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Frodo Morris wrote ...

OK, remove any and all expansion cards from your PCI, AGP and ISA slots,
and tell me how good your PC's graphics capability is.

My newest PC has 1280 x 1024 pixels at 32-bit color depth on the
motherboard.

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The Starglider wrote ...

But it is simply my job to ensure you all realise that the Commode 64 is >utter crap. It was a useless machine, ugly, expensive, and just plain crap.

Once you all realise this, you will lead happier lives.

Typical babbling of 12 year-old gibberish.

Once Starglider realizes this, he/she/it will lead a happier life.

Best regards,

Sam Gillett aka Mars Probe @ Starship Intrepid 1-972-221-4088
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On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 22:22:20 GMT, "Sam Gillett" <samgillett@msn.com> wrote:

The Starglider wrote ...

But it is simply my job to ensure you all realise that the Commode 64 is >>utter crap. It was a useless machine, ugly, expensive, and just plain crap. >>
Once you all realise this, you will lead happier lives.

Typical babbling of 12 year-old gibberish.

Once Starglider realizes this, he/she/it will lead a happier life.

I realised when I was 12, that no matter how much I tried, I couldn't find any use for the commode.

After that, I was much happier.

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The Starglider wrote ...

On 16 Jul 2003 14:27:54 -0700, yihq@2nybbles.com (Zed Yago) wrote:

The Speckdrum might have the more queer Fellowship,
but it still has only a Z80.

Which was still more advanced and faster the the piece of shit that ran
your commodes.

Your commodes over there have microprocessors? Do the world a favor. Place your head in the bowl and press the FLUSH key.

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The Starglider wrote ...

Couldn't be. We have class, and taste, and that's why we know that the C64

is

crap.

Oh? What class do you have? 3rd grade?

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The Starglider aka Wibble wrote ...

So, so far, not one single commode user has come up with a decent argument
to attempt to prove to us that the Commode 64 was actually any good (which
it isn't).

So, that must mean, that there is a lot of truth in what I said about it. >Crap games, crap graphics, crap sound, crap design, crap cost (when >released).

I'm utterly stunned it lasted as long as it did!

Stuff like that, written by the winner of the "Wibble of the Year" award, is
a good endorsement for the greatness of the Commodore 64.

Best regards,

Sam Gillett aka Mars Probe @ Starship Intrepid 1-972-221-4088
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The Starglider wrote ...

I realised when I was 12, that no matter how much I tried, I couldn't find >any use for the commode.

Are you paper trained, or do you go outside?

Best regards,

Sam Gillett aka Mars Probe @ Starship Intrepid 1-972-221-4088
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More like once Starglider realizes this, s/h/it will lead a happier life. .

--Decimal Cat


"Sam Gillett" <samgillett@msn.com> wrote in message news:wekRa.14104$kI5.7833@nwrddc02.gnilink.net...

The Starglider wrote ...

But it is simply my job to ensure you all realise that the Commode 64 is >utter crap. It was a useless machine, ugly, expensive, and just plain

crap.

Once you all realise this, you will lead happier lives.

Typical babbling of 12 year-old gibberish.

Once Starglider realizes this, he/she/it will lead a happier life.

Best regards,

Sam Gillett aka Mars Probe @ Starship Intrepid 1-972-221-4088
Last 8-bit BBS in the Dallas area. Commodore lives!

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On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 00:13:40 GMT, "Sam Gillett" <samgillett@msn.com> wrote:

The Starglider aka Wibble wrote ...

So, so far, not one single commode user has come up with a decent argument >>to attempt to prove to us that the Commode 64 was actually any good (which >>it isn't).

So, that must mean, that there is a lot of truth in what I said about it. >>Crap games, crap graphics, crap sound, crap design, crap cost (when >>released).

I'm utterly stunned it lasted as long as it did!

Stuff like that, written by the winner of the "Wibble of the Year" award, is >a good endorsement for the greatness of the Commodore 64.

If you wanna use the "Crap games, crap graphics etc..." bit for an endorsement, go right ahead! It'll be the first time a commode user has said something truthful.
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On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 02:19:03 GMT, "Sam Gillett" <samgillett@msn.com> wrote:

The Starglider wrote ...

I realised when I was 12, that no matter how much I tried, I couldn't find >>any use for the commode.

Are you paper trained, or do you go outside?

No, I go outside to the commode, looks like a little beige box with crap specs and piss all over it.


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"Sam Gillett" <samgillett@msn.com> wrote in message news:USlRa.14460$kI5.14332@nwrddc02.gnilink.net...

The Starglider aka Wibble wrote ...

So, so far, not one single commode user has come up with a decent

argument

to attempt to prove to us that the Commode 64 was actually any good

(which

it isn't).

