rec.autos.simulators

> >> Do us a favor and tell Bartress that he's won . . . game, set, match,
> >world.

> >Nobody wins or loose in this newsgroup.  People simply exchange opinions,
> >give news and help people with problems.

> .. or proselytize, unfairly criticize, claim knowledge that they don't
possess,
> ego-stroke  ...

> --
> * rrev at mindspring dot com *

> Rec.Autos.Policing.Piracy
> Rec.Autos.***s
> Rec.Autos.Knowitalls

> > >> Do us a favor and tell Bartress that he's won . . . game, set, match,
> > >world.

> > >Nobody wins or loose in this newsgroup.  People simply exchange
opinions,
> > >give news and help people with problems.

> > .. or proselytize, unfairly criticize, claim knowledge that they don't
> possess,
> > ego-stroke  ...

> > --
> > * rrev at mindspring dot com *

> > Hmm.. my theses! Great stuff in them, still ;-)

> Theses!? I thought he said "feces"! Well, *that's* a different matter,
> then. I hate to dredge up old grievances (again), but who was that young
> Quebecois whose "theses" included pirating Indy, offering it to all and
> sundry, and then boasting about it in his sig at the time? I think a
> certain software company objected quite strenuously to that bit of
> bare-faced larceny, didn't they? Could that be the same guy who's *now*
> preaching against the evils of warez (and you, Frank, know *my* position
> against piracy very well). Is this the same Francois Menard who once
> claimed to have created RAS, and now talks of the algorithms and
> relative merits of sim game engines as if he had coded them himself? You
> *still* haven't answered my very honest question: what are the
> functional, objective (based on the mechanics of the game engines, not
> on you and your buddies' opinions of "how they feel") differences among
> the various game engines that are at the heart of sims like GPL, GP2,
> N3, F12K, etc.? If you *know*, it's not a difficult answer, and you can
> spare everyone here by replying by email if you like (or not -- I'm sure
> there are plenty of people who would like a better understanding of how
> these engines work). If you *don't* know...well, I think everyone can
> draw their own conclusions. I'm not pickin' on ya, little buddy -- I
> just want some info. Are you da man, or what?

> > And since people like Barton obviously don't like cynical messages

> Au contraire, mon frere! I love *well-crafted" cynical messages, it's
> just the completely unimaginative ones that bore me to tears. What is
> life without art?

> BB

> > > If nothing else, he brings character to the group, which is a good
thing.

> > There's a statement I cannot argue with. Except maybe the "good thing"
> > part -- I think even his most ardent sycophants would have to grant that
> > he's not an unalloyed joy ...

> If I may be so bold as to but into your little discussion yet another
> time, I disagree here Bart, we need all sorts of people in this group,
> it would be an incredibly boring place if everyone adhered to the
> conformity rule (trying to impress everyone here with my vast knowledge
> of the English language :-), which is why I'm glad we have people like
> Ymenard around, and Don Wilshe and yes, even Bruce Kennewell :-), we are
> blessed with very few people in here that are only morons that do not
> contribute in one way or another, the only person I've ever really
> wanted to leave was Y2K rick, for rather obvious reasons...:-)

> Beers and cheers
> (uncle) Goy

> "Team Mirage" http://www.teammirage.com/
> "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/

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> > > the only person I've ever really
> > > wanted to leave was Y2K rick, for rather obvious reasons...:-)

> > hehe... has anyone told him it's safe to leave his bunker now?

> It's not safe for him, he pissed off too many people, so his Y2K proof
> bunker came in handy after all....

> ...and he *did* actually come out of hiding for a few days just after
> new year, he posted a few time in the N3.discussion group about how he
> had been wrong (gee, we already knew that rick), not an apology for all
> his annoying posts or anything mind you, just stated the obvious, and
> then started talking about that we were not out of the woods yet as some
> problems wouldn't arise until a bit into the new year, and then there
> was the "leap year" problem ....

> But I must admit that I'm curious as to what he's up to know, it's
> always a good idea to know what people like him are doing, he might move
> to a place near you...the horror of it all...

