Hello Bob!

Oct 12 18:18 03, Bob Jones wrote to Bo Simonsen:

 BS>> Oh okay, do it really require a master degree, in this 
 BS>> country people are teaching in "elementary school" 
 BS>> (kids with age from 7-16), did only study 4 years in 
 BS>> some non-university.

 BJ> You only need a Bachelor's (B.A.) degree to teach through highschool 
 BJ> (thru 17 / 18 years old) in this state.  

Okay it's different from state to state ? (What is the state called WA, it
really annoys me that I don't know).

 BJ> But those with Master's 
 BJ> degrees or additional classed beyond the bachelor's degree make more 
 BJ> money.  Since I already have both a bachlor's (B.S.) degree and a 
 BJ> Master's degree, I should be able to just spend about 1 year getting 
 BJ> a second master's degree....

Indeed, there isn't along way to go to get a master.. BTW In this country
can the BA only teach in one subject, a master have a Primary and a
Secondary subject. 

 BS>> Only high school teachers requires a master degree (youths from 
 BS>> 16-20).

 BJ> In this state, as noted above, the additional degree is a monetary 
 BJ> incentive.  Teaching certificates are controlled by each state, not 
 BJ> the federal government, so there can be differences throughout the 
 BJ> US.  But, the (federal) department of Education will have influence 
 BJ> on the state requirements.....

Okay!

 BJ>> Aerospace....  [Spelling is not rocket science..... ]

 BS>> Oh okay ;) Then you do know alot about Aerodynamics 
 BS>> too? (I allways found it interesting, but I didn't do 
 BS>> studying it).

 BJ> Not aerodynamics, but more on the computer support of that 
 BJ> industry....  Defense, Space and Aerospace (as well as a few other 
 BJ> industries) tend to have rather formal configuration management and 
 BJ> quality assurance procedures and controls.....  Most software doesn't 
 BJ> care similar requirements....

Okay.. Hmm..

 BS>> Download of QWK packets work, but upload don't because 
 BS>> of the file transfer upload didn't work.

 BJ> Interesting that downloads work but uploads don't.  Ah....  We are 
 BJ> still interpreting somethings that causes upload errors.....  
 BJ> Probably need to turn off some things (TTY or for the handle of the 
 BJ> TCP/IP session) to get uploads working then....

I guess the problem is either in sz.c or fos_os2.c

 BJ>> Due to Max BBS line limitations, I cann't respond 
 BJ>> to the rest of your 
 BJ>> reply via my normal methods.

 BS>> ?

 BJ> Maximus/2 has a size limitation on the buffer used to read in the 
 BJ> previous message and used for quoting.  In full screen mode, using 
 BJ> , you don't see the end of the message you are quoting 
 BJ> if that message is too long for the buffer.  

Oh okay, how big is that limitation?

 BJ> The OS/2 buffer is 
 BJ> laarger than the DOS buffer.....  I suspect the Win32 buffer is the 
 BJ> same size as for OS/2.  I am guessing that Maximums / Linux buffer is 
 BJ> also the same size as the OS/2 buffer.

Wes did use the OS/2 port of maximus as a good example, so I bet so :)

Regards,
Bo

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