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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: jj on July 15, 2010, 01:15:26 PM
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The subject says it all. Why and where did mr bucket head go ?
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I was thinking the same thing a couple of weeks ago. Infact if you think back a lot of the regulars have slowly vanished, I myself tend to just lurk these days.
a.org isn't the same place it used to be.
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I only just realised I not seen you post much when I saw your sig :)
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Maybe someone should create an international page where you can register so people can follow you on one site...
Hey, ,its called facebook :)
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JJ: Coder made a fairly recent comeback this year, I think. I saw him post on AW.net I am pretty sure. His post was the typical, "Hey I have been away for awhile - what have I missed? sorta thing"
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Check out his blog (http://thebucketdiary.wordpress.com/). I got it from his signature on Amigans.net.
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Maybe someone should create an international page where you can register so people can follow you on one site...
Hey, ,its called facebook :)
"Follow"? I think you mean "Stalk". Rich Woods can give you a few tips. :D
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Tigger is another to add to the list of MIA. Many give a fond farewell message of sorts if leaving for good, others we just have to wonder.
Plaz
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It seemed like 10-15 years ago, people would finally hit their frustration point - and leave for Mac, or whatever, and give a long, emotional final post - do people still do that?
I'd think by now, most people are only using the Amiga part time, they go inactive for a bit, but they remain interested in developments.
It's kind of cool, actually. It's like when you are on a long trip and you fall asleep, and you wake up and you are like 'are we there already - that was fast!' - but really the plane trip was 12 hours, you just got lucky by falling asleep.
I've been playing with VirtualBox for my work, and then to discover the IcarOS virtualbox image - thats kind of fun, I haven't booted an Amiga in years.
But 3 minutes from now - ha, going to boot one, why not.
You know who I suddenly wonder about? Tim Rue, whatever happened with the VIC?
I just searched on Google - wow he was still working on it in 2009, he hasn't really gone away either.
If you don't know Tim Rue, it was never clear that he had a lot of programming skills, but he was very interesting as a kind of 'ranting' type of poster to the newsgroups - I used to rant a lot in those days too.
He was interesting because a lot of his rants where about the 'virtual interaction configuration' ...it's never clear what it actually did, but wow did he advocate strongly for it.
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Check out his blog (http://thebucketdiary.wordpress.com/). I got it from his signature on Amigans.net.
well, very nice
still very much into Amiga
thanks. I'm glad to read such things
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Tim is still around and seems to have mellowed over the years, can't recall what board he still frequents, Amigans maybe or EAB. Ah the usenet days with Tim, what entertainment.
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not to hijack the thread, but I found Tim's website, and very recent posts about his other favorite subject, 'Abstraction Physics' - I also downloaded his most recent VIC work.
eh - I really am taking a nostalgia trip - for some reason Tim makes that kind of impression on people l and hey, I'm on an Amiga right now! (Icaros on virtual box, I tried it earlier today on a slower machine and it was miserable but, now on a core 2 duo with ssd drive - it really works nice).
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a.org isn't the same place it used to be.
a.org seems like a friendly place to me. Amiga.org is what you make it.
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a.org seems like a friendly place to me.
Get ****ed.
;)
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Last month he was active on one of the Dutch forums :)
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I left over three years ago, but no one noticed so I just carried on posting...:'(
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Did you do the whole im seelling all my Amiga and leaving post ?
Don't remember, but there again so many people have done that and not actually left.
Think I even might have done it once :)
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Lots of names come and go as people move in and out of hobbies. Then again, I bet a lot of people still lurk, too. I do and even de-lurk on occasion. (Someday I might even be arsed to dig up an old avatar of mine and upload it -- making a new one is entirely too much work. :P )
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Did you do the whole im seelling all my Amiga and leaving post ?
Don't remember, but there again so many people have done that and not actually left.
Think I even might have done it once :)
Sell my Amigas? NEVER!!! YOU HEAR ME!!!! NEVER!!!! except for a good price :)
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I left over three years ago, but no one noticed so I just carried on posting...:'(
:lol:
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Did you do the whole im seelling all my Amiga and leaving post ?
Don't remember, but there again so many people have done that and not actually left.
Think I even might have done it once :)
I've taken the odd sabbatical, believe it or not...