[No information of technical worth] [ILUG] dell winmodem probl ems

[Stephen_Reilly at dell.com]

>Spoken like a true mad scientist ;)  I agree with experimenting thou for a
>limited amount of hours 
Heathens, barbarians, soothsayers, harbringers of doom. I WILL show these
people that xargs -0 works with whitespace, that they may know the folly of
their loopy ways, I will ! Sorry, wrong thread...

>>as regards Jame's comment:
>as regards Stephe's comment:
hmmm, sorry "James' comments:"

>Dell-_branded_ lucent modems with those dodgy modem init strings/drivers so
>the same modem could work Europe-wide
Ooooh that's inside information, you worked here far too long...

>> nothing a good sed script couldn't have fixed
>explainez vous :) sed script running in the Eircom exchange or on the
device
>itself? ;) 
Why I could run one from here and fix your damned modem for you ! It would
probably have to be a learning script though, breeding different versions of
itself and growing into a monster. You know, like socks.

>>solution though. Well that or carrier pigeon.
>Carrier Pigeon please ;) 
It's hard to get the kind that will actually be able to lift a Dimension.
They usually just work for those old luggable phones with the trapdoor
hatchy thing in the back.

>>>just my 2 cent...
>>sure you can spare it ?
>Well actually...
Well then save your thoughts and go Euro-nate

steve