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From: james@reality1.UUCP (james)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards,net.micro.att
Subject: Re: ATT 3b2 firmware password
Message-ID: <31@reality1.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 14-Oct-86 13:48:00 EDT
Article-I.D.: reality1.31
Posted: Tue Oct 14 13:48:00 1986
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Organization: Reality Computer Systems, Austin TX
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Summary: An apology for a mistaken flame...
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In article <309@pinney.munsell.UUCP>, pac@munsell.UUCP (Paul Czarnecki) writes:
| As the originator of the request I think I can shed some light on this
| matter and then let it die. 

| Now about that powerswitch...  Did *anybody* see the ":-)" at the end of
| the paragraph? The joke, you see, involves considering the power switch
| to actually be a power switch even though it is plainly labeled ON and
| STANDBY.  After a frustrating session it is somewhat satisfying (in an
| immature yet humanistic sense) to "kill" the machine by turning it off. 
| Having this not work is the punch line to the whole affair. 

I honestly did not see the smiley face.  I thought I looked for one,
particularly given theh kind of reply I was preparing to post, but I guess
I didn't look hard enough.

| For a machine that just might wind up on a computer naive user's desk,
| an ON/STANDBY switch IS A GOOD IDEA.  The problems that such a switch
| can cause by not shutting down the machine in the case of fire, flood,
| nuclear winter are sufficiently rare and the savings here (no munged
| filesystems) are tremendous.  Good Idea ATT. 

| As an aside, I learned two things this week.  Satire and Humor just
| don't work in written correspondence.  You must label them properly. 
| Also, never respond to personal hate mail with personal hate mail.  Go
| get a cup of coffee or watch MTV or something, wait 4 hours (or 4 days)
| and then respond.  Let cooler head prevail. 

Again, sorry for misinterpreting the message.  I guess it did come across
pretty badly...  *sigh*  In face to face communications there many clues
to satire and humor, and even verbal communication rarely seems to have this
problem.  Oh well, I'll look harder next time.

| 				Fingers still smoking...
| 					pZ

| 			    Paul Czarnecki -- Eikonix, Corp. -- Bedford, MA
-- 
James R. Van Artsdalen    ...!ut-ngp!utastro!osi3b2!james    "Live Free or Die"