24 Aug
1998
24 Aug
'98
2:13 p.m.
In a message dated 98-08-24 19:06:08 EDT, you write:
<>< > Well, it'll fit into the landfill better anyway...
> Here's a question: what _obsolete_ computer
would you choose for this
> miracle machine, assuming you have unlimited power?
> My choice would have to be an IBM PC just to vent..
Which IBM PC? I would most likely choose a garden
variety C64. >>
nah, C64 isnt good enough. IBM machines are much heavier and will do more
damage.
24 Aug
24 Aug
1:34 p.m.
>
Here's a question: what _obsolete_ computer would you choose for this
> miracle machine, assuming you have unlimited power?
> My choice would have to be an IBM PC just to vent..
nah, C64 isnt good
enough. IBM machines are much heavier and will do more
damage. 
2:53 p.m.
On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, Wirehead Prime wrote:
Myself, I prefer dancing and singing to celebrate
things. What happened
to dressing up in costumes and building floats and giving away free stuff
like candy or food?
Rape and pillage is far greater fun.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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4:04 p.m.
Sam Ismail wrote:
On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, Wirehead Prime wrote:
But always remember to finish the raping and pillaging _before_ the
burning. And try to get the rest of the longship crew to remember it
as well. (I've used a worn-out Compaq [that never worked right from
birth] as a rifle target -- an old luggable -- putting a .357 round
Myself, I prefer dancing and singing to celebrate
things. What happened
to dressing up in costumes and building floats and giving away free stuff
like candy or food?
Rape and pillage is far greater fun.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com from the Marlin 1894CS lever-action carbine through the
9" tube was so
incredibly cathartic).
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Bill Gates has this situation where the federal government wants him
convicted for attempting a monopoly. Has Bill considered responding
with a question as to why there's only one Justice Department?
25 Aug
25 Aug
5:49 a.m.
[Rape and pillage is far greater fun]
Mental image: The Monty Python bit where the nerds sail a corporate building
like a pirate ship...
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24 Aug
24 Aug
3:01 p.m.
On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, Wirehead Prime wrote:
The whole exercise is such a Beavis and Butthead thing
to do.
Perhaps.
Myself, I prefer dancing and singing to celebrate
things. What happened
to dressing up in costumes and building floats and giving away free stuff
like candy or food?
I prefer celebrating in this way, too.
However, as a sysadmin, every so often I feel the primal urge to "get
even" with the machines that are a constant pain in my arse. Disassembling
a semi-functional Wang PC with a splitting maul is very cathartic when
things get to that point.
Plus it helps keep me from feeling like I need to take it out on my users.
ok
r.
3:57 p.m.
R. Stricklin (kjaeros) wrote:
On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, Wirehead Prime wrote:
Eh. There's always more users where they came from. (The fifth circle
of Hell, if I recall my Dante correctly).
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Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram@cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/>
Bill Gates has this situation where the federal government wants him
convicted for attempting a monopoly. Has Bill considered responding
with a question as to why there's only one Justice Department?
The whole exercise is such a Beavis and Butthead
thing to do.
Perhaps.
Myself, I prefer dancing and singing to celebrate
things. What happened
to dressing up in costumes and building floats and giving away free stuff
like candy or food?
I prefer celebrating in this way, too.
However, as a sysadmin, every so often I feel the primal urge to "get
even" with the machines that are a constant pain in my arse. Disassembling
a semi-functional Wang PC with a splitting maul is very cathartic when
things get to that point.
Plus it helps keep me from feeling like I need to take it out on my users.
ok
r. 
3:58 p.m.
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7:58 p.m.
On Tue, 25 Aug 1998, Tony Duell wrote:
I find it better to get even with the machine by
making it do what I want
anyway. Even if it involves soldering in a dozen more chips and stringing
kludge-wires all over the place. If I've done that, I really feel I've
beaten the machine.
Well, by doing this, you've really defeated the mediocre designer that
produced the product.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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25 Aug
25 Aug
5:51 a.m.
[keep him from feeling like he has to take it out on his lusers...]
Oh? I thought that's what they were here for...
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5:37 p.m.
Daniel A. Seagraves wrote:
[keep him from feeling like he has to take it out on his lusers...]
Oh? I thought that's what they were here for...
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Hey, just because you were announced BOFH of the month doesn't make
you equal to Simon. If we kill off _all_ the lusers, the market for
BOFH's will drop -- then we'll be cutting each other's feeds with
chainsaws.
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Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram@cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/>
Bill Gates has this situation where the federal government wants him
convicted for attempting a monopoly. Has Bill considered responding
with a question as to why there's only one Justice Department?
26 Aug
26 Aug
6:02 a.m.
[Just because I was...]
Oh, you saw that?
The thing is, they have my email address in the HTML so's the grepping spammers
can get me.
I'm thinking of mailing them again and nominating Sam for the "sing-a-song-of
-spam" bit...
[lusers]
You couldn't kill all of the lusers, there's always more of them.
They just keep appearing from wherever they're born from.
I think they come from Marketing... That seems to be the source of about
everything else I hate.
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24 Aug
24 Aug
5:26 p.m.
It never ceases to amaze me that, when offered an
opportunity to
celebrate in a positive manner, groups of people will choose to smash,
burn and destroy things instead. If it were some kind of demonstration
Reminds me of a recent COMDEX where participants could take a turn
machine-gunning an old IBM mainframe. Pretty dumb.
Kevin
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5:51 p.m.
Kevin McQuiggin wrote:
Well, COMDEX isn't usually run by the sharpest knives in the drawer.
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Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram@cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/>
Bill Gates has this situation where the federal government wants him
convicted for attempting a monopoly. Has Bill considered responding
with a question as to why there's only one Justice Department?
It never ceases to amaze me that, when offered an
opportunity to
celebrate in a positive manner, groups of people will choose to smash,
burn and destroy things instead. If it were some kind of demonstration
Reminds me of a recent COMDEX where participants could take a turn
machine-gunning an old IBM mainframe. Pretty dumb.
8:44 p.m.
On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, Kevin McQuiggin wrote:
Sad. That was probably perpetrated by those Israeli guys in Las Vegas who
rent out machine guns for an hour or whatnot so you can blast away at
stuff. I'm not kidding, this place exists. Northwest of the strip I
think.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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It never
ceases to amaze me that, when offered an opportunity to
celebrate in a positive manner, groups of people will choose to smash,
burn and destroy things instead. If it were some kind of demonstration
Reminds me of a recent COMDEX where participants could take a turn
machine-gunning an old IBM mainframe. Pretty dumb. 
9:11 p.m.
Um... I fail to see what is wrong with renting out machineguns, folks. There's
a place that does it here in Colorado too. Haven't tried it yet. It's not like
they're letting you take the thing home. :) And what machine would I lob into the
next county? if I could afford it, the PC on my desk, modern, state of the art
more or less - on it's 5th power supply and second case. Watching it splatter
would be VERY cathartic. So would spraying it with machinegun bullets. :)
--
Jim Strickland
jim(a)calico.litterbox.com
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4:38 p.m.
SUPRDAVE(a)aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 98-08-24 19:06:08 EDT, you write:
But C64s are still a dime a dozen (if that high) while there are so many
flavors of the IBM that someone could actually use one of the less common
ones thinking they are junk. The PC with 16K of soldered in RAM comes
immeadiately to mind. Something that I don't *think* will ever become a
real collectable would be the Wang PC, and that has plenty of weight to it.
Or (running and ducking) what about a PDP-8 :)?
Which IBM PC? I would most likely choose a garden
variety C64. >>
nah, C64 isnt good enough. IBM machines are much heavier and will do more
damage.
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