Upon the date 01:46 PM 6/17/99 -0700, Sellam Ismail said something like:
>On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
>
>> ::I love being misquoted. I also love it when the journalist takes the
>> ::information I give him and jumbles it all up into a miserable pile of
>> ::gibberish.
>>
>> You think your quote was gibberish? What about "Micro Instrumentation
>> Tolementary Systems" [sic]? You got off lightly, my friend. :-P
>
>That WAS my quote! That's what I was talking about. I told him the
>Altair was made by MITS, and then decided to tell him what MITS stood for
>(WARNING! Never attempt to decipher for a reporter the initials of a
>company that uses big words in its full name). I discussed IMSAI next, so
Uhh, you should never use *any* big words when talking with some of those
reporters who are clueless at the get go.
I was interviewed some years ago by a young, non-technically oriented
reporter about my early radio display at a local antique farm equipment
show. When I saw the confused wording and downright mixed up descriptions
that was actually printed I dang near knocked myself out when I slapped my
forehead in exasperation. Sheesh.
Regards, Chris
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Received on Thu Jun 17 1999 - 19:51:01 BST