From hecate.umd.edu!marshall Tue May 20 07:04:20 EDT 1997 Article: 35674 of alt.fan.warlord Path: hecate.umd.edu!marshall From: marshall@astro.umd.edu (James Marshall) Newsgroups: alt.fan.warlord Subject: Re: A Brand New Question Date: 20 May 1997 11:01:52 GMT Organization: Astronomy @ U. of MD, College Park Lines: 102 Message-ID: <5ls0b0$8id$1@hecate.umd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: pluto.astro.umd.edu Xref: hecate.umd.edu alt.fan.warlord:35674 Here's another one that I did after saving the post to a file. I've cut out some of the header lines this time though. :) From: Dr Kromm Newsgroups: rec.games.design,rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.frp.dnd,rec.games.frp.gurps Subject: Re: A Brand new question... Date: 15 May 1997 17:16:55 GMT Message-ID: <5lfge7$41a$1@nntp-2.io.com> References: <335A702E.44FC@erols.com> <335A92B6.5549@cais.com> <335B3A30.1FF1@ecs.se> <17B57E8B2S85.I1700004@VM.SC.EDU> <33650D9A.6FBE@ecs.se> <17B5E107B8S85.I1700004@VM.SC.EDU> <33679428.46E3@post1.tele.dk> <17B60DC38S85.I1700004@VM.SC.EDU> <336BC892.15A@post1.tele.dk> <17B6311168S85.I1700004@VM.SC.EDU> <33735437.194C@post1.tele.dk> <17B69D12DS85.I1700004@VM.SC.EDU> <337405FA.2814@iap.net.au> <17B6A19BDS85.I1700004@VM.SC.EDU> <3374A7D3.58B0@iap.net.au> <3379f040.0@nomad2.HCSys.com> [post about karate and RPGs deleted, followed by . . .] >-- > Sean M. Punch o E-mail: o 4122 rue Rivard >(a.k.a. Dr Kromm) | At SJG: kromm@io.com | Montreal, Quebec >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=o Local POP: kromm@cam.org o Canada H2L 4H9 >GURPS Line Editor | WWW: | Home: (514) 288-9600 > and Net Guru o http://www.io.com/~kromm o Work: (514) 288-9615 Why is there an open electric switch in this guy's sig? I wonder what will happen if we close the switch. Only one way to find out . . . >-- > Sean M. Punch o E-mail: o 4122 rue Rivard >(a.k.a. Dr Kromm) | At SJG: kromm@io.com | Montreal, Quebec > o=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-o Canada H2L 4H9 >GURPS Line Editor | WWW: | Home: (514) 288-9600 > and Net Guru o http://www.io.com/~kromm o Work: (514) 288-9615 [hmmmmmmmmmmm] Something turned on. Maybe it's charging up. >-- > Sean M. Punch ~~o~~-mail: ~~o~~ 4122 rue Rivard >(a.k.a. Dr Kromm)~~|~~At SJG: kromm@io.com ~~|~~ Montreal, Quebec > ~~o=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-o~~ Canada H2L 4H9 >GURPS Line Editor~~|~~WW: ~~|~~ome: (514) 288-9600 > and Net Guru ~~o~~ http://www.io.com/~krom~~o~~ork: (514) 288-9615 Wow, those wires are really heating up. I hope the circuit can handle the load. [hmmmmmmmm...BAM...BAM...hmmmmmmmmm] >-- > Sean M. Pun~~\~~~o~~-/~~l: -------*-------22 rue Rivard >(a.k.a. Dr Kr~~~\~~|~~/~~~JG: kromm@io~~~~~~/|\~~~~~ontreal, Quebec > ~~~~\~o=/=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-/-o~\~~~~anada H2L 4H9 >GURPS Line Ed~~~~~\|/~~~~~ ~~~~/~~|~~\~~~ (514) 288-9600 > and Net Gur------*-------://www.io.com/~~~/~~~o~~~\~~ (514) 288-9615 Oh no, the circuit has overloaded and it's starting to explode! [BOOM...crackle...BAM...hmmmmmmmmmmmm] >-- > Sean M. Pun~~ . ~~l: ---\---*---/---22 rue Rivard >(a.k.a. Dr Kr~' ~~JG: kromm@io~~~~\~/|\~/~~~ontreal, Quebec > -------- * -----------=-=-=-=-=-X-o~X~~~~anada H2L 4H9 >GURPS Line Ed~~ , ~~ ~~~~/~\|/~\~~~ (514) 288-9600 > and Net Gur--- . ----://www.io.c------/---*---\-------) 288-9615 The left side of the circuit exploded clearing out everything in the way and leaving just a little debris behind. Better stand back because the right side of the circuit is bound to blow next. [crackle crackle...hmmmmmmmm...BLAM] Yep, there it goes. >-- > Sean M. P . --- " ---22 rue Rivard >(a.k.a. Dr ' : kromm@io~~ . ~ontreal, Quebec > ---- . : -------=-=-=- * anada H2L 4H9 >GURPS Line ` , ~~ ' ~ (514) 288-9600 > and Net G . ://www.io.c------ , -------) 288-9615 Better wait a minute and let it cool off a bit before touching it. >-- > Sean M. . " ' 22 rue Rivard >(a.k.a. ' : kromm@i ` . treal, Quebec > -- . : -----=-= . da H2L 4H9 >GURPS Li ` , . ' : 514) 288-9600 > and Net . /www.io.c--- , , ----) 288-9615 OK, it looks like it's cooled off enough. Let's blow away the debris and see what's left. >-- > Sean M. 22 rue Rivard >(a.k.a. kromm@i treal, Quebec > da H2L 4H9 >GURPS Li 514) 288-9600 > and Net /www.io.c ) 288-9615 It doesn't look there's much that can be saved in this sig. Not after that explosion anyway. Well, I guess he's learned his lesson. You'd better not leave electric switches in your sigs unattended or else someone might come along, throw the switch, and blow up your sig. -- . . . . -- James Marshall (ORI) * , ,. -- )-- , , . -- )-- , marshall@astro.umd.edu ' ' http://www.astro.umd.edu/~marshall ''' "Astronomy is a dyslexic's nightmare." , *