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From: Eeyore on 13 Jan 2007 10:21 "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: > MassiveProng wrote: > >Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >> >MassiveProng wrote: > > >> > > > >> >> We are at war. > > >> > > > >> >With which country ? > > >> > > >> It's a new kind of war. > > > > > >No it isn't. That's just a new excuse. > > > > > >What country is the USA at war with ? > > > > > >Graham > > > > A long time ago, the things you do were an excuse to stone you. > > What makes you think that he's not already stoned? I rarely indulge in cannabis fwiw. Certainly not recently. Actually it's probably time I did indulge again, it can be very pleasant. Graham
From: Eeyore on 13 Jan 2007 10:24 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message > >> kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote: > >> > >>>The frequency content extends well past the 20KHz that the human ear is > >>>limited to. In DSL, there is no real signal at all down where audio band > >>>modems run. > >> > >> There isn't any way to hang a converter or something on and > >> make patterns into sounds? How about lights? > > > >You would need to seriously slow down the data flow for it to be meaningful > >which would kind of defeat the purpose. > > > You don't have to have a 1-sound::1-bit ratio. Like I said, > the best way is to listen to changes of patterns. For instance, > I can get used to what a successful connection "sounds" like. > I do it today with the my 14,400 modem. I have no idea what > the sounds mean but I do know if the melody has changed from > the usual melody. My experience tells me that, if I hear a > certain "sour" melody, I shouldn't even try to get into > newsgroups, but just hangup and call again. Likewise. Once the connection has been negotiated though, the remainder just sounds like white noise. It serves no further purpose. Graham
From: Eeyore on 13 Jan 2007 10:24 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > I do it today with the my 14,400 modem. Can you not even get anything faster than that ? Graham
From: Eeyore on 13 Jan 2007 10:28 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote: > >> > <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote: > >> > > >> >>They are not oblivious; these people are still thinking in > >> >>the old ways. > >> > > >> >No, they are simply unwilling to allow the wrong word to be applied to the > >> >situation. If you control the language, you control the debate. By > >> >calling something "a war", you are claiming certain things are true about > >> >it. If the thing being called "a war" doesn't really have those > >> >characteristics, using the term can lead to confusion. > >> > >> Then me a word to use that describes the fight to the death > >> between two civilizations. I call this war. > > > >We don't have this though. > > > >You're mistaking the actions of a few radical fundamentalists for a wider > >wholesale wish to 'destroy' the west. > > They aren't a "few". Yes they are. What percentage of the billion plus Muslims worldwide do they number ? Graham
From: Eeyore on 13 Jan 2007 10:35
jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote: > > > >> > They don't have a capital city to bomb. Basically "the tools > >> >of war" are useless against them. This makes it far better to not refer > >> >to it as a war so people don't get confused about what is going on. > >> > >> So what do you call it? > > > >There isn't an 'it' to bomb ! > > There is a mindset to change. Since when was a mindset ever changed by kicking the other guy in the teeth ? Graham |