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From: mkinyon@peabody.iusb.indiana.edu (Michael Kinyon)
Subject: Re: Time Question..
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Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 13:52:16 GMT
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In article <neilg.805632526@sfu.ca>, Neil K. Guy <neilg@kits.sfu.ca> wrote:
>gdr11@cl.cam.ac.uk (Gareth Rees) writes:
>
>>The reported experience of authors on r.a.i-f is that it always takes
>>longer than expected.
>
> "Longer than expected" is certainly a remark I can attest to! I've
>been working, off and on, on my mini-epic for over 3.5 years now.
>Still no sign of land... I'm just glad I had the self-control not to
>pre-announce any details. :)

Ouch!  Neil K. takes a little sideswipe at the infamous r.a.i-f vapourware 
phenomenon. :-)  Well, just to make it official:

                         *** Announcement ***

I am not writing a game.  I do not intend to write a game.  I will remain 
a humble (yet effective) playtester, dedicated to the inherent nihilism of
my craft so that the rest of you would-be Implementors can raise your
creations to the status of art, or at least to the status of correctly
spelled and punctuated.

-- 
Michael Kinyon                   |   email: mkinyon@peabody.iusb.edu
Dept of Mathematics & Comp. Sci. |   "No computer stands in my way,
Indiana University South Bend    |    Only blood can cancel my pay."
South Bend, IN 46634 USA         |    -- "Karn Evil 9, 3rd Impression", ELP
