Sam Report: The Pindial Conspiracy

By Sam Ormes, Senior Staff Writer, See staff list for e-mail address

Assistant Editor's Note: The following is a sad, but true, tale, regarding the validity of the mass proliferance of misleading, vaporous "tidbits" about the future of the Amiga. Seems some folks are so starved for real news, they'll latch onto ANYthing that sounds intriguing...

As Assistant Editor for The Amiga Monitor, I am compelled to apologize on behalf of our staff member who instigated this charade (and subsequently apologizes in turn, below), probably as an experiment to determine the extent to which newsgroupies will expand upon any "news" thread found in that forum.

PLEASE DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!

the following URL is the site of "the dirty deed", the description of which follows.

http://x10.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=Pindial&DBS=2&maxhits=20&format=terse&showsort=score&LNG=ALL&ST=QS



Anyone who is concerned, or maybe even worried, about the future of our Amiga platform and who bothers to search for information must be dismayed.For many months now, the amount of misinformation, disinformation, exaggerations, lies, denials, unclear clarifications and reversals has been staggering. It seems that now that we have so many sources to read on the Internet, the worse the confusion has become. In the old days of Commodore, we only had to read two print magazines and we knew what was happening.We may not have liked all the developments but we were seldom baffled by the news we were fed.

The following is a confession.One afternoon recently I awoke from a nap to find that the word "Pindial" was in my head. I had never seen such a word before, and apparently it is not even a word, but it refused to go away.I concluded that Morpheus, or whoever is responsible for planting things in our brains while we sleep, must have had some purpose in mind for the gift of this mysterious word.So naturally I decided to share it.

In late August I posted an item in comp.sys.amiga.misc which, for the uninitiated, is the primary newsgroup for commentary, opinions and even news regarding the Amiga saga.It said simply:

Will AI remain committed to the Pindial design concept now that Joe Torre has departed?The revolutionary Pindial would surely have taken the NG Amiga far beyond other platforms and we should all be concerned about its status.

Please understand that there is not a word of truth in this posting...... totally tongue-in-cheek!However, given the current state of affairs of Amiga information it seemed sort of credible.:-)Postings in reaction to this tidbit flooded into the newsgroup including some from Amiga Inc. executives.Many postings were also tongue-in-cheek but quite a few genuinely wanted to know about this rather mysterious Pindial technology.

I subsequently embellished the intrigue by alluding to:

  1. Pindial having been developed in the Gateway labs, not an Escom patent.
  2. Widespread NDA's (non-disclosure agreements) signed by insiders.
  3. An announcement that a Pindial Conference was to be held at the Amicom Show in Columbus.
  4. Coverage of the Pindial Conference on IRC.

Postings in the Pindial thread are approaching (84) as this magazine goes to press.Only a handful were mine.I apologize for this inexcusable and nonsensical endeavor.Seems I have been reading too much garbage lately!

Pindial Rulez ;-]


Assistant Editor's Note: The following, for those who don't have the stamina to wade through Dejanews, is a chronological synopsis of the "Pindial Thread" through 9-19-98. It serves as testament to the nature of the development of the chicanery outlined above.



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Email: sormes@aol.com 
Date: 1998/08/21 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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Will AI remain committed to the Pindial design concept now that Joe Torre has
departed?  The revolutionary Pindial would surely have taken the NG Amiga far
beyond other platforms and we should all be concerned about its status.
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Email: sormes@aol.com 
Date: 1998/08/21 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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Schindler & Co. have kept this under wraps for too long.  The Amiga community
deserves an answer to the Pindial question.
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Email: moonrabbit@aol.com 
Date: 1998/08/21 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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<>

I heard that the Pindial design was not among the patents acquired from Escom. 
Apparently it originated in the Gateway labs where it was a tightly held secret
until recent leaks.
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Email: sormes@aol.com 
Date: 1998/08/21 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy  
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Sources now indicate that the Pindial structure will be dropped from the design
of the NG Amigas.   Anyone have further info on this?
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Email: spudley@mr-potatohead.com 
Date: 1998/08/21 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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In article <1998082100154500.UAA09310@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
  sormes@aol.com (Sormes) wrote:
> Will AI remain committed to the Pindial design concept now that Joe Torre has
> departed?  The revolutionary Pindial would surely have taken the NG Amiga far
> beyond other platforms and we should all be concerned about its status.

Errrrmmmm....

I think I've missed something here.

Please forgive my ignorance - I thought I was quite up to date with the Amiga
saga - but what on earth is Pindial?
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Email: M.C@nospam.nowhere 
Date: 1998/08/22 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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"RV" == "Randy Vice" writes:

On Fri 21-Aug-1998  2:56p, fleecy@netreach.net wrote:
f> Sormes wrote:
f> > 
f> > Schindler & Co. have kept this under wraps for too long.  The Amiga
f> community
f> > deserves an answer to the Pindial question.

f> Am I setting myself up here? Clutching my eyes tight shut
f> I ask......


f> what is a Pindial?

Thank Spirit!  I was starting to feel all alone on being out of the loop on
this "pindial" stuff. =)

   I just did a quick search with four different search engines (including Agnes) and
came up with nothing.
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Email: timrue@mindspring.com 
Date: 1998/08/22 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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On 22-Aug-98 02:06:10 Randy Vice  wrote:
>On Fri 21-Aug-1998  2:56p, fleecy@netreach.net wrote:
>f> Sormes wrote:
>f> >
>f> > Schindler & Co. have kept this under wraps for too long.  The Amiga
>f> community
>f> > deserves an answer to the Pindial question.

>f> Am I setting myself up here? Clutching my eyes tight shut
>f> I ask......


>f> what is a Pindial?

>Thank Spirit!  I was starting to feel all alone on being out of the loop on
>this "pindial" stuff. =)

There is that word again "Loop"..... What does it mean?
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Email: sormes@aol.com 
Date: 1998/08/23 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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<>

Pundari is in touch with him and reports that Torre is working on his own
Pindial project.  There may be some hope after all.
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Email: gwt@gte.net 
Date: 1998/08/23 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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Back on 21-Aug-98 13:56:48 fleecy fleecy@netreach.net Wrote:
>Sormes wrote:
>>
>> Schindler & Co. have kept this under wraps for too long.  The Amiga
>> community deserves an answer to the Pindial question.

>Am I setting myself up here? Clutching my eyes tight shut
>I ask......


>what is a Pindial?

