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Off shoot of the MSNBC.com/space Board?

carl — 5/1/2007 5:17:57 PM (archived)

I recollect the MSNBC.com/space bulliten board eons ago (97-99??) and when they pulled the plug on that in 2001? this one sprung up.been here since then............Yes, were the HB/ZONERS.......no t-shirts or other merchandising yet, though.....anybody listening?

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History of The Zone - Jody - 5/1/2007 4:34:50 PM
- I'm so old..... - Tony - 5/3/2007 3:08:40 PM
  - Computers so Slooooow on MSNBC - carl - 5/3/2007 10:26:07 PM
    - I have had a computer for only 2 years.... - Jody - 5/3/2007 10:44:37 PM
      - Heh - RNE - 5/4/2007 5:29:42 PM
        
        re: How true! - Jody - 5/4/2007 9:56:28 PM
        
        Addicited to YOUTUBE - carl - 5/5/2007 2:15:24 PM
        
        Well...... - RNE - 5/4/2007 10:30:21 PM
  - re: I'm so old..... - Jody - 5/3/2007 3:26:24 PM
    - Jody....... - Lindy - 5/3/2007 5:40:25 PM
      - re: A friend of mine told me about the Zone... - Jody - 5/3/2007 10:25:55 PM
        
        We are all stupid each in our own unique ways... - Mary Anne - 5/4/2007 1:37:34 PM
        
        " I was positive y'all were Einsteins...." - Lindy - 5/4/2007 4:58:50 AM
- re: Found this old list of Zoners - SteveS - 5/2/2007 4:13:14 PM
  - I notice I'm not on that list. - SDF - 5/3/2007 10:24:48 PM
    - Not fair to complain, when you don't make the change public - SDG - 5/4/2007 2:23:03 AM
      - Curious. - Mary Anne - 5/5/2007 11:57:36 PM
        
        go the canadian route. - SDG - 5/6/2007 1:28:29 AM
        
        So, this poster would see no particular advantage in defragging his harddrive? (n/t) - RobVG - 5/6/2007 10:50:31 PM
        
        Wasn't aha a band? - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/6/2007 2:22:53 AM
        
        OH, jeez! - Mary Anne - 5/6/2007 1:50:16 AM
        
        re:In french - Raoul - 5/6/2007 5:43:18 PM
        
        Oh! - Mary Anne - 5/6/2007 8:54:51 PM
      - Some people are offended by nicknames. - SDF - 5/4/2007 8:12:46 AM
        
        re: That is exactly the point!!! - Jody - 5/7/2007 2:45:03 AM
    - re: Well, slap me silly - SteveS - 5/4/2007 12:37:41 AM
    - re: I was wondering..... - Jody - 5/3/2007 10:49:18 PM
      - re: I was wondering..... - SteveS - 5/4/2007 12:42:19 AM
  - re:WOW!!! - Jody - 5/3/2007 3:18:53 AM
    - re: re:WOW!!! - SteveS - 5/3/2007 1:23:00 PM
- re: History of The Zone - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/2/2007 12:03:08 AM
  - re: I understand why Arrell gets so upset with Lindy now. - Jody - 5/2/2007 2:35:33 AM
    - The nom de plume... - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/2/2007 6:33:53 AM
      - re: Oy Vay! - Jody - 5/2/2007 2:05:57 PM
        
        re: Oy Vay! - Lindy - 5/2/2007 2:53:47 PM
  - re: History of The Zone - Lindy - 5/2/2007 1:08:24 AM
    - re: :) (n/t) - Jody - 5/2/2007 2:43:29 AM
- The Space Forum - Raoul - 5/1/2007 9:18:37 PM
  - re: Jim Oberg? - Jody - 5/1/2007 9:25:30 PM
    - JimO - REB - 5/1/2007 9:33:20 PM
      - re: He hasn't been on since I've been here, has he? (n/t) - Jody - 5/1/2007 10:03:44 PM
        
