From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 5 3: 3:20 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net (emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.121.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 615A337B968 for ; Wed, 5 Apr 2000 03:03:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bduk@earthlink.net) Received: from earthlink.net (sdn-ar-005orportP297.dialsprint.net [63.178.69.35]) by emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id DAA18738; Wed, 5 Apr 2000 03:02:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from bduk@localhost) by earthlink.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id CAA01820; Wed, 5 Apr 2000 02:25:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bduk) Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 02:25:34 -0700 (PDT) Posted-Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 02:25:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200004050925.CAA01820@earthlink.net> From: Derrick Baumer To: jdunham@fc.net Cc: brameld@twave.net, jdunham@fc.net, dan@mostgraveconcern.com, abc@firehouse.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <200004042333.SAA45367@freeside.fc.net> (message from Jerry Dunham on Tue, 4 Apr 2000 18:33:28 -0500 (CDT)) Subject: Re: Dumb terminal vendor Reply-To: bduk@earthlink.net Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > From: Jerry Dunham > > 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-) > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> 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?) -- Derrick Baumer - Black Duck Software To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message