>>By power of deduction (along with a little help from the header
>>fields) I suspect that our enthusiastic friend 'Excelsior' is none
>>other than last months over-enthusiastic poster 'Griffin, the Slayer'.
>So that would also make him "Phoenix, the magician", and "Starfleet
>Command".... then?
>What's next?
The Excelsior
"Second star to the right, and straight on 'til morning..."
Captain James Kirk [William Shatner], The Undiscovered Country
> On Thu, 17 Jun 1999 16:40:47 -0400, Michael Barlow
> > Just who the heck is this Excelsior guy anyhow? Is he trying to break
> >all records regarding the number of posts written to a news group?
> Here I am!
> First of all, you're only complaining because I asked you to switch
> off your damned HTML, which I am completely right to do so. I have
> explained why to you in another post.
That's not why I'm complaining. In fact, I wasn't complaining. I was
asking.
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As both Thom J and I said, we understand that now, but we didn't at
the beginning.
You're obviously getting annoyed about my asking you not to use HTML,
so I'll stop, as I find it best not to start a flaming war.
Okay?
The Excelsior
"Second star to the right, and straight on 'til morning..."
Captain James Kirk [William Shatner], The Undiscovered Country
> ditto.
Dave Hawnt UK-GPL
[To supplement what you've pointed out so effectively, Mike]
In another thread, The Excelsior [I can't even take *myself* too seriously
when I type that] complained...
"Michael! You're still writing in HTML!!!"
My response to Excelsior:
Excelsior! You're still writing, and writing, and writing, and writing...
Do yourself (and RAS) a favor and go outside and get some fresh air. Then
when you've had ample opportunity to enjoy some of the many wonderful things
the external world has to offer, come back and make some *MEANINGFUL*
contributions to RAS.
Consider this:
1. If everyone posted with your frequency, it would be extremely difficult
for all RAS readers to unearth the meaningful information we all seek.
2. When you were posting under the name "Griffin The Slayer" (which is quite
clear despite your earlier claim that your "friend" Griffin had a PC with
*360* MB of RAM) I made the following comment to you:
"And by the way, and I say this in a well-meaning way, newsgroups are like
race tracks. It pays to take it easy and get familiar with the course before
you go tearing around at breakneck speed."
You seemed to be a little befuddled by my comment at the time. I was simply
encouraging you to go slowly until you were better able to recognize your
level of expertise, the expertise of others, and the value (or lack thereof)
of your contributions.
3. Intermittently changing your name detracts from your credibility.
Credibility is an important asset that we all value...both our own and that
of others. In addition to the information presented by Mike Armstrong,
consider this posting history:
The Excelsior
6/5/99-6/18/99
260 Posts
# Forum
151 rec.autos.simulators
29 alt.startrek.vs.starwars
20 alt.games.unreal
14 alt.computer
7 alt.music.queen
7 alt.tv.knight-rider
5 alt.movies.kubrick
5 alt.windows98
4 alt.publish.books
3 24hoursupport.helpdesk
3 alt.html
3 alt.movies.jackie-chan
1 alt.comp
1 alt.comp.software.tools
1 alt.fan.nicole-kidman
1 alt.games.microprose.falcon
1 alt.msdos
1 alt.music.bare***-ladies
1 alt.sex.***.startrek
1 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
1 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim
Starfleet Commander
36 Posts
6/5/99-6/18/99
10 rec.autos.simulators
6 alt.windows98
4 alt.computer
4 alt.startrek.vs.starwars
4 alt.tv.knight-rider
2 alt.iomega.zip.jazz
2 comp.periphs.scsi
1 alt.games.microprose.falcon
1 alt.games.unreal
1 alt.tv.real-world
1 alt.usenet.offline-reader.forte-agent
Griffin The Slayer
5/18/99 - 5/24/99
134 Posts
107 rec.autos.simulators
4 alt.internet.providers.uk.free
3 alt.comp.shareware
3 microsoft.public.win98.internet.outlookexpress
2 3dfx.products.voodoo2
2 alt.computer
2 alt.games
2 alt.icq
2 alt.music.bare***-ladies
2 alt.windows98
2 comp.sys.laptops
1 alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
1 microsoft.public.win98.performance
1 rec.autos.driving
Far too many common themes to be coincidental, in my opinion.
4. Placing you in a killfile is not the desirable alternative, as you surely
have significant contributions to offer.
