Filepro-list Digest, Vol 7, Issue 65

[Ward Griffiths]

On Saturday 14 August 2004 02:29 am, 
filepro-list-request at lists.celestial.com wrote:

> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> than "Re: Contents of Filepro-list digest..."

I was gonna do do this, but there were a couple of good bits to respond 
to and I prefer to kill two birds, etc.

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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 01:02:59 -0400
> From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra at baylink.com>
> Subject: Re: OT: Well anything for a little traffic
> To: filePro mailing list <filepro-list at seaslug.org>
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> On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 11:36:40PM -0400, Fairlight wrote:

> > The only problem I have with black hardware on a PC is that if you
> > manage to get it, and then you add something, it's harder to get
> > matching hardware faceplates, casings on externals, etc.
>
> Not these days.
> -- j


Yup.  A _bunch_ of black hardware available, and stuff that _almost_ 
matches the Mercedes Silver of my old Tandy collection.  The color that 
seemed to be the biggest complaint about the Model One aside from the 
cassette interface (that was better than anything by Apple, Atari or 
Commodore, it's just that it wasn't as _bad_ as those others so users 
used tape long enough to complain rather than buy diskette drives with 
the next paycheck).
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 01:09:31 -0400
> From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra at baylink.com>
> Subject: Re: OT: Well anything for a little traffic
> To: 'filePro mailing list' <filepro-list at seaslug.org>
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> On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 01:34:36PM -0400, Fairlight wrote:
> > You'd think there would be a wireless version of serial.  They have
> > wireless keyboards, mice, etc.  Why not printers or any serial
> > device?  :)
>
> It's called Bluetooth.
>
> Though *I* thought he meant putting the printer in another room, with
> a transporter to beam him the paper.

I've tried that.  Damned quantum effects give you confetti worse than a 
dual axis shredder.  And don't even _think_ about clearing a jam with 
power on unless you have somebody else's hand to use.

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> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 01:18:57 -0400
> From: Fairlight <fairlite at fairlite.com>
> Subject: Re: grep, etc
> To: filepro-list at seaslug.org
> Message-ID: <20040814011857.B8022 at iglou.com>
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> Interesting.  I never bothered, really.  I didn't learn on GNU greps
> originally, and had my methodology set wayyy back in '89.
>
> I'll probably keep this in mind though when I next need to do it. 
> The problem is that unless you have a guaranteed GNU grep, it's
> possibly (probably?) not portable scripting.
>
> Thanks for the heads-up.

There is no guarantee on GNU grep, or any other free software product.  
And few folks in the FSP are worth suing.
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> Message: 8
> Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 02:29:22 -0400
> From: Fairlight <fairlite at fairlite.com>
> Subject: Re: date problem
> To: 'Filepro 2 List' <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
> Message-ID: <20040814022922.B9377 at iglou.com>
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> When asked his whereabouts on Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 01:34:07AM -0400,
> GCC
>
> Consulting took the fifth, drank it, and then slurred:
> > In another life, I manufactured ladies hosiery. In fact, I
> > developed the first maternity pantyhose.  My wife was expecting and
> > couldn't wear the regular items we made.
> >
> > Do a search on stockings and one comes up with a load of porn
> > sites. But that's getting off the topic.
>
> Let me get this straight...you were trained in infiltration
> techniques in the military -and- you have experience in ladies'
> langerie?!

Mark, I assume you've watched the occasional spy thriller.  Plenty of 
manly military men dolled up as Mata Haris.  (And don't assume that all 
soldiers are straight -- there was a lot of history between Sparta and 
"don't ask, don't tell -- there were more gays at Travis AFB in the 70s 
than there were in most towns under 50k population -- not that I am or 
was gay, but I seemed to be accepted due to being in a polyandrous 
arrangement.)
-- 
Ward Griffiths    wdg3rd at comcast.net    http://home.comcast.net/~wdg3rd/

No phrase sickens me more than the pious "'Tis God's will" and I must be
hearing it in one form or another at least twenty times a day.
    --  Richard Cowper, "The Hertsford Manuscript", F&SF Oct '76 p31col2