>Based on comments to date I'm dismissing you as a troll.
>
>> p.s. Allison, just curious, are you a recovering DECaholic? ;-) Your
>>ferver
>> for the old DEC stuff is amazing to me! Religion? It's fun to watch!
>
>Insults?
>
>DEC is not religon for me. Those that know it's really CPM and z80s.
Paraphrasing; Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable
from magic (religion). People who don't really understand technology in the
depth it gets tossed around here (perhaps shoveled at times) may assume
incorrectly that its same for others as it is for them, a mystery one takes
on faith from the advertising. I don't think we have any true brand zealots
in this group, but we certainly don't mind splitting a few hairs to "iron
out" the details, and that could appear to such a person as ferver.
OTOH I think we should work out some kind of 12 step program.....
Hi my name is Mike (Hi Mike)
I'm not really a DECaholic. (sage nodding of heads)
I'm just here because I picked this Rainbow out of a dumpster. (more
nodding, quiet gossip begins)
Really I'm not a DECaholic, it had this network card in it so I had to buy
a VAX to hook up to it. (gossip no longer quiet, Rainbow vs Decmate
discussion getting animated, origin of networking chatter warming up)
<another person stands up>
I'm not a DECaholic either, whats wrong with a raised floor in the family
room? (cheer goes up from the group, settles into chaos of small groups
comparing wiring and A/C techniques)
Received on Wed Oct 27 1999 - 12:05:23 BST