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Re: This reminds me of someone..

From felix <me@nothere.invalid>
Newsgroups aus.computers
Subject Re: This reminds me of someone..
Date 2017-01-22 19:17 +1100
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On Sunday, 22 Jan 2017 7:01 PM, F Murtz wrote:
> felix wrote:
>> On Sunday, 22 Jan 2017 5:41 PM, Xeno wrote:
>>> On 22/01/2017 2:19 PM, felix wrote:
>>>> On Sunday, 22 Jan 2017 2:01 PM, Xeno wrote:
>>>>> On 22/01/2017 1:31 PM, Blue Peeler wrote:
>>>>>> D Walford wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Who is is this bastard General Failure, and why is he reading my
>>>>>>>> hard drive?"  she said.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Knowing how much "stuff" that was important to her was on her
>>>>>>>> computer I delegated someone else to explain to her and retreated
>>>>>>>> to my office.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> LOL, sharp as a tow ball:-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Oh yes, and I see, courtesy of an email sent to me by someone else
>>>>>> that
>>>>>
>>>>> Email?  Right!  I believe you. Thousands wouldn't.
>>>>>
>>>>> Your problem is that joke, in multiple incarnations, has been around
>>>>> for decades.
>>>>
>>>> sure has! like.. "Daddy, what does formatting C drive mean?"
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Are you trying now to tell us you were the *originator* of that joke?
>>>>
>>>> he actually related it as if it was a personal experience of his!
>>>
>>> Sure did. Problem is, he just co-opted someone else's *joke* and
>>> related it as if it were his own personal experience.
>>>
>>> In fact, "general failure reading drive" was an MSDOS error message
>>> and was the source of the joke. It was usually subtended with "Abort,
>>> Retry, Fail?"
>>
>> yes, I remember those error messages. thank goodness we've moved well
>> away from DOS to the GUI . my first recollection of anything better than
>> DOS was something called DOSSHELL. or as it was known at the time..
>> DOSHELL, lol
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Here are some Concurrent CP/M 86 error messages
>>>
>>> 01H - Disk  I/O Error  — Permanent Error
>>> 02H -  R/0  —  Read/Only  Disk
>>> 04H - Select — Drive  Select Error
>>> 09H - Illegal ? in FCB
>>>
>>> How odd, looks a lot like 2 Hex Byte error codes to me.
>>>
>>
>>
>
> Somewhere I have a floppy full of stuff like that,like pretending that 
> the computer is formatting itself and other nasty tricks.
> Not that it would work any more  even if I had a dos computer.

I have a drawer full of floppies, and I still have a floppy drive in my 
main PC. I also have a PC running DOS 5.0 in case I ever feel nostalgic. 
so far it hasn't happened :)


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This reminds me of someone.. Grumpy Tech <grumpytech07@gmail.com> - 2017-01-21 18:19 +1000
  Re: This reminds me of someone.. D Walford <dwalford@internode.on.net> - 2017-01-21 19:30 +1100
    Re: This reminds me of someone.. "Blue Peeler" <woof@barque.org> - 2017-01-21 09:04 +0000
      Re: This reminds me of someone.. Grumpy Tech <grumpytech07@gmail.com> - 2017-01-21 19:36 +1000
      Re: This reminds me of someone.. Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-21 20:56 +1100
      Re: This reminds me of someone.. keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2017-01-21 20:34 +1000
        Re: This reminds me of someone.. "Blue Peeler" <woof@barque.org> - 2017-01-21 11:05 +0000
      Re: This reminds me of someone.. D Walford <dwalford@internode.on.net> - 2017-01-22 09:54 +1100
        Re: This reminds me of someone.. "Blue Peeler" <woof@barque.org> - 2017-01-22 02:31 +0000
          Re: This reminds me of someone.. Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-22 14:01 +1100
            Re: This reminds me of someone.. felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2017-01-22 14:19 +1100
              Re: This reminds me of someone.. "Blue Peeler" <woof@barque.org> - 2017-01-22 03:38 +0000
              Re: This reminds me of someone.. Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-22 17:41 +1100
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2017-01-22 18:07 +1100
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-01-22 19:01 +1100
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2017-01-22 19:17 +1100
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2017-01-22 19:18 +1100
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-22 20:23 +1100
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2017-01-22 22:42 +1100
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. "Blue Peeler" <woof@barque.org> - 2017-01-22 08:16 +0000
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-22 23:25 +1100
          Re: This reminds me of someone.. news16 <news16@woa.com.au> - 2017-01-22 04:51 +0000
            Re: This reminds me of someone.. Grumpy Tech <grumpytech07@gmail.com> - 2017-01-22 15:24 +1000
              Re: This reminds me of someone.. news16 <news16@woa.com.au> - 2017-01-24 02:38 +0000
            Re: This reminds me of someone.. keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2017-01-22 15:29 +1000
              Re: This reminds me of someone.. Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> - 2017-01-23 00:49 +0800
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. "Blue Peeler" <woof@barque.org> - 2017-01-22 20:13 +0000
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-23 16:22 +1100
          Re: This reminds me of someone.. keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2017-01-22 15:26 +1000
            Re: This reminds me of someone.. "Blue Peeler" <woof@barque.org> - 2017-01-22 06:13 +0000
              Re: This reminds me of someone.. keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2017-01-22 20:02 +1000
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. "Blue Peeler" <woof@barque.org> - 2017-01-22 10:19 +0000
              Re: This reminds me of someone.. news16 <news16@woa.com.au> - 2017-01-24 02:26 +0000
          Re: This reminds me of someone.. Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-22 18:08 +1100