Well, it's sort of like a Sundial but smaller...
(couldn't resist)
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Email: Amiga@computer.org 
Date: 1998/08/24 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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In article <1998082116202500.MAA19740@ladder03.news.aol.com>,
  moonrabbit@aol.com (MoonRabbit) wrote:
> < Pindial, and what was the Pindial question?>>
>
> I heard that the Pindial design was not among the patents acquired from Escom.
> Apparently it originated in the Gateway labs where it was a tightly held
secret
> until recent leaks.

Supplementary question - what IS Pindial?
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Email: kmdl3243@webtv.net 
Date: 1998/08/24 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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Hmm. Pindial? What's that?
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Email: timrue@mindspring.com 
Date: 1998/08/25 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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On 24-Aug-98 20:40:24 Dave Leeds  wrote:
>Hmm. Pindial? What's that?

Project Pindial is really quite simple.

You've heard of a sundial right. A device that tells time based on the
shadow the sun cast on it. Well the pindial is also a clock.

But it tell where you are in a time frame based on what is written and the
shadow it casts.
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Email: joecosby@naqfaw.seatac.net 
Date: 1998/08/25 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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On Mon, 24 Aug 1998 08:45:41 GMT, Amiga@computer.org wrote about Re: Amiga Inc. & Pindial:
> In article <1998082116202500.MAA19740@ladder03.news.aol.com>,
>   moonrabbit@aol.com (MoonRabbit) wrote:
> > < is
> > Pindial, and what was the Pindial question?>>
> >
> > I heard that the Pindial design was not among the patents acquired from Escom.
> > Apparently it originated in the Gateway labs where it was a tightly held
> secret
> > until recent leaks.
> 
> Supplementary question - what IS Pindial?

>: >what is a Pindial?
>:
>: Well, it's sort of like a Sundial but smaller... (couldn't resist)
>
>Wasn't that Dan O'Bannon character in the movie "Dark Star" :)  ?

Welcome to 'Abbott and Costello meet the X-Files'
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Email: gwt@gte.net 
Date: 1998/08/25 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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Back on 24-Aug-98 12:57:27 Michael shotgun@best.com Wrote:
>Hi Greg,

>On 23 Aug 1998, Greg Tallent wrote:

>: >what is a Pindial?
>:
>: Well, it's sort of like a Sundial but smaller... (couldn't resist)

>Wasn't that Dan O'Bannon character in the movie "Dark Star" :)  ?

That would be Pinback...
(I've seen the movie about 6 zillion times)
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Email: sormes@aol.com 
Date: 1998/08/25 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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The subject says it all.  No more violations, please.
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Email: L.Dorhout@REMOVE-this.cable.A2000.nl 
Date: 1998/08/25 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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Sormes wrote:
> 
> The subject says it all.  No more violations, please.

; )
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Email: modula2000@hotmail.com 
Date: 1998/08/25 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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In article <1021.541T2507T5256109@mindspring.com>,
  "Timothy Rue"  wrote:
> On 24-Aug-98 20:40:24 Dave Leeds  wrote:
> >Hmm. Pindial? What's that?
>
> Project Pindial is really quite simple.
>
> You've heard of a sundial right. A device that tells time based on the
> shadow the sun cast on it. Well the pindial is also a clock.
>
> But it tell where you are in a time frame based on what is written and the
> shadow it casts.

  So why does Gateway have Project Pindial under tight NDA?
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Email: arami@ix.netcom.com 
Date: 1998/08/25 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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On 25 Aug 1998 00:00:32 GMT 
 in article <1998082500003200.UAA10761@ladder01.news.aol.com> 
 sormes@aol.com (Sormes) wrote:

>The subject says it all.  

Doesn't say anything.

>No more violations, please.

Violations?
How can someone violate something that he has yet to kow about?

Now would you be so kind to explain to the rest of us?
Thanks.
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Email: keith@amiga.u-net.com 
Date: 1998/08/25 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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In article <35ea12dd.168234948@nntp.ix.netcom.com>, Aram Iskenderian wrote:
>On 25 Aug 1998 00:00:32 GMT 
> in article <1998082500003200.UAA10761@ladder01.news.aol.com> 
> sormes@aol.com (Sormes) wrote:
>
>>The subject says it all.  
>
>Doesn't say anything.
>
>>No more violations, please.
>
>Violations?
>How can someone violate something that he has yet to kow about?

Pindial doesn't actually exist.
Pindial is not actually anything at all.
It's just Sormes having his little joke :)
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Email: root@bingo.hursley.ibm.com 
Date: 1998/08/25 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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Sormes (sormes@aol.com) wrote:
: The subject says it all.  No more violations, please.

Is it me or is this the same id that brought all this up in the first place?

I would say "No more cryptic posts designed to stir up interest and rumour,
please" but this isnt a patch on our resident stirrer and rumour mongerer.
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Email: damocles@nostromo.gate.net 
Date: 1998/08/25 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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On Tue 25-Aug-1998 12:00a, sormes@aol.com wrote:
s> The subject says it all.  No more violations, please.

ICOA violation again?
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Email: wurzel@itl.net 
Date: 1998/08/26 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  

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Hey! On 25 Aug 98 04:10:28 -0500, *Greg Tallent* grabbed my attention by writing about *"Re: Amiga Inc. & Pindial".*

> That would be Pinback...
> (I've seen the movie about 6 zillion times)


If I've told you /once/, I've told you 10 squillion times ....

 .... */Don't exagerate/* ;-))
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Email: luca_diana@my-dejanews.com 
Date: 1998/08/26 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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In article <6rvh5i$dtd$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
  modula2000@hotmail.com wrote:
> In article <1021.541T2507T5256109@mindspring.com>,
>   "Timothy Rue"  wrote:
> > On 24-Aug-98 20:40:24 Dave Leeds  wrote:
> > >Hmm. Pindial? What's that?
> >
> > Project Pindial is really quite simple.
> >
> > You've heard of a sundial right. A device that tells time based on the
> > shadow the sun cast on it. Well the pindial is also a clock.
> >
> > But it tell where you are in a time frame based on what is written and the
> > shadow it casts.
>
>   So why does Gateway have Project Pindial under tight NDA?

Because with a pre-emptive measurement of cronometrics it can actually warp
the time-line and solve the calculations before they are actually requested.
Sorry, can't go into more details. *BIG*(tm) NDA ((c), 1998 AInc.)  ;-)
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Email: sormes@aol.com 
Date: 1998/08/26 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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<<>   So why does Gateway have Project Pindial under tight NDA?

