Where Are The Founders Of The Dial-Up Revolution? 295
RIMBoy writes "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently tracked down the founders behind the dial-up modem revolution. The founders of Hayes Micromodem set the standard with their AT Command set. While Dennis Hayes finds himself inducted into the Computer Industry Hall of Fame, at the same time he is broke (with a stop as a bar owner) and trying to find the next big thing. Dale Heatherington cashed out early and has dedicated himself to several projects, including ham radio."
Easy (Score:5, Funny)
Duh (Score:2, Funny)
Blogzine [blogzine.net]
Fortress of Insanity [homeunix.org]
Come to think of it (Score:5, Funny)
Working in bars, claiming benefits etc. etc.
If I had a nickle... (Score:2, Funny)
Ah, the dialup days... (Score:5, Funny)
That damn callback verification feature always woke up my mom in the middle of the night when I was cruising the BBS's for porn... Thank god for these "always on" connections!
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Broad Band Revolutionaries (Score:5, Funny)
Check "VH-1 Where Are They Now?" to find out the fate of those great Broad Bands of the past.
I know about "Heart". They look like Roseanne Barr now.
Tough times, eh? (Score:3, Funny)
In lieu of the vi vs. emacs debate... (Score:5, Funny)
I'm proud to initiate the Xmodem vs Kermit flamewar.
Let's get ready to RUMBLE!
Extra points for anyone who can segue smoothly into an Anti-Bush/Anti-US rant.
Re:Easy (Score:3, Funny)
Re:well duh (Score:3, Funny)
No, if they refuse a 140 million offer they certainly don't.
Cheers,
Hey bartender! (Score:4, Funny)
To get his attention, you'd to yell: +++
So you could say that ... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Easy (Score:5, Funny)
Them were the days
Re:think about it.... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:In lieu of the vi vs. emacs debate... (Score:4, Funny)
It's just like the airports now-a-days. President Bush has made so many regulations I can't even ride the plane! I checked in and went through security, and I was supposed to fly out at 11:40. But they oversold and gave me a seat on a different airline at 12:40. By the time I got to the other side of the enormous government-run airport, it was 12:30 -- and they didn't have any George Bush agents to search through my belongings _again_ to make sure that I still wasn't a crazy terrorist. So I missed the plane because George Bush wants too many intrusive, redundant regulations! Throwing the baby out with the bathwater, that's what I call it. I wish Bush had learned from the whole Kermit debacle.
Re:In lieu of the vi vs. emacs debate... (Score:5, Funny)
Dude, XModem sucks! Use ZModem! But whatever you do, don't even think of using Kermit. After all, if you remember Operation Sundevil back in
Re:And for all the college boys (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Ah, the dialup days... (Score:5, Funny)
I'm bored now.
Re:Easy (Score:3, Funny)
Give it time... (Score:3, Funny)
Broadband killed the dialup generation...
But then reality TV killed MTV...
Ya gotta figure something will come along and wipe out broadband. My bet is on litigation...
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