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(...) I doubt that future OS's will be case-sensitive. If anything, I expect future OS's to be case-INsensitive. Most people (esp. non-geeks) don't see that FILE.doc as different from file.DOC, and it is counter-intuitive for the filesystem to use (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Bruce Schlickbernd <corsair@schlickbernd.org> wrote in message news:FoJxoF.GCF@lugnet.com... (...) what (...) massive (...) Thanks for the pointer. I am trying to avoid getting them from a 'shop' because I will almost certainly have to pay import (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) What will happen when that happens? My prediction: core routers will implement IP-level filters on the entire AOL domain. Hey presto, no more problems. And yes, I _know_ there are enough people who can and will do something like that if it (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) (URL) these guys a try. I see that they have international shipping, but what is involved, I have no idea, but they have been around for years and do massive amounts of Laser Disc and DVD business. Staggering selection. Bruce (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Yes, I thought there might be... :-) I have just invested in a player (multi-region) and would like to establish a trading relationship with someone in the US so that I can get the discs early and at your prices. Anyone interested in helping me out? (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) The best kind always does. This is FUN alarmist propaganda, a variant of one of the canonical forms of "imminent death of the net predicted", but a good read nonetheless. Larry Pieniazek larryp@novera.com (URL) - - Web Application Integration! (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Check out this article for some scary predictions of what will happen when AOL'ers get that high speed connection to the internet and start using it in the same way the unsophisticated web user uses AOL. Sending 30mb E-mails, bombarding sites with (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) -- -Steven "Nothin' But Net!" (URL) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) (URL) A general lack of clue to go along with MCSEs unfortunately is not (...) "why did you take the MCSE?" "So I can tell my boss to use $FREE_UNIX_OF_CHOICE and be listened to." Jasper (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Well, yes. But NT? My NAT box[1] would quite happily function with a few extra network cards in it as a router, I'm sure. (...) Just get a _real_ router. If it doesn't fill up two 19" racks to six feet... ;) Jasper [1] 386DX40/12M/100M. And (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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