Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 07:07:32 -0400 From: Walter Brameld <brameld@twave.net> To: bduk@earthlink.net, Derrick Baumer <bduk@earthlink.net>, jdunham@fc.net Cc: brameld@twave.net, jdunham@fc.net, dan@mostgraveconcern.com, abc@firehouse.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dumb terminal vendor Message-ID: <00040507083600.01324@Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain> In-Reply-To: <200004050925.CAA01820@earthlink.net> References: <200004050925.CAA01820@earthlink.net>
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On Wed, 05 Apr 2000, in a never-ending search for enlightenment, Derrick Baumer wrote: > > From: Jerry Dunham <jdunham@fc.net> > > > > Walter Brameld babbled: > > > From brameld@twave.net Tue Apr 4 18:09:21 2000 > > > > > On Tue, 04 Apr 2000, in a never-ending search for enlightenment, Jerry Dunham wrote: > > > > Dan O'Connor babbled: > > > >> Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 19:18:27 -0700 > > > > > > > >>>Note in this context, "notebook" is not == "laptop". It probably means a > > > >>>pad of paper and a pencil with few I/O capabilities beyond "erase". 8-) > > > >> > > > >> <ROFL> > > > >> > > > >> Oh. They still make those? > > > > > > > > I think mine's broken. I can't even find the "erase" button on this > > > > thing. It says "Bic" on the side, so could it be that I just have a > > > > poorly designed brand? I can get a command line, but the GUI is quite > > > > poor. Maybe it's just downrev. > > > > > > They usually only tend to get GUI if you leave them in your shirt > > > pocket too long... > > > > Why do you think I consider the GUI quite poor? At the price of replace- > > ment shirts it doesn't take many GUIs to make ME poor. I must need a new > > notebook. I hear the one called "Etch-A-Sketch" is quite nice, and the > > "erase" functions well. It even has a more advanced GUI that doesn't ruin > > shirt pockets. The command line interface sucks, though. > > Okay, okay. I rescind my question. :) Y'all are having too much fun > with this thing. Yes, I should have known. I should have > anticipated. I did not and I have learned my lesson. > > (y'all are crackers, you know that?) Well, I do live in the South right now, but I grew up in New Jersey so the local Crackers will always consider me an outsider 8-) . -- Walter Brameld Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? BSD: Are you guys coming, or what? Walter: And what does THIS button do?? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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