Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Starmaker Newsgroups: alt.usage.english,rec.arts.sf.written,sci.physics.relativity Subject: Re: Missing Person. Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:16:54 -0700 Organization: The Starmaker Organization Lines: 40 Message-ID: <6ADA7D46.6B02@ix.netcom.com> References: <11b6dn0$2ig4h$1@dont-email.me> <11b869p$36ie6$2@dont-email.me> <6ADA3992.54F3@ix.netcom.com> <11bds8p$16llb$2@dont-email.me> Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 21:16:43 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="1298814"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/PwfIoacTEwPSpEXntIqNET3JOTfB2c6o="; posting-host="44b2d869afb1e853b1d656cc2d178e55" Cancel-Lock: sha1:LnfTe3022RSO/FQJjhUpNMHfyhU= sha256:/kwIIUGOQbrM8Dl22LR3Qc4M3lmwaCoOcZHPSTU6DvI= sha1:xqGUIK4hqmh5pY7BRr0fFoOMcO4= sha256:0z8duxeTLzbqxvxhvxumPBJ7nXOM7eD3ay/ZjPlTHI4= X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 261022-10, 10/22/2026), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Xref: csiph.com alt.usage.english:1152743 rec.arts.sf.written:661326 sci.physics.relativity:674847 Cryptoengineer wrote: > > On 10/22/2026 12:28 PM, The Starmaker wrote: > > Cryptoengineer wrote: > >> > >> On 10/19/2026 8:46 PM, Titus G wrote: > >>> Does anyone have any information regarding Paul S. Person's absence? > >>> Perhaps he is indisposed or maybe worse? > >> > >> Sadly, if someone posts under a pseudonym, there's very little > >> we can do to follow up. > >> > >> I've seen dozens of 'regulars' vanish from this group. In a > >> some cases, they're active under the same name elsewhere, but > >> often there's no trace. > >> > >> pt > > > > He hasn't posted the last 30 days and yous are frighten the end of > > Usenet? > > > > > > When you PLONK everybody...there's no one left in your pool to be seen. > > I have never 'plonked' anyone. > > However, there are many who I don't feel are often worth responding to. > > pt I wasn't talking about you, I was talking about the...missing person. The missing person stops posting because he sees no postings. -- The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge the unchallengeable.