Because with a pre-emptive measurement of cronometrics it can actually warp
the time-line and solve the calculations before they are actually requested.
Sorry, can't go into more details. *BIG*(tm) NDA ((c), 1998 AInc.)  ;-)

Luca>>

Mr. Diana jests..... but is it any wonder that Schindler is dissing his very
own Destination in public?  He has seen the Pindial prototype in operation!
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Email: mrye.at@at.uhc.com 
Date: 1998/08/27 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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On 26 Aug 1998 21:52:57 GMT sormes@aol.com (Sormes) wrote:
> Mr. Diana jests..... but is it any wonder that Schindler is dissing
> his very own Destination in public?

Most likely, he was dissing the operating system that runs on the
Destination, not the Destination itself.  We all know what that "OS" is.

> He has seen the Pindial prototype in operation!    

What 'da heck is 'da "Pindial"???
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Email: arami@ix.netcom.com 
Date: 1998/08/27 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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On 26 Aug 1998 21:52:57 GMT 
 in article <1998082621525800.RAA17626@ladder03.news.aol.com> 
 sormes@aol.com (Sormes) wrote:

><<>   So why does Gateway have Project Pindial under tight NDA?
>
>Because with a pre-emptive measurement of cronometrics it can actually warp
>the time-line and solve the calculations before they are actually requested.
>Sorry, can't go into more details. *BIG*(tm) NDA ((c), 1998 AInc.)  ;-)
>
>Luca>>
>
>
>Mr. Diana jests..... but is it any wonder that Schindler is dissing his very
>own Destination in public?  He has seen the Pindial prototype in operation!    

Obviously you missed the smiley there.

You could have at least formatted the message properly and quoted it
in the correct way.

Since you seem to know about this mysterious Pindial, why don't you
inform the rest of us, the less informed?

I'm not holding my breath though.
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Email: gwt@gte.net 
Date: 1998/08/28 
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Back on 26-Aug-98 18:06:58 wurzel wurzel@itl.net Wrote:
>Hey! On 25 Aug 98 04:10:28 -0500, *Greg Tallent* grabbed my attention by
>writing about *"Re: Amiga Inc. & Pindial".*

>> That would be Pinback...
>> (I've seen the movie about 6 zillion times)


>If I've told you /once/, I've told you 10 squillion times ....

> .... */Don't exagerate/* ;-))

I *NEVER* exaggerate! :)

For the sextillionth time!

(thank god I got this movie on Laserdisc...I would have trashed several VCR's
by now otherwise).
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Email: sormes@aol.com 
Date: 1998/08/31 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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This is silly.  He was not asked to sign the Pindial NDA because he has no
information about it to disclose.
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Email: moonrabbit@aol.com 
Date: 1998/09/05 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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A post in a German newsgroup reports that an open conference on the Pindial
Technology will be held at Amicon in Columbus.
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Email: kmdl3243@webtv.net 
Date: 1998/09/05 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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Well, you  can bet your Pindial it'll be a good excuse for a beer
blast:)
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Email: modula2000@hotmail.com 
Date: 1998/09/06 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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In article <1998090523065800.TAA19689@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
  moonrabbit@aol.com (MoonRabbit) wrote:
> A post in a German newsgroup reports that an open conference on the Pindial
> Technology will be held at Amicon in Columbus.

  Good, sounds like they may be lifting the NDA.    :-;
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Email: rossdee@ramhb.co.nz 
Date: 1998/09/06 
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On 5 Sep 1998, MoonRabbit wrote:

> A post in a German newsgroup reports that an open conference on the Pindial
> Technology will be held at Amicon in Columbus.  

Nobody has ever told us in this NG what this 'Pindial' thing is AFAIK.

(I am sure someone will reply and say its still under NDA)
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Email: gwt@gte.net 
Date: 1998/09/07 
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Back on 05-Sep-98 22:42:08 Dave Leeds kmdl3243@webtv.net Wrote:
>Well, you  can bet your Pindial it'll be a good excuse for a beer
>blast:)

ANYTHING is a good excuse for a beer blast...
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Email: suttonc@ihug.co.nz 
Date: 1998/09/08 
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THOSE THAT HAVE ASKED via email..You will receive your answers soon.
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Email: suttonc@ihug.co.nz 
Date: 1998/09/08 
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YOU GUYS STOP DISCUSSING PINDIAL!! Do YOU WANT MICROSOFT TO KILL IT OFF!!!
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Email: arami@ix.netcom.com 
Date: 1998/09/08 
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On 8 Sep 1998 03:21:31 GMT 
 in article <01bddad7$dbda9100$2b8b4fd1@craig> 
 "Craig Sutton"  wrote:

>YOU GUYS STOP DISCUSSING PINDIAL!! Do YOU WANT MICROSOFT TO KILL IT OFF!!!

Dear Sir:

1. Calm down.
2. Please explain to us what is this Pindial about, so that we can 
   stop discussing it.
3. Fix your keyboard. :-)
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Email: Amiga@computer.org 
Date: 1998/09/08 
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In article <01bddad7$dbda9100$2b8b4fd1@craig>,
  "Craig Sutton"  wrote:
> YOU GUYS STOP DISCUSSING PINDIAL!! Do YOU WANT MICROSOFT TO KILL IT OFF!!!

Just 1 tiny question - how can even the mighty Micro$oft kill off something
that does not exist?

Just wondered.
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Email: modula2000@hotmail.com 
Date: 1998/09/08 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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In article <6t2qp8$l0s$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
  Amiga@computer.org wrote:
> In article <01bddad7$dbda9100$2b8b4fd1@craig>,
>   "Craig Sutton"  wrote:
> > YOU GUYS STOP DISCUSSING PINDIAL!! Do YOU WANT MICROSOFT TO KILL IT OFF!!!
>
> Just 1 tiny question - how can even the mighty Micro$oft kill off something
> that does not exist?

  They plan to rename it "Pinhead" and integrate it into Windows 2001.
Now please, NO MORE VIOLATIONS!
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Email: Amiga@computer.org 
Date: 1998/09/09 
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In article <01bddbe7$90b12a20$d38b4fd1@craig>,
  "Craig Sutton"  wrote:

> WOULD YOU STOP EMAILING ME FOR PINDIAL INFORMATION!

What *IS* this guy smoking??!!

And please stop shouting, Craig!
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Email: kmdl3243@webtv.net 
Date: 1998/09/09 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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He's smoking Pindials, of course...:)
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Email: sormes@aol.com 
Date: 1998/09/09 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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It is reported that the Pindial Conference, now confirmed for AMICOM, will be
covered on IRC.
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Email: suttonc@ihug.co.nz 
Date: 1998/09/09 
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> Problem is, those who are under NDA are very talented in fooling us into
> thinking that nothing worth waiting for is going on. But
perhaps
> that's part of the plan. :-)
> 
> -- 
> Mathias Ortmann                           
ortmann@informatik.tu-muenchen.de
> WinUAE bsdsocket.library & enhancements                   
http://www.uae.de
> 

WOULD YOU STOP EMAILING ME FOR PINDIAL INFORMATION! YOUR CHEQUE HAS BOUNCED
LIKE I EXPECTED IT TOO.....
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Email: suttonc@ihug.co.nz 
Date: 1998/09/09 
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THOSE 140 THAT SENT EMAIL...I HOPE THE DETAILS WERE ENJOYABLE....

