23 Mar
2005
23 Mar
'05
2:34 p.m.
It's one thing to comment on a specific article, but there's no reason to
indict a whole group of people and say that we're one notch about fast food
workers. That is not only incredibly stupid, it's direct intolerance. He
might as well have been talking about a race or religion or nationality --
which surely would not have been tolerated here.
--- Kurt Huhn <kurt at k-huhn.com> wrote:
Why is it that every time someone says the least thing "boo" about the
media, you get your panties in a twist? Give it a rest. He's entitled to
his opinion.
23 Mar
23 Mar
3:28 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Computer Collector Newsletter" <news at computercollector.com>
To: "Kurt Huhn" <kurt at k-huhn.com>; <news at
computercollector.com>; "General
Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:34 PM
Subject: RE: History of notebook computers
It's one thing to comment on a specific article,
but there's no reason to
indict a whole group of people and say that we're one notch about fast
food
workers. That is not only incredibly stupid, it's
direct intolerance. He
might as well have been talking about a race or religion or nationality --
which surely would not have been tolerated here.
--- Kurt Huhn <kurt at k-huhn.com> wrote:
>
> Why is it that every time someone says the least thing "boo" about the
> media, you get your panties in a twist? Give it a rest. He's entitled
to
> his opinion.
Please don't compare intolerance of somebody's skin, the place they happened
to be born in, and the religion thrust on them by their parents (they didn't
have a choice) with the intolerance of a career somebody decided to take in
their 20's after actively going to school to accomplish this vocation.
People complaining about the media are not the same type of people who join
the KKK, get it?
3:57 p.m.
Computer Collector Newsletter wrote:
It's one thing to comment on a specific article,
but there's no reason to
indict a whole group of people and say that we're one notch about fast food
workers. That is not only incredibly stupid, it's direct intolerance. He
might as well have been talking about a race or religion or nationality --
which surely would not have been tolerated here.
It might help your case if you didn't:
A) Keep resorting to personal insults, and
B) Keep proving the stereotype.
Congratulations, Mr. Reporter! You're the very first Classic
Computers list member ever to make my killfile.
Doc
9:18 p.m.
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, Doc Shipley wrote:
Congratulations, Mr. Reporter! You're the very
first Classic
Computers list member ever to make my killfile.
I object! I thought I had that singular distinction. Let it be known
that I consider this an insult.
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9:40 p.m.
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, Doc Shipley wrote:
Nah, I think I started to killfile you once, and then decided you're
too much fun. In an auto-wreck-by-the-road sort of way....
Doc
Congratulations, Mr. Reporter! You're the
very first Classic
Computers list member ever to make my killfile.
I object! I thought I had that singular distinction. Let it be known
that I consider this an insult.
24 Mar
24 Mar
9:31 a.m.
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, Doc Shipley wrote:
Nah, I think I started to killfile you once, and
then decided you're
too much fun. In an auto-wreck-by-the-road sort of way....
Yeah, those are ... a hoot.
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23 Mar
23 Mar
5:22 p.m.
At 11:34 AM 3/23/05 -0800, news at computercollector.com wrote:
It's one thing to comment on a specific article,
but there's no reason to
indict a whole group of people and say that we're one notch about
I take it that that should be "above" and not "about". I would
think
that someone that claims to be a news reporter would be more careful about
their wording. Things like that are exactly what gives reporters and the
like the image of being a bunch of incompetent boobs.
fast food
workers. That is not only incredibly stupid, it's
direct intolerance.
That's not intolerance. It's his opinion and he's entitled to it.
He
might as well have been talking about a race or
religion or nationality --
which surely would not have been tolerated here.
Tolerance includes tolerating the opinions of others, something that
you've obviously never managed to do. I for one am tired of your whinny
complaints everytime someone criticizes the news media or the article's
author in this case. Grow up!
Joe
--- Kurt Huhn <kurt at k-huhn.com> wrote:
Why is it that every time someone says the least thing "boo" about the
media, you get your panties in a twist? Give it a rest. He's entitled to
his opinion.
