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iain
2021-03-29 16:15:41 UTC
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I know that this place is as dead as Hotblack Desiato now, but still...

I thought I'd pop in just to commemorate that I've now spent 42 years on
this mostly harmless planet, give or take the odd leap second.

That'll be all for now, other than to say "Hi!" to Wonko if he's watching.
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iain

***@imb.clara.net http://www.zootle.net/afda/
"how can you say that iain is a furyy fpevcg?!" - kristen
Nemo Thorx
2021-03-30 01:49:42 UTC
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Quoting iain from 29 Mar (a Monday in 2021) at 1615 hours...
Post by iain
I know that this place is as dead as Hotblack Desiato now, but still...
I haven't seen any tax benefits to this deadness yet. Is it only after
a resurrection that they show up? I hear it's the time of year for that
too...
Post by iain
I thought I'd pop in just to commemorate that I've now spent 42 years on
this mostly harmless planet, give or take the odd leap second.
It's a wonderful thing! :D
Post by iain
That'll be all for now, other than to say "Hi!" to Wonko if he's watching.
You could join back in on the Froup production of Fit the Sixth, which
still idles along intermittently, mostly performed by whoever wanders in
off the street at the time...
I have vague memories of finding some broken links on the afda pages
(maybe in the FAQ?) and going to ask you about them. I never got around
to that. Was there a new FAQ system in the works?

.../Nemo
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iain
2021-03-30 13:41:35 UTC
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Nemo Thorx
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Post by Nemo Thorx
Quoting iain from 29 Mar (a Monday in 2021) at 1615 hours...
Post by iain
I know that this place is as dead as Hotblack Desiato now, but still...
I haven't seen any tax benefits to this deadness yet. Is it only after
a resurrection that they show up? I hear it's the time of year for
that too...
Well I'm a little unclear on the mechanics of that...
Post by Nemo Thorx
Post by iain
That'll be all for now, other than to say "Hi!" to Wonko if he's watching.
You could join back in on the Froup production of Fit the Sixth, which
still idles along intermittently, mostly performed by whoever wanders
in off the street at the time...
I could! I did!
What's the predicted date for completing Fit the Sixth now?
Will we manage it before the sun collapses into a red giant?
Post by Nemo Thorx
I have vague memories of finding some broken links on the afda pages
(maybe in the FAQ?) and going to ask you about them. I never got
around to that. Was there a new FAQ system in the works?
To be honest I'm surprised any of it still functions!
I don't appear to have any analytics on the site, so I have no idea if
anyone even visits it anymore...
--
iain

***@imb.clara.net http://www.zootle.net/afda/
"how can you say that iain is a furyy fpevcg?!" - kristen
Nemo Thorx
2021-03-31 00:26:39 UTC
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Quoting iain from 30 Mar (a Tuesday in 2021) at 1341 hours...
Post by iain
Post by Nemo Thorx
Post by iain
I know that this place is as dead as Hotblack Desiato now, but still...
I haven't seen any tax benefits to this deadness yet. Is it only after
a resurrection that they show up? I hear it's the time of year for
that too...
Well I'm a little unclear on the mechanics of that...
Apparently it has something to do with the consumption of chocolate
bunnies? :D
Post by iain
Post by Nemo Thorx
You could join back in on the Froup production of Fit the Sixth, which
still idles along intermittently, mostly performed by whoever wanders
in off the street at the time...
I could! I did!
What's the predicted date for completing Fit the Sixth now?
Will we manage it before the sun collapses into a red giant?
In a purely linear perspective... we're just almost at the halfway point
of the episode, and it's been, uh... a decade...
Post by iain
Post by Nemo Thorx
I have vague memories of finding some broken links on the afda pages
(maybe in the FAQ?) and going to ask you about them. I never got
around to that. Was there a new FAQ system in the works?
To be honest I'm surprised any of it still functions!
I don't appear to have any analytics on the site, so I have no idea if
anyone even visits it anymore...
hah fair enough. The mfaq is the target of a link from
douglasadams.com, and the FAQ is failing (the "One dirty mirror" as
linked on https://www.zootle.net/afda/faq.shtml ) ...but I either
worked out what URL it's genuinely on, or got a copy from elsewhere,
because I also created a dirty mirror of it at http://sub-ethr.net/afda/

Plans of updating it are so far on the backburner as to be nonexistent,
and fandom covers a lot of this stuff elsewhere now anyway (though not
in quite so usefully a central resource)

hmmm..... thinking hat is on again! :)

