From: thester@nyx.cs.du.edu (Uncle Fester)
Newsgroups: nyx.misc,du.general,co.general
Subject: Re: FYI - USWest wasting our money again
Date: 11 Sep 92 21:55:51 GMT
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In article <1992Sep11.181011.11554@mercury.cair.du.edu> jvilhube@diana.ca
r.du.edu (Jan Vilhuber) writes:
>In article <1992Sep11.171853.11096@mercury.cair.du.edu> elesatz@diana.ca
r.du.edu (Eric LeSatz) writes:
>>As far as USWest's plans go, I'm sure they hired some idiot consultant
>>that has no REAL experience with _how_ people use computers. What they
>>
>You're sure, huh?
>
>Look. How about NOT making any degrading comments about something you kn
w
>absolutely NOTHING about? What information  do you have? If ANY (which
>I doubt), would you mind sharing?
>
>And on another point, I am also pissed at US WEST (the phone
>company). But US WEST is widely spread, and when people say US WEST,
>(like I have above) they MEAN the phone company. The Phone company
>(i.e. US WEST Communications) has absolutely NOTHING to do with this
>venture. It is by US WEST MRG and US WEST Direct. US WEST consist of
>many little companies, that are basically entities. This of course
>is not by choice, but by law (and the law sucks).
>
>That's all I want (and can) say for now, except, get informed before you
>flame.
>>Eric
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>>|__elesatz@diana.cair.du.edu___[]{}  in the chamber. Will that be enoug
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I think what Eric means is this:  
He is 'SURE' that _IF_ US West had hired a consultant that knew _how_
people use computers, then they damn sure wouldn't have come up with the
hare (hair?) brained scheme that we are all talking about here.
I think his 'flame' (as you called it) was completely in line with the
debate.  He made a very valid point.  US West, whether it's the phone
company or Lily Tomlin snorting in a headset, either way have committed to
a system that even the geniuses in the Air Force that buy $600.00 toilet
seats wouldn't buy.
Maybe I shouldn't have used the word 'committed' since it conjures up
images that our system administrator here would like to see implemented
upon the "phone company" pinheads that are behind this deal.
I pay this "entity" of little companies every month and not once have they
ever put a note in my bill to say that they are sorry for some policy or
somesuch that isn't really their fault since they are just one of several
units that can't seem to think in a straight line at the same time.
When I say "US West", I say it in the same manner that most people say
when they refer to "the Government".  L
Like a four letter word.

Uncle Fester

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