Subj : Re: Jason Scott and BBSes
To   : Finnigann
From : The Millionaire
Date : Fri Oct 14 2005 22:25:00

  Re: Re: Jason Scott and BBSes
  By: Finnigann to The Millionaire on Fri Oct 14 2005 11:57 pm

 > -=> The Millionaire wrote to All <=-
 > 
 >  TM> I disagree with Jason saying that dial up bbses are dead. The only
 >  TM> reason they died was because the internet made everyone become too damn
 >  TM> lazy to run one. Otherwise we would all still be running one right now,
 >  TM> don't you think? I am thinking of setting up my dial up bbs again and
 >  TM> keeping the fires burning so to speak.
 > 
 > Being a Millionaire, you prolly didn't know that dial-up lines are
 > expensive.
 > 
 > If you have more than four lines (or even two in some places) the telco
 > wants to charge a business rate.
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 >   ÕÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
 >   ³ "We live in a society exquisitely
 >   ³   dependent on science and technology,
 >   ³    in which hardly anyone knows anything
 >   ³      about science and technology."
 >   ³                         - Carl Sagan
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > ... Internal Error: The system has been taken over by sheep at line 19960

The Millionaire was my alias not my real status. Running a 1 line dial up bbs
is not that expensive at all. I did it for many years.


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