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Rin Stowleigh <nospam@nothanks.com> wrote at 00:26 this Wednesday (GMT):
> On Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:10:08 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
><candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
>
>>Rin Stowleigh <nospam@nothanks.com> wrote at 01:09 this Sunday (GMT):
>>> On Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:56:52 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
>>><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>So, I'm hesitant to post the following link, but I'm doing it anyway.
>>>>Once you learn what it's about, you'll understand why I'm so chary of
>>>>doing so.
>>>>
>>>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW70hfHonLg
>>>>
>>>>So what IS it about? Well, it is a video history of a rather infamous
>>>>poster whose rants in the c.s.i.p.games.* hierarchy are a thing of
>>>>legend... and who, upon the merest mention of his name, was known to
>>>>appear suddenly and aggressively defend his products and reputation.
>>>>So much so I am hesitant to even mention the name of the person the
>>>>video is all about.
>>>>
>>>>If you're a long-time Usenet reader, you may already know who I mean.
>>>>If you need a bit more of a hint, he developed a spaceship simulator
>>>>back in the 90s.
>>>>
>>>>Yeah, THAT guy.
>>>>
>>>>Anyway, the above is a video about him... and not just his activities
>>>>in the 90s, but all the way through recent days. The latter of which I
>>>>had little awareness of. I mean, I was here for those famous
>>>>thousand-post-long threads/flamewars that he was involved in back when
>>>>Usenet was still the dominant Internet forum platform, but after that?
>>>>I really didn't pay attention to him anymore.
>>>>
>>>>    [Actually, even when he was active in c.s.i.p.games.* I didn't 
>>>>     pay much attention to him, but just avoided the threads all
>>>>     together. They were extremely high noise/low signal threads 
>>>>     and there was enough activity on Usenet back then that you 
>>>>     could skip thousands of posts and still have more than 
>>>>     enough to read every day]
>>>>
>>>>But apparently that don't-ever-mention-his-name person kept at his
>>>>usual antics in the intervening three decades, albeit on other
>>>>platforms. And if the video is accurate, he hasn't become any less
>>>>agreeable in all that time. He's continued to pick fights over
>>>>nonsense, and has managed to bait people into giving him the attention
>>>>he so desperately craves. He's also continued developing games (none
>>>>of which saw any real success)... or at least promoting games he
>>>>promises will one day be released (including an NFT/blockchain game he
>>>>started developing in 2025).
>>>>
>>>>Anyway, the video was a bit of a blast-from-the-past and if there are
>>>>any old-timers left from that era, maybe you'll enjoy seeing it too.
>>>>
>>>>Just don't say the name. ;-);-);-);-);-);-)
>>>
>>> You mean Derk Schamtas?  or was it Derek Smart?  or Dirck Schpurtz? 
>>>
>>> It escapes me... I mean the Phd guy from an educational instution so
>>> valid and prestigious, that he refused to reveal the name of it out of
>>> respect for other graduates of the diploma mill?... errr.. I mean fine
>>> alma mater?
>>>
>>> That dood was a hoot.
>>
>>
>>Damn, I kinda wish I was around to see it...
>
> If you had, you'd probably just wish you had back the minutes of your
> life you spent reading his rants.


I already waste way too much time :P
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