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jon
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how the mighty have fallen
posted Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 11:00 AM (#4722)
There's a fun article about what Stephan Paternot [observer.com] is up to these days over at the Observer -- apparently not a whole lot. For those of you who don't know who Steph is, he was Phillip's old boss over at theglobe.com before Phillip wisely escaped.

For those of you wondering about Steph's inclination towards clubbing and women, let's just say that one of my nights out with him (or, should I say, the one time I agreed to go clubbing with him -- I considered it an anthropological study) provided the initial inspiration [goats.com] for one of our characters.

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Re: how the mighty have fallen (Score: 2)
posted Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 01:10 PM (#4723)
A Cornell acquaintance said, "That guy was a prick and didn’t even seem that smart."

hmm....

anyone we know?
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Re: how the mighty have fallen (Score: 2, Clever)
posted Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 01:38 PM (#4726)
Note to Jon:

Let this serve as a cautionary tale as to why you can never let Phillip leave your internet ventures. I'd hate to be reading about you in this sort of story two years down the road...
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Re: how the mighty have fallen (Score: 2)
posted Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 02:40 PM (#4731)
In Response to zamphir (#4723):

I actually make a conscious effort not to ever comment on theglobe.com,or the people who ran it....so, no.
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Re: how the mighty have fallen (Score: 2)
posted Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 03:42 PM (#4734)
In Response to phillip (#4731):

So you'll neither confirm nor deny that you agree with the sentiment expressed? Fair enough.

The rest of the article does an excellent job of damning with faint praise.
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Re: how the mighty have fallen (Score: 2)
posted Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 03:53 PM (#4736)
In Response to phillip (#4731):

Phillip, maybe we could make that a premium feature.

If you're gonna burn some bridges, you might as well make some money off 'em.
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Re: how the mighty have fallen (Score: 2)
posted Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 03:59 PM (#4737)
In Response to zamphir (#4734):

The NY Observer also has a very strong anti-dot com bias, so as much as ...enjoyed... much of the story, I also don't believe a lot of what this particular paper says in stories like this. It tends to be as fair and balanced as ...well... Fox News.
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BEEFNUT!!! BEEFNUT!!!! (Score: 2)
posted Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 05:21 PM (#4740)
In Response to jon (#4736):

Sounds like the return of BEEFNUT!!! to me....
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Re: how the mighty have fallen (Score: 2)
posted Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 05:21 PM (#4741)
In Response to phillip (#4737):

The media? Biased?

The horse, you say!
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Re: how the mighty have fallen (Score: 1)
posted Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 10:42 AM (#4761)
It's rare that I feel this much sadness for someone else's life.
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Re: how the mighty have fallen (Score: 3, Informative)
posted Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 02:11 PM (#4768)
In Response to coolhand (#4761):

trust me, don't.
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Re: how the mighty have fallen (Score: 2)
posted Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 02:33 PM (#4769)
In Response to phillip (#4768):

So much for that [goats.com].

BEEFNUT!!!!
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Re: how the mighty have fallen (Score: 1)
posted Friday, March 28, 2003 - 02:34 PM (#4813)
well, that was...amusing. probably because it kept reminding me of liocracy. i like that show.
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