Was Joel really elected Kibo, or is that just a myth?
In January of 1994, James “Kibo” Parry disappeared from Usenet for a long time, over a month. No one knew where he had gone or what he was up to. Some people cared, some people didn’t. Finally, Andrew Bulhak, an Australian net.user, called for an election to replace Parry in the role of Kibo. Bulhak accepted any nomination that came his way, then published a list of candidates and held an open vote via e-mail. When the voting period was up, Joel Furr had won with a solid plurality and almost a majority, with 81 votes; the nearest runner up was Parry himself, with around 30 votes. Parry had returned from whatever it was he’d been off doing halfway through the voting period, but had known better than to denounce the vote for fear of inspiring people to gleefully vote against him. However, once the vote was over, Parry started whining very loudly about it and actually threatened Joel Furr with legal action over Joel’s frivolous use of the title “Kibo” in a few Usenet posts. According to P
In January of 1994, James “Kibo” Parry disappeared from Usenet for a long time, over a month. No one knew where he had gone or what he was up to. Some people cared, some people didn’t. Finally, Andrew Bulhak, an Australian net.user, called for an election to replace Parry in the role of Kibo. Bulhak accepted any nomination that came his way, then published a list of candidates and held an open vote via e-mail. When the voting period was up, Joel Furr had won with a solid plurality and almost a majority, with 81 votes; the nearest runner up was Parry himself, with around 30 votes. Parry had returned from whatever it was he’d been off doing halfway through the voting period, but had known better than to denounce the vote for fear of inspiring people to gleefully vote against him. However, once the vote was over, Parry started whining very loudly about it and actually threatened Joel Furr with legal action over Joel’s frivolous use of the title “Kibo” in a few Usenet posts. According to P
