago)

...and 17,000 we've moved links on every thread (though I'm sure I missed a couple).

― Graham (graham), Tuesday, 20 August 2002 20:20 (twenty-three years ago)

Greenspun is down again, but hey, who cares?

― Graham (graham), Thursday, 22 August 2002 01:54 (twenty-three years ago)

Memories. MEMORIES. Dear God, the MEMORIES.

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― Graham (graham), Sunday, 25 August 2002 21:57 (twenty-three years ago)

fifteen years pass...

One of Greenspun's most famous students is Randal Pinkett, who built an online community for low-income housing residents in Greenspun's 6.171 Software Engineering for Internet Applications course. Pinkett went on to win NBC TV show The Apprentice.

― had (crüt), Sunday, 25 February 2018 01:20 (seven years ago)

"TimeBomb 2000 (Y2000); 367490 messages, latest on August 16, 2002"

We never caught up.

One of the thrills of Greenspun Ask A Drunk was surpassing the total posts on a series of obscure Greenspun boards, mostly about stuff like pet parrots or anarchism. Each time we'd celebrate like it was 2001. We never caught up to TimeBomb 2000, either.

― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 25 February 2018 04:39 (seven years ago)

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