At 12:57 AM 4/12/02 +0000, you wrote:
> > There was something of a tiff betwteen the folks who ran the yiffnet
> > servers, mostly because several of them were sick as hell of folks
> > whining, complaining, and threatening them, because nothing could be
> > done about a few asshats who would show up and cause trouble.
> > So, they took down their servers and went home. Some other ones
> > have sprung up, and Lymril has decreed that the network isn't
> > called "yiffnet" anymore,
> > even though that's what everyone still calls it.
>
>Hi, I haven't posted to this club before, and this is
>quite Off Topic, so I'll be brief :) I'm one of the admins
>running the german ex-yiffnet IRC server.
>
>What you wrote is the truth, but not the whole truth. The main
>reason why the network is no longer called "yiffnet" is, that
>Elkay not only took down his IRC server, he also took down
>the name server, and since he's the owner of the domain "yiff.net",
>we could no longer use the name.
>
>It was not Lymril's "decree". It was something all the leftover
>admins agreed on. And Lymril is NOT running an IRC server.
Well, you're sorely missed. And thanks for clearing up the matter for us! :)
>We now return to our regular scheduled programme :)
>
>(Like, where do I get the money to buy all of James' latest
>'folios?)
Hmmm, I dunno .... maybe putting YiffNet back up and letting us pay you to
do it? ;)
Best knots!
BondoFox
http://kaisha.cx/~bondofox
http://www.furnation.com/bondofox
Received on Thu Apr 11 2002 - 18:28:23 CDT