Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network

2008-07-18 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 05:46:36AM +0530, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: I once purchased a pack of cookies and found the date of packing to be a couple of weeks in the future! Did you check the year? They might have been a 50 weeks old. LOL -- Chris. == One, with God, is always a majority,

Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network

2008-07-18 Thread Nate Duehr
David Fox wrote: On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh wow, that name brings back some memories... My brother sent me a microfiche scan at the library of an old newspaper (vintage 1986) which featured Fry's ads from that time period. Wow. He told me that

Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network

2008-07-18 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/18/08 18:48, Nate Duehr wrote: David Fox wrote: On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh wow, that name brings back some memories... My brother sent me a microfiche scan at the library of an old newspaper

Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network

2008-07-17 Thread Barclay, Daniel
Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: I once purchased a pack of cookies and found the date of packing to be a couple of weeks in the future! Huh? Why do you think that that was the date of packing? Food packages normally have _expiration_ dates (not packing or manufacturing dates), which naturally

Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network

2008-07-17 Thread Mark Allums
Nate Bargmann wrote: I recall there was Desqview X out about that time. I'm not sure if it had much to do with the X we now know and love. Yes, it did. It really wasn't Desqview at all, it was a program to turn you PC into an X terminal. I think it flopped as a product. And when Win 3.0

Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network

2008-07-17 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Mark Allums [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008 Jul 17 19:55 -0500]: Nate Bargmann wrote: I recall there was Desqview X out about that time. I'm not sure if it had much to do with the X we now know and love. Yes, it did. It really wasn't Desqview at all, it was a program to turn you PC into an X

Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network

2008-07-16 Thread Bret Busby
On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Nate Bargmann wrote: Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:41:45 -0500 From: Nate Bargmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network Resent-Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:42:26 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user

Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network

2008-07-16 Thread Rich Healey
Nate Bargmann wrote: * Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008 Jul 15 21:21 -0500]: In 1990? Seems like it would have been a close-out deal. I bought it from a friend at the tech school I was attending. That computer served me very well for several years. Leading Edge D? Nope. No name

Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network

2008-07-16 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Bret Busby [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008 Jul 16 02:02 -0500]: Ah, yes. But, would it be able to run Debian 4.0? It did run Desqview along with an amateur radio BBS software back in '91 after I upgraded it with an NEC V20 microprocessor chip. I recall there was Desqview X out about that time.

Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network

2008-07-16 Thread Nate Duehr
Ron Johnson wrote: That computer served me very well for several years. Leading Edge D? Oh wow, that name brings back some memories... Nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network

2008-07-16 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/16/08 13:38, Nate Duehr wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: That computer served me very well for several years. Leading Edge D? Oh wow, that name brings back some memories... Heh. Lots of people ragged on them, but the ones we had at work were

Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network

2008-07-16 Thread David Fox
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh wow, that name brings back some memories... Never had one of those. My first was a clone XT at Fry's electronics - no hard drive at first, just 2 floppies (both 360K) and hercules monochrome card and 12 amber monitor. 640K

[OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network

2008-07-15 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Last Wednesday, I bought two WD6400AAKS drives from NewEgg. They were manufactured in Thailand only 21 days ago. They couldn't have been sitting in NE's warehouse very long... - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Kittens give Morbo gas. In

Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network

2008-07-15 Thread Shachar Or
That is truly fast. Wouldn't have assumed this... On Tuesday 15 July 2008 20:10, Ron Johnson wrote: Last Wednesday, I bought two WD6400AAKS drives from NewEgg. They were manufactured in Thailand only 21 days ago. They couldn't have been sitting in NE's warehouse very long... -- Ron

Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network

2008-07-15 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008 Jul 15 12:12 -0500]: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Last Wednesday, I bought two WD6400AAKS drives from NewEgg. They were manufactured in Thailand only 21 days ago. They couldn't have been sitting in NE's warehouse very long... Thank

Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network

2008-07-15 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Last Wednesday, I bought two WD6400AAKS drives from NewEgg. They were manufactured in Thailand only 21 days ago. They couldn't have been sitting in NE's warehouse very long... About $90 each. But 640GB each what a world are

Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network

2008-07-15 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/15/08 17:11, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: Last Wednesday, I bought two WD6400AAKS drives from NewEgg. They were manufactured in Thailand only 21 days ago. They couldn't have been sitting in NE's warehouse very long...

Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network

2008-07-15 Thread owens
Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:00:05 -0500 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/15/08 17:11, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Ron Johnson wrote

Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network

2008-07-15 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Last Wednesday, I bought two WD6400AAKS drives from NewEgg. They were manufactured in Thailand only 21 days ago. They couldn't have been sitting in NE's warehouse very long... I won't be surprised if the printed date of

Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network

2008-07-15 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Hugo Vanwoerkom [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008 Jul 15 17:12 -0500]: Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Last Wednesday, I bought two WD6400AAKS drives from NewEgg. They were manufactured in Thailand only 21 days ago. They couldn't have been sitting in NE's

Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network

2008-07-15 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/15/08 20:46, Nate Bargmann wrote: * Hugo Vanwoerkom [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008 Jul 15 17:12 -0500]: Ron Johnson wrote: Last Wednesday, I bought two WD6400AAKS drives from NewEgg. They were manufactured in Thailand only 21 days ago. They

Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network

2008-07-15 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008 Jul 15 21:21 -0500]: In 1990? Seems like it would have been a close-out deal. I bought it from a friend at the tech school I was attending. That computer served me very well for several years. Leading Edge D? Nope. No name assemblage of pieces and