Re: Robert Chipman, "Theory and Problems of Transmission Lines" available for download

"Mike Monett" <no@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:4296A86D.7202@xxxxxxxxxxx
> So I wrote a special operating system that runs in dos and attaches a
> descriptive phrase to each file.
> The description goes with the file when it is moved or copied to another
> directory.

Sounds a lot like 4DOS (the "describe" command)! In the prehistoric days when
files names were limited to 8.3 it was a lifesaver. (What is VGTslSm4.exe?)

> Sneaky. I'm using Win 3.1, so there's no way I could get broadband.

Sure you could, if you use a cable or DSL modem with an Ethernet connection.
The first machine I ever ran Mosaic (ancient web browser) on was under Win
3.1.

> Yes - let's hear it for Flash! It won't even run on my machine:)

I have an acquaintance that I do computer maintenance for from time to time
and one of his stated intentions was "to become the eBay of the fruit
brokering business" (yeah, I know, but...). Unfortunately the firm (out of
India, no less! -- somehow he hooked up with their representative here in the
US) built him a web site that, IMO, sucks rocks. Not only does it require
flash but it immediately maximizes your browser window as soon as it opens...
arrggh! (The site is http://www.foodguys.com/ in case anyone cares...) At
this point I think his aspirations remain a little far from fruition (ha, ha).

I went to a talk by Scott Meyers something over a year ago and he mentioned
that Amazon is really quite good with achieving "high functionality" with no
fancy plug-ins required. It really is impressive compared to the likes of
foodguys...

> I am still astonished at the way people will make 350k gif files that
> could be shrunk to 10k if they knew how.

Because they don't know how and it doesn't pay to teach them?

> These people should be given a DOS
> machine and floppies for a year until they figure out how much this costs
> the other people who have to download and store it.

Here in the US broadband Internet connectivity is in the ballpark of
$35-$50/mo and is available to (I'm guessing) over 90% of the population (and
100% free-to-you wireless access is becoming increasingly common as well).
That price isn't onerous when you consider how many people pay comparable
amounts for their cable TV, cell phones, etc. That's no excuse for this
pathetic web pages we're discussing, but you can understand why people aren't
out staging riots in the street over it.

---Joel


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