Re: The Game of Mallor needs players!

From: jtessin@skygames.com (John Tessin)

Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000

On Mon, 29 Jun 1998 17:22:24 -0400, "Russell \"Coconut Daemon\"
Bailey" <cctdemon@erols.com> wrote:

>> I don't mind
>> newbies on the net, but I do mind if they start taking over and
>> pushing the locals around.
>
>What makes you any more local than the newbies?  I don't know about you,  but
>many people who have been out here half as long as I have have contributed more.
>The Internet would die without newbies.

Life without newbies would be unbearable.  Who would all the old
timers sit around and complain about!  Just think of all the peer
bonding that would have been lost if there weren't newbies single out
as the brunt of all the jokes.  It isn't politically correct to single
out any group based upon race, country of origin, religion, etc...
anymore.  But newbies are fair game. <G>

>> or dynamite fishers
>> finding out about your favorite fishing hole.
>
>Now you're bringing lawbreaking into this?  These metaphors are silly.  Newbies

Hey!  Dynamite fishing is legal somewhere.  It has to be.  Besides it
sounds like great fun.  <GR&D>

>> What about "hacker"?  It has changed into meaning someone who commits
>> crimes with a computer.
>
>Shame about that,  but nothing to lament at length.  "Expert,"  "genius," "guru,"
>or "geek" work just as nicely.

I've been living in a cave recently. :)  Perhaps I should check some
current defs.

Expert:
Isn't that the guy from out of town?

Genius:
Isn't that a brand of mouse or someone who deserves the Nobel Prize?
This is not to be confused with self proclaimed geniuses, ( or should
that be genuii???), since they fit the rodent description perfectly.
:)

Guru:
This would be the "genuine indian guru, teaching us a better way?"

Geek:
Someone who dresses like and/or sounds like erkle?

Let's see, how did that statement go:  I don my flame proof suit as I
step down from my soapbox. :)

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References

Re: The Game of Mallor needs players!
Joe Mason <jcmason@execulink.com>
Sat, 27 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Game of Mallor needs players!
Darin Johnson <darin@usa.net.removethis>
Sat, 27 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Game of Mallor needs players!
"Brandon Van Every" <vanevery@blarg.net>
Sun, 28 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Game of Mallor needs players!
Darin Johnson <darin@usa.net.removethis>
Sun, 28 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Game of Mallor needs players!
Darin Johnson <darin@usa.net.removethis>
Mon, 29 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000
The Game of Mallor needs players!
"Brandon Van Every" <vanevery@blarg.net>
Thu, 25 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Game of Mallor needs players!
"Russell \"Coconut Daemon\" Bailey" <cctdemon@erols.com>
Sun, 28 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Game of Mallor needs players!
"Russell \"Coconut Daemon\" Bailey" <cctdemon@erols.com>
Mon, 29 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Game of Mallor needs players!
"Plod" <nope@buggeroff.com>
Sun, 28 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000