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bellstar
response 271 of 357: Mark Unseen   Jun 28 21:39 UTC 2010

(Or, maybe, an unfriendly tod has some poor stalkers from Spokane...)
tod
response 272 of 357: Mark Unseen   Jun 28 21:46 UTC 2010

re #270
Unfortunately, Spokane is only part of that list.  There's a very fun
one out there calling me a neighbor killing psychopath or something.
And a small handful of the incarcerated waiting their turn.
bellstar
response 273 of 357: Mark Unseen   Jun 28 22:38 UTC 2010

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WeWillMeetAgain
tod
response 274 of 357: Mark Unseen   Jun 28 22:51 UTC 2010

With his latest Evil Plan  foiled in Bleak Expectations, Mr Gently Benevolent
declares "I shall return!" and rides away. He rides back a moment later:
Pip: You returned quicker than I expected.
Benelovent: I forgot my hat. [Exits.] 
kentn
response 275 of 357: Mark Unseen   Jun 28 23:18 UTC 2010

It's not over.  :)
lar
response 276 of 357: Mark Unseen   Jun 29 18:16 UTC 2010

"Grex needs to quit going into a tizzy every time someone uses the 
magic
word, "censorship". 

oh? you mean the way you get your panties in a bunch when someone 
doesn't post using your eagle scout critera?

fuck off fat BOY
tod
response 277 of 357: Mark Unseen   Jun 29 18:35 UTC 2010

How do I make a knot for carrying other people's water?
nharmon
response 278 of 357: Mark Unseen   Jun 30 00:33 UTC 2010

haha
lar
response 279 of 357: Mark Unseen   Jun 30 03:18 UTC 2010

the only cool people on here are m-netters
tod
response 280 of 357: Mark Unseen   Jun 30 17:34 UTC 2010

I'm drinking hot coffee
kentn
response 281 of 357: Mark Unseen   Jul 1 17:30 UTC 2010

Here is a short article on another site (kuro5hin) apparently suffering
a decline in membership due to social media like Facebook and Twitter,
similar to what Grex is (somewhat) experiencing.

http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2010/5/18/231429/217
nharmon
response 282 of 357: Mark Unseen   Jul 1 17:47 UTC 2010

I don't think Grex's decline is at all related to Facebook and Twitter.
rcurl
response 283 of 357: Mark Unseen   Jul 1 18:04 UTC 2010

They have certainly sopped up a huge amount of user hours.
tod
response 284 of 357: Mark Unseen   Jul 1 18:11 UTC 2010

Whatever happened with this?


 #3  Mark A Conger (aruba) Mon, Sep 13, 2004 (12:28)

 The executive session the board went into was to discuss a subpoena we
 received from a law enforcement agency, relating to a particular user
 account.  The board read over the subpoena carefully, and agreed to comply
 with it.  We have now done so.
richard
response 285 of 357: Mark Unseen   Jul 1 18:40 UTC 2010

Was this related to that guy who mostly used mnet and kept constantly 
threatening to sue mnet for libel because of discussions about his 
rather complicated personal life, accusations that he did this or that 
at home, that had taken place on party?  Every time he'd get worked up, 
he'd say "I'm gonna sue!" If so it might have been his lawyer trying to 
get grex party logs where similar discussions might have occurred.

It is rather disturbing that the board chose to meet in 'executive 
session', a priviledge not even actually spelled out in the bylaws as 
something they could do, and then not discuss the details.
tod
response 286 of 357: Mark Unseen   Jul 1 18:54 UTC 2010

Maybe...I don't recall that guy.  What was going on?
jep
response 287 of 357: Mark Unseen   Jul 1 18:55 UTC 2010

Executive or closed sessions are used for personnel issues and discussions 
which, for any reason, cannot be made public.  Every board has to use them 
for some things.  If it's rare, I don't see any reason to be concerned 
about it.
tod
response 288 of 357: Mark Unseen   Jul 1 18:59 UTC 2010

The board at that time said they would discuss the matter openly after
the legal stuff was over with.  I think it's well over with.
richard
response 289 of 357: Mark Unseen   Jul 1 19:07 UTC 2010

re #286 this guy kept threatening to sue mnet, I mean like again and 
again, he'd post items on general with what he said were quotes from 
legal papers he was always about to file.  he and his wife both were 
both users as I recall, and he had this narrow view that anything 
anybody said in the confs or on party about him, his wife, his kids, 
whatever mnet was liable for.   
richard
response 290 of 357: Mark Unseen   Jul 1 20:55 UTC 2010

re #284 If the staff conference was ever opened, which has been 
requested on numerous occasions, you could go back to that time period 
and read the discussions about this issue that are undoubtedly on 
there.  However 'open' grex is supposed to be though, staff inevitably 
drags its feet when it comes to opening the staff conference.
kentn
response 291 of 357: Mark Unseen   Jul 1 21:56 UTC 2010

Re 290: I don't think we're going to open up old staff conferences,
which were responded to under the premise of privacy due to the issues
discussed.  If we do open up the staff conference, it'll be with a new
version of the conference, or so was my recollection of the Board's
discussion on the matter.

Re 282: not at all?  I doubt that.  Note that the (somewhat) in that
response is to indicate I don't believe it's entirely due to this reason
given in the link.  There are undoubtedly many reasons why Grex is in
the situation it is today.
tod
response 292 of 357: Mark Unseen   Jul 1 21:57 UTC 2010

re #289
Wow, sounds crazy.  I must have not been logging in at that time cuz
I'd remember a weirdo like that.
cyklone
response 293 of 357: Mark Unseen   Jul 2 00:50 UTC 2010

Sounds like Bill Rugg, and I wasn't even on back then; I just remember
the descriptions people posted.
richard
response 294 of 357: Mark Unseen   Jul 2 02:36 UTC 2010

re #293 bingo! you have a good memory.  it was guys like bill rugg 
that killed mnet, which in its prime was much larger than grex ever 
was.  there was a time back in the 90's when mnet was huge, had a 
potential to be something special.  it was guys like bill rugg that 
brought it down.  he'd only come on grex if mnet was down for a time 
but it would have been more than enough for him to fuss if he saw the 
same conversations going on here that went on there.
tod
response 295 of 357: Mark Unseen   Jul 2 03:26 UTC 2010

M-Net lost most of its userbase after it crashed from the big hack in 2000.
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