Message-ID: <3A9D78F2.1066010C@trailing-edge.com> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 22:17:22 -0400 From: Tim Shoppa Organization: Trailing Edge Technology X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.03Gold (X11; I; OpenVMS V7.2 AlphaServer 1200 5/533 4MB) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Today in Computer History... Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 10 NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.73.218.130 X-Trace: reader0.news.uu.net 983416642 7538 63.73.218.130 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed-zh.ip-plus.net!news.ip-plus.net!news.tesion.net!news.belwue.de!news-stu1.dfn.de!news-koe1.dfn.de!news-fra1.dfn.de!news.tele.dk!209.50.235.254!europa.netcrusader.net!204.127.161.3!wn3feed!worldnet.att.net!198.6.0.7!uunet!ash.uu.net!spool0.news.uu.net!reader0.news.uu.net!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:76223 Excerpted from cnn.com's coverage of a *much larger* scale event in Seattle today. Out of context, though, it seems quite appropriate: ...screams erupted at a Seattle hotel where Microsoft founder Bill Gates was addressing an education and technology conference. He was whisked away as his audience bolted for the exits. Some audience members were knocked down by others trying to get out. Tim. ###### From: Howard S Shubs Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Today in Computer History... Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 01:40:59 -0500 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <3A9D78F2.1066010C@trailing-edge.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: a5.f7.0a.1d X-Server-Date: 1 Mar 2001 06:38:29 GMT User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.1 (PPC) X-Face: "S"r{U%bs].&Ud}Pc~~~0a]M:t5l>>EN\1Faw10M9NK1Xq59wo7-"s0S+[{etQorO /Nf-Ci"i9v'MT!R8)J]N[4|2&x1r^Iq&{SB"6dknr0=+6UFb.>+{zMn_1=rw&/V+"d@* ZS5\LoW_ Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed-zh.ip-plus.net!news.ip-plus.net!news.tesion.net!news.belwue.de!news-stu1.dfn.de!news-koe1.dfn.de!news-fra1.dfn.de!news.tele.dk!209.50.235.254!europa.netcrusader.net!207.172.3.44!feed2.news.rcn.net!rcn!news.mindspring.net!hshubs Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:76269 In article <3A9D78F2.1066010C@trailing-edge.com>, Tim Shoppa wrote: >Excerpted from cnn.com's coverage of a *much larger* scale event >in Seattle today. Out of context, though, it seems quite appropriate: > >...screams erupted at a Seattle hotel where Microsoft founder Bill > Gates was addressing an education and technology > conference. He was whisked away as his audience > bolted for the exits. Some audience members were > knocked down by others trying to get out. > >Tim. That belongs in rec.humor.funny, IMO. -- Howard S Shubs "Run in circles, scream and shout!" "I hope you have good backups!" ###### From: ab528@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Heinz W. Wiggeshoff) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Today in Computer History... Date: 2 Mar 2001 01:47:34 GMT Organization: The National Capital FreeNet Lines: 7 Message-ID: <97mu3m$f0a$1@freenet9.carleton.ca> References: <3A9D78F2.1066010C@trailing-edge.com> <3A9F01E1.55C31D71@ev1.net> Reply-To: ab528@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Heinz W. Wiggeshoff) NNTP-Posting-Host: freenet10 X-Trace: freenet9.carleton.ca 983497654 15370 134.117.136.30 (2 Mar 2001 01:47:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: complaints@ncf.ca NNTP-Posting-Date: 2 Mar 2001 01:47:34 GMT X-Given-Sender: ab528@freenet10.carleton.ca (Heinz W. Wiggeshoff) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news-fra1.dfn.de!news.tele.dk!209.50.235.254!europa.netcrusader.net!209.130.129.214!nntp.frontiernet.net!nntp.gblx.net!xcski.com!freenet-news!FreeNet.Carleton.CA!ab528 Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:76234 Charles Richmond (richmond@ev1.net) writes: > Finally the introduction of one of Billy's products got the reception > that it so richly deserves...people running and screaming in terror!!! You mean to tell us that MS has taken over Quake too? Bad enough when they went after Quicken! ###### Message-ID: <3A9F01E1.55C31D71@ev1.net> Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 18:13:53 -0800 From: Charles Richmond Reply-To: richmond@ev1.net Organization: Cannine Computer Center X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7C-CCK-MCD {C-UDP; EBM-APPLE} (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Today in Computer History... References: <3A9D78F2.1066010C@trailing-edge.