Home support for relatives, was Re: PC World, was Re: [Gllug] SCO Stuff

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On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Ian Northeast moaned:
> And he refuses to use email [...] on the grounds that if he had it
> people would send him email:)

I think this is called the `Knuth Doctrine'.

> One of his friends, also a retired academic, is in the habit of
> sending an email at 8am and then ringing the recipient at 9am to ask
> if he's read it yet.

*sigh*, yes, I have idiots like that at work, only they ring and *then*
they send email and *then* they ring to ask if you've read the email
that they sent because you weren't at your desk to answer the phone.

*gah*

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 'stun' setting.' --- mjw
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