THOSE 83 THAT DEPOSITED MONEY IN MY BANK ACCOUNT FOR COPIES OF THE
CD..THANK YOU ALSO

THE GUY THAT SENT THE RUBBER CHEQUE, DIE YOU MICROSOFT LOVING SCUM!
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Email: timrue@mindspring.com 
Date: 1998/09/09 
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On 09-Sep-98 06:52:38 Craig Sutton  wrote:
>THOSE 140 THAT SENT EMAIL...I HOPE THE DETAILS WERE ENJOYABLE....

>THOSE 83 THAT DEPOSITED MONEY IN MY BANK ACCOUNT FOR COPIES OF THE
>CD..THANK YOU ALSO

hmmm, that's a difference of 57 between request and doing. A balance of
(83 - 57) 26 to the very heavy positive in doing (assuming that out of the
140 requesting information, 83 acted).

That's extreamly good. Certainly over 50% active response. In direct
marketing getting a 10% active response is considered doing very well, a
sure thing.

If this where market testing results..... I hope your sitting down and
strapped in when you realize what it means. Especially when you add the
twist of consumer direct marketing and support. For you are in for the
ride of your life. Are you ready for the G-forces and do you have your
oxygen tanks ready to go?
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Email: ghostslayer54@my-dejanews.com 
Date: 1998/09/09 
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In article <1328.556T2605T6525387@mindspring.com>,
  "Timothy Rue"  wrote:
> On 09-Sep-98 06:52:38 Craig Sutton  wrote:
> >THOSE 140 THAT SENT EMAIL...I HOPE THE DETAILS WERE ENJOYABLE....
>
> >THOSE 83 THAT DEPOSITED MONEY IN MY BANK ACCOUNT FOR COPIES OF THE
> >CD..THANK YOU ALSO
>
> hmmm, that's a difference of 57 between request and doing. A balance of
> (83 - 57) 26 to the very heavy positive in doing (assuming that out of the
> 140 requesting information, 83 acted).
>
> That's extreamly good. Certainly over 50% active response. In direct
> marketing getting a 10% active response is considered doing very well, a
> sure thing.
>
> If this where market testing results..... I hope your sitting down and
> strapped in when you realize what it means. Especially when you add the
> twist of consumer direct marketing and support. For you are in for the
> ride of your life. Are you ready for the G-forces and do you have your
> oxygen tanks ready to go?
>
> T.Rue

    Can you re-read this and then re-write it so it means something?

Are you trying to say...."If this were market testing results.....
and....what... what does it mean... I've taught English before and some 8th
graders write like this and trying to decipher the main SUBJECT of the
sentence is sometimes hard,... What does it mean TIM?  You end up your
statement with a question, but what is it we're waiting for?  What ride of
your life....?????  What does this mean????
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Email: timrue@mindspring.com 
Date: 1998/09/09 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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On 09-Sep-98 17:27:52 ghostslayer54  wrote:
>    Can you re-read this and then re-write it so it means something?

>Are you trying to say...."If this were market testing results.....
>and....what... what does it mean... I've taught English before and some 8th
>graders write like this and trying to decipher the main SUBJECT of the
>sentence is sometimes hard,... What does it mean TIM?  You end up your
>statement with a question, but what is it we're waiting for?  What ride of
>your life....?????  What does this mean????

What are you trying to say?
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Email: pagec5@cs.man.ac.uk 
Date: 1998/09/09 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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On 9 Sep 1998, Craig Sutton wrote:
> THOSE 140 THAT SENT EMAIL...I HOPE THE DETAILS WERE ENJOYABLE....
> 
> THOSE 83 THAT DEPOSITED MONEY IN MY BANK ACCOUNT FOR COPIES OF THE
> CD..THANK YOU ALSO
> 
> THE GUY THAT SENT THE RUBBER CHEQUE, DIE YOU MICROSOFT LOVING SCUM!
> 
IS YOUR CAPS LOCK JAMMED OR DO YOU ALWAYS SHOUT?!?!
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Email: ghostslayer54@my-dejanews.com 
Date: 1998/09/10 
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In article <1108.556T2469T12395395@mindspring.com>,
  "Timothy Rue"  wrote:
> On 09-Sep-98 17:27:52 ghostslayer54  wrote:
>
> >    Can you re-read this and then re-write it so it means something?
>
> >Are you trying to say...."If this were market testing results.....
> >and....what... what does it mean... I've taught English before and some 8th
> >graders write like this and trying to decipher the main SUBJECT of the
> >sentence is sometimes hard,... What does it mean TIM?  You end up your
> >statement with a question, but what is it we're waiting for?  What ride of
> >your life....?????  What does this mean????
>
> What are you trying to say?

  I am quoting Tim Rue's post above, and asking him to clarify his broken
English to make some sense of his post....... Guess the question was too hard
to comprehend? He doesn't understand, as evidenced here. More archives of
proof, I guess you can't print that statement anymore , eh Tim Rue? ha hahaha
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Email: timrue@mindspring.com 
Date: 1998/09/10 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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On 10-Sep-98 06:35:14 ghostslayer54  wrote:
>In article <1108.556T2469T12395395@mindspring.com>,
>  "Timothy Rue"  wrote:
>> On 09-Sep-98 17:27:52 ghostslayer54  wrote:
>>
>> >    Can you re-read this and then re-write it so it means something?
>>
>> >Are you trying to say...."If this were market testing results.....
>> >and....what... what does it mean... I've taught English before and some
>> >8th graders write like this and trying to decipher the main SUBJECT of the
>> >sentence is sometimes hard,... What does it mean TIM?  You end up your
>> >statement with a question, but what is it we're waiting for?  What ride of
>> >your life....?????  What does this mean????
>>
>> What are you trying to say?

