Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 02:25:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Derrick Baumer <bduk@earthlink.net> To: 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: <200004050925.CAA01820@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <200004042333.SAA45367@freeside.fc.net> (message from Jerry Dunham on Tue, 4 Apr 2000 18:33:28 -0500 (CDT))
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> 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?)
--
Derrick Baumer - Black Duck Software
<bduk@earthlink.net>
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