Re: [NTLK] FAX/MODEM

From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent_daudelin_at_fanniemae.com)
Date: Mon May 13 2002 - 14:02:59 EDT


On 13/05/02 13:19, "LA GREEN" <lagoff1_at_hotmail.com> wrote:

> ok i still have my old newton fax modem, the external one that works on
> batteries, that i got with my mp110. is there any reason i cant use it to
> go online? just wondering.

Well, if you're not too concerned about speed, there's nothing that prevent
you from trying to use it. I'm not sure about how many ISP still supporting
speeds in the 2400 bps range, though...

-Laurent.

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gang bang n.: The use of large numbers of loosely coupled programmers in an
attempt to wedge a great many features into a product in a short time.
Though there have been memorable gang bangs (e.g., that over-the-weekend
assembler port mentioned in Steven Levy's "Hackers"), and large numbers of
loosely-coupled programmers operating in bazaar mode can do very useful work
when they're not on a deadline, most are perpetrated by large companies
trying to meet unrealistic deadlines; the inevitable result is enormous
buggy masses of code entirely lacking in orthogonality. When market-driven
managers make a list of all the features the competition has and assign one
programmer to implement each, the probability of maintaining a coherent (or
even functional) design goes to epsilon. See also firefighting, Mongolian
Hordes technique, Conway's Law.

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