.../Nemo
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Professor Urban Chronotis
2021-03-31 03:05:09 UTC
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Nemo Thorx
Post by Nemo Thorx
Quoting iain from 30 Mar (a Tuesday in 2021) at 1341 hours...
Post by iain
Post by Nemo Thorx
Post by iain
I know that this place is as dead as Hotblack Desiato now, but still...
I haven't seen any tax benefits to this deadness yet. Is it only after
a resurrection that they show up? I hear it's the time of year for
that too...
Well I'm a little unclear on the mechanics of that...
Apparently it has something to do with the consumption of chocolate
bunnies? :D
Post by iain
Post by Nemo Thorx
You could join back in on the Froup production of Fit the Sixth, which
still idles along intermittently, mostly performed by whoever wanders
in off the street at the time...
I could! I did!
What's the predicted date for completing Fit the Sixth now?
Will we manage it before the sun collapses into a red giant?
In a purely linear perspective... we're just almost at the halfway point
of the episode, and it's been, uh... a decade...
Post by iain
Post by Nemo Thorx
I have vague memories of finding some broken links on the afda pages
(maybe in the FAQ?) and going to ask you about them. I never got
around to that. Was there a new FAQ system in the works?
To be honest I'm surprised any of it still functions!
I don't appear to have any analytics on the site, so I have no idea if
anyone even visits it anymore...
hah fair enough. The mfaq is the target of a link from
douglasadams.com, and the FAQ is failing (the "One dirty mirror" as
linked on https://www.zootle.net/afda/faq.shtml ) ...but I either
worked out what URL it's genuinely on, or got a copy from elsewhere,
because I also created a dirty mirror of it at http://sub-ethr.net/afda/
Plans of updating it are so far on the backburner as to be nonexistent,
and fandom covers a lot of this stuff elsewhere now anyway (though not
in quite so usefully a central resource)
hmmm..... thinking hat is on again! :)
.../Nemo
What is with all this racket? Oh, hello, visitors!
I vaguely remember an Iain being around AFDNA, perhaps even an Xmas list,
is that you?
iain
2021-04-15 11:02:03 UTC
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Post by Professor Urban Chronotis
What is with all this racket? Oh, hello, visitors!
I vaguely remember an Iain being around AFDNA, perhaps even an Xmas
list, is that you?
Yes, that's me, I used to be on the Christmas list.
It's nice to see this place hasn't completely faded away!
--
iain

***@imb.clara.net http://www.zootle.net/afda/
"how can you say that iain is a furyy fpevcg?!" - kristen
Nemo Thorx
2021-06-07 01:36:45 UTC
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Quoting iain from 15 Apr (a Thursday in 2021) at 1102 hours...
Post by iain
Post by Professor Urban Chronotis
What is with all this racket? Oh, hello, visitors!
I vaguely remember an Iain being around AFDNA, perhaps even an Xmas
list, is that you?
Yes, that's me, I used to be on the Christmas list.
It's nice to see this place hasn't completely faded away!
I think the last one was a few years ago. I might still have some in my
queue to send... oops

#include std_deadline_quote

.../Nemo
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Dave Adalian
2021-09-10 00:24:45 UTC
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Post by Nemo Thorx
Quoting iain from 15 Apr (a Thursday in 2021) at 1102 hours...
Post by iain
Post by Professor Urban Chronotis
What is with all this racket? Oh, hello, visitors!
I vaguely remember an Iain being around AFDNA, perhaps even an Xmas
list, is that you?
Yes, that's me, I used to be on the Christmas list.
It's nice to see this place hasn't completely faded away!
I think the last one was a few years ago. I might still have some in my
queue to send... oops
#include std_deadline_quote
.../Nemo
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earth native
Good Lord! You're all still here! I had no idea? Tea?

iain
2021-04-15 10:59:08 UTC
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Nemo Thorx
Post by Nemo Thorx
hah fair enough. The mfaq is the target of a link from
douglasadams.com, and the FAQ is failing (the "One dirty mirror" as
linked on https://www.zootle.net/afda/faq.shtml ) ...but I either
worked out what URL it's genuinely on, or got a copy from elsewhere,
because I also created a dirty mirror of it at http://sub-ethr.net/afda/
Ah, okay. There appears to be some kind of unfinished attempt to convert
the FAQ into a wiki. I've disabled that, which I think has restored the
FAQ to its, er, former glory(?!)
Post by Nemo Thorx
Plans of updating it are so far on the backburner as to be nonexistent,
and fandom covers a lot of this stuff elsewhere now anyway (though not
in quite so usefully a central resource)
My wiki plan seems to be so far onto said backburner that it's just passed
the 10th annivesary of working on it...
--
iain

***@imb.clara.net http://www.zootle.net/afda/
"how can you say that iain is a furyy fpevcg?!" - kristen
Nemo Thorx
2021-06-07 01:30:35 UTC
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Quoting iain from 15 Apr (a Thursday in 2021) at 1059 hours...
Post by iain
Nemo Thorx
Post by Nemo Thorx
hah fair enough. The mfaq is the target of a link from
douglasadams.com, and the FAQ is failing (the "One dirty mirror" as
linked on https://www.zootle.net/afda/faq.shtml ) ...but I either
worked out what URL it's genuinely on, or got a copy from elsewhere,
because I also created a dirty mirror of it at http://sub-ethr.net/afda/
Ah, okay. There appears to be some kind of unfinished attempt to convert
the FAQ into a wiki. I've disabled that, which I think has restored the
FAQ to its, er, former glory(?!)
Huzzah! I will continue to sometimes point to it.
Post by iain
Post by Nemo Thorx
Plans of updating it are so far on the backburner as to be nonexistent,
and fandom covers a lot of this stuff elsewhere now anyway (though not
in quite so usefully a central resource)
My wiki plan seems to be so far onto said backburner that it's just passed
the 10th annivesary of working on it...
Aren't projects wonderful?!


.../Nemo
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Paul Taylor
2021-03-30 03:35:54 UTC
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Post by iain
I know that this place is as dead as Hotblack Desiato now, but still...
Dead? No, we have but slept... through the economic recession you see.


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Jan van den Broek
2021-04-19 13:48:26 UTC
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Mon, 29 Mar 2021 16:15:41 -0000 (UTC)
Post by iain
I know that this place is as dead as Hotblack Desiato now, but still...
I thought I'd pop in just to commemorate that I've now spent 42 years on
this mostly harmless planet, give or take the odd leap second.
Although a bit late, but:

Happy fortytwo years on this mostly harmless planet!
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