You have to remember that a lot of us weren't around when punch cards were around, and scary enough, there are probably people on the list that have never used a Mo.Dem.
On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 13:55 -0700, Dennis Bagley wrote: > PUNCH CARDS???!!!!!!! > > Shouldn't they have all bio-degraded by now? Or did you have some in > Tupperware? > > On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 13:26, Brian Chrisman wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 01:15:41PM -0700, Mark C. Ballew wrote: > > > On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 12:00 -0700, Ryan Finnie wrote: > > > > On Fri, 22 Apr 2005, Mark C. Ballew wrote: > > > > > > > > > So, if anyone wants to bring along some sort of analog modem to > > > > > wireless > > > > > device, we can have Internet access at the meeting. > > > > > > > > Mo...dem? I don't get it. > > > > > > MOdulator and DEModulator. Wikipedia has a great article on these > > > archaic devices: > > > > You can find them in pretty much any junk store or trash heap > > around the country... kinda like punch cards... :-) > > > > I remember there was a show on in the late 90's or so, where > > some lady dialed some guy's phone that was connected to an > > accoustical modem... instead of letting the computer answer > > it.. he picked it up.. and when he answered it, he was sucked > > into some sort of virtual reality.. :-) > > > > Ever since then, I've wanted an accoustic modem... :) > > > > Bad TV... gotta love it. > > > > -Brian > > > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modem > > > -- > > > Mark C. Ballew Reno, Nevada > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://markballew.com > > > PGP: 0xB2A33008 AIM: pdx110 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > RLUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > RLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug > > > _______________________________________________ > RLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug > -- Mark C. Ballew Reno, Nevada [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://markballew.com PGP: 0xB2A33008 AIM: pdx110
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