Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site fortune.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!fortune!rpw3 From: rpw3@fortune.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes.d Subject: Re: Re: another funny message - (nf) Message-ID: <2457@fortune.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-Feb-84 04:03:46 EST Article-I.D.: fortune.2457 Posted: Tue Feb 7 04:03:46 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Feb-84 13:35:29 EST Sender: notes@fortune.UUCP Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA Lines: 43 #R:masscomp:-18400:fortune:5600002:000:782 fortune!rpw3 Feb 7 00:02:00 1984 Not only that, but the error message had "?" on BOTH sides and an extra blank line below: .CURTIS ?CURTIS? . If somebody unplugged a terminal on the end of a long line (allowing capacitive coupling between transmit and receive), LARGE amounts of CPU time would be eaten, enough to make the PI3 light glow dim (tty.c, for UNIX folk), continually echoing: .?noise? .?noise? ??? <--- "?" was a "word" in this context .??? ??? .??? ??? .??? ??? .??? ??? As far as "FOO.BAR", we used to say foo-dot-bar, so there. Rob Warnock (formerly [1,2] and [12,12] at Emory) UUCP: {sri-unix,amd70,hpda,harpo,ihnp4,allegra}!fortune!rpw3 DDD: (415)595-8444 USPS: Fortune Systems Corp, 101 Twin Dolphins Drive, Redwood City, CA 94065