OT: Location and GPS

From: Stuart Johnson <ssj152_at_charter.net>
Date: Thu Jan 30 14:33:01 2003

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Chase" <vaxzilla_at_jarai.org>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Location and GPS


> On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Sellam Ismail wrote:
>
> > It's 2003. Can't the government use some lowercase letters for
> > fuck's sake?
>
> BUT THE ALL-UPPERCASE USED IN THESE MESSAGES IS A REMNANT
> FROM THE DAWN OF THE COMPUTING AND THE USE OF TELETYPES!
> WHAT SORT OF CLASSIC COMPUTER HOBBYIST ARE YOU, ANYWAY!?
>
> HEY JEFF, CAN YOU ADD A RULE TO YOUR DEMIME FILTER TO
> MAKE IT SO THAT ALL OF THE MESSAGES ARE TRANSLATED INTO
> UPPERCASE? WE'RE WASTING PRECIOUS BANDWIDTH WITH ALL OF
> THIS BULKY 7 BIT ASCII CRAP.
>
> DAMN KIDS THESE DAYS, WITH THEIR PANSY-ASS-KEY TERMINALS.
> GET OFFA MY LAWN!
>
> -BRIAN.

Brian,

How about we punch all of our messages on to cards and post PNG images of
the cards for you die-hard types to decode and enjoy? Alternatively, we
could post messages in Motorola or Intel paper tape format - that might be
fun for you too!

:-)

Stuart Johnson
// computer designer/builder since 1976, programmer since 1971
Received on Thu Jan 30 2003 - 14:33:01 GMT