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echo: locsysop
to: Dieter Mirbach
from: Bob Lawrence
date: 1994-12-16 08:16:20
subject: netmail stuffup

BL> Fuck it! I gave up after that and talked to him in person.

 DM> Would have been cheaper too :-). For me it is a toll call to
 DM> Brenton, even with the same Sydney area code.

  Bloody robbers! A toll call! With Brenton, my only cost is a cup of
coffee and a vegemite sandwich.

 DM> That is truly brilliant. I am impressed, esp with one of your
 DM> advanced years, throwing yourself whole-heartly into a
 DM> completely new discipline, and making it *user* friendly.

  You cheeky young bastard. I'll have you know that I have mind like a
steel... er, um... the word is right on the tip of my... er, um...

 DM> Making it idiot-proof is 90% sweat and 10% luck.

  My programs have to be to idiot-proof to work at all. I work on 90%
blind luck, no sweat, and no worries...

 DM> You have to think like a fuckwit...

  The secret of my success!

 DM> , but concurrently be smart enough to write the trap code.

  What trap code?

 DM> No wonder programmers go schizoid.

  I am fully qualified.

Regards,
Bob
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