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Re: Windows 95 testing halted at Motorola

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From: Joe Sloan
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 1995 22:29
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In article <403avg$3tr@data.interserv.net>,
William Rini <billman@centcon.com> wrote:
>Jim Williams <williams@tiac.net> wrote:
>
>>I know that I could very easily write a dialog with "yes" and "no"
>>buttons and then do whatever I please based upon which button was
>>pressed.  Maybe when you press YES it sends the data right away, but
>>when you press NO it waits and dribbles the data back over time.
>
>Well considering the fact that it would have to dial up through a
>modem, I think it's a pretty good bet you would notice if the "no"
>button transmitted information.

I hate to have to point out the obvious, but wouldn't you have to 
"dial up through a modem" every time you want to connect to MSN?

sounds like plenty of opportunity to "dribble" the data over time.

Just keeping you intellectually honest...

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hype about ancient ideas emerging as 'New Technology'.
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From: jjs@dostoevsky.ucr.edu (Joe Sloan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.terminals.tty5620,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.2600,alt.destroy.microsoft
Subject: Re: Windows 95 testing halted at Motorola
Date: 6 Aug 1995 22:29:04 GMT
Organization: University of Calfornia at Riverside
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