Kurt Hamster wrote:

So you like to allow yourself latitude when using an expression, but
won't allow others to eh? IMV that adds hypocrite to your faults too.

Nope. Im happy for others to use approximations etc. I consider 8 to be
almost 10. 'about' 10, or approximately 10. I can see how your literal
minded viewpoint may cause you trouble with that, but please, keep your
problem to yourself, ok?

What *did you mean by that then?


My comment related to accuracy, given your propensity for wanting
accuracy in numbers/quotes.

Shame you were well over 40% inaccurate then, even if I allow you the
lattitude to define your own completely imaginary interprettation of the
problem...

I gave no thought whatsover to whether it was the last
time or first time.

Clearly. That showed.

Your claim of finding the line 8 years ago is impressive, however you
were looking for *completely the wrong thing*.

I found what *I* was looking for, based on what was my criteria. There
you go again with the arrogance that peppers your messages. You do like
to tell people when you think they're wrong don't you.

Unlike you, no, not really, and I make pretty damn sure of it when I do.

OOI, whats the message ID of the 8 year back post? I'd like to see it if
possible... I've just noticed google hid a load of results under its
'show similar stuff' link, but that still only gets back to Nov 1998

This is where I get to admit my error. The earliest "aspie and proud of
it" was indeed Nov 98 thereby making it 6 years.

Whoops... but yeah, how magnanimous of you, admitting your error AFTER
arguing the toss and being proven wrong...

The reason for the error was I had 3 windows open, one doing the search
for your earliest post (96) and one looking for the "aspie and proud of
it" post (98). I mixed the two figures up.

I already knew you were a muppet, you didnt need to remind me.

In spite of my error, it still makes it 6 years. Still nowhere close to
the "about 10 years" you claimed.

*guessed*, repeat *GUESSED*, which I made plain enough in the first
place, and have discovered (before you did) to be wrong, and posted as
such *before* you even noticed your error.

What are you trying to prove?

About what exactly? I never claimed I was on the net before you, nor
that I posted to (public) usenet before you.

Wrong as in my abilities to Google. Sheesh.

*I* got proved wrong aout your googling ability? you just wrote above
that you were too incompetant to even note the correct result...

You must have joined zetnet *after* I did, because certainly not all
their local groups used to be public (to my annoyance, since I wanted to
track down an old friend from zetnet.local.teens, whos last message
there predated the public-goingness of the group).

I can't remember when it was. I seem to recall it was after getting
embroiled in the Laurence Godfrey affair.

Name rings a bell. I may even have met him (You can find a particularly
sad picture of me at a 'zetmeet' if you use google images, although I
dont recall if he attended that one...)

Anyhow, I joined zetnet at a time when the local groups were still
private, which seems to predate you (or at least your recollection of
the time)

I *do* know a little about zetnets service as I *wrote* the acorn
software to access it.

And...? Though again it's another clue as to you desire to be different.
Remember my earlier comment?

Huh? I didnt post that to demonstrate any desire to be different, it was
to demonstrate intimate knowledge of zetnet at about the era in question.

And yes, I choose non-windows platforms. I dont like windows. No
especial desire to be different - in fact my choice in hardware at the
time was my fathers anyway - so I still dont see your point.

I care about that because?

FYI is not an acronym for Just In Case You Care.

Correct. But just bvecause you prefix a TLA on a paragraph doesnt mean I
have to give a **** - and look whos boasting now - "blah blah blah, I
was on the net before you could click a mouse, arent I great, whinge
moan blither"

Indeed. scary how much younger I was then.

Then?...

Than I am now - Im not living in a time machine...

Perhaps you should join the military?

Been there, done that.

Why am I not surprised...

I'd like to see it - more because I cant find it than anything else and
I'd like to know what you searched for in order to extract it from google...


Message-ID:

Ah right - the one that bore no relation to what we were searching at
the time - explains why I didnt find it, given I was searching for
something relevant...