Various quotes from Usenet

The article below is from makr.dk and should be regarded as out of date. It dates from 2001 and has been retained solely for historical reasons.

The article contains a number of quotes taken from Usenet and presented completely out of context.

“There are some small rubber bands around the edge of a modern CD, and when the centrifugal force becomes strong enough, they are flung outwards and rub against the sides of the drive, thereby reducing the speed.” – Bertel Lund Hansen in dk.consumer i

“My son didn’t get anything to eat for four days when he sent me an HTML email from a local council school computer. Nor was he allowed to sleep in bed; instead, he was sent out into the garden.” - Thomas Jensen in telecoms and internet i

“When, in forty years’ time, I have to take stock of what I’ve achieved in my life, I’ll be able to say: ‘I influenced a lot of people’s signatures on Usenet.’” - Allan Olesen in tele.test i

“We’ve got to get the fun stuff going too, so it works properly...” - Alex Bach Andersen in tele.test i

“All respect to you – but I don’t think I can come up with an explanation that a layman would understand in the time I’m willing to spend on it.” – Jesper Skriver in telephone.internet.ADSL i

“Computers are rubbish” – Lars Kim Lund in dk.computing.networks.large i

“No, people don’t want a PlayStation, even though there are plenty who buy one.” – Charbax in dk.computing.internet-service-providers i

“Unfortunately, it’s far too rare to find people who know how to appreciate good taste" – Lars Kyndi in alt.fan.phoners.kyndi i

"We really shouldn’t be starting a thread where we’re actually praising the dk-hostmaster" - Thomas Jensen in dk.computing.internet-providers.web-hosting i

"Something like the speed of light sounds very unfair, doesn’t it?" - Peter Tirsek in dk.computing.internet-service-providers i

"My initials have been all over the place" - John Hinge in alt.fan.phoners.kyndi i

"I try to switch on the telly every time there’s a football match." - Simon Skals in dk.media.tv i

“I work in a fruit stall (orange :-)” - Henrik Aarfeldt in dk.computing.internet-providers i

“I know more than you” - Simon Skals in dk.computing.internet-providers.xdsl i

“I’ll keep pestering you until I get it” - Lars Kyndi Laursen in tele.test i

"It looks as though you’ve got something to do with pil.dk?" – Tue Hellstern to Thomas Jensen in dk.computing.internet-providers.web-hosting i