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- From: sl3nf@cc.usu.edu
- Newsgroups: rec.humor,alt.folklore.computers,alt.cascade,alt.best.of.internet
- Subject: Re: Help with XMS mailer on my Game-Boy?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.192405.61229@cc.usu.edu>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 19:24:05 MDT
- References: <1992Nov13.170110.12240@ida.liu.se> <1992Nov14.223747.5257@bnr.ca> <Bxrp95.DIC@cen.ex.ac.uk> <1992Nov23.214307.1625@ncar.ucar.edu>
- Organization: Utah State University
- Lines: 190
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- In article <1992Nov23.214307.1625@ncar.ucar.edu>, rsc@hao.ucar.edu (Bob Campbell) writes:
- > In article <Bxrp95.DIC@cen.ex.ac.uk>, cs92mjd@cen.ex.ac.uk (M.J.Davis) writes:
- >> Jacob Solomon Weinstein writes:
- >> |Matt Welsh writes:
- >> |>Brian Cash writes:
- >> |>>Peter /\/\odin writes:
- >> |>>|>jacobw@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Jacob Solomon Weinstein) writes:
- >> |>>|>
- >> |>>|>>In article <1992Nov12.162326.16772@tolten.puc.cl>
- >> |>>mbfarah@isluga.puc.cl (MIGUEL BRAXTON FARAH) writes:
- >> |>>|>>>THOMAS LUNDQUIST (thomasez@dhhalden.no) wrote:
- >> |>>|>>>: In article <gunnarh.241.721248782@dhhalden.no> gunnarh@dhhalden.no
- >> |>>(GUNNAR HORRIGMO) writes:
- >> |>>|>>>: >From: gunnarh@dhhalden.no (GUNNAR HORRIGMO)
- >> |>>|>>>: >Subject: Re: Help with XMS mailer on my Game-Boy?
- >> |>>|>>>: >Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 18:53:02 GMT
- >> |>>|>>>: >From: slb22@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Seth L. Blumberg)
- >> |>>|>>>: >Subject: Re: Help with XMS mailer on my Game-Boy?
- >> |>>|>>>: >Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 02:48:42 GMT
- >> |>>|>>>: >
- >> |>>|>>>: >rbw%apple.com@fico.UUCP (Randy Wong) writes:
- >> |>>|>>>: >>dmsilev@athena.mit.edu (Daniel M Silevitch) writes:
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>sdoran@sam.ksu.ksu.edu (Steven Marcotte) writes:
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>bgohari@wam.umd.edu (Babak Gohari) writes:
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>tilden@sportster.ksu.ksu.edu (Tilden-Master of Illogic) writes:
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>dlutz@willamette.edu (David Lutz) writes:
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>dmsilev@athena.mit.edu (Daniel M Silevitch) writes:
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>brat@access.digex.com (Brat Wizard) writes:
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>>galt%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu writes:
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>>>Michael Schmahl [Black-Robe Mage] writes:
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>>>>lairdpg@lub001.lamar.edu writes
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>>>>>22161-bunz writes:
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>>>>>>Brett G Person writes:
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>smith@ctron.com writes:
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>IronEagle writes:
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Matt Welsh writes:
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Right! I run System V on my VIC-20!
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Hmmmm...well, I am getting SVR4 for my HP 48SX.....
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>HA! _I'm_ just finishing up a port of VMS for my
- >> |>>Timex Sinclair!
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Top THAT!
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>I'm running NextStep on Atari 2600 Video Game System.
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>>>>>>Just last night I was able to get Windows to boot on
- >> |>>my Sears PONG
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>>>>>>game.
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>>>>>I am replying to this message with my built-in VAX
- >> |>>Mailer on my
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>>>>>Game-Boy.
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>>>>>I just installed a 10 Gigabyte Drive to handle all the
- >> |>>replies!
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>>>>>However, it only runs at 230,000 Baud due to the large drive
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>>>>>slowing it down.
