From: Jim Dove To: dippykev@tw.hypermart.net Subject: Re: An Interview with... Date: 17 May 1998 23:12 > -- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > An Interview with... James Dove > -------------------- > > First of all, for the of the benefit of the people that have never > heard of you, describe yourself to them and your relationship with > Digitiser/the newsgroup... > Thats a nice one to start with, well I am a nice chap Id say, I do like to enjoy myself, both online and in real life. I do tend to go nuts when online, but who dosent. I seem to ignite the lameness of the truly sad losers on the net who cannot see, take or generally recognise any humor or FUN at all. thats when chatting via a NG or another fixed message system. When chatting live onine such as IRC youll find many people can see the humor and are generally "NOT LOSERS" even the people I have had big nasty wars with in one way or another turn out to be good blokes when chatting live. You see posting fixed messages tends to bring out the madness and superiairty complex in most people, coz you cannot excactly explain yourself to the reader there and then. This leads to confusion and the various lame attampts at "Takin the piss" which inevitably ends up with NASTY posts flying about the place. > When did you start posting in alt.digitiser? > Im not sure excactly "when" but I can remember digi saying that suddenly a few digitiser NG's have appeared, it was defintatly after the famous Stu Campbell vs that other bloke Argument, which actually ended up with a voting site, so we could all vote to say who was right, which well, does explain a few of the things I have said about online behavior of people, They HAVE to proove they are right and better than everyone else. the Term Cyber Space is used much in the world today but it's not really thought to be REAL but I can see that ONLINE LIVES, are becomming more and more noticable. Maybee its people with no offline lives that like to have big online lives, or people with no time for offline lifes, whihc leads to the acting they way THEY WISH THEY WERE when in the online world, coz lets face it, any stupid fool can act big and hard online coz the pysicall reality dosent exist whilst online. Do you see? > Can you remember the names of anybody that posted in alt.digitiser? > Well. Let me think. someone Tompson rings a bell, he was one of the people who Had to have his say, but I have met him in the #digi-98 irc channel on DALnet (Nice plug there, Why am I plugging digi? I dont get nothing from them or any readers but hassle)where was I? Oh Yeah Tompson, or tomo as I like to call him, as There was a Tompsons in the Great Liverpool teams of the 70's and 80's I believe theres even a very young Liverpool player with the name now. Ive gone off again, Sorry Kev. Ok, Tomo, actually turned out to be a pretty dam good bloke, as do many of the people you meet live, There still are the exeptions to the rule. Err ang on I gotta just go chack my Download status of this dam Neo Geo Rom., hmmm Dam Americans clogging up MY Bandwidth again. I guess Sunday nights are not the ideal download conditions. Other people I remember, err. Well it was a very long time ago, I do remember an Arran, who I believe chats with me over ICQ now and then, I dunno if I met you KEv from the alt.digi? hehe if so DippyKev. Thats all Im tired and in pain, next question please Mr Kev. > If you could change one thing about Digi, what would it be? Just the one? :) Add about 5 more letters pages at least, I find many of the letters really funny, Im sure Digi with its millions of daily viewers can add some extra sub pages to 173 or whatever the letters are on. Get rid of the tips, Charts, and sort out the Main Screen it loks squashed and Manky. Other than that Mr Biffo has and still is dioing a Supreme Job of running digi, its still the only worthwhile place for reviews and news and the great humor. > > > WHY do you think people "flamed" you in alt.digi? > Well, I actually only found out what the Term "Flamed" Means in the online world at last weeks Killer Net. the Strange chick did it to the main guy, (That smelly Student who plays that murder game) I came acrross the term in my very first EMAIL Bomb which was traced back to Simon H by your good self Kev, I thank you again. the very last of the