From: Ted Menks 
Subject: Question #1!
Date: 1998/04/16
Message-ID: #1/1
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Hi Gerald,

(Sunday April 12 1998 10:45) Gerald Miller to Ted Menks about: Question #1!

 GM>>> Another one of those "NOT carved in stone" statements...   ;^)
 TM>> I could also *try* to lie to you, if you'd prefer it... ;-)
 GM> "All affirmations are true in some sense, false in some sense and
 GM> meaningless in some sense.  True and false in some sense, true and
 GM> meaningless in some sense and true and meaningless in some sense.  AND
 GM> true and false and meaningless in some sense.  Does that make sense?" --
 GM> Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson.

:)

 GM>>> I shudder to think there may be another Gerald Miller lurking in
 GM>>> that echo.
 TM>> How gastly! Wash your mouth! ;-)))
 GM> Barkeep, bring me a Chivas Regal...

Ordinary vinegar will do! ;-)

 GM> Yes, I do the same thing(s) with that program too, but that example may be
 GM> the exception to the "Rulez"...

Any program might be an exception in some way... How do we find out if we don't
try? :)

 TM>> I think it's still worth a try, if you need the space. At first,
 TM>> 4Dos was still ok, mind you, but some of its functions started
 TM>> behaving strangely... Sudden lockups, shell-outs from other programs
 TM>> failed, etc....
 GM> If you want to dance with the devil, you dance to his tune... 

Yup... But one can always decide not to dance, after the tryouts ;-)

 GM> Very strange -- don't trust disk-compressors, but will use
 GM> file-compressors. I've got a really good deal on a bridge I want to sell
 GM> to you...

Hey, if a disk-compressor fucks up, EVERYTHING is lost... That's by far too big
a gamble for me...

 GM>>> (except it works great on my RAM disk)
 TM>> Is that a possibility? Heavy!!!!
 GM> I'm able to do so with Stacker.  I'm not sure if you can do it with the
 GM> MickeySoft products (don't trust them after the courts proved they ripped
 GM> off Stac Electronics),

I don't trust them, period! ;-)

 GM> I've never tried them.  I have found that the Stacked RAM drive does
 GM> have some limitations, but I only use the RAM disk for operating file
 GM> archiving programs and virus scanning of archived files, so if I
 GM> loose it or QEMM forces a boot, then, I haven't lost much.

Good enough!

 GM>  ! Origin: 4DOS for one and 4DOS for all! (1:153/715.6)

I suddenly realize that there's nothing about 4Dos in this thread anymore...
Shall we end it, or move it to netmail? It shouldn't be here anynore ;-)

Random greetings,
  Ted Menks   Fido  : 2:2449/236.51 / 2:284/412.51
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