Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 10:36:41 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Paul Shi <shihang@hkusua.hku.hk> Subject: Re: Setup FTP service on FreeBSD 2.0.5? Message-ID: <19268.44553.927741.215310@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <4B4491DD.6070909@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <ea6713a21001060220o77a6c065o5e188b9e8d408e43@mail.gmail.com> <4B446819.8050701@infracaninophile.co.uk> <ea6713a21001060503g1ad9028dvaa55bec0332dd65@mail.gmail.com> <19268.36322.616410.897087@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <4B4491DD.6070909@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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Matthew Seaman writes: > [*] The Beeb was still using that modem-handshaking sound clip as > an aural clue that the subject of an item was 'computers' even up > to a year or so ago. Which may be anachronistic, but is both audibly and conceptually distinct. Quickly - what's the sound of an OC3, or a web page loading? (I spent 1996 (I think) doing QA for a company building a remote access product. Got to the point I could name each phase of the modem handshake, and stood a good chance of being able to identify the speed and encryption method.) Robert Huff
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