>  I am quoting Tim Rue's post above, and asking him to clarify his broken
>English to make some sense of his post....... Guess the question was too hard
>to comprehend? He doesn't understand, as evidenced here. More archives of
>proof, I guess you can't print that statement anymore , eh Tim Rue? ha hahaha
>ha

Your post is flame oriented and has nothing to do with the Amiga.
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Email: TheMagicM@!NOSPAM!.hotmail.com 
Date: 1998/09/10 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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>>  I am quoting Tim Rue's post above, and asking him to clarify his broken
>>English to make some sense of his post....... Guess the question was too
hard
>>to comprehend? He doesn't understand, as evidenced here. More archives of
>>proof, I guess you can't print that statement anymore , eh Tim Rue? ha
hahaha
>>ha

Timmy boy is on crack.  If you read the Disclaimer on his WWW page, it
states (in garbled terms..after all he wrote it..) something like...I'm on
crack and I dont know WTF I'm talking about.
That's a rough translation...
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Email: timrue@mindspring.com 
Date: 1998/09/10 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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On 10-Sep-98 17:55:12 TheMagicM  wrote:
...

your post is flame oriented and has nothing to do with the Amiga.
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Email: jonny.johansson@mailbox.swipnet.se 
Date: 1998/09/10 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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Aram Iskenderian wrote:
>2. Please explain to us what is this Pindial about, so that we can
>   stop discussing it.

The Pindial is a 5 ton rapidly spinning steel disc with long sharp
spikes, commissioned by the customer support division of BLAZEMONGER INC,
for as of yet undisclosed purposes.

It's not really a secret; anyone may read in on Pindial at
BLAZE://BLAZEMONGER.BLAZE on the term that they commit suicide
immediately after seeing it.
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Email: d9090@indy.net 
Date: 1998/09/11 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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>>for additional amusements go to
>>FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM
>>"I think we're all Bozos on this Bus"
:-))
INFINITELY better material than the baloney on this ng atm.
:-((

All I want is one US dollar for every post proposing to ignore
_____________ (take your pick) and fifty US cents for every post pointing
out that some other post is _______________ (take your pick) and so not
worthy of being in this ng.  I could retire.

Where would some of you people be without Tim, or Luser or Ortmann, etc?
Get lives.  Thicker skins.  A clue about the depth of hypocricy day after
day between your words and your actions.  Something.

This ain't advocacy and ain't none of us moderators.  That includes me.  All
*I*  want is for you to send money to me everytime you junk up c.s.a.misc
from now on with whinning or oxymoronic posts.  A snail mail address for
your money orders is available at my website.  As a special bonus, there
will be *free* PINDIAL info for the first fifty customers.  Just be sure to
add $4.95 for shipping and handling.  ;-)  Thank you.

d.--MOI .... Shoes For Industry .... MOI  www.indy.net/~d9090/index.html
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Email: ghostslayer54@my-dejanews.com 
Date: 1998/09/12 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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In article <6tcctm$an9$1@news.indy.net>,
  "Don Romero"  wrote:
> >>for additional amusements go to
> >>FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM
> >>"I think we're all Bozos on this Bus"
>
> :-))
>
> INFINITELY better material than the baloney on this ng atm.
> :-((
>
> All I want is one US dollar for every post proposing to ignore
> _____________ (take your pick) and fifty US cents for every post pointing
> out that some other post is _______________ (take your pick) and so not
> worthy of being in this ng.  I could retire.
>
> Where would some of you people be without Tim, or Luser or Ortmann, etc?
> Get lives.  Thicker skins.  A clue about the depth of hypocricy day after
> day between your words and your actions.  Something.
>
> This ain't advocacy and ain't none of us moderators.  That includes me.  All
> *I*  want is for you to send money to me everytime you junk up c.s.a.misc
> from now on with whinning or oxymoronic posts.  A snail mail address for
> your money orders is available at my website.  As a special bonus, there
> will be *free* PINDIAL info for the first fifty customers.  Just be sure to
> add $4.95 for shipping and handling.  ;-)  Thank you.
>
> d.

> MOI .... Shoes For Industry .... MOI
>   www.indy.net/~d9090/index.html

  Glad to see there's some intelligent life out there!
          "SHoes for the Dead!"
  How can you be in 2 places at once, when you're not anywhere at all?
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Email: gwt@gte.net 
Date: 1998/09/12 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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Back on 08-Sep-98 06:38:24 modula2000 modula2000@hotmail.com Wrote:
>In article <6t2qp8$l0s$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
>  Amiga@computer.org wrote:
>> In article <01bddad7$dbda9100$2b8b4fd1@craig>,
>>   "Craig Sutton"  wrote:
>> > YOU GUYS STOP DISCUSSING PINDIAL!! Do YOU WANT MICROSOFT TO KILL IT
>> > OFF!!!
>> Just 1 tiny question - how can even the mighty Micro$oft kill off something
>> that does not exist?

>  They plan to rename it "Pinhead" and integrate it into Windows 2001.
                                                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^
Which will be released around August of 2021...
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Email: suttonc@ihug.co.nz 
Date: 1998/09/13 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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EARLY TESTING HAS SHOWEN PINDIAL WILL BE THE LEADER ONCE RELEASED

DO NOT THROW OUT YOUR OLD SOFTWARE IT WILL HANDLE IT UNDER EMULATION
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Email: collins-e@dnet.co.uk 
Date: 1998/09/13 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc   
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On 13 Sep 1998 09:21:50 GMT, Craig Sutton said about the subject PINDIAL:
> EARLY TESTING HAS SHOWEN PINDIAL WILL BE THE LEADER ONCE RELEASED
 
> DO NOT THROW OUT YOUR OLD SOFTWARE IT WILL HANDLE IT UNDER EMULATION

Would you mind telling me what this pindial is ?

And must you have your caps lock on. It is very annoying.
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Email: sormes@my-dejanews.com 
Date: 1998/09/13 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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In article <35FBAFA5.MD-0.198.collins-e@dnet.co.uk>,
  "Ed Collins"  wrote:
> On 13 Sep 1998 09:21:50 GMT, Craig Sutton said about the subject PINDIAL:
> > EARLY TESTING HAS SHOWEN PINDIAL WILL BE THE LEADER ONCE RELEASED
> >
> > DO NOT THROW OUT YOUR OLD SOFTWARE IT WILL HANDLE IT UNDER EMULATION

> Would you mind telling me what this pindial is ?
> And must you have your caps lock on. It is very annoying.
> Ed.

