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### Aaaand... one more time, with gusto!

Benjamin A. Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:58:12 -0500

I've just added a routine to extract all the email addresses out of the TAG mailbag, look them up in the LG bios, and pull up the names associated with those addresses; the folks for whom this chain 1) exists and 2) matches will be credited with participating in the monthly madness (the credits will be listed at the top of the generated Mailbag page.)

Since I really like rewarding people who do good work to whatever extent I can, I'd appreciate it if everyone would make sure that 1) they've sent me a bio (preferably with a ~200x200px pic included) and 2) their bio contains the email address that they're using to post to TAG. This would satisfy my itch and credit you for your brilliant flights of wit and wisdom... sounds like an all-around win to me.

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Brian Bilbrey [bilbrey at orbdesigns.com]
Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:54:21 -0500

Benjamin A. Okopnik wrote: ...

    > would satisfy my itch and credit you for your brilliant flights of wit
    > and wisdom... sounds like an all-around win to me.

Wit? Wit? I avail myself of the services of Rent-a-Wit, retype what they give me so that the ghost of my seventh grade english teacher won't use the steel ruler in my dreams ... and as I'm reaching for the Send button, > plib < ... a mail appears from Rick: wherein he not only answers the question, but has an international travel story with which to demonstrate the principle, and originally posted the proper answer somewhere in the Moenbase sometime just after Univac fired up for the first time. I cry for a bit, then hit the delete key. Of course, I still have to pay the bill from Rent-a-Wit.

.brian

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Benjamin A. Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
Fri, 3 Nov 2006 14:39:14 -0500

On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 06:54:21PM -0500, Brian Bilbrey wrote:

    > Benjamin A. Okopnik wrote:
    > ...
    > > would satisfy my itch and credit you for your brilliant flights of wit
    > > and wisdom... sounds like an all-around win to me.
    >
    > Wit? Wit? I avail myself of the services of Rent-a-Wit, retype what they
    > give me so that the ghost of my seventh grade english teacher won't use
    > the steel ruler in my dreams ... and as I'm reaching for the Send
    > button, > plib < ... a mail appears from Rick: wherein he not only
    > answers the question, but has an international travel story with which
    > to demonstrate the principle, and originally posted the proper answer
    > somewhere in the Moenbase sometime just after Univac fired up for the
    > first time. I cry for a bit, then hit the delete key. Of course, I still
    > have to pay the bill from Rent-a-Wit.

Lost by a nose, ignominously scooped - and stuck with the bill! Truly, a tragedy; Oscar Wilde would have recognized the basic storyline in a second (and probably sued you for stealing the idea, since he was just about to think of it.)

[Narrowing eyes] Saaay, you wouldn't be one of them _esprit d'escalier_ johnnies trying to make it the other guy's fault, would ya? And trying to score some pity whuffie, too. Tisk, tisk...

(Not bad for a first try. Even the Russian judge is holding up an '8.6'.)

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