DIPLOMACY: Beware, Ken Lowe goes on vacation (judge could too!)

From: nick@sunburn.uwaterloo.ca (Nick Fitzpatrick)

Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1992 21:22:21 +0000

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I have been informed by Ken Lowe (jdr@u.washington.edu), keeper of the
sacred judge (judge@u.washington.edu), that he is about to go on vacation.

By ancient tradition, the judge normally crashes within hours of Ken
leaving town (you have been warned!!)

I would recomment that all GM's retrieve an updated list of their players
from the judge ASAP, and that people not hold off in sending in their
orders once Ken leaves, as they risk going late, or being abandoned
when the judge restarts.

The original text from Ken follows.
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From jdr@u.washington.edu Wed Jul 15 22:45:40 1992

I'm going to be out of town
from July 24th until August 8th so (a) I don't have much time to spend
on dip in the meantime and (b) beware that the judge will run unattended
during that time.  The judge can run unattended for months at a time,
but the minute I take off for an extended vacation it immediately goes
down.  Usually on the afternoon after I'm gone and usually in such a
way that it spews messages across the net at an alarming rate.  Murphy's
law and all.  When Ken takes a vacation the judge takes a vacation.

-Ken