          Re: This reminds me of someone.. Grumpy Tech <grumpytech07@gmail.com> - 2017-01-23 04:45 +1000
            Re: This reminds me of someone.. Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> - 2017-01-23 07:24 +0800
              Re: This reminds me of someone.. "Blue Peeler" <woof@barque.org> - 2017-01-23 00:29 +0000
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-23 17:24 +1100
              Re: This reminds me of someone.. Grumpy Tech <grumpytech07@gmail.com> - 2017-01-23 12:31 +1000
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> - 2017-01-23 20:18 +0800
            Re: This reminds me of someone.. Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-23 17:51 +1100
            Re: This reminds me of someone.. Grumpy Tech <grumpytech07@gmail.com> - 2017-01-24 00:15 +1000
              Re: This reminds me of someone.. Grumpy Tech <grumpytech07@gmail.com> - 2017-01-24 00:28 +1000
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. "Blue Peeler" <woof@barque.org> - 2017-01-23 19:56 +0000
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. Grumpy Tech <grumpytech07@gmail.com> - 2017-01-24 08:01 +1000
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-24 10:19 +1100
                Might as well kick xeno's arse a bit more. Grumpy Tech <grumpytech07@gmail.com> - 2017-01-24 22:25 +1000
                Re: Might as well kick xeno's arse a bit more. Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-25 13:34 +1100
                Re: Might as well kick xeno's arse a bit more. Grumpy Tech <grumpytech07@gmail.com> - 2017-01-25 13:00 +1000
                Re: Might as well kick xeno's arse a bit more. Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-25 15:22 +1100
                Re: Might as well kick xeno's arse a bit more. felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2017-01-25 19:37 +1100
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-24 09:14 +1100
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. "Blue Peeler" <woof@barque.org> - 2017-01-24 10:30 +0000
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-24 23:20 +1100
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-24 08:44 +1100
                Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting cunt ever to infest a newsgroup[ "Blue Peeler" <woof@barque.org> - 2017-01-24 10:28 +0000
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting c*nt ever to infest a newsgroup felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2017-01-24 22:09 +1100
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting c*nt ever to infest a newsgroup "Blue Peeler" <woof@barque.org> - 2017-01-24 11:24 +0000
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting c*nt ever to infest a newsgroup felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2017-01-24 23:45 +1100
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting c*nt ever to infest a newsgroup "Blue Peeler" <woof@barque.org> - 2017-01-24 19:57 +0000
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting c*nt ever to infest a newsgroup felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2017-01-25 10:33 +1100
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting cunt ever to infest a newsgroup[ Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-25 00:48 +1100
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting cunt ever to infest a newsgroup[ "Blue Peeler" <woof@barque.org> - 2017-01-24 19:48 +0000
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting cunt ever to infest a newsgroup[ Grumpy Tech <grumpytech07@gmail.com> - 2017-01-25 07:52 +1000
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting cunt ever to infest a newsgroup[ Noddy <me@home.com> - 2017-01-25 09:20 +1100
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting cunt ever to infest a newsgroup[ Grumpy Tech <grumpytech07@gmail.com> - 2017-01-25 08:54 +1000
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting cunt ever to infest a newsgroup[ Noddy <me@home.com> - 2017-01-25 11:47 +1100
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting cunt ever to infest a newsgroup[ Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-25 13:05 +1100
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting cunt ever to infest a newsgroup[ Grumpy Tech <grumpytech07@gmail.com> - 2017-01-25 12:58 +1000
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting cunt ever to infest a newsgroup[ Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-25 15:20 +1100
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting cunt ever to infest a newsgroup[ Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-25 13:00 +1100
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting cunt ever to infest a newsgroup[ Grumpy Tech <grumpytech07@gmail.com> - 2017-01-25 12:57 +1000
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting cunt ever to infest a newsgroup[ Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-25 15:15 +1100
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting cunt ever to infest a newsgroup[ felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2017-01-25 19:39 +1100
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting cunt ever to infest a newsgroup[ Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-25 19:55 +1100
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting c*nt ever to infest a newsgroup felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2017-01-25 20:50 +1100
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting cunt ever to infest a newsgroup[ felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2017-01-25 19:29 +1100
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting cunt ever to infest a newsgroup[ jonz <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2017-01-25 01:45 -0800
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting cunt ever to infest a newsgroup[ Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-25 20:48 +1100
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting c**t ever to infest a newsgroup[ felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2017-01-25 20:57 +1100
