[Bnomic-private] sigh

[bd]

On Wednesday 21 August 2002 11:59 pm, David E. Smith wrote:
> I'm still here.
>
> I found out that I'd missed large parts of the database when I was doin=
g
> my last-minute backup, and the last full backup I have from before that=
 is
> from the beginning of the nweek.
>
> So until Joel gets settled in wherever he's gotten off to, we're still
> basically frozen in time, under whichever rule it is that requires
> everything on the ballot to be publicly displayed.
>
> Which works out well because I've got bigger things to worry about.
>
> I'm going to be blunt, folks. My personal life is pretty well falling
> apart. I'm not actually homeless, but my housing situation is rather
> tenuous indeed at this point. I've driven about five thousand miles in =
the
> past couple weeks. (The sordid details will soon be posted at
> metadave.net.) As I may have mentioned, I'm tired, I'm hungry, and I'm
> very cranky indeed.
>
> I've never done something like this before, so feel free to laugh (or
> forfeit the Nomic, as you see fit), but I'm screwed and I could use you=
r
> help.
>
> If the many hours I've put into this game have provided you with even a
> little amusement, and you have a dollar or two that you can spare, and =
a
> PayPal account, well, you can finish the sentence.

:( I'm too young to use that. And I wouldn't use PayPal anyway,

> The game will go on, either way, as soon as Joel gets nomic.net back
> online, but this earns you my undying gratitude -- which just might be
> more valuable than B Nomic Shillings, the way the economy's going these
> days.
>
> Anything collected in excess of my immediate needs (basically, lunch an=
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> maybe gas for the car) will be saved for future nifty stuff, like maybe
> buying "bnomic.org" or something and giving players bnomic.org email
> addresses.

How about bnomic.no-ip.org? And, a CFI could be issued to fix things. The=
n=20
ruled true. Then appealed and ruled true. Or something.

--=20
bd
The above =3D=3D my from field. Duh.