Re: General question about using CD's

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From: Dudley Henriques (dhenriques_at_nowhere.invalid)
Date: 08/21/04 

Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 11:29:33 -0400

"Herb Fritatta" <Herb@dontspam.com> wrote in message
news:10ieq2hrdpvin92@corp.supernews.com...
> Dudley Henriques wrote:
>
> > "David Candy" <david@mvps.org> wrote in message
> > news:OKySdazhEHA.396@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > Well why would you gve him a CD that only InCD can write (so most
> > computers can't write to) and that most computers can't read.
> >
> > Only a fool would use InCD.
> >
> > Yes, give him a blank one and 99% of the computers in the world can
read
> > it. And all XP computers with a RW drive can write to it.
> >
> > Well....thank you for the last sentence anyway. That at least begins
to
> > answer what I was asking. Not being an "idiot", I'll figure the rest
of
> > it out myself.
> > Thank you so much for your courteous reply. :-)
> > Dudley Henriques
> > Past President
> > International Fighter Pilots Fellowship
> > Director Special Projects
> > Combat Pilots Association of the United States
> > Commercial Pilot/ CFI Retired
> > (and according to you, an idiot :-)
> >
> > All the best, and thank you again.
> > DH
> >
> >
> >
> >
> While Mr. Candy's general demeanor does indeed leave something to be
> desired, I can't understand why you think the fact that you fly
> airplanes has any bearing on whether or not you are, in general, an
> idiot (and I'm not saying that you are, mind you). After all, the
> Commander-in-Chief is an idiot. And his father flew airplanes (and
still
> jumps out of them) and *he's* an idiot.

Any "idiot can fly an airplane. In fact, a lot of them do! It takes
intelligence however, to have flown them in the environment I did for
fifty years and survive the experience. :-)
No big deal really. Just thought it might make a point where a point was
warranted :-)
DH

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