Again, these comments are offered with good intentions. If you more
carefully consider the value of your contributions, you'll be doing yourself
and RAS a real service.
Jack Rambo
www.RaceLive.com/GPaL
> No... You read my post wrong, or I wrote it wrong. It's just that I'm
> seeing his name way too much is all. Some of his posts are good and
> some are "iffy". I'm not saying that he should NOT post nor am I saying
> anything against him. I'm just wondering who he is. During the last
> week or more he has posted a re-post for almost each and every post on
> this NG. I see way to much of him so I'm wondering who he is.
> I did for a while post a lot as well. Once I saw the specs on who
> posted haw many times and my name was #2 (If I remember right) I slowed
> my frequency of posts. So, I'm not saying anything against him because
> I did the same thing. what I am after is... just who the heck is he?
>>>By power of deduction (along with a little help from the header
>>>fields) I suspect that our enthusiastic friend 'Excelsior' is none
>>>other than last months over-enthusiastic poster 'Griffin, the Slayer'.
>>So that would also make him "Phoenix, the magician", and "Starfleet
>>Command".... then?
>>What's next?
>This is getting completely out of hand...
OK then Excelsior, first the similarities (and you asked for this)
1. Hotmail account every time (speaks volumes),
2. Excelsior, Griffin, Phoenix (Starfleet commander being the
exception) subject matter,
3. UK based UUnet posting host,
4. ICQ No (with # sign)
4. (I repeat) repetitive pointless posts.
I can't prove that you are either 'Phoenix, the Magician' or 'Griffin,
the Slayer' however, anyone with a little intelligence can see that
the similarities in subject matter and header content link you
irrefutably.
Excelsior, I hate to do this but have a look at the following two
headers, from a post you followed up to yourself in the recent thread
'Nascar using GPL Physics.'. I especially draw your attention to the
Path start point, the 'NNTP-Posting-Host' and also the 'X-Trace:' IP
address:
>>I stopped driving N2, GP2, etc long ago, they are simply not as satisfying
<snip>
>Phoenix
>"Phoenix - A fabulous bird, reborn from the ashes of its earlier life"
> ICQ# 39578846
<snip>
>Griffin, why are you still copying my name and signature?
>Phoenix
>"Phoenix - A fabulous bird, reborn from the ashes of its earlier life"
> ICQ# 39578846
Last time I looked, blokes also had tits, only much flatter.
The only way you can prove to me that you have nothing to do with
Griffin, Phoenix and 'Starfleet Command' is to stop posting 'Yes I
agree with that' type messages to everything that you agree with (it's
called thinking before you speak).
</back to lurking>
If I agree, why shouldn't I say so? And how this will prove to anybody
that I am not Griffin/any-of-the-others, I don't know.
As for Hotmail, there were more than 1,000,000 users of Hotmail last
year, a huge number of those were from the UK. So I'm afraid that
really can't say much for your Hotmail argument.
Anyways, I have had plenty of time on my hands in recent weeks, but
will be starting a new job on Sunday, which will leave me less time
for RAS. It's sad, but it's true.
The Excelsior
"Second star to the right, and straight on 'til morning..."
Captain James Kirk [William Shatner], The Undiscovered Country
Which is fair enough, and much appreciated.
Same as above.
I still tell you that since I bought this computer (I use it for
little else other than Usenet, E-mail and the internet), second hand,
a few weeks/couple of months (?) ago, I only been using The Excelsior
as an alias, and have not used any before that.
It's not my place to try to convince anybody else of this, so I won't.
However I can appreciate peoples request for me to post less, and I
will be sure to cut down on them in the future, as my intention was
never to insult or cause a flame war.
The Excelsior
"Second star to the right, and straight on 'til morning..."
Captain James Kirk [William Shatner], The Undiscovered Country
Mike.
If yo0u don't like what he has to say, put him in your killfile. Then you
won't need to make lecturing,condescending, posts to him anymore.
I also don't see the point in going through someone's newsgroup posting
history and publishing it here for all to see.
David G Fisher
> Jack Rambo
> www.RaceLive.com/GPaL
David G Fisher kirjoitti viestiss?
So far I've been able to do a 1:36.12 in my Brabham, but I
must confess to driving the Lotus once to a 1:35.3x. I'm
not sure if it will really be possible to make it into the
1:30's like Dave said the true GP cars were doing back then.
Five seconds is an awful lot of time to make up... If it
is possible, though, I'm sure WW will find a way. :)
-Chris-
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