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From: "Brian Link" <blink@winternet.com>
Newsgroups: winternet.general
Subject: WinterNaught
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 15:49:51 -0500
Organization: StarNet Communications, Inc
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Let's have a contest for most humorous nickname for the new Winternet!
Here are my entries.
"WinterNaught"
"Winter-Not"
"WhinerNet" (I believe this has already been coined)
"WhimperNet"
-- and of course, my favorite,
"Winter-bunch-of-morons-who-don't-know-a-router-from-a-stick-in-their-asse
s"
Have fun! Anyone can play! (except by email)
BLink
Brian Link Looking for a good Twin Cities ISP
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From: radams@winternet.com (Rick Adams)
Newsgroups: winternet.general
Subject: Re: WinterNaught
Date: 11 Jul 1996 20:58:59 GMT
Organization: a Mac SE/30 somewhere in Minnesota
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Brian Link (blink@winternet.com) wrote:
: Let's have a contest for most humorous nickname for the new Winternet!
"Splinternet."
--
Rick Adams radams@winternet.com http://www.winternet.com/~radams/
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From: "Aaron S. Kurland" <kurland@twindragons.com>
Newsgroups: winternet.general
Subject: Re: WinterNaught
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 17:19:41 -0500
Organization: Twin Dragons Software, Inc. (MSP - R&D)
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Rick Adams wrote:
>
> Brian Link (blink@winternet.com) wrote:
> : Let's have a contest for most humorous nickname for the new Winternet!
>
> "Splinternet."
"SphincterNet"
I'm thinkin' :)
Aaron
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From: Richard Seymour <rseymour@winternet.com>
Newsgroups: winternet.general
Subject: Re: WinterNaught
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 16:23:49 -0600
Organization: Anarchy Software, Inc.
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WinterMess?
--
Richard Seymour, Anarchy Software, Inc.
mailto:rseymour@wavetech.net
http://www.wavetech.net/~rseymour
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From: patrick@winternet.com (patrick)
Newsgroups: winternet.general
Subject: Re: WinterNaught
Date: 11 Jul 1996 22:42:55 GMT
Organization: StarNet Communications, Inc
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Brian Link (blink@winternet.com) wrote:
: Let's have a contest for most humorous nickname for the new Winternet!
: Here are my entries.
: "WinterNaught"
: "Winter-Not"
: "WhinerNet" (I believe this has already been coined)
: "WhimperNet"
: -- and of course, my favorite,
: "Winter-bunch-of-morons-who-don't-know-a-router-from-a-stick-in-their-asse
: s"
: Have fun! Anyone can play! (except by email)
winter-er-information-super-dirt-road!
--
e-mail: patrick@winternet.com patrick@pconline.com
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From: nde@mail.winternet.com (Andy Yee)
Newsgroups: winternet.general
Subject: Re: WinterNaught
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 96 00:27:42 GMT
Organization: New Directions Engineering, Inc.
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In article <31E57DFD.5F86@twindragons.com>, "Aaron S. Kurland" <kurland@twindragons.com> wrote:
>Rick Adams wrote:
>>
>> Brian Link (blink@winternet.com) wrote:
>> : Let's have a contest for most humorous nickname for the new Winternet!
>>
>> "Splinternet."
>
>"SphincterNet"
>
>I'm thinkin' :)
>
With your sphincter? :)
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Andy Yee, President
New Directions Engineering Inc.
Personal Home Page: http://www.winternet.com/~nde
________________________________________________________________________
"Democrats...They think that all government is good; it can make you
healthier, taller, improve your golf game...
Republicans, on the other hand, think that all government is bad. Then
they get elected to office and PROVE IT."
- P. J. O'Rourke
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From: jmurtau@winternet.com (Jerome Murtaugh)
Newsgroups: winternet.general
Subject: Re: WinterNaught
Date: 12 Jul 1996 03:57:42 GMT
Organization: StarNet Communications, Inc
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>In article <31E57DFD.5F86@twindragons.com>, "Aaron S. Kurland"
><kurland@twindragons.com> wrote:
>>Rick Adams wrote:
>>>
>>> Brian Link (blink@winternet.com) wrote:
>>> : Let's have a contest for most humorous nickname for the new Winternet!
>>>
>>> "Splinternet."
>>
>>"SphincterNet"
>>
>>I'm thinkin' :)
>>
>With your sphincter? :)
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Andy Yee, President
>New Directions Engineering Inc.