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>>>>I fear I will not be getting news any longer... The
- >> |>>batteries on my
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>>>>calculator-watch are running out.
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>>>My calculator-watch is solar... And if I turned off the
- >> |>>lights, NO
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>>>ONE would be getting news...
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>>Feh. I'm so slick NASA just awarded ME the TERADATA
- >> |>>contract to run on
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>>my TV remote! They liked my proposal mainly because I'm
- >> |>>ALSO able to
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>>shoehorn in the TEXAS SUPERCOLLIDER computations between
- >> |>>commercials!
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>>Beat THAT!
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>Well, well, well. SSC calculations, huh. I built a system
- >> |>>out of 2
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>inches of wire, 3 pennies and a AA battery that does realtime
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>calculations of particle vectors during the Big Bang. A complete
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>simulation of the first 2 years of the life of the
- >> |>>universe, accurate
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>>to the theoretical limit, takes about 5 seconds.
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>And you guys think you are so great. I just spent the last
- >> |>>half hour
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>getting X11 to run on my slide rule. I am still having problems
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>connecting it to the net around here, but I would welcome any
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>>suggestions.
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>So what!!! I'm running Xinitrc, TWMRC, Internet, and 27 muds
- >> |>>off of a
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>paperclip. Not to mention the fact that I am designing a
- >> |>>new form of
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>>television with 7000 pixels based off a piece of tissue
- >> |>>paper. Next!!!
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>Man, that's baby stuff. I'm running a particle accelerator
- >> |>>utilizing
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>matter-antimatter reactions in my doorknob, and calculating
- >> |>>everything in
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>>the fourth dimension using a single dip switch and a large
- >> |>>glass of water.
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>Child's play, I have an old piece of cheese that is, at this
- >> |>>very moment,
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>raytracing an actual model of the universe five hours from now, while
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>at the same time calculating the heat produced from the new intel
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>>Pentium.
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>And you people think that you are hackers! I'm currently engaged in a
- >> |>>|>>>: >project
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>which involves simultaneous simulation of multiple universes
- >> |>>(To see what
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>would happen if various constants change. Pi=8.4 is an
- >> |>>interesting one.) My
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>hardware consists of a single wooden pencil (no paper). With
- >> |>>it, I can do
- >> |>>|>>>: >>>real-time simulations of 2^32 universes in parallel.
- >> |>>|>>>: >>You guys are wimps!! I've just finished converting a microwave
- >> |>>oven into a
- >> |>>|>>>: >>paradimensional teleportation device. The only problem I'm
- >> |>>having so far is
- >> |>>|>>>: >>that my breakfast bagel keeps disappearing!! May have to eat it
- >> |>>raw . . .
- >> |>>|>>>: >
- >> |>>|>>>: >Sorry, that's my fault. I'm afraid that the high-energy laser-pumped
- >> |>>|>>>: >negentropic vortex generator I made from my own nostril hair, which is
- >> |>>|>>>: >currently cranking out entire new universes at the rate of 7.6
- >> |>>per picosecond,
- >> |>>|>>>: >was breaking the FCC emissions limits and gronking your
- >> |>>microwave's control
- >> |>>|>>>: >panel. It should work properly now. Also, my cat Arthur was
- >> |>>FTPing hundreds
- >> |>>|>>>: >of terabytes of PD software from Epsilon Eridani in the year 4741
- >> |>>A.D. over
- >> |>>|>>>: >the faster-than-light Ethernet interface I built for him, and
- >> |>>this may have
- >> |>>|>>>: >been loading the Net a little yesterday. My sincere apologies to
- >> |>>everyone who
- >> |>>|>>>: >noticed any performance degradation.
