http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1324 Jason Scott's Weblog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:22:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1324/comment-page-1#comment-5002 Chris Orcutt Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:22:59 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=1324#comment-5002 I'm just keepin' it real, Jay. I’m just keepin’ it real, Jay.

]]> http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1324/comment-page-1#comment-5001 Chris Orcutt Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:01:02 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=1324#comment-5001 <i>"I know full well these are the products of man-years of gimmie-gimmie downloads, someone hooked to a BBS overnight and cleaning them out."</i> <br /> Folks, when Jay did this, it was the equivalent of a museum grab, in which a fleet of tractor-trailers waits on the loading dock while the crooks steal EVERYTHING, including the door hinges. When the employees come in the next morning, the doors fall and shatter and they find a fat bastard security guard tied up in the bathroom. Oh, and the vending machines get robbed too. “I know full well these are the products of man-years of gimmie-gimmie downloads, someone hooked to a BBS overnight and cleaning them out.”

Folks, when Jay did this, it was the equivalent of a museum grab, in which a fleet of tractor-trailers waits on the loading dock while the crooks steal EVERYTHING, including the door hinges. When the employees come in the next morning, the doors fall and shatter and they find a fat bastard security guard tied up in the bathroom. Oh, and the vending machines get robbed too.

]]> http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1324/comment-page-1#comment-5000 Chris Orcutt Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:54:47 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=1324#comment-5000 <i>"Personally, I consider them vital links in the chain, people willing to be distribution points across time and distance, even if their collections don't make it out into the general pool for some time."</i> <br /> Jay, kinda like the million or so textfiles you downloaded in the early- to mid-80s, staying up all night on your dad's PC XT with the (gasp!) 1200 baud modem, filling up that 10MB hard drive, right? You were just sucking up the data, with no hints that you would one day "give back." <br /> It's karmic payback, sonny. “Personally, I consider them vital links in the chain, people willing to be distribution points across time and distance, even if their collections don’t make it out into the general pool for some time.”

Jay, kinda like the million or so textfiles you downloaded in the early- to mid-80s, staying up all night on your dad’s PC XT with the (gasp!) 1200 baud modem, filling up that 10MB hard drive, right? You were just sucking up the data, with no hints that you would one day “give back.”

It’s karmic payback, sonny.

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