18 Dec
1995
18 Dec
'95
2:43 p.m.
Gordon, ] yet. Nsf is spending $10 million a year on the 2 RA coop ] agreements....right? seems like they should be getting something more ] useful for the money than so far has been the case. Yesterday I wandered into Radio Shack in my festive holiday wanderings, and happened upon a small man wearing a name tag that said "Bud". I asked Bud, "Bud, will your I/R to RF transcievers send data at greater than 2.4kps?". "No", replied Bud. "And will your I/R to RF transcievers send data bidirectionally?" I asked Bud. "No", replied Bud. And while no money changed hands, I would gladly have paid to learn that this was technology I could not use. -alan