Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 00:14:30 +0200 From: Peter Korsten <peter@grendel.IAEhv.nl> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Testimonial Message-ID: <19970913001430.20979@grendel.IAEhv.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970912094952.17492A-100000@Journey2.mat.net>; from Chuck Robey on Fri, Sep 12, 1997 at 09:50:48AM -0400 References: <19970912010929.22227@wakky.dyn.ml.org> <Pine.BSF.3.96.970912094952.17492A-100000@Journey2.mat.net>
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Chuck Robey shared with us:
> On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Lee Cremeans wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Sep 11, 1997 at 10:52:56PM -0500, Tom Jackson wrote:
> >
> > > ps BTW what does c't mean?
> >
> > c't is a German computer magazine, sort of like what Byte was in the old
> > days I believe.
It's something like the phonebook of one of the more rural phone
districts in the Netherlands, but then every month. Hundreds of
pages of information - and advertisements, of course.
Indeed, it looks like Byte in the old days, even bigger. Byte has
become quite pathetic, I must say. No mayor manufacturer had an
advertisement in it the last time I looked. It's small, it's not
very interesting, it's on the brink of extinction. A sad thing, if
that were to happen.
I'm not sure, but I think c't means something like 'Computer-Technik'
- though they'd normally say 'Komputer'. Perhaps I should check.
I believe I have an ancient one with staples lying around somewhere.
It had a review of MS Windows 1.0, GEM and TopView, plus a very
interesting article on Fourier transformation. Code examples were
in Turbo Pascal and Basic. :)
> And if they'd just come out in translation, from what I've heard, they
> sure sell one whale of a lot of copies in the US. I'd buy them.
You could also learn German. :) You'd only have get to get used to
the rather typical German habit of translating every computer-
related word. Ah, well, actually the French even more translate
every single word. Come to think of it, only the Dutch don't do
this. :)
Anyway, the magazine is possibly worth it.
- Peter
P.S. I read today that Bill Gates finished his dream house. It
contains a whole load of technical gadgets, like large TV
screens that show your favourite art, movie or whatever.
The images move along with you as you move trough the
house.
Just wondering, would you have your house run NT?
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