Once the truth about PINDIAL is made public....and I guarantee it will be
soon... you will no longer be annoyed by petty matters such as caps locks!
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Email: suttonc@ihug.co.nz 
Date: 1998/09/14 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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> > Would you mind telling me what this pindial is ?
> >
> > And must you have your caps lock on. It is very annoying.
> >
> > Ed.
> 
> Once the truth about PINDIAL is made public....and I guarantee it will be
> soon... you will no longer be annoyed by petty matters such as caps
locks!
> 
> -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==-----
> http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp   Create Your Own Free Member Forum
> 

YOU ARE RIGHT EXCITING TIMES ARE AHEAD THANKS TO THE AMIGA AND PINDIAL
TECHNOLOGY
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Email: luca_diana@my-dejanews.com 
Date: 1998/09/13 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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In article <3622a1b9.182318045@nntp.ix.netcom.com>,
  arami@ix.netcom.com (Aram Iskenderian) wrote:
> On 13 Sep 1998 09:21:50 GMT
>  in article <01bddef8$0479f8c0$d58b4fd1@craig>
>  "Craig Sutton"  wrote:
>
> >EARLY TESTING HAS SHOWEN PINDIAL WILL BE THE LEADER ONCE RELEASED
> >
> >DO NOT THROW OUT YOUR OLD SOFTWARE IT WILL HANDLE IT UNDER EMULATION
> >
>
> You must be either:
> 1.  Spam professional.
> 2.  Newbie.
> 3.  Someone with some secret who can't sleep on it.

I bet my socks that #1 is the correct answer.
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Email: arami@ix.netcom.com 
Date: 1998/09/13 
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On 13 Sep 1998 09:21:50 GMT 
 in article <01bddef8$0479f8c0$d58b4fd1@craig> 
 "Craig Sutton"  wrote:

>EARLY TESTING HAS SHOWEN PINDIAL WILL BE THE LEADER ONCE RELEASED
>DO NOT THROW OUT YOUR OLD SOFTWARE IT WILL HANDLE IT UNDER EMULATION

You must be either:

1.  Spam professional.
2.  Newbie.
3.  Someone with some secret who can't sleep on it.

Please, either explain to us what this Pindial is, or stop this
propaganda.

Which early testing?
Once you said it was dropped, then you said it will be explained in
Amicom, now you talk about early testing and claim that there is some
sort of emulation?

What's next?
I sure hope that you're not posting during these "early testing" of
yours, because if you did, then this "technology" doesn't handle 
CAP LOCKS. :-)
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Email: e.blok@student.utwente.nl 
Date: 1998/09/14 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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Aram Iskenderian wrote:
> 
> On 13 Sep 1998 09:21:50 GMT
>  in article <01bddef8$0479f8c0$d58b4fd1@craig>
>  "Craig Sutton"  wrote:
> 
> >EARLY TESTING HAS SHOWEN PINDIAL WILL BE THE LEADER ONCE RELEASED
> >
> >DO NOT THROW OUT YOUR OLD SOFTWARE IT WILL HANDLE IT UNDER EMULATION
> >
> 
> You must be either:
> 
> 1.  Spam professional.
> 2.  Newbie.
> 3.  Someone with some secret who can't sleep on it.
> 
Or: 4. Some asshole trying to spread a rumour.
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Email: neil@wirenet.co.uk 
Date: 1998/09/14 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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Ed Collins said, 

> On 13 Sep 1998 09:21:50 GMT, Craig Sutton said about the subject PINDIAL:
>> EARLY TESTING HAS SHOWEN PINDIAL WILL BE THE LEADER ONCE RELEASED
>> 
>> DO NOT THROW OUT YOUR OLD SOFTWARE IT WILL HANDLE IT UNDER EMULATION

> Would you mind telling me what this pindial is ?

Case conversion software.

> And must you have your caps lock on. It is very annoying.

He hasn't, see above :)
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Email: Amiga@computer.org 
Date: 1998/09/14 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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In article <706.561T1702T84484@wirenet.co.uk>,
  "Neil Bothwick"  wrote:
> Ed Collins said,
>
> > On 13 Sep 1998 09:21:50 GMT, Craig Sutton said about the subject PINDIAL:
> >> EARLY TESTING HAS SHOWEN PINDIAL WILL BE THE LEADER ONCE RELEASED
>
> > Would you mind telling me what this pindial is ?
>
> Case conversion software.

rotfl :))

Nice one Neil :)
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Email: suttonc@ihug.co.nz 
Date: 1998/09/14 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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Neil Bothwick  wrote in article
<706.561T1702T84484@wirenet.co.uk>...
> Ed Collins said, 
> 
> > On 13 Sep 1998 09:21:50 GMT, Craig Sutton said about the subject
PINDIAL:
> >> EARLY TESTING HAS SHOWEN PINDIAL WILL BE THE LEADER ONCE RELEASED
> >> 
> >> DO NOT THROW OUT YOUR OLD SOFTWARE IT WILL HANDLE IT UNDER EMULATION
> 
> > Would you mind telling me what this pindial is ?
> 
> Case conversion software.
> 

NO CASE CONVERSION NEEDED PINDIAL IS SMALL

> > And must you have your caps lock on. It is very annoying.
> 

IT GOT YOUR ATTENTION DIDN'T IT!

> He hasn't, see above :)
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Email: neil@wirenet.co.uk 
Date: 1998/09/14 
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Craig Sutton said, 

>> > And must you have your caps lock on. It is very annoying.

> IT GOT YOUR ATTENTION DIDN'T IT!

So does a fart, that doesn't make it good (unless you are the farter).
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Email: Amiga@computer.org 
Date: 1998/09/14 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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In article <3622a1b9.182318045@nntp.ix.netcom.com>,
  arami@ix.netcom.com (Aram Iskenderian) wrote:
> On 13 Sep 1998 09:21:50 GMT
>  in article <01bddef8$0479f8c0$d58b4fd1@craig>
>  "Craig Sutton"  wrote:
>
> >EARLY TESTING HAS SHOWEN PINDIAL WILL BE THE LEADER ONCE RELEASED
> >
> >DO NOT THROW OUT YOUR OLD SOFTWARE IT WILL HANDLE IT UNDER EMULATION

> Please, either explain to us what this Pindial is, or stop this
> propaganda.

Pindial was originally an attempt by someone to make a joke based on the AInc
announcements.

At the time it was amusing, but now it is, like all jokes which are over-used,
nothing short of annoyingly boring.

So there you have it.

Pindial was originaly a joke posting, only some bozzo (mentioning no names but
he is the sort of person who finds it teribly funny to post in caps only) who
can't let a joke lie, insists on trying to use the same old Pindial joke over
and over again.

