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   89Dec18 17:10 from Patrick Linstruth  
 So, how does Wongo compare with the other boards that are currently operating 
in the area?  I don't have muct time to call out.  
 
   89Dec18 17:51 from Swagman  
 Wongo is one of the fastest and easy to use, I love the search and replace 
text editor.  I don't call all that many boards so I really don't know what's 
out there either.  
 
   89Dec18 19:33 from Larry Cohen  
  The users aren't as active here as they are on some of the other boards. 
However, I respect you as a sysop, Pat; I'm sure you wouldn't resort to 
biffing your own BBS, for example, in order to attempt to generate some 
excitement among the users.  
 
   89Dec19 06:17 from Patrick Linstruth  
 I don't see how biffing the board could generate excitement.  Usually when 
the  board gets biffed, the board is dead until people start conversations 
again.   Oh well, I was just curious.  The board is only half the excitement I 
get out  of running Unix.  As long as there are a few people that like it, it 
will  stay.  What I like best about it right now is the twit factor.  There 
aren't  any _real_ twits online right now.  Enjoy.  
 
   89Dec19 12:42 from Dolphin  
 I enjoy, thank you.  
 
   89Dec19 14:16 from Larry Cohen  
  Of course boards usually suffer from biffings, because the biffs aren't 
anticipated. Zepp's, of course, was different: he made back-ups just a few 
hours before the "biff" struck, and the total losses amounted to a mere 6 or 7 
messages (which, incidentally, were satiric mockeries of Zepp and his friends 
Otto and Keith Campbell).    
 
   89Dec19 15:44 from Patrick Linstruth  
 Oh, is that what all that spew was about.  I heard something about biffings 
but really didn't know what it was all about.  Zepp's lucky, though.  I never 
make backups.  I really should, though.  
 
   89Dec19 16:50 from Dan Crevier  
 I don't think Pat gets it...  
 
   89Dec19 16:59 from Voodoo Slide Rule  
 I have a sense you're right.  Pat, Zepp biffed his own board.  It wasn't 
"luck" that he had backups, really.    
 
   89Dec19 18:01 from Swagman  
 Hmmm...  
 
   89Dec19 18:38 from Rosminah  
 Jesus Christ guys!  The topic is already on other boards, why bother to bring 
it up here?  WHO CARES IF ZEPP BIFFED HIS BOARD?  I personally don't give a 
shit.  
 
   89Dec19 19:52 from Lacerta  
 Because Pat doesn't call other boards, Rosminah. Get a clue.  
 
   89Dec19 20:46 from Patrick Linstruth  
 Hmm...  I guess I don't get it.  Why would anyone want to biff their own 
board?  I think it's sort of bitchen being able to run a system 24 hours a day 
without any down-time what-so-ever.  Most mainframes can't even do that!  
 
   89Dec19 21:27 from S. Lin  
 Oh, who cares. Desparate times call for desparate measures, I guess. Would 
anyone donate money to make this board multi-line again?  
 
   89Dec20 00:26 from Larry Cohen  
 I think his primary motive was to generate some excitement on his BBS, whose 
daily message count, at the time, was at an all-time low. (Zepp probably 
expected a lot of praise from the users for being such  an efficient, 
well-prepared sysop). Unfortunately for Zepp, a few users recognized some 
rather serious inconsistencies in his story.    
 
   89Dec20 01:49 from Bob Blaylock  
  You know what I think?  First of all, I don't know whether or not Zepp 
biffed his own board, and I really don't care.  I'm rather inclined to think 
that he did not.  But what I really think is this:  The people who are making 
these accusations against Zepp are not doing it for any reason having to do 
with a desire for truth or justice or any other noble purpose; they are doing 
it for no other reason than to harrass Zepp.  I don't think there's anyone 
who's been following the whole rigmarole who honestly believes that all these 
myriads of accounts that are attacking Zepp are anything but a host of fake 
accounts wielded by only a tiny handful--two, maybe three--of users.  I think 
that these two or three users who are behind all of this are angry and hateful 
because Zepp found their behavior on his board unsuitable and kicked them off; 
so they are trying to smear Zepp.  As for whether or not Zepp really biffed 
his won board, Zepp says that he did not, and these two or three users, 
through all of their many fake accounts, say that he did, and I have seen no 
substantial evidence one way or another.  It really gets down to whether I 
should believe Zepp, who to the extent that I know him, I know him to be an 
honest man; or whether I should believe two or three hateful users who feel a 
need to hide behind a huge array of fake accounts, who very clearly have an 
axe to grind, and who have an established reputation for seeking to disrupt 
BBSing at every opportunity, especially targeting anyone who has the guts to 
stand up to them.  I think Pat would be wise to snuff this conversation out 
here, for it serves no real purpose other than to extend this hate campaign 
against Zepp.  I think Todd ought to do likewise on his system as well.  
 
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