bomb said you have been flamed and something about getting thousands more messages from other people all over the world. ??? Anyway, What kind of person can SERIOULSY put down or "rip the shit" out of anyone else, whilst not only meeting them online, but actually thinking that its gonna be noticed, or even cared about by anyone. It comes back to the psycological aspects of the people who think its worth doing. Putting someone else down to make them feel better because their own opinion of themselves is at such a low. They could just as easily be just "Terminal dickheads" > A while ago you were accused of "nuking" Stuart Campbell, a writer > working for Digi, during a IRC session in #digi98^. Did you do it, > and if not what would you like to say to MrStuartCampbell? > Oh, This is a situation which was quite amusing from a far, very annoying from close in.To cut a long story short, heres a little list of the shite that happend. 1/ I set up script with my nickname Jim_Dove with the password in it also. 2/ My freind regualrily shares files with me as its quicker 2 of us getting different stuff and then copying it for each other.And this day he copied a few mirc scripts from me. Tribe, Bond, etc... Recomended by my good pal {{Stan}} the King of the K-Line's :) 3/ Mate, used script, with all my settings on his computer, channel folder also, he has read digi before so he knew what was going on. Basically He was Me at the time. 4/ He got into an argument with Stu Campbell and got banned, then he Nuked Stu with the script. 5/ I come online at what must of been around that time as I did not go straight to the digi98^ channel, as it was back then. 6/ I entered the digi channel after a few minutes of laughing at some americans in #wwfsuperstars, staright away i saw some shit come up and i was banned, I think I /msg stu saying what the hell? or somthing, only to recieve some abuse. Then the reasons, He said I nuked him and whatever else happend. 7/ For a few weeks Stu Banned every globalnet user in the channel that he saw. I even went in on a totally different machine from Mine or My Mates (Jeff, who has been seen onine as himself he tells me,) and got banned. this machine was again a globalnet user. anyway. I was not very happy at being banned for somthing which I didnt do. But The channel co-founders are reasonable people, they over-turned Stu's banns. As I have spoken to DJRobinB a few times, and had some interesting and good chats with him Hes a Decent bloke, the other founder, sorry mate I cant remeber the nick :) is also a decent bloke, if a little scarry. I agreed not to talk trash about Stu in the future when he was there, basically I just forget he exsiits all online time. Yes I may have said 1 or 2 things on occassions about him recently but you know the score. I think Stu must be a decent enough chap offline so I dont hold any grudge against the man, I hope he still dont simply HATE me and Jeff and the other global users coz he MUST have some great stories and news on things. I know Im not the only one who has had corrsed words with Stu, online or whatever but I say we should all Be Excellent to each other. From Bill and Teds. Anyne got the mp3 of "In Time" by Robbie Robb, the great music in the future bit.?? > > Do you mind being email bombed (bearing in mind Simon H. thinks you > think it's ok)? > YES< I do mind being bombed. I found out who bombed me first time, and upon various emails from the bomber, I hear He thinks Im OK with it, I also hear he may have been bragging about it in alt.digi. But If he leaves me alone Ill leave him alone. And If he attempts a bomb again or anyone else. Ill be Fucking annoyed and I will not stop untill they are reported to their isp and kicked. My isp is now monitoring everything and know whos sending what.even the masked users. As anybody would be I dont like being bombed. > > Do you still read alt.digi? > To be honest no. The final few posts I did about 4 months agi really WERE my final Posts. I think 1 was a double FUCK OFF sign (fingers) which even got some complete sad loser saying somthing about the incorrectness of the hands) then another FUCK OFF (man standing sticking single fingers up) These were basically amusing pics I swiped from #wwfsuperstars as they like to paste things like that everywhere :) they have a sense of