From: Jason.Wong@p0.f118.n244.z1.fidonet.org (Jason Wong)
Newsgroups: k12.chat.senior
Subject: Re: Stuff
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 08:52:01 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:244/118.0 - Renzo's Roost, Hamilton ON

Hi Kiev, 
-=> Quoting Kiev Lo to Jason Wong on 08-16-92  14:04 <=-

 KL> Hi Jason,

 KL> I gotta say sorry for that lousy reply I sent you the other day (in
 KL> case you haven't noticed).  I had a little problem with my parents
 KL> last weekend so I wasn't in a very good mood to write messages.  Well
 KL> now that I got you all excited about this, I suppose I should tell you
 KL> briefly what happened: It was because I went to a pub-meet organized
 KL> by one of my Bio classmate in summer school.  We only had a bit of
 KL> alcohol and then we left for car- pooling.  I didn't drive that night
 KL> so I just got onto the "backseat" of a bike (there are 2 bikers in my
 KL> class).  After all the fun, we decided to go home at around 12:30.  I
 KL> needed a lift since the bus stops running to Strathcona after 12:00. 
 KL> So one my biker friend offered me a ride home. But unfortunatly my
 KL> parents were waiting for me at the window (don't laugh, they do that
 KL> all the time, they say do that because they're worried) and they saw
 KL> me getting off the bike.  You know how parents are so good in
 KL> sterotyping... so they started questioning me and stuff.  Finally the
 KL> word "booze" sliped through my teeth because I was so damn tried that
 KL> my mind-speech cooridination couldn't function properly.  So, there I
 KL> was, caught lying.  I was grounded from my PC and other activities for
 KL> a couple of days and my curfew changed from 1:00am to 10:00pm.  I
 KL> think they're just too harsh on me.  I wasn't drinking to much that
 KL> night, I was still clean (except the smell from my shirt) and sober
 KL> when I got home... oh well, as if telling this to them will really
 KL> help... 
I understand. My parents were like that too...and my mom still is! I avoid 
the hassel since I don't go out that much and I usually come home quite early.
Once I stayed out till 2:00 am because I was at a friend's house playing
euchre. When I got home, my dad was in my room waiting for me. This was
New Year's eve about 5-6 yrs ago. My dad knew all the people that was at that
card game and there was no reason for him to worry. But I don't think anything
would have stopped him!
Actually, I tend to stay away from pubs just simply because I like to be ABLE
to talk to my friends at a normal voice level instead of competing with a
200 W speaker! :] And I think I mentioned this, but I'm not into Alcohol at
all. I like to be able to have fun with my friends without using alcohol.
Besides, I think I'm allergic to wine.

 KL> Your answering machine was WHAT?  I hope you were talking about
 KL> static electricity!  My dad used to tell me to shut down the TV and my
 KL> PC whenever there is a thunderstorm, but I didn't believe it was true
 KL> that you can really get zapped talking on the phone or something.
Nope, I think lightning hit the phone lines and a surge of electricity 
shot through the phone lines. That'll do it! I read on an Echo that a lady
had a phone practically explode because of a surge of electricity. Actually,
I had to take my computer back for a fix; the VGA board was dead. It died 
about 1 week after a huge T-storm. The guy at the computer shop blamed he
lightning. He said that a surge probably went through the phone line. But
then my modem's fine....I think he was lying! Oh well, it was still under
warranty but still I'm kinda mad at him!!

 KL> Oh well, I've never learned enough of those modem terms to be able to
 KL> understand what those HST, v.42bis/v.32bis...etc stand for. BTW, I
 KL> was told by my firend working at the AGT that normal phone line
 KL> transmittion only allows up to 9600bps because any frequency higher
 KL> than that would be unreliable.  And if you want to have reliable
 KL> transmittion faster than 9600bps, you'll need a separate phone line
 KL> from AGT becuase most of the household phone lines are bundled
 KL> together in a larger cord. Any idea if this guy is saying any truth? 
Well, from what I've been reading, there are several manufacturers that are 
putting together a new protocol named "v.fast" that will allow transmission
of 28800baud over normal phonelines. Probably under only ideal conditions.
However, I know that 14400 baud is feasible over voice lines without too
much problems. I've been reading messages for HS-modems and people have been
getting fairly reliable connects at 14400bps over normal phone lines. 
Oh yeah, about modem lingual. HST is a proprietary protocol from US Robotics
that allow 14400bps only between two HST modems. V.32bis is another 14400bps
protocol that is used by most if not all other 14400 modems. HST will not
connect to v.32bis modems at anything over 2400 ie. they are not compatible.
I think V.42bis is a Data Compression protocol....I'm not sure. and V.42 is
error correction....I think. Anyways...I'll probably order a v.32bis modem
by the end of this week or whenever I get those tech. documents from 
Practical Peripherals.

 KL> I just went to the U of C orientation this Friday, I suppose it was
 KL> okay. Well... I'm still kinda nervous about my 1st day though... I
 KL> guess it'll be just like another "first day of high school", but
 KL> somehow it gives me a scary feeling... you know - the big campus,
 KL> different looking classrooms and all that... or maybe I'm just
 KL> paranoid. 
Well what I did before the first day of classes was to find all my lecture
halls first. That way, I won't be looking at a map during the first day.
I didn't want to look like a frosh! The classes were very big...my largest
class had over 300 people! It was fun...you meet a lot of interesting people!
Oh yeah, I doubt that you'll have too much time to play on the computer and
write messages. So don't feel obliged to write long messages to me or anyone
else since you'll be pretty......read:VERY ....busy! I don't think I'll be
able to write too many long messages either when I go back to school...oh well
....we'll see!

When you get the time....keep me informed of how things are going at U of C!
Well. School starts in about 2 weeks! WOW what a short summer eh!
I'm gonna go interview some family doctors this week to find a good one.
GREAT!! I get to "grill" the doctors! Ha HA HA!!!

TTYL

Jason




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