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: taydal-207-55-144-117.ev1.net X-Trace: newsa.ev1.net 983492230 taydal-207-55-144-117.ev1.net (1 Mar 2001 18:17:10 -0600) Lines: 18 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news-fra1.dfn.de!news.tele.dk!209.50.235.254!europa.netcrusader.net!208.184.7.66!newsfeed.skycache.com!Cidera!newsa.ev1.net Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:76262 Tim Shoppa wrote: > > Excerpted from cnn.com's coverage of a *much larger* scale event > in Seattle today. Out of context, though, it seems quite appropriate: > > ...screams erupted at a Seattle hotel where Microsoft founder Bill > Gates was addressing an education and technology > conference. He was whisked away as his audience > bolted for the exits. Some audience members were > knocked down by others trying to get out. > Finally the introduction of one of Billy's products got the reception that it so richly deserves...people running and screaming in terror!!! -- +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Charles and Francis Richmond | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ ###### Lines: 13 X-Admin: news@aol.com From: project8080@aol.comnospam (Dave Shaw) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Date: 02 Mar 2001 05:12:24 GMT References: <3A9D78F2.1066010C@trailing-edge.com> Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com X-Newsreader: Session Scheduler Subject: Re: Today in Computer History... Message-ID: <20010302001224.01910.00000028@nso-cu.aol.com> Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!europa.netcrusader.net!152.163.239.131!portc03.blue.aol.com!audrey04.news.aol.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:76232 In article <3A9D78F2.1066010C@trailing-edge.com>, Tim Shoppa wrote: << ...screams erupted at a Seattle hotel where Microsoft founder Bill Gates was addressing an education and technology conference. >> My wife's comment when she heard this on the news: "Gates must be pretty good. He gave a speech and the earth moved." Dave Shaw ###### From: dowe@krikkit.localdomain (Dowe Keller) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Today in Computer History... References: <3A9D78F2.1066010C@trailing-edge.com> <20010302001224.01910.00000028@nso-cu.aol.com> Message-ID: X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.4.3 UNIX) NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.169.217.29 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.169.217.29 Date: 1 Mar 2001 22:01:19 -0800 X-Trace: 1 Mar 2001 22:01:19 -0800, 206.169.217.29 Organization: news.sierratel.com Lines: 20 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!feed2.onemain.com!feed1.onemain.com!europa.netcrusader.net!208.184.7.66!newsfeed.skycache.com!Cidera!news.sierratel.com!dowe Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:76192 On 02 Mar 2001 05:12:24 GMT, Dave Shaw wrote: > >In article <3A9D78F2.1066010C@trailing-edge.com>, Tim Shoppa > wrote: > ><< ...screams erupted at a Seattle hotel where Microsoft founder Bill > Gates was addressing an education and technology > conference. >> > >My wife's comment when she heard this on the news: "Gates must be pretty good. >He gave a speech and the earth moved." I just figured that Washington shuddered with revulsion. ;-) -- dowe@sierratel.com http://www.sierratel.com/dowe --- And the eyes of them both were opened and they saw that their files were world readable and writable, so they chmod 600 their files. - Book of Installation chapt 3 sec 7 ###### Message-ID: <3AA08642.79D4A15B@ev1.net> Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 21:50:59 -0800 From: Charles Richmond Reply-To: richmond@ev1.net Organization: Cannine Computer Center X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7C-CCK-MCD {C-UDP; EBM-APPLE} (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Today in Computer History... References: <3A9D78F2.1066010C@trailing-edge.com> <20010302001224.01910.00000028@nso-cu.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: taydal-207-55-153-143.ev1.net X-Trace: newsa.ev1.net 983591655 taydal-207-55-153-143.ev1.net (2 Mar 2001 21:54:15 -0600) Lines: 19 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed-zh.ip-plus.net!news.ip-plus.net!Amsterdam.Infonet!News.Amsterdam.UnisourceCS!newshunter!cosy.sbg.ac.at!newsfeed.Austria.EU.net!newsfeed.kpnqwest.at!nslave.kpnqwest.net!nmaster.kpnqwest.net!npeer.kpnqwest.net!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.skycache.com!Cidera!newsa.ev1.net Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:76263 Dave Shaw wrote: > > In article <3A9D78F2.1066010C@trailing-edge.com>, Tim Shoppa > wrote: > > << ...screams erupted at a Seattle hotel where Microsoft founder Bill > Gates was addressing an education and technology > conference. >> > > My wife's comment when she heard this on the news: "Gates must be pretty good. > He gave a speech and the earth moved." > No, I think he must be pretty *bad*...after all, he is the *anti-christ*!!! A little rock-and-roll with the earth would *not* be beyond him... -- +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Charles and Francis Richmond | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ ###### Message-ID: <3AA086CD.6A94050F@ev1.net> Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 21:53:17 -0800 From: Charles Richmond Reply-To: richmond@ev1.net Organization: Cannine Computer Center X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7C-CCK-MCD {C-UDP; EBM-APPLE} (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Today in Computer History... References: <3A9D78F2.1066010C@trailing-edge.com> <3A9F01E1.55C31D71@ev1.net> <97mu3m$f0a$1@freenet9.carleton.