[geeks] Re: 48v

[Bill Bradford]

On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 01:18:52PM -0400, Ken Hansen wrote:
> Jerry Pournelle is a *major* tech-geek. 

I would MAYBE call him a "power user", but not a "tech-geek".  I've
"seen" him have to call for help about stuff more than once in his
old articles.

> I admire his work 

His scifi is good, his BYTE and other "technical" writings, not so
great.  I saw a "generic Pournelle aritcle" once and it was so
formulatic that it made me laugh my ass off.

> and marvel at his collection of "toys." 

All gotten by sucking up to various companies promising them a plug
in his next column.

Bill

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Bill Bradford
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