From: et472@ncf.ca   
      
   On Tue, 24 Apr 2012, Don Del Grande wrote:   
      
   > therealslimshady wrote:   
   >   
   >> in the commentary for "Who Shot Mr Burns Part 2"  the writers mention   
   >> that someone on this very board guessed all the clues right, but could   
   >> not be contacted because the contest was still running. when they went   
   >> back to message them the address was inactive.   
   >>   
   >> I was just wondering, if anyone had any idea who it could be, or how   
   >> we could find out? I know it's been many years and the post itself   
   >> might be lost to time, but I think we should at least try looking (I   
   >> don't know if there has been prior looks for them as this is my first   
   >> time here)   
   >   
   > I'm not entirely sure it was somebody who posted to alt.tv.simpsons; I   
   > think somebody at the time would have noticed it and brought it up   
   > when they aired Part 2.  (It was probably a college student - you had   
   > to go through Unix to access Usenet back then - who either graduated   
   > that summer or just happened to be taking a computer science course   
   > somewhere that had access to Usenet, so the account would have been   
   > vacant by that fall.)   
   >   
   That's not completely true. It was 1995.  The Well had provided Usenet   
   access for a decade.  Some BBSs had limited Usenet access (ie they'd   
   provide newsgroups that people asked for, I certainly could access   
   sci.electronics in late 1994 via a BBS).  But it was also a few years   
   after commercial ISPs had started up.  Not the mass that came later, but   
   they were available. I had full internet access in August of 1996, kind of   
   late but I hadnt' thought I could afford it earlier.  AOL added Usenet   
   access in 1993, "eternal September", as did Compuserve, so by 1995, access   
   wasn't as limited as even five years before.   
      
       Michael   
      
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