Re: MD: The far horizon of MP3 storage

2001-02-16 Thread las
"J. Coon" wrote: IBM put it together and got the DOS operating system from Bill Gates. They didn't buy the whole DOS program and Billy Boy, decided to sell it to compeditors too, since Big Blue didn't have an exclusive license to use his software. That's exactly what I said.

Re: MD: The far horizon of MP3 storage

2001-02-16 Thread jtasker
We could all be using Apples for ciying out loud. Yech! the thought of it. :) Yeah, but would you think that if all you had ever used were Apples? :) Josh - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word

Re: MD: The far horizon of MP3 storage

2001-02-16 Thread David W. Tamkin
Mike Burger wrote, | But is that really news? It was IBM Germany, after all. Apparently some of it started, or may have started, while there as yet was no autonomous IBM Germany, before Hitler nationalized foreign corporations' ope- rations there. In any case, revenues of IBM and Ford Motors

Re: MD: The far horizon of MP3 storage

2001-02-16 Thread J. Coon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We could all be using Apples for crying out loud. Yech! the thought of it. :) Yeah, but would you think that if all you had ever used were Apples? :) I'd be thinking, "When are they gonna invent the pc and Windows?" -- Jim Coon Not just another pretty

Re: MD: The far horizon of MP3 storage

2001-02-16 Thread J. Coon
las wrote: Besides, IBM hasn't done anything to help promote the Mini Disc. They are the ones that came out with the PC that everyone copied and got everyone on this platform. We could all be using Apples for ciying out loud. Yech! the thought of it. :) -- Jim Coon Not just another

Re: MD: The far horizon of MP3 storage

2001-02-16 Thread las
"J. Coon" wrote: They are the ones that came out with the PC that everyone copied and got everyone on this platform. We could all be using Apples for ciying out loud. Yech! the thought of it. :) Jim the "PC" that IBM "invented" was a worthless piece of sh!t. All they did was throw

Re: MD: The far horizon of MP3 storage

2001-02-16 Thread Matt Wall
OK, first off this is my 2.5 cents. anyone who actually thinks this business about ibm and the nazi's is really about how evil ibm is for working with the nazi's douring the war needs to wake up in columbia and smell the so called coffee. it's about the that ibm has. someone found out

RE: MD: The far horizon of MP3 storage

2001-02-16 Thread Alan Dowds
: The far horizon of MP3 storage Mike Burger wrote: But is that really news? It was IBM Germany, after all. The employees were German. Besides the Jews and Gypsies, who else do you think was killed...anyone who spoke out against Hitler/The Reich. Hitler ruled by fear just as much as force

Re: MD: The far horizon of MP3 storage

2001-02-16 Thread J. Coon
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === IBM put it together and got the DOS operating

Re: MD: The far horizon of MP3 storage

2001-02-14 Thread Mike Burger
On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, las wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The news is that IBM found out what those purposes were yet continued to deal with the Third Reich. If that turns out to be true, you have to acknowledge that it makes a difference. Let's forget about the details of what the

Re: MD: The far horizon of MP3 storage

2001-02-14 Thread Mike Burger
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === But is that really news? It was IBM Germany,

Re: MD: The far horizon of MP3 storage

2001-02-14 Thread Don Capps
From: "Mike Burger" [EMAIL PROTECTED] What I'm saying is that before people go getting all verklempt over the Nazis' use of machines, some of which the government undoubtedly owned prior to their parade of "undesirables" to the camps, does not make IBM...the German arm or the parent

Re: MD: The far horizon of MP3 storage

2001-02-14 Thread Gerry Morgan
Mike Burger wrote: But is that really news? It was IBM Germany, after all. The employees were German. Besides the Jews and Gypsies, who else do you think was killed...anyone who spoke out against Hitler/The Reich. Hitler ruled by fear just as much as force of personality, you know. The book

Re: MD: The far horizon of MP3 storage

2001-02-13 Thread Dave Hooper
Just got back from a visit to an IBM convention. Perhaps some of you have seen this, but they're about to debut, or have just debuted, a portable 1 1/2 inch square, 1/8" thin one-gigabyte portable "micro drive" that connects to all sorts of things. Pretty impressive little thing. IBM

MD: The far horizon of MP3 storage

2001-02-13 Thread Crazylips
=== The original message was multipart MIME=== === All non-text parts (attachments) have been removed === Just got back from a visit to an IBM convention. Perhaps some of you have seen this, but they're about to debut, or have just debuted, a portable 1 1/2 inch square, 1/8"

Re: MD: The far horizon of MP3 storage

2001-02-13 Thread John Small
On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 20:44:31 -, "Dave Hooper" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's got a high initial latency cos it needs to spin up and spin down (on devices that use power saving modes, anyway), and that can cause skipping and drop outs. It also has a high battery consumption. I recall 4

Re: MD: The far horizon of MP3 storage

2001-02-13 Thread las
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just got back from a visit to an IBM convention. Perhaps some of you have seen this, but they're about to debut, or have just debuted, a portable 1 1/2 inch square, 1/8" thin one-gigabyte portable "micro drive" that connects to all sorts of things. Pretty

Re: MD: The far horizon of MP3 storage

2001-02-13 Thread Michael Burger
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Ok, ok...let's not get crazy. Next, we'll be

Re: MD: The far horizon of MP3 storage

2001-02-13 Thread Don Capps
From: "Michael Burger" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ok, ok...let's not get crazy. Next, we'll be yelling to sue the companies that made the chemicals used in the gas chambers, or the companies that made the guns and bullets. And I'm quite sure that IBM machines were being used to count the number of

Re: MD: The far horizon of MP3 storage

2001-02-13 Thread Stainless Steel Rat
* las [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tue, 13 Feb 2001 | I'm sure it makes you feel good to know that some IBM punch card probably | had their name or number listed (the Nazis destroyed as much as they | could-they were insane record keepers-but just as insane about trying to | destroy the evidence). |

Re: MD: The far horizon of MP3 storage

2001-02-13 Thread Michael Burger
On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 20:48:04 -0800, Don Capps wrote: From: "Michael Burger" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ok, ok...let's not get crazy. Next, we'll be yelling to sue the companies that made the chemicals used in the gas chambers, or the companies that made the guns and bullets. And I'm quite sure that

Re: MD: The far horizon of MP3 storage

2001-02-13 Thread dattier
Michael Burger wrote, | IBM made a tool. The Nazis were the ones who used the tool for their | purposes. The news is that IBM found out what those purposes were yet continued to deal with the Third Reich. If that turns out to be true, you have to acknowledge that it makes a difference.

Re: MD: The far horizon of MP3 storage

2001-02-13 Thread las
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The news is that IBM found out what those purposes were yet continued to deal with the Third Reich. If that turns out to be true, you have to acknowledge that it makes a difference. Let's forget about the details of what the Nazis did and just for the moment