So, that must mean, that there is a lot of truth in what I said about it. >Crap games, crap graphics, crap sound, crap design, crap cost (when >released).

I'm utterly stunned it lasted as long as it did!

Stuff like that, written by the winner of the "Wibble of the Year" award,

is

a good endorsement for the greatness of the Commodore 64.

Most of the world doesn't even know it exists though, and those that do generally just sneer at an overly expensive, painfully slow loading computer which mainly subsisted on conversions from other machines.


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The Starglider wibbled in message ...

On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 02:19:03 GMT, "Sam Gillett" <samgillett@msn.com> wrote:

Are you paper trained, or do you go outside?

No, I go outside to the commode, looks like a little beige box with crap

specs

and piss all over it.

Sorry to hear that your ZX faded so much from being left out in the weather
so long.

Best regards,

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I demand that Sam Gillett may or may not have written...

The Starglider wibbled in message ...

On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 02:19:03 GMT, "Sam Gillett" <samgillett@msn.com>
wrote:

Are you paper trained, or do you go outside?

No, I go outside to the commode, looks like a little beige box with crap
specs and piss all over it.

Sorry to hear that your ZX faded so much from being left out in the weather so long.

It occurs to me that C64s have an advantage here: they were sold pre-faded...

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You're all over it, like a cheap suit.
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The Great Wibble wrote ...

On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 19:26:16 -0400, "Decimal Cat" <wells@acadia.net> wrote:

Just because you say it doesn't make it so.

Is this really all you can find to do?

Well, since I've put up a decent argument, why don't you come up with some >valid points, instead of just saying "Oh, is that all you can do?". It just >shows that you actually have nothing worthwhile to say.

What decent argument? All I've seen is the same harebrained, preposterous
crap you posted in the last flamewar you started. Absurd lunatic rambling
that was shown to be wrong on point after point.

BTW, it would do no good to post facts. You are in such a state of denial
that your poor numb brain can not absorb facts.

Why did you start this flamewar? Do you enjoy the utter humiliation that it will bring to you?

Best regards,

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The Great Wibble wrote ...

On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 18:14:53 -0500, "Dave Dahle" <dd-ah-le@dtg.net> wrote:

Now - a historical question - since this is apparently an "annual" >>"tradition", I wonder which side has inaugurated more flamewars?

We have (or rather I have), and damned proud of it too!

I noticed that at least two "amateur" trolls tried to start a flamewar, but failed. How does it feel to be a Professional Troll?

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The Great Wibble wrote ...

Terrible graphics - 15 shades of brown, and really *REALLY* blocky
graphics.

If you weren't wearing that fur ring around your neck, you might be able to
see something other than brown. Try it. Pull your head out.

Best regards,

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Decimal Cat wrote ...

Let's just compromise, and use Starglider as a doorstop. :)

That is the best idea that I have seen in this entire thread!

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On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 04:35:18 GMT, "Sam Gillett" <samgillett@msn.com> wrote:

The Great Wibble wrote ...

On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 18:14:53 -0500, "Dave Dahle" <dd-ah-le@dtg.net> wrote:

Now - a historical question - since this is apparently an "annual" >>>"tradition", I wonder which side has inaugurated more flamewars?

We have (or rather I have), and damned proud of it too!

I noticed that at least two "amateur" trolls tried to start a flamewar, but >failed. How does it feel to be a Professional Troll?

When it comes to the annual C64 Vs. Spectrum flamewar, there's none that can compete with me.

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Matthew Westcott wrote ...

Sam Gillett wrote in <9OKRa.16692$EZ2.3684@nwrddc01.gnilink.net>:

Stuff like that, written by the winner of the "Wibble of the Year"
award

[...]

Sounds as though you have been brainwashed by The Great Wibble and know >>little of the truth.

I expect you're not too bothered about catching up on two decades of
Sinclair folklore at this point, but a bit of friendly advice here: the >concept of "wibble" is in fact one of the Spectrum's finest contributions
to geek culture (look, it's in the Jargon File and everything - >http://www.faqs.org/docs/jargon/W/wibble.html ) . As such, attempting to
use it as an insult is likely to be about as effective as, say, the use of >the word 'breadbin' in reference to the C64.

As I understand it, the dictionary definition of wibble is something like
this:

[paraphrased]

British slang; v. to speak or write evasively; n. one who speaks or writes evasively.

It is in the latter sense that I use the word wibble.

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The Starglider wrote ...

[discussion by others about the stupidity of a "tradition" flamewar snipped]

You see, this is exactly the attitude you should have, it's fun!

Perhaps to your demented brain.

That's why we have this war every year!

We missed a year while you were gone. Why don't you go back to wherever you were?

It's tradition!

And a harebrained one at that. But your tradition nevertheless.

Best regards,

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