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by malraux
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7/5/13 5:51:25 PM
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New Re: How Pournelle got kicked off ARPANET.
I've enjoyed some of Pournelle's books (mainly the ones with Niven though now that I think about it), but thought he was a bit of an ass in his columns. So this makes me snigger:

I'd rather recycle his account for some bright 12-yr-old...
Regards,
-scott
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Post #377,606
by hnick
7/5/13 7:53:19 PM
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New Re: How Pournelle got kicked off ARPANET.
Yeah, I've read most of his stuff, and the Niven collaborations were best. His columns were kind of funny though. He was the worlds longest standing newbie ever. He hacked forever on the same simple stupid problems and had his sorta hot computer doing meaningless bench tests forever. After a couple cycles, there wasn't any point to going back to his page except to see if a bubble burst somewhere and ???.
If he had a new book, I'd probably read it, but never a column again ever. ick...
     How Pournelle got kicked off ARPANET. - (Another Scott) - (12) - July 5, 2013, 03:59:56 PM EDT
         Buncha folks with easily-rustled jimmies -NT - (drook) - (2) - July 5, 2013, 04:10:23 PM EDT
             Commenter Nils seems to have summed him up succinctly. -NT - (CRConrad) - (1) - July 5, 2013, 05:52:36 PM EDT
                 Superbly-compact truthiness there, indeed. -NT - (Ashton) - July 5, 2013, 06:04:28 PM EDT
         Wow. UUCP ! addressing. it's been a while -NT - (crazy) - July 5, 2013, 04:53:17 PM EDT
         Re: How Pournelle got kicked off ARPANET. - (malraux) - (1) - July 5, 2013, 05:51:25 PM EDT
             Re: How Pournelle got kicked off ARPANET. - (hnick) - July 5, 2013, 07:53:19 PM EDT
         Heh.. I met Pournelle at a computer something-Con - (Ashton) - (5) - July 5, 2013, 05:59:23 PM EDT
             That was you?!? I remember that column! - (CRConrad) - (4) - July 5, 2013, 06:05:58 PM EDT
                 Ayup.. {{blushes.. w/smirk.}} - (Ashton) - (3) - July 5, 2013, 06:22:35 PM EDT
                     It's apparently called "Stabilant 22" now. - (Another Scott) - (2) - July 5, 2013, 07:08:20 PM EDT
                         Yeah.. now I recall that name, later-on. Good sleuthing. -NT - (Ashton) - July 5, 2013, 07:57:54 PM EDT
                         Yup, now that you mention that, I recall JerryP doing so to. -NT - (CRConrad) - July 5, 2013, 08:14:40 PM EDT

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