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From: Woody on 18 Apr 2010 16:08 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > > And, of course, there's still dialup. I'm back on the wet string for ten > > > days, and although it's *decent* wet string, as out here I'm using a USR > > > Courier than which there is no better dialup modem, it's still madness > > > to try Usenet (or mail) on line. > > > > Why? 10 years ago that is what everyone was using, and it worked fine! > > Only according to a very, very restrictive definition of 'fine'. Where 'fine' is well enough for most of the things that you needed to do! -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: Richard Tobin on 18 Apr 2010 19:54 In article <1jh5pei.1o28ybjlfx4trN%real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk>, D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: >I don't think it really improves anyone, does it? On the contrary, it improves everyone else. -- Richard
From: Richard Tobin on 18 Apr 2010 19:56 In article <slrnhsmncf.up7.bas(a)rialto.bas.me.uk>, Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: >I (dimly) remember spending *hours* downloading Netscape Communicator 4, >which was something ridiculous like 15MB. I remember *days* downloading the emacs source, sometime in the late 80s. "Eight Magabytes And Constantly Swapping", as we used to say. -- Richard
From: Peter Ceresole on 20 Apr 2010 14:22 Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: > >> > Yes, you need to be more indepedant. > >> > >> Or even independent. > >> > >> Points to me, then. > > > > Haha, whoosh points to Elliott. Dead right. > > This is the sort of exchange that would've fit perfectly on Twitter! That bad, eh? -- Peter
From: Rowland McDonnell on 19 Apr 2010 01:20
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > > > > There are generally a couple of days when we _can't_ go anywhere, for > > > reasons I'd rather not go into. It's handy for then. > > > > > > Jim > > > > Lol the boose you mean, that's fine, we all get shitfaced on holiday. > > er...no, that's not what I mean. It's a medical thing. It's piles, innit? Embarrassing and unmentionable, must be piles... Rowland. (who knows that he's wrong) -- 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 |