BG> Nope, it's not zealotry at all.  It's actually a highly-informed and valid 
BG> opinion, based on empirical data collected over several weeks, and from a 
BG> couple of hundred different Couriers.  

PE> With pissweak tests done on all of them.

BG> Yeah, sure Paul, whatever you say.  The tests I performed were certainly 
BG> good enough that not one of the Couriers we sold ever came back faulty.  

How many Spirits do you think were returned faulty?  Hey Frank,
how many times did you call up MBE to complain about the double
send bug that was in them?  Nice one, Bill.  Just because most
users (and it seems testers) have the testing capability of a
dead cow, is no reason to write off legit tests.

BG> And as difficult as it may be for you to grasp with your obviously limited 
BG> mental capacity, the Link Diagnostics are more than adequate for that 
BG> purpose.

You mean the same ones that defy laws of physics?  

BG> I'm fast losing interest (and patience) with you, Paul.  I told you that 
BG> apart from the infrequent DOA, no modem that I tested ever exhibited a 
BG> problem connecting with the Courier (and a Courier was specifically used in 
BG> order to test for that possibility too), nor did any of the ~200 Couriers 
BG> which I tested, show ANY problems whatsoever.

PE> You mean just like I was with your complaints about my Spirit?

BG> Pity we're currently discussing Couriers then, isn't it?

Yeah, cause now the shoe's on the other foot.  It's annoying,
isn't it?

PE> What a shame, the world's biggest bottomburp is finally getting
PE> a tasted of his own medicine.

BG> Have you been taking lessons in stupidity from RTL, or what?

Quotes from the Young Ones, with a bit of artistic license.

PE> And like I said before, if you want decent tests done, give it to me. 

BG> No thanks, I'll give it to somebody who knows how to use a modem and 
BG> understands the theory behind locked serial ports.  You sure don't.

Poor old Bill, is the egg frying on your face yet?  Dave Hatch
has also acknowledged it now even.

PE> I find 11 bugs in a Courier when you've never found any. 

BG> It ain't just me though, Paul.  Like ALL modems, the Couriers have indeed 
BG> had their minor interconnectivity problems (notwithstanding the fact that 
BG> Byte magazine rated the Courier as the best modem for interconnectivity 

USR do a lot of advertising in that magazine do they?  Or did they
get someone like you to do the tests?

BG> with other brands).  That said however, I find it rather intriguing that 
BG> I've soak-tested in excess of 200 DIFFERENT Couriers, and apart from half a 
BG> dozen DOAs, not one of them exhibited even the tiniest problem.

Pity that the auto baud problem exists in them all, not that you
noticed.

BG> Of course, the fact that I know how to use them correctly helped no end...

Having the mind of a normal user who just does normal things
helps mask bugs even more.  Helped stop any complaints about
the Spirit from people like Frank no end.  BFN.  Paul.
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