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From: Jim on 10 Jun 2010 13:50 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Wilson> > > > > > > Yes, computer design will get you that way sometimes. She should > > > probably remove the bracketed name part of her name then! > > > > Just so long as you're not designing hardware interfaces, getting male > > and female connectors mixed up would be a problem! > > > > To be fair, I don't think she puts (Roger) in her name. > > I guessed not. I think she should fire Jim from doing her PR though. [stomps off into the corner, muttering] Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Chris Ridd on 10 Jun 2010 14:05 On 2010-06-10 18:39:02 +0100, James Jolley said: > On 2010-06-10 18:27:56 +0100, Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> said: > >> Just so long as you're not designing hardware interfaces, getting male >> and female connectors mixed up would be a problem! > > True enough, mustn't forget that people are usually baud after 1200. > Seriously, those were the days. Just stop bit, now. -- Chris
From: James Jolley on 10 Jun 2010 14:08 On 2010-06-10 19:05:26 +0100, Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> said: > On 2010-06-10 18:39:02 +0100, James Jolley said: > >> On 2010-06-10 18:27:56 +0100, Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> said: >> >>> Just so long as you're not designing hardware interfaces, getting male >>> and female connectors mixed up would be a problem! >> >> True enough, mustn't forget that people are usually baud after 1200. >> Seriously, those were the days. > > Just stop bit, now. Oh deary, love it when you go full duplex like that on me, really gets me bits aflowing.
From: Chris Ridd on 10 Jun 2010 14:29 On 2010-06-10 19:08:33 +0100, James Jolley said: > On 2010-06-10 19:05:26 +0100, Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> said: > >> On 2010-06-10 18:39:02 +0100, James Jolley said: >> >>> On 2010-06-10 18:27:56 +0100, Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> said: >>> >>>> Just so long as you're not designing hardware interfaces, getting male >>>> and female connectors mixed up would be a problem! >>> >>> True enough, mustn't forget that people are usually baud after 1200. >>> Seriously, those were the days. >> >> Just stop bit, now. > > Oh deary, love it when you go full duplex like that on me, really gets > me bits aflowing. You'd better modulate your tone with me, young man! -- Chris
From: Rowland McDonnell on 10 Jun 2010 14:32
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > > 1) You what? > > There's an event at Bletchley Park on the 19th and 20th June - the Bletchley > Park Vintage Computer Festival. There's going to be at least one ex-Acorn > person there. > > Thought you might be interested. Ah. Righto. Look, if you want to let me in particular know about something, email's the thing. Interest is irrelevant - what matters is ability and time. I don't have the ability or time to feed my interest. Rowland. P.S. It doesn't help that I'm with Dr G Greer on an awful lot of things, so I'm not sure how I could cope with the star guest without blowing several mental fuses. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking |