Upon the date 01:46 PM 6/17/99 -0700, Sellam Ismail said something like:
 On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
  ::I love being misquoted.  I also love it when
the journalist takes the
 ::information I give him and jumbles it all up into a miserable pile of
 ::gibberish.
 You think your quote was gibberish? What about "Micro Instrumentation
 Tolementary Systems" [sic]? You got off lightly, my friend. :-P 
That WAS my quote!  That's what I was talking about.  I told him the
Altair was made by MITS, and then decided to tell him what MITS stood for
(WARNING! Never attempt to decipher for a reporter the initials of a
company that uses big words in its full name).  I discussed IMSAI next, so 
Uhh, you should never use *any* big words when talking with some of those
reporters who are clueless at the get go.
I was interviewed some years ago by a young, non-technically oriented
reporter about my early radio display at a local antique farm equipment
show. When I saw the confused wording and downright mixed up descriptions
that was actually printed I dang near knocked myself out when I slapped my
forehead in exasperation. Sheesh.
Regards,  Chris
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