        been awhile, now - podrock - 5/1/2007 10:07:28 PM
- Pedigree of the zone. - SDG - 5/1/2007 6:32:29 PM
  - re: OMG!!...Nothing has changed!! - Jody - 5/1/2007 7:18:46 PM
    - re:I REALLY feel like I belong now!!!! (n/t) - Jody - 5/1/2007 7:23:24 PM
  - Some things just never change: - SDG - 5/1/2007 7:15:10 PM
    - re: Smyth was almost coherent!! (n/t) - Jody - 5/1/2007 10:02:49 PM
      - Almost? - Lee - 5/2/2007 1:56:45 AM
        
        re: :)...I speak children and old people....thats' my expertise! (n/t) - Jody - 5/2/2007 2:37:37 AM
  - Wow - REB - 5/1/2007 6:54:30 PM
    - 2001 based on the webarchive address (n/t) - SDG - 5/1/2007 6:59:51 PM
- re: History of The Zone - podrock - 5/1/2007 6:15:01 PM
  - Thanks! - ARRELL - 5/1/2007 9:57:59 PM
    - is this what you are looking for? - podrock - 5/2/2007 4:22:07 AM
      - No it was this one - ARRELL - 5/2/2007 4:47:39 AM
        
        But thanks for the link, I had lost that one too (n/t) - ARRELL - 5/2/2007 4:49:28 AM
    - NVM, I found it... (n/t) - ARRELL - 5/1/2007 10:31:47 PM
    - 'natch - podrock - 5/1/2007 10:05:25 PM
  - re:Who was Toynbee? - Jody - 5/1/2007 7:45:50 PM
    - A former student of podrock when 'Toynbee' was about 16... - ARRELL - 5/2/2007 5:32:30 AM
      - re: I Love it!!!!! - Jody - 5/3/2007 3:24:34 AM
    - BTW - podrock - 5/1/2007 10:13:20 PM
      - re: What name did you go by, then? (n/t) - Jody - 5/1/2007 10:19:15 PM
        
        the change - podrock - 5/1/2007 10:42:45 PM
        
        re:ThankYou...I was wondering who jms was! (n/t) - Jody - 5/2/2007 2:14:46 AM
    - re: re:Who was Toynbee? - FrankC - 5/1/2007 8:07:06 PM
      - re: Well isn't THAT interesting! - Jody - 5/1/2007 9:02:40 PM
- You will probably get several answers - FrankC - 5/1/2007 6:03:43 PM
  - Nicely done, Frank (n/t) - Fox - 5/2/2007 3:39:45 AM
  - Back when.... - Lindy - 5/1/2007 10:22:10 PM
    - re: Back when.... - Jody - 5/3/2007 3:36:05 AM
    - OMG - Lindu - 5/1/2007 10:44:48 PM
  - re: Thank You, FrankC... - Jody - 5/1/2007 9:15:45 PM
  - re: You will probably get several answers - gbaikie - 5/1/2007 7:02:35 PM
    - re: You will probably get several answers - SDG - 5/1/2007 7:29:27 PM
      - Minor spelling correction - Fox - 5/2/2007 3:51:23 AM
      - re: Thank You!! - Jody - 5/1/2007 9:19:52 PM
      - a couple of others - FrankC - 5/1/2007 7:48:37 PM
        
        re:Yes...I have seen posts by Jacob... - Jody - 5/2/2007 2:42:17 AM
        
        re: a couple of others - Ahem. :) - Marcia - 5/1/2007 10:03:12 PM
        
        Yes indeed Marcia - FrankC - 5/2/2007 2:38:47 AM
        
        Dan, are you listening?? - Lindy - 5/1/2007 10:01:07 PM
        
        re: I can only imagine, Lindy - Jody - 5/1/2007 10:17:37 PM
        
        It separated the boys from the men - Lindy - 5/1/2007 10:26:10 PM
        
        re: Dan, are you listening?? Yes, he was the voice of sanity. - Marcia - 5/1/2007 10:08:33 PM
        