Oh well, I suppose it keeps him amused, which is something...
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Email: suttonc@ihug.co.nz 
Date: 1998/09/14 
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luca_diana@my-dejanews.com wrote in article
<6th84q$qss$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
> In article <3622a1b9.182318045@nntp.ix.netcom.com>,
>   arami@ix.netcom.com (Aram Iskenderian) wrote:
> > On 13 Sep 1998 09:21:50 GMT
> >  in article <01bddef8$0479f8c0$d58b4fd1@craig>
> >  "Craig Sutton"  wrote:
> >
> > >EARLY TESTING HAS SHOWEN PINDIAL WILL BE THE LEADER ONCE RELEASED
> > >
> > >DO NOT THROW OUT YOUR OLD SOFTWARE IT WILL HANDLE IT UNDER EMULATION
> > >
> >
> > You must be either:
> >
> > 1.  Spam professional.
> > 2.  Newbie.
> > 3.  Someone with some secret who can't sleep on it.
> 
> I bet my socks that #1 is the correct answer.
> 
> Luca

IT IS 3 IT IS AMIGA AND IT IS HERE SOON!
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Email: e.blok@student.utwente.nl 
Date: 1998/09/14 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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Craig Sutton wrote:
> 
> Neil Bothwick  wrote in article
> <706.561T1702T84484@wirenet.co.uk>...
> > Ed Collins said,
> >
> > > On 13 Sep 1998 09:21:50 GMT, Craig Sutton said about the subject
> PINDIAL:
> > >> EARLY TESTING HAS SHOWEN PINDIAL WILL BE THE LEADER ONCE RELEASED
> > >>
> > >> DO NOT THROW OUT YOUR OLD SOFTWARE IT WILL HANDLE IT UNDER EMULATION
> >
> > > Would you mind telling me what this pindial is ?
> >
> > Case conversion software.
> >
> 
> NO CASE CONVERSION NEEDED PINDIAL IS SMALL
> 
Have you guys ever watched '2 stupid dogs'? This guy reminds me of the
little red riding hood from that show.
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Email: eha@cwnmrind.oulu.fi 
Date: 1998/09/15 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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Fleecy Moss got a new baby. "Fortunately" it is not compatible
with classic amigas, but it surely has sound, great graphics and
even taste and smell included !

The name of this project is not MMC nor amigaNG nor pindial, but
Evie for short !

More info can be found on web: www.amiga.com/boing_baby.html
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Email: karlosky@my-dejanews.com 
Date: 1998/09/15 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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In article <6tksr3$amp$1@oravannahka.Helsinki.FI>,
  eha@cwnmrind.oulu.fi (Esa Haapaniemi) wrote:
> Fleecy Moss got a new baby. "Fortunately" it is not compatible
> with classic amigas, but it surely has sound, great graphics and
> even taste and smell included !
>
> The name of this project is not MMC nor amigaNG nor pindial, but
> Evie for short !
>
> More info can be found on web: www.amiga.com/boing_baby.html

Nice to see that the employees of Amiga Inc. are producing something
worthwhile!

Congratulations, Fleecy.
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Email: joecosby@zovnid.seatac.net 
Date: 1998/09/15 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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** To reply in e-mail, remove "zovnid." from address **

On 15 Sep 1998 05:09:55 GMT, Esa Haapaniemi wrote about Congratulations of youngest Amigan !:
> Fleecy Moss got a new baby. "Fortunately" it is not compatible
> with classic amigas, but it surely has sound, great graphics and
> even taste and smell included !
> 
> The name of this project is not MMC nor amigaNG nor pindial, but
> Evie for short !
> 
> More info can be found on web: www.amiga.com/boing_baby.html
> 
> 

Isn't that cool!

But...Bill M is not going to like this ONE BIT...I see trouble...
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Email: jasnider@iglou2.iglou.com 
Date: 1998/09/15 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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sormes@my-dejanews.com writes:

>In article <35FBAFA5.MD-0.198.collins-e@dnet.co.uk>,
>  "Ed Collins"  wrote:
>> On 13 Sep 1998 09:21:50 GMT, Craig Sutton said about the subject PINDIAL:
>> > EARLY TESTING HAS SHOWEN PINDIAL WILL BE THE LEADER ONCE RELEASED
>> >
>> > DO NOT THROW OUT YOUR OLD SOFTWARE IT WILL HANDLE IT UNDER EMULATION
>>
>> Would you mind telling me what this pindial is ?
>>
>> And must you have your caps lock on. It is very annoying.
>>
>> Ed.

>Once the truth about PINDIAL is made public....and I guarantee it will be
>soon... you will no longer be annoyed by petty matters such as caps locks!

This is beginning to sound suspiciously like BLAZEMONGER . . . . 
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Email: modula2000@hotmail.com 
Date: 1998/09/15 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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In article <35fe91cd.0@news.iglou.com>,
  jasnider@iglou2.iglou.com (Pat Larkin) wrote:
>
> >Once the truth about PINDIAL is made public....and I guarantee it will be
> >soon... you will no longer be annoyed by petty matters such as caps locks!
>
> This is beginning to sound suspiciously like BLAZEMONGER . . . .

  PINDIAL WILL MAKE BLAZEMONGER OBSOLETE!!!
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Email: arami@ix.netcom.com 
Date: 1998/09/15 
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On Tue, 15 Sep 1998 21:53:28 GMT 
 in article <6tmnko$vco$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> 
 modula2000@hotmail.com wrote:

>In article <35fe91cd.0@news.iglou.com>,
>  jasnider@iglou2.iglou.com (Pat Larkin) wrote:
>>
>> >Once the truth about PINDIAL is made public....and I guarantee it will be
>> >soon... you will no longer be annoyed by petty matters such as caps locks!
>>
>> This is beginning to sound suspiciously like BLAZEMONGER . . . .
>
>  PINDIAL WILL MAKE BLAZEMONGER OBSOLETE!!!
>

PINDIAL WILL MAKE YOU EMULATE AMIGA'S EXISTING SOFTWARE AND PC/MAC
TOO, INSTALLED IT HERE, DON'T SEND MONEY, IT IS WONDERFUL BUT THEY
FORGOT TO INCLUDE THE CAPS LOCK EMULATION ROUTINES INSIDE IT ! ;-)
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Email: arami@ix.netcom.com 
Date: 1998/09/15 
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On 14 Sep 1998 01:46:23 GMT 
 in article <01bddf81$8fb1a080$3236e9d1@craig> 
 "Craig Sutton"  wrote:

>Neil Bothwick  wrote in article
><706.561T1702T84484@wirenet.co.uk>...
>> Ed Collins said, 
>> 
>> > On 13 Sep 1998 09:21:50 GMT, Craig Sutton said about the subject
>PINDIAL:
>> >> EARLY TESTING HAS SHOWEN PINDIAL WILL BE THE LEADER ONCE RELEASED
>> >> 
>> >> DO NOT THROW OUT YOUR OLD SOFTWARE IT WILL HANDLE IT UNDER EMULATION
>> 
>> > Would you mind telling me what this pindial is ?
>> 
>> Case conversion software.
>> 
>
>NO CASE CONVERSION NEEDED PINDIAL IS SMALL

BUT YOU'RE WRITTING IS NOT.
Sheesh.

