Asimovs.com - General Discussion - TCO appreciation thread - Messages http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Asimovs.com - General Discussion - TCO appreciation thread - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:12:22 GMT Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:12:22 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from RandyBeck Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:12:22 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from Bill Moonroe
He's baaack and may want to see who's been naughty and who's been nice.]]> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:57:26 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from Bill Moonroe Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:52:28 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from karlb Jake=JB, however, I do believe. Hope so, actually, since it would show that JB is capable of carrying on an at least semi-polite dialog.]]> Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:27:07 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from Bill Moonroe
UV on the Analog forum seems sort of a reformed TCO. First, there's the enigmatic use of initials. Then there's the self-admitted cranky trollness. I also get the feeling that UV shares Teec's dislike of current SF. There's also just something about his style that says, without the gin, this could be TCO.

The thing is, beyond the deliberate trolling, I've met SF readers who share their opinion of current SF. They'll complain that it's all fantasy these days. Which is not so far from those of us who complain about the growing expansion of media tie-ins.]]> Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:51:07 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from Thomas R Bill Moonroe wrote:
The fact that he zeroed in on Gordon is a clue. Self-imagined cleverness with Gordon's name is sure to follow...


He is still online doing stuff.

Bromfield Amazon Profile

I really apologize if I brought him back. I hope I never try to draw TCO out again, you never know who you might catch when doing so.

Anyway for me what pointed me into thinking he was JB is his reported age, favoring of "optimism", and this pressing need to talk about his sex life. (TCO might mention it on occasion, but mostly when we were talking about personal stuff anyway.)
edited by Thomas R on 8/5/2008]]> Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:39:38 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from gdozois Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:32:08 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from Bill Moonroe Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:02:52 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from Bill Moonroe
I think Jake = Jon. Or Igor.]]> Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:13:50 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from Marian Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:25:48 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from Alex Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:04:09 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from Bill Moonroe
I guess Thomas would be the potatoes, Gordon and Gardner the vegetables adding nutritional value, and Fabrice the dash of good red wine. Admittedly, not everyone likes Tabasco in stew, but hey.]]> Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:05:06 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from Bill Moonroe Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:28:49 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from Bill Moonroe ]]> Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:23:39 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from themasterknitter Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:51:55 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from Sue Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:49:28 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from Thomas R Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:39:11 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from RandyBeck
Maybe TCO was a good luck charm after all.]]> Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:56:57 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from Bill Moonroe Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:53:21 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from Berry Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:26:54 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from Bill Moonroe Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:00:39 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from T Radigan
TC come back, any kind of fool can see
This new forum is deadly dull without you
TC come back, registration is cost free
We're so bored, and we just can't live without you]]> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:53:53 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from EThomas Bill Moonroe wrote:
Even when his alcohol blood level is out of whack, he's still entertaining when he asks if Thomas R and Ethomas are the same person based on name similarities.


That was pretty funny. He will show up eventually...he has been away for months and always returns. I'm not sure why people are so obsessed; there is no need to pine or anything.

To Thomas: Your plan is sneaky. I see what you are doing. It just might work.

Edit to add: Oops, crossposting. I meant your other plan.

edit to add
edited by EThomas on 6/23/2008]]> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:57:04 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from Thomas R
However I found an Amazon.com reviewer named "TCO" who may be the TCO. One of his reviews of a McDevitt book says "Save your Heinleinian beer money." Amazon's TCO Apparently you can e-mail that page. I could also put chunks of that guy's reviews here and if it's not our TCO maybe it'll draw him. (I think there's a good chance it is though)

"When I consider how much money I blow on restaurant meals or alcohol, a book price becomes trivial. What bothers me about buying a book that I don't enjoy is not the lost money. It's the lost time."

"This is not as good as Jumper (and Jumper wasn't perfect either, but it had a neat idea and some charm at times)"

"Don't be fooled by the whorish endorsements from other writers (like the husband and wife team of Sheffield and Kress). Similarly with the (now commonplace) comparisons to REAL masters like Asimov, Niven, etc. (geared to buyers frustrated by all the crap and looking for "stuff like the good ole stuff". This guy is NOT in that league. It's just marketing spin, and the comparison to Liliputians that makes anyone not gawdawful get Gulliver-compared nowadays. "

"Otherwise, the shorts would have killed the bubble earlier. The thing to think about is how much of a lesson have the MBA schools, McKinsey's and the like learned? Was this a one-time miscalculation or is there a deeper problem of a lack of true intellectual curiosity into business analysis? I think it's a deeper problem. And I think that it limits best capital allocation and company operation. Of course, this gets us into agency effects... "]]> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:51:02 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from Bill Moonroe ]]> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:29:22 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from Thomas R Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:26:22 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from Bill Moonroe Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:11:38 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from Berry edited by Berry on 6/23/2008
edited by Berry on 6/23/2008]]> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:08:46 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from Bill Moonroe Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:01:42 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from bluetyson
Darth Lightsabers]]> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:20:52 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from Bill Moonroe
I think we might have seen Teec sooner if the old forum address had some kind of redirection page instead of a "The page cannot be found". For someone surfing a gin enhanced internet, that might have been the proof that SF has finally gone belly up.]]> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:00:25 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from Byron Bailey
Toast

Gun

And to appease his lust:

S&M Abuse

poke

wtf]]> Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:02:14 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from Thomas R Sun, 22 Jun 2008 07:37:06 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from Berry
TCO, you are missed much like a benign tumor that, nevertheless, caused great discomfort before and after its removal. Please come home. You DO have a place here . . .

And I'm still laying claim that TCO had popped into the old forum as that wild and crazy writer of teh fictions himself: Igor Sanchez.]]> Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:36:46 GMT http://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=84 Message from Bill Moonroe
He may be a little crusty at times, but the Teec is this forum's Otis Meets Roger Ebert. I've come to appreciate the classic stuff that he's mentioned, and his exchanges with Gardie and Gordie have been as entertaining as an ostrich fight...]]> Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:44:48 GMT