- >> |>>|>>>:
- >> |>>|>>>: Damn, I thought I was doin' smoe really advanced R&D. But I only have a
- >> |>>|>>>: humble feather pen with build in spell checking. It checks all languages
- >> |>>|>>>: since Adam & Eve plus a few forthcoming languages. But after what
- >> |>>I've seen
- >> |>>|>>>: here, thats not good enough for a Nobel Price..I have to work harder...
- >> |>>|>>>: Maybe some of the languages from outer space will help ?? I just have to
- >> |>>|>>>: use my FingerNail Time&Universe Transporter(tm) to get there and
- >> |>>learn them.
- >> |>>|>>>
- >> |>>|>>>You're all a bunch of lazy pseudo-programmers. When you have, as I, set
- >> |>>|>>>up an entire University Unix net (with Mail, IRC, more than 2 MUDs, ano-
- >> |>>|>>>nymous ftp, etc etc etc etc etc ) on a Turing Machine, we'll talk.
- >> |>>|>
- >> |>>|>>Hahaha! Fools! You think that's impressive? I've wired together every
- >> |>>|>>computer on the Internet with Quantum-Thin Wire (tm), and programmed it
- >> |>>|>>to act like a really big abacus. Running 8 x 10^100^10^10^10^4
- >> |>>|>>calculations a millisecond, I hope to solve the equation 5x = 10
- >> |>>|>>by sometime next week. Now _that's_ progress.
- >> |>>|>Then how about this: I've constructed the first computer ever made of one
- >> |>>|>single Hydrogen atom. There are a couple of advantages with it; 1. it can
- >> |>>|>be inhaled for transport; 2. it relies entirely on voice-detecting for input,
- >> |>>|>and a hologram for output (that was the tricky part), and 3. it creates
- >> |>>|>two copies of itself every second, allowing for multiple processes! I'm
- >> |>>|>speaking this reply right now to a cloud in front of me, using a Voice
- >> |>>|>Detection version (mine, really) of X-Windows in 3D. NEXT!
- >> |>>|>--
- >> |>>HA! You pikers are still using matter and energy? I did a
- >> |>>.5i rotate on a thumb-tack and some Skittles(tm), and I created
- >> |>>a TRUELY complex machine! It does (60+135i) Gig ops per sec and
- >> |>>has (as for as I can tell) infinite data store. The entire machine
- >> |>>is imaginary, except the power supply. I control it via
- >> |>>Mind Control Interface(tm) (I got a pat., so watch it! Or I'll
- >> |>>get you on a look-and-feel suit!) and I am using it to win
- >> |>>Spelling Bees all over the world! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
- >> |>
- >> |>SO? I run System V on my VIC-20!
- >> |>Wait... I already said that...
- >> |Silly boys and girls. I've used 3.5 billion years of evolution to
- >> |develop self-regenerating tri-jointed extensions at the end of my limbs
- >> |which I can use to count up to ten. My researchers are hard at work on a
- >> |new breakthrough, and, if it pans out, I'll be counting _up to twenty_
- >> |in a matter of weeks.
- >> Having successfully implemented a four-dimensional, totally intuitive GUI that
- >> transfers your files to a trashcan in hyperspace before you knew you wanted to
- >> delete them on a single M&M, I'm now using a whole _packet_ of the little
- >> blighters to carry out some *serious* parallel processing. The system has now
- >> worked out all of my assignments for the next 15 years (anticipating all major
- >> OS developments) even though I don't yet know what they're going to be.
- >
- > Gee. All I've got is laser I made from a No. 2 pencil with a copper wire wrapped
- > around it, a dead AA battery, and some spit (the important part).
-
- Give it up already!!! I've got a compiler that actually COMPILES, no
- matter what line of shit you feed it!!! It would compile and ascii pic of your
- left nostril if you wanted it to!!!
-
- - "... where the 'stuff of life' is raining out of the skies..."
- -Carl Sagan
- sniggerfardimungus
- in%"sl3nf@cc.usu.edu"
- The usual disclaimers apply anywhere
- you can find a sticky spot.
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