Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!lasteve From: lasteve@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Steven D Borrelli) Subject: Re: NeXTWorld Message-ID: Keywords: S & M Sender: Steven Borrelli Nntp-Posting-Host: aix01srv.aix.rpi.edu Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY References: <1991Apr25.005525.2690@ariel.unm.edu> <1991Apr26.111453.6133@cc.helsinki.fi> <5733@media-lab.media.mit.edu.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> Date: 26 Apr 91 15:50:18 GMT Lines: 34 In article <5733@media-lab.media.mit.edu.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> masaru@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Masaru Sugai) writes: >In article <1991Apr26.111453.6133@cc.helsinki.fi> jalkio@cc.helsinki.fi writes: >>In article <1991Apr25.005525.2690@ariel.unm.edu>, nwickham@triton.unm.edu (Neal C. Wickham) writes: >>> just eaten. It tried to project an image of power and strenth but will >>> probably only appeal to people with strong S&M tendencies. It was overall >>> very depressing and will scare all but the hardcore sadists away. > >Anybody could become a full-fledged masochist tortured by unreliable shipment >date. > >>Oh, didn't you know that all NeXT buyers have to pass a three-day > --------- >>S&M-test before they get their machines? In that that test, we have to >wear a black PVC suit and perform some most interesting tasks. :-) > >Now I can appreciate any shipment delay or even vaporware after three- >*month* test. BTW, do you happen to know when I can get 2.0 ROM and >toaster for my A3000 ? :) > >-- >-- Masaru Sugai:Use disclaimer. CIS 72050,2141:NeXT + A3000 = money-eater >NEC Corporation:sugai@ccs.mt.nec.co.jp DORMANT:hardwired logic,machine language >MIT R.Affiliate:masaru@media-lab.media.mit.edu: "Silicon on Sapphire" by CLASH And you wonder why there are so many computer fanatics running around..... man, how could I have missed it? (The S&M, that is) Seriously, I think the original poster's comments were a bit too harsh. The magazine isn't that bad (can a magazine warrant a vomit launch?) -Steve -- glkjghlfghdlgjh dghfjghkdghkdghd