From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 08:28:01 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Having the smarts to retire early
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"Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net> writes:

> I never reply to these 'bot-generated things, but this one really does
> crack me up:
> 
> At 9:48 PM +0100 3/4/97, Anonymous wrote:
> >Timothy C[retin] May is another loser who pays for got.net
> >because he lacks the mental capacity to gain net access as
> >a perk of either employment or academic achievment.
> >
> >          ,,,
> >         ($ $)
> >     -ooO-(_)-Ooo- Timothy C[retin] May
> 
> 
> An alternate interpretation: that I had the smarts to make enough money to
> retire at age 34 for the rest of my life. Being that I'm now into my 11th
> year of said retirement, I'd say paying $20 a month to got.net for
> unlimited usage is a lot better deal than either "employment" or "academic"
> subsidy. I'd even pay $100 a month, if that was my only choice, to ensure
> freedom from the constraints and disclaimers forced upon corporate and even
> academic users.
> 
> Oh, and my first "academic" Net connection, modulo the Net not being very
> advanced or usable in those days, was in 1973.
> 
> --Tim May

I feel sorry for Tim May.  He's so bored, he reads 'bot fodder.
I suppose he studies the bounce messages from mailer deamons too.

WARNING: COCKSUCKER JOHN GILMORE IS FORBIDDEN TO REDISTRIBUTE MY E-MAIL FROM
ANY MAILING LIST ON HIS TOAD.COM COMPUTER.

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Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
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