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davemackey

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Happy Birthday
« on: December 01, 2007, 06:45:01 AM »
Today is the 13th anniversary of the launch of GSN.

Matt Ottinger

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« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2007, 11:54:18 AM »
[quote name=\'davemackey\' post=\'171028\' date=\'Dec 1 2007, 07:45 AM\']
Today is the 13th anniversary of the launch of GSN.[/quote]
Which ought to give some of us some indication of how long WE'VE been doing this, since a lot of us early adapters were discussing the development and the planning for a 'game show channel' on Usenet years before GSN actually launched!
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The Pyramids

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« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2007, 12:44:22 PM »
What exactly was Usenet?

tpirfan28

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« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2007, 12:48:10 PM »
[quote name=\'PaulD\' post=\'171044\' date=\'Dec 1 2007, 12:44 PM\']
What exactly was Usenet?
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Technical definition: from Wikipedia

Laymen's definition:  alt.tv.game-shows, a Internet newsgroup.

My have times changed with GSN.  You were the cute little channel that was neat to watch.  Now yer the grungy, repetitive teenager who wanted to get away from its roots.
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Robert Hutchinson

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« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2007, 01:28:42 PM »
[quote name=\'PaulD\' post=\'171044\' date=\'Dec 1 2007, 12:44 PM\']What exactly was Usenet?[/quote]
"Was"? You wound me, sir.

Well, me and a bunch of spammers.
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xavier45

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« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2007, 01:36:02 PM »
[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'171045\' date=\'Dec 1 2007, 12:48 PM\']
My have times changed with GSN.  You were the cute little channel that was neat to watch.  Now yer the grungy, repetitive teenager who wanted to get away from its roots.
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At least now it seems the network is focused on Game Shows again. And the late night block has been a lot of fun to watch.

clemon79

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« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2007, 02:08:27 PM »
[quote name=\'PaulD\' post=\'171044\' date=\'Dec 1 2007, 09:44 AM\']
What exactly was Usenet?
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Excuse me, I have to go out and buy a case of liver spot cream...
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Matt Ottinger

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« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2007, 03:03:51 PM »
[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' post=\'171051\' date=\'Dec 1 2007, 02:28 PM\'][quote name=\'PaulD\' post=\'171044\' date=\'Dec 1 2007, 12:44 PM\']What exactly was Usenet?[/quote]"Was"? You wound me, sir.
Well, me and a bunch of spammers.[/quote]
The fascinating thing on the old newsgroup these days is the spammer who seems to believe (sincerely?) that British intelligence has been harrassing/spying on him for years.  Those stories and examples (which he's sent to a lot of mostly unrelated newsgroups) are weirdly cool.
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clemon79

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« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2007, 03:34:31 PM »
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'171059\' date=\'Dec 1 2007, 12:03 PM\']
The fascinating thing on the old newsgroup these days is the spammer who seems to believe (sincerely?) that British intelligence has been harrassing/spying on him for years.  Those stories and examples (which he's sent to a lot of mostly unrelated newsgroups) are weirdly cool.
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Yeah, I can't figure out if that guy is a crackpot or a spammer trolling for addresses when people email him to tell him he's a crackpot. That he's insane AND knows how to crosspost to the entire world raises a red flag with me.
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Jimmy Owen

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« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2007, 06:17:30 PM »
Shouldn't this be in birthdays and obits?  :)
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« Reply #10 on: December 01, 2007, 10:17:41 PM »
And to think...today was the day GSN was removed from my cable lineup.  Great BD present for GSN.