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From: seifert@ihuxl.UUCP (D.A. Seifert)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Sunflower Farm Party Review
Message-ID: <1364@ihuxl.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 19-Sep-84 08:54:04 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 19 08:54:04 1984
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> > = Snoopy
>   = Jeff

> > ...the entire soprano section of the Plano Church showed up to meet Jeff, but
> > they had to leave early (something about a sunrise service) and missed him.
> 
> A sunRISE service?  SunSET I might understand, seeing that I didn't arrive
> until about 9:00 p.m.

Yes, sunRISE. They have to get their beauty sleep, you know, and
the cool, damp fall evening air is bad for their voices.

> But I'll deal with it; they're 200 miles away from me, and anyway I
> prefer altos.  (Of course the young lady you introduced me to here
> in Lafayette is almost a tenor!)

Gee, she never sang anything for *me*.   -grumble-

> Perhaps the other musicians were a blessing, seeing that they were
> darn near professional. ...  My stuff may have been a blessing
> lyrically, but musically, by comparison at least, it was, if not
> a curse, at best indifferent.

Hey, we enjoyed your music, so stop knocking yourself!  If you recall,
one of the "darn near professional" musicians expressed her desire
to hear you sing "No Compromise".  Hardly a curse.

> Chief reason is, of course, that a Vax is not a computer, and thus does
> not function with more that 15 users on it; hence Unix loses much of
> its appeal.

That's funny, when I seem to remember an 11/70 running Unix(tm)
that was lightning fast with 50 users, infinitely faster than
PROCSY, and even faster than ihuxl (a 780) with one (1) user.
Unix was a major reason I signed up for an interview with the
Labs.  If your vaxes running Unix are slower than the CDC,
something's wrong.  Go talk to George.  (sure wish we had
someone who could set a machine up like he can.)

> The 6000's are real computers with hair on their chests;

cornrowed?	:-)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I had to cancel the original article containing the party review.
If you didn't see it, send mail, and I'll send you a sanitised copy.

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