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: taydal-207-55-153-143.ev1.net X-Trace: newsa.ev1.net 983591793 taydal-207-55-153-143.ev1.net (2 Mar 2001 21:56:33 -0600) Lines: 18 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.dplanet.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news-fra1.dfn.de!news.tele.dk!209.50.235.254!europa.netcrusader.net!208.184.7.66!newsfeed.skycache.com!Cidera!newsa.ev1.net Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:76264 "Heinz W. Wiggeshoff" wrote: > > Charles Richmond (richmond@ev1.net) writes: > > > Finally the introduction of one of Billy's products got the reception > > that it so richly deserves...people running and screaming in terror!!! > > You mean to tell us that MS has taken over Quake too? > Bad enough when they went after Quicken! > Hey!!! You are probably right, Heinz! It must have been the product announcement for Micro$loth Quake...and the earth quake was arranged as a publicity stunt to coincide with the intro... -- +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Charles and Francis Richmond | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ ###### From: "Carl R. Friend" Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Today in Computer History... Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2001 07:05:47 -0500 Organization: as little as possible! Lines: 20 Message-ID: <3AA0DE1B.97151F9A@prescienttech.com> References: <3A9D78F2.1066010C@trailing-edge.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: UmFuZG9tSVY7lkxiq57H9iCP+7w0kuKSyeIlmfmZhTUJ+xampepce75XIGXw2NqN X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 3 Mar 2001 12:05:48 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.29 i586) X-Accept-Language: en Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!feed2.onemain.com!feed1.onemain.com!europa.netcrusader.net!207.172.3.44!feed2.news.rcn.net!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:76229 Tim Shoppa wrote: > > Excerpted from cnn.com's coverage of a *much larger* scale event > in Seattle today. Out of context, though, it seems quite appropriate: > > ...screams erupted at a Seattle hotel where Microsoft founder Bill > Gates was addressing an education and technology > conference. He was whisked away as his audience > bolted for the exits. Some audience members were > knocked down by others trying to get out. Isn't divine retribution for hubris usually meted out with lightning? -- +------------------------------------------------+---------------------+ | Carl Richard Friend (UNIX Sysadmin) | West Boylston | | Minicomputer Collector / Enthusiast | Massachusetts, USA | | mailto:crfriend@ma.ultranet.com +---------------------+ | http://www.ultranet.com/~crfriend/museum | ICBM: 42:22N 71:47W | +------------------------------------------------+---------------------+ ###### From: jfrancis@dungeon.engr.sgi.com (John Francis) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Today in Computer History... Date: 5 Mar 2001 19:59:15 GMT Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 19 Message-ID: <980r6j$qaih$1@fido.engr.sgi.com> References: <3A9D78F2.1066010C@trailing-edge.com> <3AA0DE1B.97151F9A@prescienttech.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dungeon.engr.sgi.com X-Trace: fido.engr.sgi.com 983822355 862801 130.62.53.248 (5 Mar 2001 19:59:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@fido.engr.sgi.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 5 Mar 2001 19:59:15 GMT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsxfer.eecs.umich.edu!enews.sgi.com!fido.engr.sgi.com!dungeon.engr.sgi.com!jfrancis Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:76337 In article <3AA0DE1B.97151F9A@prescienttech.com>, Carl R. Friend wrote: >Tim Shoppa wrote: >> >> Excerpted from cnn.com's coverage of a *much larger* scale event >> in Seattle today. Out of context, though, it seems quite appropriate: >> >> ...screams erupted at a Seattle hotel where Microsoft founder Bill >> Gates was addressing an education and technology >> conference. He was whisked away as his audience >> bolted for the exits. Some audience members were >> knocked down by others trying to get out. > > Isn't divine retribution for hubris usually meted out with lightning? Or boils. (Which, with the power shortages in the NorthWest, would have been surer)