>Personal Home Page: http://www.winternet.com/~nde
>________________________________________________________________________
>"Democrats...They think that all government is good; it can make you
>healthier, taller, improve your golf game...
>Republicans, on the other hand, think that all government is bad. Then
>they get elected to office and PROVE IT."
>- P. J. O'Rourke
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
WinterSUCK
Formerly, Winternet= We don't suck.
Now, Winternet= We suck...*BIG* time.
_____
Jerry
jmurtau@whogivesashititdon'tworkanyway
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From: connell@winternet.com (Bill Connell)
Newsgroups: winternet.general
Subject: Re: WinterNaught
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 23:42:13 -0600
Organization: electrotype publishing
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In article <1117.6766T1364T850@winternet.com>, jmurtau@winternet.com
(Jerome Murtaugh) wrote:
> >In article <31E57DFD.5F86@twindragons.com>, "Aaron S. Kurland"
> ><kurland@twindragons.com> wrote:
> >>Rick Adams wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Brian Link (blink@winternet.com) wrote:
> >>> : Let's have a contest for most humorous nickname for the new Winternet!
> >>>
> >>> "Splinternet."
> >>
Winternet: the 82 Aries K of ISPs
Winternet: when you don't care if you connect or not
Winternet: your gateway to the internet nursing home
Winternet: Plan 9 From Cyberspace
Winternet: system crashes daily - NO other provider can claim this!
--
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
connell@winternet.com postscript rules ok
graphic production and electronic publishing Mpls, MN
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From: lehman@winternet.com (Todd Lehman)
Newsgroups: winternet.general,mn.general
Subject: Re: WinterNaught
Date: 12 Jul 1996 04:42:06 GMT
Organization: Fibblesnork Software
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Brian Link <blink@winternet.com> writes:
> Let's have a contest for most humorous nickname for the new Winternet!
> Here are my entries.
>
> "WinterNaught"
> "Winter-Not"
> "WhinerNet" (I believe this has already been coined)
> "WhimperNet"
> [...]
Digging out my Russian-English dictionary... Here we go!
Winter-Nyet
=:*)p
Disclaimer: I have every confidence in the new management and fully expect
that everything will be made all better soon.
--Todd
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From: drow@winternet.com (CARRIER LOST)
Newsgroups: winternet.general
Subject: Re: WinterNaught
Date: 12 Jul 1996 06:45:49 GMT
Organization: the nene romanova fan club
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i believe camille is responsible for W'hinternet (any members of the
Jihad out there will recognize this one).
W'hinternet "NOW we suck."
"YOU'RE FIRED!" "Uh, I came here to pay my bill..."
"Huh... The root password isn't god?"
"Hell, power cycling works for modems..."
"The truth is out there, but YOU don't need to know."
"The Titanic of ISPs" (credit to TomKat for this one)
"Desperately Seeking Sendmail"
--
______ ___________ drow@winternet.com ______
___ /_________ /__ /_______ _______ ______________ ________ /
__ __ \ _ \_ /__ /__ ___/ __ __ `/_ __ \_ __ `/ _ \_ / of the
_ / / / __/ / _ / _(__ ) / /_/ /_ / / / /_/ // __/ / Information
/_/ /_/\___//_/ /_/ /____/ \__,_/ /_/ /_/_\__, / \___//_/ Superhighway
/____/
"There's no second chance when FORTRAN is used for EVIL!"
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From: mfrahm@winternet.com (Matthew J. Frahm)
Newsgroups: winternet.general
Subject: Re: WinterNaught
Date: 12 Jul 96 07:01:46 GMT
Organization: StarNet Communications, Inc
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"Brian Link" <blink@winternet.com> writes:
>Let's have a contest for most humorous nickname for the new Winternet!
>Here are my entries.
>"WinterNaught"
>"Winter-Not"
>"WhinerNet" (I believe this has already been coined)
>"WhimperNet"
>-- and of course, my favorite,
>"Winter-bunch-of-morons-who-don't-know-a-router-from-a-stick-in-their-asse
>s"
>Have fun! Anyone can play! (except by email)
How about "WinterNitwits Inc?"
--
Matthew J. Frahm________________________mailto:mfrahm@winternet.com
Stillwater, Minnesota http://www.winternet.com/~mfrahm/
"Bureaucracy, credentialing, taxation, litigation, and regulation. These
are the five great enemies that killed the entrepreneurial spirit."--N.G.