> Beers and cheers
> (uncle) Goy

> "Team Mirage" http://www.teammirage.com/
> "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/

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> >of the English language :-), which is why I'm glad we have people like
> >Ymenard around, and Don Wilshe and yes, even Bruce Kennewell :-), we are

> Even David G. Fisher? :)

> >blessed with very few people in here that are only morons that do not
> >contribute in one way or another, the only person I've ever really
> >wanted to leave was Y2K rick, for rather obvious reasons...:-)

> Never saw him on RAS. Who's he?

> Andre

> > >of the English language :-), which is why I'm glad we have people like
> > >Ymenard around, and Don Wilshe and yes, even Bruce Kennewell :-), we
are

> > Even David G. Fisher? :)

> Weeeeeeeeell, in principle, yes ....:-)

> Naa, seriously though, it's all the different people in here that make
> it what it is, and thankfully only a few are morons with nothing to
> contribute in any way, very few...

> > >blessed with very few people in here that are only morons that do not
> > >contribute in one way or another, the only person I've ever really
> > >wanted to leave was Y2K rick, for rather obvious reasons...:-)

> > Never saw him on RAS. Who's he?

> Ah, you've missed out on a "legend" my friend, he was a Y2K prophet that
> insisted on telling us that the world as we knew it would end on
> December 31st 1999, doomsday and all that, riots in the streets, total
> collapse of the banking system, the Russians launching a full scale
> nuclear attack because all their weapons would be useless after January
> 1st so they might as well use them, and because of that, USA ought to
> strike first, you probably saw his kind on the news every now and then,
> "Y2K survivalists"......head for the hills, the world is ending....

> Then there was a bit about people on welfare and the degeneration of the
> human race as a whole I think, I got lost in there after a while, but

> worth it, he also posted as Omegaman in one of the Y2K NG's, it's funny
> now after the fact, but people like him can make a lot of damage with
> their misinformation, and there's so much information to be found on the
> i-net to support just about any view you care to take, so that kind of
> extremist people can be really dangerous

> He didn't post too much here on r.a.s. as someone made a complaint to
> his ISP that his postings here was not as per the charter of this NG and
> that this was a violation of his ISP's rules, unfortunately, some of the
> other groups he frequented wasn't so lucky and had to endure quite a bit
> of him, so hats off to whoever it was, I'll buy you a beer or two if we
> ever meet up (I have a pretty good idea who it was :-)

> --
> Beers and cheers
> (uncle) Goy

> http://www.theuspits.com
> http://www.teammirage.com

> "Mountain climbing, auto racing and bullfighting
>  are the only true sports...all others are games."
> --Ernest Hemingway--

> > Thanks for the vote, Uncle! :-)

> You welcome, I can appreciate that you might feel a little uncomfy in
> that company, but at least I didn't put you in the "very few people in
> here that are only morons that do not contribute in one way or another"
> category :-)

> Beers and cheers
> (uncle) Goy

> http://www.theuspits.com
> http://www.teammirage.com

> "Mountain climbing, auto racing and bullfighting
>  are the only true sports...all others are games."
> --Ernest Hemingway--

> > Thanks for clueing us in on the Rick affair, Goy.  I never did get into
that
> > thread.......thank God! :-)

> You're most welcome, and I must admit that there were times when I just
> couldn't resist no more and just *had* to reply to some of his posts,
> his problem was that he wasn't very good at what he was doing, all you
> had to do was read what was posted on these sites he posted links too,
> and you'd soon see so many conflicting statements you'd think these
> people were running for office somewhere :-), and when confronted by it,
> he would then drop the subject altogether and find a new subject, very
> tiresome chap to discuss with

> Beers and cheers
> (uncle) Goy

> http://www.theuspits.com
> http://www.teammirage.com

> "Mountain climbing, auto racing and bullfighting
>  are the only true sports...all others are games."
> --Ernest Hemingway--

> Quite a combination there Bart, PBR and Twinkies...what made you go for
> that one ?

> What then, Bart....simple basic pig-iron? :-)