>> > And must you have your caps lock on. It is very annoying.
>> 
>
>IT GOT YOUR ATTENTION DIDN'T IT!
>

LEARN NOT TO LEAVE UNQUOTED MESSAGES IN YOUR POSTS.

And hey that's what spammers need when they post like your post,
attention is what they seek.
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Email: arami@ix.netcom.com 
Date: 1998/09/15 
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On Tue, 15 Sep 1998 08:26:01 GMT 
 in article <36282429.346806399@nntp.ix.netcom.com> 
 arami@ix.netcom.com (Aram Iskenderian) wrote:



>BUT YOU'RE WRITTING IS NOT.

That's "YOUR" of course.
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Email: d9090@indy.net 
Date: 1998/09/15 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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>>Once the truth about PINDIAL is made public....and I guarantee it will be
>>soon... you will no longer be annoyed by petty matters such as caps locks!
>
>This is beginning to sound suspiciously like BLAZEMONGER . . . .

I can't believe nobody has noticed that "PINDIAL" spelled backwards ('lai
d'nip') is  "fire spreader" in Swahili.  An obvious ruse.  Not many Bantu
Amiga users on the internet, I guess.
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Email: suttonc@ihug.co.nz 
Date: 1998/09/16 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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Aram Iskenderian  wrote in article > PINDIAL WILL MAKE
YOU EMULATE AMIGA'S EXISTING SOFTWARE AND PC/MAC
> TOO, INSTALLED IT HERE, DON'T SEND MONEY, IT IS WONDERFUL BUT THEY
> FORGOT TO INCLUDE THE CAPS LOCK EMULATION ROUTINES INSIDE IT ! ;-)
> 
> 

"PINDIAL" WILL BE INSIDE YOUR TELEVISION AND VCR IT WILL ALSO MAY BE APPEAR
ON TOP OF YOUR TELEVISION...HOPEFULLY IT WILL ALSO APPEAR IN COMPUTER
FORM...PINDIAL WILL BE THE FUTURE OF HOME ENTERTAINMENT
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(80)
Email: luca_diana@my-dejanews.com 
Date: 1998/09/16 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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In article <01bde115$ba60a2a0$d28b4fd1@craig>,
  "Craig Sutton"  wrote:
>
>
> Aram Iskenderian  wrote in article > PINDIAL WILL MAKE
> YOU EMULATE AMIGA'S EXISTING SOFTWARE AND PC/MAC
> > TOO, INSTALLED IT HERE, DON'T SEND MONEY, IT IS WONDERFUL BUT THEY
> > FORGOT TO INCLUDE THE CAPS LOCK EMULATION ROUTINES INSIDE IT ! ;-)

[snip]

>...PINDIAL WILL BE THE FUTURE OF HOME ENTERTAINMENT

Hu? No more sex?
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(81)
Email: arami@ix.netcom.com 
Date: 1998/09/16 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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On 16 Sep 1998 01:59:34 GMT 
 in article <01bde115$ba60a2a0$d28b4fd1@craig> 
 "Craig Sutton"  wrote:

>
>
>Aram Iskenderian  wrote in article > PINDIAL WILL MAKE
>YOU EMULATE AMIGA'S EXISTING SOFTWARE AND PC/MAC
>> TOO, INSTALLED IT HERE, DON'T SEND MONEY, IT IS WONDERFUL BUT THEY
>> FORGOT TO INCLUDE THE CAPS LOCK EMULATION ROUTINES INSIDE IT ! ;-)
>> 
>> 
>
>"PINDIAL" WILL BE INSIDE YOUR TELEVISION AND VCR IT WILL ALSO MAY BE APPEAR
>ON TOP OF YOUR TELEVISION...HOPEFULLY IT WILL ALSO APPEAR IN COMPUTER
>FORM...PINDIAL WILL BE THE FUTURE OF HOME ENTERTAINMENT


SURE JUST INCLUDE A CAPS LOCK EMULATION ROUTINE, AND YOU'RE ALL
SET.:-)

ENOUGH !

P.S. Please post in normal way like the rest 99.99% of USENET users,
if you're trying to drag attention in this way, I'm afraid you have
chosen the wrong style.

Also fix the line length in Internet news as you quoting is simply a
pain to read.
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Email: Amiga@computer.org 
Date: 1998/09/16 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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In article <01bde115$ba60a2a0$d28b4fd1@craig>,
  "Craig Sutton"  wrote:



*yawn*

Give it a rest, bozo.

It may have been mildly amusing once, but your repeated postings to csam with
the same old "pindial" bollocks is now just tediously boring.

Or, if you really cannot manage to survive without posting regularly to
perpetuate the already overused joke, then please at least learn how to type
using lowercase letters.

*sigh*

(What is it about csam that seems to attract nutters these days?  First we had
LUser/Qwerty/EAL, then RueBot, and now Mr Pindial.  Whatever next??!!)
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Email: kmdl3243@webtv.net 
Date: 1998/09/18 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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Only if your pindial breaks:)
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(84)
Email: gwt@gte.net 
Date: 1998/09/19 
Forums: comp.sys.amiga.misc  
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Back on 15-Sep-98 20:59:34 Craig Sutton suttonc@ihug.co.nz Wrote:
>Aram Iskenderian  wrote in article > PINDIAL WILL MAKE
>YOU EMULATE AMIGA'S EXISTING SOFTWARE AND PC/MAC
>> TOO, INSTALLED IT HERE, DON'T SEND MONEY, IT IS WONDERFUL BUT THEY
>> FORGOT TO INCLUDE THE CAPS LOCK EMULATION ROUTINES INSIDE IT ! ;-)
>>
>>

>"PINDIAL" WILL BE INSIDE YOUR TELEVISION AND VCR IT WILL ALSO MAY BE APPEAR
>ON TOP OF YOUR TELEVISION...HOPEFULLY IT WILL ALSO APPEAR IN COMPUTER
>FORM...PINDIAL WILL BE THE FUTURE OF HOME ENTERTAINMENT

PINDIAL WILL DO AWAY WITH THOSE BOORING THINGS LIKE LOWER CASE LETTERS(BAH)
AND PUNCTUATION(WHO NEEDS IT?)...

Hmm, this sounds like a Prozac moment...
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