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- From: jerry@arlut.utexas.edu (Jerry Heyman)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: Amiga Technology is insulting!!y
- Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Date: 9 Apr 1996 17:47:58 GMT
- Organization: UT Applied Research Laboratories
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- Charles E. "Rick" Taylor, IV (charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu) wrote:
- : In article <4kd18u$kl3@toad.stack.urc.tue.nl> haroldk@stack.urc.tue.nl (Harold Klink) writes:
- : :sinclap2954@cobra.uni.edu (PETER SINCLAIR-DAY) writes:
-
- : :> I thought you could have
- : :>fun while formatting floppies...
-
- : [...]
-
- : :And I can get lotsa fun on my Amiga while formatting floppies.
-
- : Someone please explain to some of us exactly WHAT the fascination of people
- : on this newsgroup is with FORMATTING FLOPPIES? Is that all you do with
- : your computer all day or what?
-
- I guess its the easiest way to show multi-tasking to those who don't know
- (or don't understand) the concept. Openning lots of applications doesn't
- necessarily show multi-tasking, but having the computer actually DO two
- things at once is the perfect way to show it off.
-
- I guess it's an issue if your machine CAN'T do something while it is also
- formatting :-)
-
- : :)
-
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- : __ ___ _ _ _ | >>>>> charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu <<<<<
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- : Charles E. "Rick" Taylor, IV | http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~charlet/
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- jerry
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