Hey, is this one of the guys they used to have beating on OS/2 while the world waited and waited and waited for Windows 95? I lost several years of my life to your kind. Instant Karma gonna get ya.
That reminds me of a conversation I had with a Russian programmer. I said if we built bridges like we build software I'd never cross a river. He had been trained at first as a civil engineer, and said in Russia when they built a bridge they made the heads of the construction company stand underneath it - while they rolled tanks and trucks overhead! NO bad concrete in those babies!
I worked on the SALTS project for the Navy after Desert Storm, that was in 91-93. We built a BBS and the ships used INMARSAT to connect over 19.2k modems. Try debugging zmodem transfers when the other side is pitching up and down in the Indian Ocean... The sailers could get/send emails from girlfriends, etc. and the supply officers could order 200,000 gallons of gas and whatnot. Of course, once you have a connection it was no big deal to switch over to the 'net.
I liked it when Darth Vader wagged his finger at him and said "And no disintegrations - I want them alive". Looks cool, and has a tendency to disintegrate people.... ya gotta love it.
...the one about the retired couple driving an RV. He puts the wife behind the wheel, says it's on cruise control and he's going into the back to sleep. When he's asleep, she decides to get up and make some tea. RV ends up in a field, of course, and she says "But I thought it was on cruise control!" Real story? Urban myth? I dunno.
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Hey, is this one of the guys they used to have beating on OS/2 while the world waited and waited and waited for Windows 95? I lost several years of my life to your kind. Instant Karma gonna get ya.
Do you guys have any idea of what a leased line costs? A 56K line is almost $400/month, 256K can cost up to $1200.
I'd dance a jig if I could get the high-end ADSL setup going for $200/month.
That reminds me of a conversation I had with a Russian programmer. I said if we built bridges like we build software I'd never cross a river. He had been trained at first as a civil engineer, and said in Russia when they built a bridge they made the heads of the construction company stand underneath it - while they rolled tanks and trucks overhead! NO bad concrete in those babies!
I worked on the SALTS project for the Navy after Desert Storm, that was in 91-93. We built a BBS and the ships used INMARSAT to connect over 19.2k modems. Try debugging zmodem transfers when the other side is pitching up and down in the Indian Ocean... The sailers could get/send emails from girlfriends, etc. and the supply officers could order 200,000 gallons of gas and whatnot. Of course, once you have a connection it was no big deal to switch over to the 'net.
If you don't pay Apple's inflated prices you could've just bought a real PlayStation and not worry about using a $3K machine in place of a $200 box.
Duh.
I guess that would be the proprietary protocols they talked about in the Halloween document.
Same old MS - it's innovation, we didn't break that guy's stuff on purpose... sure....
Considering Merrill is very much a Microsoft shop, the interesting question is are they going to join the party or stay with MickeySoft?
how to write, too.
I liked it when Darth Vader wagged his finger at him and said "And no disintegrations - I want them alive". Looks cool, and has a tendency to disintegrate people.... ya gotta love it.
...the one about the retired couple driving an RV. He puts the wife behind the wheel, says it's on cruise control and he's going into the back to sleep. When he's asleep, she decides to get up and make some tea. RV ends up in a field, of course, and she says "But I thought it was on cruise control!" Real story? Urban myth? I dunno.