OT: Terminals (was SpaceShipOne)

2004-06-24 Thread Anders Hultman
Malcolm Smith: Now come on, every one likes flying - it's crashing that people don't like. What other form of travel could bang on about how safe it is and insist that people depart from something called a 'terminal'? Bus terminals, ferry terminals and even train terminals have already been

Re: OT: Terminals (was SpaceShipOne)

2004-06-24 Thread Billy Abbott
On Fri, 25 Jun 2004, Anders Hultman wrote: Malcolm Smith: Now come on, every one likes flying - it's crashing that people don't like. What other form of travel could bang on about how safe it is and insist that people depart from something called a 'terminal'? Bus terminals, ferry terminals and

Re: OT: Terminals (was SpaceShipOne)

2004-06-24 Thread D. Glenn Arthur Jr.
Anders Hultman pointed out: Bus terminals, ferry terminals and even train terminals have already been mentioned. May I remind you that the telecom industry calls the cell phones we carry around terminals as well. The socket where you connect the speaker cables to your ampifier are called

Re: OT: Terminals (was SpaceShipOne)

2004-06-24 Thread D. Glenn Arthur Jr.
Billy Abbott wrote: amplifiers - er...there's electricity in there, that's dangerous. right? I've got some friends who often need to set up PA gear in places where the audience can get very close to things the operators don't want strangers to touch, and can't always monitor it constantly.