6:38 p.m.
At 01:34 PM 3/23/2005, Computer Collector Newsletter wrote:
It's one thing to comment on a specific article,
but there's no reason to
indict a whole group of people and say that we're one notch about fast food
workers.
Don't make me start telling tales out of school about
Jerry Pournelle or John Dvorak.
Please, somebody mention Nazis so this thread can die a happy death.
- John
6:49 p.m.
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, Computer Collector Newsletter wrote:
say that we're one notch about (S.I.C.) fast food
workers.
It seems a little harsh for Mr. Reporter to say that magazine
writers are NOT a notch above fast food workers.
Most writers that I've known (I've even done a trivial amount myself)
ARE above fast food workers.
And why are we denigrqating fast food workers?
Regardless of who is writing it, MOST histories of events
within our times are heavily biased towards our own experiences.
For example, Cringely's history consists of barely ANYTHING other
than Apple, IBM PC.
Since I didn't get into Commodore microcomputers
(I did have a few of their calculators) until the Amiga, MY
telling of the history of micros would have only a cursory
mention of the Pet, Vic 20, and 64, all of which were arguably
important milestones.
Failing to include the Otrona is sad, but few people were aware of its
existence at the time, despite its beautiful design, and being the target
of IBM legal action for the use of the Charlie Chaplin character in an ad.
BTW, how do you think Chaplin would have felt about his heirs selling his
character to IBM??
9:32 p.m.
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, Fred Cisin wrote:
BTW, how do you think Chaplin would have felt about
his heirs selling his
character to IBM??
If I ever become famous (preferably NOT for something like mass murder)
I'm going to get a lawyer to draw up a document insisting that if my heirs
do sell my image it will only be to appear in beer commercials with young
bikini-clad hotties hanging off me like cheap jewelry.
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9:43 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf at siconic.com To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and
Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org Sent: Wednesday,
March 23, 2005 9:32 PM
Subject: RE: History of notebook computers
Festival
So commercials with Sellam and a gay rugby team? Better make sure you get a
good lawyer and be very specific!
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, Fred Cisin wrote:
> BTW, how do you think Chaplin would have felt about his heirs selling
his
character to
IBM??
If I ever become famous (preferably NOT for something like mass murder)
I'm going to get a lawyer to draw up a document insisting that if my heirs
do sell my image it will only be to appear in beer commercials with young
bikini-clad hotties hanging off me like cheap jewelry.
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24 Mar
24 Mar
9:32 a.m.
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, Teo Zenios wrote:
Well, as long as they're hot.
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If I ever
become famous (preferably NOT for something like mass murder)
I'm going to get a lawyer to draw up a document insisting that if my heirs
do sell my image it will only be to appear in beer commercials with young
bikini-clad hotties hanging off me like cheap jewelry.
So commercials with Sellam and a gay rugby team? Better make sure you get a
good lawyer and be very specific! 
6:08 a.m.
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
...
do sell my image it will only be to appear in beer
commercials with young
bikini-clad hotties hanging off me like cheap jewelry.
see. that's *just* the kind of thing that will keep you out of a kill
file.
as we say in chat-land, "ROTFLMAO!"
-brad
2:16 p.m.
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 11:34:13 -0800 (PST)
Computer Collector Newsletter <news at computercollector.com> wrote:
It's one thing to comment on a specific article,
but there's no reason
to indict a whole group of people and say that we're one notch about
fast food workers. That is not only incredibly stupid, it's direct
intolerance. He might as well have been talking about a race or
religion or nationality -- which surely would not have been tolerated
here.
--- Kurt Huhn <kurt at k-huhn.com> wrote:
>
> Why is it that every time someone says the least thing "boo" about
> the media, you get your panties in a twist? Give it a rest. He's
> entitled to his opinion.
It's not clear why somebody who questions the ethics of _one_ media
outlet is automatically assumed to be questioning the ethics of _all_
media outlets.
Enough said, I hope.
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