From: John Tserkezis 
Reply-To: Fidonet AVtech Echo 

Bob Lawrence wrote:
> JT> I've had only one wrong number on my fax line, someone was
> JT> trying to fax their bank something. I didn't pay attention to
> JT> it, which is probably what their bank would have done with it,
> JT> had they actually recieved it. 
> 
>  ROFL! I love a good cynic...

  I'm glad I'm a pessimistic cynic.  I'm never suprised and never dissapointed.

> JT> My bastards never get it right. They keep calling. Just as well
> JT> I have a tireless modem doing the answering.
> 
>  My poor little modem is nearly eligible for the old age pension. I
> bought a new 56K one that allegedly works on Linux, but I can't be
> bothered pulling to other WinModem out, to see if it's true. The
> Winmodem is an invention of the devil. I've got thee old Sportster
> hooked up in series with it.

  Winmodems ARE the work of the devil.  I know now why they never wrote any 
linux drivers for them.  Linux users were too smart to go for the useless shit 
they were flogging off called "modems".
  Claiming the virtues of letting your processor take some of the modem load. 
The bastards couldn't get the protocols right in hardware, what chance did they 
have in software?

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