humor. I believe the final ones was just a Warning about WHO was the email Bomber, just so anyone who had been bombed recently and had a suspicion of who it was thyd at least know there are bombers who read alt.digi. > Will you ever post in alt.digi again? Its been rumored. but I so, Its a definate, I dont know. I was considering it a few weeks ago, when I heard that peope are still talking about me, I did re setup my Newsgroups thingy in Netscape a week or 2 ago, and I didnt type in digitiser on the search but I decided not to hit search for:. Why should I lower myself to the gitness of some of the vipers in there? I hear its a shit hole anyway now, full of lame boring wanky posts, with the odd one or 2 decent posts. No Im not having a go at the users, maybee Im having a go at the validatly of having a newsfroup like this, maybee I just am so tired and freeked out that Im saying anything to finish this sentence. > > > Why the long names in IRC? > Why not? > I do like to have a laugh online so If i think of a mad nickname I use it. I do have a few known nicks when online. {{Conan}} Jim_Dove (now with new password) {{Highlander]} most recently. Some of the mad nicks I have used in the past rage from, I cant beleive it flushed, to Mr_Flibble to Bollocks. to I-P-Freely. > And finally, just to piss everyone off, describe your new > PC for everybody... Ok here goes Kev, Please keep this so I dont have to type it all out again if I ever need to explain my spes to a help service or somthing. PII 233 MHZ 128 MEGS of SD RAM Ultra Wide SCSI Motherboard AGP etc... Real good one Ultra Wide SCSI 4 GIG IBM Hard Drive Normal 6.4 GIG Western digital Hard Drive Ultra Wide SCSI Plextor CAV 32 Speed CD ROM DRIVE (Really top notch, all the trimmings, diff speeds, plays, mpegs, etc.. rips songs too) Sound Blaster AEW64 Matrox Millenium 4 MB Graphics Card Millenium 4MB MPEG card. Sony, Digi Cam (500 quid) Laser printer, dont use anymore Flatbed Scanner dont use External Zip Disk Drive takes 100 meg disks (I didnt know these things were this good, just like having a 100 meg Floppy) or a portable Hard Drive, without the hassle of CD Writing too I took the CDRW back coz of the uslessnes of it, ie, Yeah It may have been the best one u can get but What use have I got for it? If i wanna copy CD's Ill rip em onto HD and mp3 em! Oh Yeah 3dfx1 voodoo1 Chipset. Orchid Righteous JUST TOOK OUT Replaced with 2 yes TWO Orchid Righteous 12 Meg voodoo2 Cards. Yes thats right 2. 12 Meg SUCKERS!!!!! I now have complete Power, I laugh at the specs of Q3. come on id. I dare you to test the power of my voodoo2's :) Thats about it, unless u want the amp and speaks I use too? theres a shitty 486 DX100 32 meg ram sitting in the corner to with a few other printers sitting about. a 286 in loft, few monitors andd keyboards also. Yes, I DID pay for MOST of this. 56k Sportster FLASH EXTERNAL 17inch eLonex Monitor, (got not from a shop :) therefore I have no idea what it is exactly but It is worht about few bob) Id just like to end with saying I have met some interesting people online, even ones who started out enemies which have turned into friends,which is the Acme Of War, amogst other things which I could type to make myself look smarter or greater but I am in so much ppain. Id like to acknolege the follwing people from this little digi world of ours, I reguard Online chums and mates. And make my time online less liniear: DippyKev Mentski {{Stan}} Baziat MikeJ DJRobinJ Sterri (the nuttiest op in the world..... ever. FluffyCat there are more and I apologise for not mentioning them. feel free to shout at me in digi-98 for not mentioning you :) Oh Yeah and of course MrBiffo for supplying us all with the Ultimate Computer and Console guide, and in some cases what looks like Way of Life (Hardy,Seeing Being, and that one who aint had any letters shown for ages, you know we all hate him :) Thankyou And Goodnight. Jim > > > Cheers Jim. Once I get this back it'll be 1-2 weeks before > it appears. Feel free to write loads and add questions... > Maybee in a few months we can do a followup to this. Id be happy to do so kev, with other stuuf like footy team, fav film etc.. maybee a sorta bio or somthing :)) hehe Please dont cut much of it out, It DOES need a spell checker, but Id appreciate it staying in tact. cheers kev > Kev