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alt.fan.dune

Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 8:37 pm
by Omphalos
For those of you who participte in this usenet group (I do a very little bit) I have found a forum that has encoded a bridge between the usenet group so that it can be viewed in a forum. Here is the link:

http://www.coolscifi.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=79

Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 8:12 am
by Freakzilla
I don't know why I still go there... :?

Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 8:58 am
by Omphalos
Tones is just full of excellent questions.

Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:19 am
by Freakzilla
There are some very knowledgable people there... they just haven't figured out that Newsgroups are dead.

Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:07 am
by Omphalos
A few of them are too rabid for anything but usenet.

Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:16 am
by Freakzilla
The FAQ there is outstanding, we should preserve it somewhere for posterity.

Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:21 am
by Omphalos
Is Tony still updating it?

Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:38 am
by Freakzilla
Omphalos wrote:Is Tony still updating it?
It's been updated for this month, not sure if anything actually changed.

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan. ... 100208b8e8#

Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 1:44 pm
by SandChigger
I've got a major man-crush on Stoned in Arrakeen. Absolutely hilarious. :lol:

(WTF is up with Tony Tones, anyway? :D )

Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 1:57 pm
by Freakzilla
SandChigger wrote:I've got a major man-crush on Stoned in Arrakeen. Absolutely hilarious. :lol:
I like him too.
(WTF is up with Tony Tones, anyway? :D )
It seems like he's desperate to generate new topics or something.

Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 2:11 pm
by Omphalos
Tony just wants to keep the thing alive. Lots of his questions start out innocent and goofy sounding, but some of them generate some good conversation. I used to follow the actual thread, but I think Im going to follow SciFi Cool now.

Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:37 pm
by Freakzilla
Is it gone? :o

Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:10 pm
by SandChigger
Is what gone? :shock:

Kevin's hair?

Yes. Quite. :P

Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:44 pm
by Freakzilla
I couldn't get onto the newsgroup earlier.

Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:05 pm
by SandChigger
Ah.

Nothing much exciting except some boob trying to stir up the "Dune/Desert/Irraqis" thang :roll: and news that Pail of Dung was referenced on Jeopardy.

Nothing from Tones, though, so it's a rather slow day on alt.fan.dune. :D

Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:26 pm
by The Phantom
SandChigger wrote:
Nothing much exciting except some boob trying to stir up the "Dune/Desert/Irraqis" thang :roll: and news that Pail of Dung was referenced on Jeopardy.

"A hackjob that not only strayed far from the series it is supposedly based on, but sold less copies than each of its predecessors"

"What is Pail of Dung, Alex"

"...........close enough."

Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:53 am
by SandChigger
Actually, I guess it was part of the clue/answer. The correct question/answer was probably something like

"Who is Brian Herbert?" :roll:

Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 4:41 am
by SandRider
"A weak-minded son of a famous author, this douchebag
will do anything for a dollar."

Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:49 am
by The Phantom
SandRider wrote:"A weak-minded son of a famous author, this douchebag
will do anything for a dollar."
:lol:

"He is the richest author alive who is afraid of both airplanes and computers"

Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 4:36 pm
by SandChigger
:lol: