From: pel@maximo.enet.dec.com (Phillip E lujan)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Introduction
Date: 17 Dec 92 21:32:34 GMT
Reply-To: pel@maximo.enet.dec.com (Phillip E lujan)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation

In article <105184@bu.edu>, mjmh@crsa.bu.edu (Michael J M Holmes) writes:
|> In article <1992Dec14.183600.23588@e2big.mko.dec.com> pel@maximo.enet.dec.com (Phillip E lujan) writes:
|>   
|>   [deleted - one confused purple dude asking Starknight if his name
|>        was Stark-night or Star-knight]
|> 
|> >"That's OK, they used to call me Stark on the CompuServe cyberCB for short...
|> >I've only been using this handle for about 10 years now, and sometimes I'm
|> >not too sure which way it should be pronounced, especially when there are
|> >attractive females around...  By the way, I don't find your name confusing;
|> >you should see some of the names I've had to deal with as a Space Ranger!"
|> >Starknight pauses for breath.  "Or did you mean that you are confusing VR
|> >names, not that your name is confusing?"
|> 
|> "OK, so I guess if we pronounce it either way it works for you?"
|> 
|> /* smiles.  "The confusion was that my VR name is the first
|> line, or opening characters I guess, of a comment line in
|> the programming language of C.  So some Callahanians thought
|> I was a comment line, rather than a Purple People!"
|> 
"Yeah, I caught that...  Didn't really click until Castellan (I think) pointed
it out, even though I know C.  I guess I'm just used to the idea of strange
names...  You see, in RL I play a lot of Role-Playing Games, and I put a
strong emphasis on the Role-Playing aspect, including the names."  Starknight
is happy that this is VR, where past discussions can be brought to life via
the use of Xwindows; it's much easier to comment on things.
|> 
|> >"Thanks.  Mike, another glass of grape soda (right) for /*, and I'll have
|> >a rum collins.  Put it on my tab."
|> 
|> "Thank you very much!  Hmm, a rum collins...  Never had one of those.
|> I am *very* fond of vodka collinses, though."  :)
|> 
|> >|> ========================================================================
|> >|> Mike Holmes       mjmh@crsa.bu.edu           "Happiness Will Prevail!"
|> >|> Boston University Department of Geography (a truly GREAT place to work!)
|> >|> ========================================================================
|> 
|> >"Yes, it shall.  Nice .sig you've got there."
|> 
|> "Thanks!  It comes from one of my all-time favorite episodes of
|> Dr. Who... But if you're familiar with the episode, I use the
|> line in a much more positive way!"
|> 
"No, I think I missed that one...  I'm most familiar with the Tom Baker
episodes, and I've seen most of the Peter Davidson ones (did you know he was
the Dish of the Day in HHGTTG?  A bit part (pun intentional), but a fun one)
as well.  If I did miss that, I'm sorry, but it's been years since I've seen 
the show; it just recently started up again in Albuquerque after a long hiatus."
|> >------------
|> >Starknight, aka Sean Roberts
|> >Trying to make my corner of the Universe a little happier each day
|> 
|> "Well, Starknight, you are making this corner of the Universe
|> happier!  Glad to have you!"
|> 
|> 
|> -- 
|> ========================================================================
|> Mike Holmes       mjmh@crsa.bu.edu           "Happiness Will Prevail!"
|> Boston University Department of Geography (a truly GREAT place to work!)
|> ========================================================================
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Starknight
Promising not to do this too often...
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