        re: Ilya - Raoul - 5/1/2007 7:58:55 PM
        
        re: Ilya - Marcia - 5/1/2007 9:53:04 PM
        
        You are probably right - FrankC - 5/1/2007 8:09:53 PM
        
        I've met Eri in realtime -- definitely female. (n/t) - Fox - 5/2/2007 3:42:49 AM
        
        pic foul (G) (n/t) - FrankC - 5/2/2007 8:13:10 PM
      - Another that I missed Steve - FrankC - 5/1/2007 7:36:19 PM
        
        re: 1999 because of the Polar Lander - SteveS - 5/2/2007 3:20:48 AM
    - I knew I missed a bunch and you are definitely one of the originals - FrankC - 5/1/2007 7:15:48 PM
- Who has left. - REB - 5/1/2007 5:57:31 PM
  - And I am sure everyone remembers Barry and Keith (n/t) - REB - 5/1/2007 7:29:06 PM
- re: How did The Habitable Zone come to get its' name? - Jody - 5/1/2007 5:36:37 PM
  - re: How did The Habitable Zone come to get its' name? - FrankC - 5/1/2007 6:08:17 PM
    - The rest of the story - Robert - 5/2/2007 8:09:31 PM
      - re: The rest of the story - Peter Bruener - 5/6/2007 6:53:52 AM
        
        Long Live the Zone - Lindy - 5/6/2007 2:51:49 PM
    - Justin not Jason (n/t) - SDG - 5/1/2007 6:19:18 PM
      - arggg, at least I got it right above :) (n/t) - FrankC - 5/1/2007 6:21:01 PM
  - Dark meaning ...... - carl - 5/1/2007 5:47:41 PM
- Off shoot of the MSNBC.com/space Board? - carl - 5/1/2007 5:17:57 PM
  - I believe that is correct. - REB - 5/1/2007 5:47:42 PM
    - and to clarify the stalking incident. - REB - 5/1/2007 6:11:42 PM
      - re: and to clarify the stalking incident. - Lindy - 5/1/2007 10:08:58 PM
        
        re: and to clarify the stalking incident. - REB - 5/2/2007 12:36:35 PM
        
        Wow.... - Lindy - 5/2/2007 2:26:50 PM
        
        BTW, their ring leader is... - REB - 5/2/2007 3:04:09 PM
        
        Here is one of his sites. - REB - 5/2/2007 3:13:20 PM
        
        re: Wow.... - REB - 5/2/2007 2:52:14 PM
        
        re: Wow....again - Lindy - 5/2/2007 3:18:34 PM
        
        re:Scorpio?...I have some Scorpios' in my life..Please...do tell - Jody - 5/2/2007 6:31:24 PM
        
        I'd rather not. - Lindy - 5/2/2007 9:22:11 PM
        
        re: LOL...okay - Jody - 5/3/2007 1:12:18 AM
        
        re: Wow....again - REB - 5/2/2007 3:26:14 PM
        
        OK - Lindy - 5/2/2007 4:32:15 PM
        
        It did not turn out the way I wanted to. - REB - 5/2/2007 4:43:50 PM
        
        On the other hand - Lindy - 5/2/2007 9:25:48 PM
        
        re: On the other hand - REB - 5/2/2007 9:55:41 PM
        
        re: It did not turn out the way I wanted to. - Jody - 5/2/2007 5:21:50 PM
        
        re: It did not turn out the way I wanted to. - REB - 5/2/2007 5:43:19 PM
        
        re: and to clarify the stalking incident. - REB - 5/2/2007 12:43:37 PM
    - Censorship and MSNBC - carl - 5/1/2007 5:55:51 PM
      - re: THAT is interesting!! I did not have a computer in '01 (n/t) - Jody - 5/2/2007 2:46:48 AM
  - re:Why did they "pull the plug"? - Jody - 5/1/2007 5:20:23 PM
    - Seemed to require more and more staff involvement. - Bowser - 5/1/2007 7:02:11 PM
    - I dunno........... - carl - 5/1/2007 5:23:43 PM

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