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Chris was really, really stupid to purge JERRYP for badthink; if Jerry had been intent on revenge vs. reform, he could have done a lot of damage to certain part
by hga 11y ago
Chris was really, really stupid to purge JERRYP for badthink; if Jerry had been intent on revenge vs. reform, he could have done a lot of damage to certain parties, although not of course the Internet itself, which that year was starting to be substantially extended by the NSFNet.
- DonHopkins 11y agoThreatening to sick the House Armed Services Committee on the MIT AI Lab is "badact". And by the way, it was POURNE, not JERRYP: MIT Maximum Confusion PDP-10 MC ITS.1488. PWORD.2632. TTY 57 16. Lusers, Fair Share = 86% *:login pourne That account has been temporarily turned off. Reason: Think of it as evolution in action. Any questions may be directed to USER-ACCOUNTS * And you have to admit, he did asked to be dumped off the net, so he got what he asked for (although he failed to deliver what he promised in return: seppuku): "thank you. if left to you I suppose I cewrtainly will find my accounts terminated. Your nice private message appreciated. seppuku follows.. maybe you ought to have me dumped off the net and be done with it? or must you work through someone else? J. E. Pournelle"
- DonHopkins 11y agoBut I have to strongly disagree: POURNE was really, really stupid for thinking AND acting bad, and Chris/Gumby/Klotz made exactly the right call. The ARPANET was not Jerry Pournelle's government sponsored entitlement program.