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To: Jack Clarke who wrote (350)	1/3/1998 1:00:00 PM
From: Zeev Hed	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 4711

Jack: In a recent post on the Arakis thread you used the term "sinister". I would like to register a complaint in this regard, the use of the word "sinister" should be banned just as the use of the word "negro" is. I believe it is "politically incorrect". Sinister originates from Latin and designated left handed people which to those old and bigotted cultures represented the evil side of humanity. What say you? Zeev

To: Jack Clarke who wrote (350)	1/3/1998 1:35:00 PM
From: David Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4711

>>OFF TOPIC, WITH APOLOGIES>> Jack, x2 refers to the 3Com/US Robotics/Texas Instruments, et al, protocol for 56k analog modems, as opposed to the also ran protocol K56Flex being promoted by odd bedfellows Lucent and Rockwell and their lesser minions. The participants have agreed to a draft ITU standard, thus the distinction is about to become moot. Rhetoric aside for a moment, in my case I get consistent 45,333kbs or 48,000kbs connections, which knocks the socks off of v.34 (28.8kbs - 33.6kbs). When I click Next, I get Next, instead of an annoying hourglass. David