1 May
2003
1 May
'03
6:34 p.m.
No idea, does it have somthing to do with Uma Thurman which he mentions alot
about in those articles?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey Sharp" <jss(a)subatomix.com>
To: "ClassicCmp Mailing List" <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 2:13 AM
Subject: Re: More DEC Stuff Coming
airports
On Thursday, May 1, 2003, Tony Duell wrote:
> I got a red pen and made up some 'Danger Implosives' signs which I stuch
> to the sides of the VR201. This was before the current panic over
> terrorism, of course. Thus labelled, I carried the machine onto the
train
and to London.
I got some very odd looks ;-)
When I was a bit younger I read PC/Computing. Penn Jillette used to write
the back page, which I loved to read. In one issue, he recommended that
people put commands in their AUTOEXEC.BAT file such that their computer
would count down from 10 upon bootup, as if preparing to detonate. He
suggested that this be done to have fun with the security people at who ask you to turn on your laptop. I wouldn't
try this today! :-)
I loved the back page of PC/C. As my special homage to it, at every job
I've had, I have introduced the term 'Thurman unit' into the corporate
vocabulary. Anybody else here remember what a Thurman unit is?
--
Jeffrey Sharp