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From: unsettled on 19 Nov 2006 14:49 T Wake wrote: > "Phineas T Puddleduck" <phineaspuddleduck(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message > news:phineaspuddleduck-6AD4A5.00433919112006(a)free.teranews.com... > >>In article <8f134$455fa861$4fe707c$14952(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, >>unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >> >> >>>Offhand it looks like the USA does better than the UK for our >>>minimum wage earners who are intent on advancing out of "poverty." >>>It looks like if they move out of major metroploitan areas and >>>apply their proverbial nose to the stone to get ahead, they have >>>a good chance of achieving what has come to be called "The great >>>American dream" easily enough. >> >>Ah you're one of those. "My country right or wrong" >> >>PLONK > > > I wouldn't even credit it with that level of sense. Of course not. The issue which I discussed counters your view of the USA, leaving baseless tripe your only contribution.
From: unsettled on 19 Nov 2006 14:50 T Wake wrote: > "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:45601865.3D628730(a)hotmail.com... > >> >>unsettled wrote: >> >> >>>Phineas T Puddleduck wrote: >>> >>> >>>>In article <acb5$455f9cf1$49ecf66$14693(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, >>>> unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >>> >>>About the long waiting time for council housing in the >>>UK these days was snipped >>> >>> >>>>>That's nice. So people on the waiting list camp out in >>>>>the park or something? LOL >>> >>>>No, normally either expected to stay with parents/friends or in hostels >>>>paid for by the DSS. And your point is? >>> >>>The point under discussion is that they get to live in >>>subsidized housing. So where's the incentive for people >>>that poor to work hard, save money, and buy a house of >>>their own? >> >>The 5 or more years they have to wait ? >> >>Certainly the cost of housing round here is so high it's priced out of the >>reach >>of most ppl on an average wage never mind minimum wage anyway. > > > It may be the five year wait, or it may be the desire to have a "house of > their own." Whatever it is, the incentive is certainly there - despite what > unsettled may be trying to imply. Poor people do indeed work hard, save > money and buy houses of their own. > > Amazing isn't it? You're boring.
From: unsettled on 19 Nov 2006 14:51 T Wake wrote: > <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message > news:ejpl9d$8qk_007(a)s1014.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > >>In article <455F6387.EABCDB3B(a)hotmail.com>, >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>I don't want an internal modem. I want one with lights that >>>>>>>>>>flash >>>>>>>>>>for every I/O. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>They don't help that much you know. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>What? Lights? Yes they help a lot. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>You're fooling yourself. Viruses can still get through, >>>>>> >>>>>>I can see when one is coming in. >>>>> >>>>>No you can't. A virus infected file is indistinguishable from one that >> >>isn't >> >>>>>infected to a modem. It's just a file. >>>> >>>>But I don't download files, period. I hit the off switch whenver >>>>there is unasked-for activity. >>> >>>Which you wouldn't even have to do if you used something up to date ! >> >>Exactly. Then I would vulnerable to any viral, worm or mess >>attack that has a new quirk to it. >> >>Why should I open it wide just to get infected? > > > > You say "exactly" then show you really did not understand what was said to > you. > > What have you contributed?
From: unsettled on 19 Nov 2006 14:57 Don Bowey wrote: > On 11/19/06 6:56 AM, in article 32e4a$45607088$4fe77d5$25668(a)DIALUPUSA.NET, > "unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: > > >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> >>>In article <455F631B.49B507AF(a)hotmail.com>, >>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>It seems to have begun with some terminals which labelled >>>>>>their RS232 ports with the logo "com". >>>>> >>>>>Oh, I see. I never considered series nor parallel ports as >>>>>"comm ports". >>>> >>>>A parallel port isn't a COM port though. Just the serial ones. >>> >>> >>>Unless you get a modem that can deal with parallel ports. >> >>I have a numeric keyboard and software that uses the >>parallel port to key data into a PC. >> > > > And that relates to a modem in what manner? Whenever you are unable to follow the logic of an ordinary conversation I urge you to repress your impulse to post nonsense.
From: unsettled on 19 Nov 2006 15:23
Don Bowey wrote: > On 11/19/06 11:34 AM, in article > MPG.1fca7be039dea278989bf9(a)news.individual.net, "krw" <krw(a)att.bizzzz> > wrote: > > >>In article <C185D3FB.4D876%dbowey(a)comcast.net>, dbowey(a)comcast.net >>says... >> >>>On 11/19/06 6:12 AM, in article >>>ejpoot$8qk_022(a)s1014.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com, "jmfbahciv(a)aol.com" >>><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>>In article <456057F9.BBA34F55(a)hotmail.com>, >>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Now >>>>>>>>a good TTY operator can "remember" what wasn't done and catch >>>>>>>>up after the mess is dealt with. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>You really ought to get away from the idea of TTYs you know. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Terminals have moved on somewhat. >>>>>> >>>>>>Just because today's computer tech now use complete systems >>>>>>for data entry and access to another computer system does >>>>>>not change the TTY functionality. >>>>> >>>>>They do a lot more than a teletype ever did though. >>>> >>>>When I say TTY, I'm talking about how the gear is used, >>>>not it's capability nor capacity. >>>> >>>>/BAH >>> >>>A TTY keyboard used a current loop, typically 20 mA. When a key was >>>pressed, the selector bars would fall into notches, mechanically encoding >>>the opening and closing of the 20 mA. loop to generate the code pulses. >> >>The difference between a current loop, RS-232, or LAN aren't of >>much importance in this context. >> >> >>>When receiving, the TTY machine would mechanically decode the series of 20 >>>mA. pulses and shift the selector bars to set-up the right character to >>>print. >> >>How the internals of an A/KSR-33 worked isn't of much importance >>here either. > > > > Gosh you know a TTY machine type. How about models 14, 15, 19, 28, 35? > > >>>This has nothing in common with a modern computer. If you wish to misuse >>>the terminology you are free to do so, but there is no way you can >>>rationally support it, technically. SED is STILL, sort of a technical Board >>>(I think), so it would be nice of you to at least try, >> >>The fact is that these computers are nothing more than a dumb >>terminal is, however. > > > My comments are relevant to what "TTY" denotes. > > A "TTY" was NEVER a computer. Are you ever going to run out of straw men, or do you have hordes of elves constantly making new ones for you to use. |