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting cunt ever to infest a newsgroup[ Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-25 20:46 +1100
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting c**t ever to infest a newsgroup[ felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2017-01-25 21:01 +1100
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting c**t ever to infest a newsgroup[ jonz <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2017-01-25 02:36 -0800
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting c**t ever to infest a newsgroup[ felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2017-01-25 22:34 +1100
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting cunt ever to infest a newsgroup[ "Blue Peeler" <woof@barque.org> - 2017-01-25 10:02 +0000
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting cunt ever to infest a newsgroup[ Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-25 21:45 +1100
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting cunt ever to infest a newsgroup[ Grumpy Tech <grumpytech07@gmail.com> - 2017-01-25 20:56 +1000
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting cunt ever to infest a newsgroup[ Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-25 22:12 +1100
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting cunt ever to infest a newsgroup[ jonz <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2017-01-25 03:23 -0800
                Re: Grumpy conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting c**t ever to infest a newsgroup[ felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2017-01-25 22:31 +1100
                Re: Grumpy conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting c**t ever to infest a newsgroup[ jonz <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2017-01-25 03:42 -0800
                Re: Grumpy conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting c**t ever to infest a newsgroup[ Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-25 23:30 +1100
                Re: Grumpy conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting c**t ever to infest a newsgroup[ felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2017-01-25 23:46 +1100
                what a bunch of gossiping harpies keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2017-01-27 11:48 +1000
                Re: what a bunch of gossiping harpies Noddy <me@home.com> - 2017-01-27 13:10 +1100
                Re: what a bunch of gossiping harpies keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2017-01-27 13:40 +1000
                Re: what a bunch of gossiping harpies Noddy <me@home.com> - 2017-01-27 15:49 +1100
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting cunt ever to infest a newsgroup[ keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2017-01-27 11:43 +1000
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting cunt ever to infest a newsgroup[ Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-27 14:09 +1100
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting cunt ever to infest a newsgroup[ keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2017-01-27 13:41 +1000
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting cunt ever to infest a newsgroup[ Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-27 14:48 +1100
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting cunt ever to infest a newsgroup[ F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-01-27 16:09 +1100
                Re: Xeno conclusively proved to be the lowest disgusting cunt ever to infest a newsgroup[ Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-27 17:17 +1100
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> - 2017-01-24 07:42 +0800
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-24 12:36 +1100
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. "Blue Peeler" <woof@barque.org> - 2017-01-24 10:34 +0000
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-24 23:23 +1100
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-01-25 00:21 +1100
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-25 12:49 +1100
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-01-25 17:49 +1100
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-25 18:40 +1100
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-01-25 23:12 +1100
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-25 23:53 +1100
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-01-26 14:27 +1100
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. Noddy <me@home.com> - 2017-01-26 17:47 +1100
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> - 2017-01-26 15:34 +0800
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. "Blue Peeler" <woof@barque.org> - 2017-01-26 08:56 +0000
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-01-26 21:20 +1100
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. "Blue Peeler" <woof@barque.org> - 2017-01-25 10:07 +0000
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-25 22:05 +1100
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. "Blue Peeler" <woof@barque.org> - 2017-01-25 11:15 +0000
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-01-25 23:16 +1100
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. Noddy <me@home.com> - 2017-01-26 00:57 +1100
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. XR8_Sprintless <xr8_sprint@hotmail.com> - 2017-01-24 14:48 +1000
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2017-01-24 15:34 +1000
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-01-24 17:11 +1100
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. "Blue Peeler" <woof@barque.org> - 2017-01-24 10:32 +0000
              Re: This reminds me of someone.. "Blue Peeler" <woof@barque.org> - 2017-01-23 19:49 +0000
                Re: This reminds me of someone.. Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-01-24 09:06 +1100
  Re: This reminds me of someone.. Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> - 2017-01-21 18:13 +0800

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