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From: Peter Ceresole on 8 Jun 2010 11:56 T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > Is this the one where the lead would go about on a hoverboard, > 'pooning' a tow off other vehicles, or am I thinking of something > else? No; that's something else which I have read but whose title I forget. I think it was 'Snow Crash'. Okay, but not up to Gibson standards -- Peter
From: Jim on 8 Jun 2010 12:05 On 2010-06-08, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-06-08, T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: >>> >>>Okay, walk - no, run - to your nearest bookstore before it's too late. >>> >> Is this the one where the lead would go about on a hoverboard, >> 'pooning' a tow off other vehicles, or am I thinking of something >> else? > > That sounds more like YT in now Crash. -----------------------------^"Snow Crash" Damn ssh connections... Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you." Terry Pratchett
From: Peter Ceresole on 8 Jun 2010 12:04 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > That sounds more like YT in now Crash. > > -----------------------------^"Snow Crash" > > > Damn ssh connections... Ah yes. 'Now crash' would be a command line instruction? -- Peter
From: Jim on 8 Jun 2010 12:08 On 2010-06-08, Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >> > That sounds more like YT in now Crash. >> >> -----------------------------^"Snow Crash" >> >> >> Damn ssh connections... > > Ah yes. 'Now crash' would be a command line instruction? Yes, it's run during the boot process on Windows systems. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you." Terry Pratchett
From: Woody on 8 Jun 2010 12:13
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-06-08, Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >> >>>> That sounds more like YT in now Crash. >>> >>> -----------------------------^"Snow Crash" >>> >>> >>> Damn ssh connections... >> >> Ah yes. 'Now crash' would be a command line instruction? > > Yes, it's run during the boot process on Windows systems. Isn't that the HCF instruction? Halt and catch fire? -- Woody |