TRAIN KEPT A' ROLLIN

Tom Clark tclark at PETRONET.NET
Fri Mar 19 08:46:21 EST 1999


There you go! My sentiments exactly.....

Kevin Sommers wrote:

> Maybe I can beam some light on this: about a year ago, new to the list and
> the computer world in general, I attached a WAV file to a post which I felt
> might interest many on the list.  I learned QUICKLY (and I agree completely,
> having had some time to think about it...) that people in general do NOT
> like receiving unsolicited large files in their e-mail.  With some systems,
> or with some connections, it either slows things down to worse than a crawl,
> or trashes things completely.  When someone sees "receiving message" or
> whatever, then 30 minutes later are still stuck downloading the same mailing
> with no way to cancel, well, emotions tend to get a bit heated.
>
> Kevin Sommers
>
> primiti too taa, nnz kkr muu
>
> <http://www.members.pangeatech.com/novadrive/>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: BOC/Hawkwind Discussion List [mailto:BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU]On
> > Behalf Of DASLUD at AOL.COM
> > Sent: Friday, March 19, 1999 12:05 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list BOC-L
> > Subject: Re: TRAIN KEPT A' ROLLIN
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 3/18/99 9:36:25 PM, tclark at PETRONET.NET writes:
> >
> > <<Hey, man...maybe I'm taking this out of context, but though I
> > can appreciate
> > your
> > fascination with this video clip, as I am also, doesn't it seem that there
> > would
> > be another forum for this type of subject matter?.....
> > >>
> >
> > i would have to take aggressive exception to the phrase "appreciate your
> > fascination", pal. did i cut in to your tree-hugging time or something?
> >
> > (yowza. f***in lame, wasnt it? on purpose too>>>)
> >
> > i think i'll throw this out to the gang, then. which would you prefer:
> > defensive, apologetic, some mixture of both?
> >
> > i believe BOC-L to be an interesting and essentially intelligent bunch of
> > people. i've had a computer since xmas and been on BOC-L six
> > weeks or so...i'm
> > amazed at what flies around the internet...some friends of mine
> > who put out a
> > punk 'zine called DUMPSTER DIVE sent that avi to me; they got it
> > from someone
> > in england...like i said, i didnt watch it for a couple months, and then i
> > watched it on monday....freaked me the f**k out. i watched it
> > twice, to make
> > sure that REALLY WAS what i thought i'd just seen, and it wont be
> > necessary to
> > ever see it again...in fact i'll just trash it.
> >
> > i DO like stirrin shit up in a certain way, ask messrs. heller and
> > anderson...but tossing that out wasnt meant to be more than one
> > more passing
> > bit of craziness.
> > AND I WARNED EVERYONE LOUDLY, DID I NOT? EVERYONE HAD THE OPTION
> > TO NOT WATCH
> > IT.
> >
> > but if it's felt that i went too far, then my apologies to those
> > who feel they
> > deserve one. no malice was intended.
> >
> > there are many other ways to stir shit up....
> >
> > ja ne!
> > reaching for the bong....
> > >>larry b
> >



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