OT: Unix can't win

[Bill Vermillion]

Putting quill to paper and scribbling furiously on Thu, Jan 06 00:39  
GCC Consulting missed achieving immortality when he said: 

>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com 
> > [mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf 
> > Of Fairlight
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 9:02 PM
> > To: filePro List
> > Subject: Re: OT: Unix can't win
> > 
> > In the relative spacial/temporal region of Wed, Jan 05, 2005 
> > at 08:45:04PM -0500, Bill Vermillion achieved the spontaneous 
> > generation of the following:
> > > When asked his whereabouts on Wed, Jan 05 15:22 , tom heine 
> > took the 
> > > fifth, drank it, and then slurred:
> > > 
> > > > similar but different problem with air traffic control
> > > > 
> > > > http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20040917/1220226_F.shtml
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Gawd.  That would make me want to avoid all commercial aircraft.
> > > 
> > > Why in God's name would anyone put in a machine where human 
> > lives can 
> > > be lost in severe events that has to be rebooted every
> > > 30 days.   Cost cutting at the expense of life and property 
> > > is very foolish.
> > 
> > This reminds me of some of the things we were going to put 
> > into Kelly's and my MS-Airlines spoof:
> > 
> > 
> >                (i)  Deploy Landing Gear
> >        Please insert MS-Airlines CD in drive E:
> >        and enter your 64-digit activation code.
> >           Press Next to deploy landing gear.
> > 
> > 
> >        (!) Do you REALLY want to adjust altitude
> >                to avoid mid-air collision?
> >                     [Yes]      [NO]
> > 
> > 
> > The airplane has performed an illegal operation and will be 
> > grounded immediately.  
> > Details>>
> > General protection fault in module FUSELAGE.DLL at seat 21-A.
> > Press Enter to crash.
> > 
> > 
> > ...and on and on they went.  We must have had over a hundred 
> > over a couple days' time.  Every time I go to make a 
> > comprehensive list though, they seem to evaporate from my mind.
> > 
> > mark->
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> GET A TAPE RECORDER!!!!! :)

C'mon now.  Who uses those in this day and age.  Even though I
spent a good portion of my life working with tape recorders in
broadcast and recording studios, I even have one of the small
devices that are all digital that you can take notes with.

Tape is so gauche. 

Bill
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Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com