[Info-vax] VMS Software Inc. OpenVMS 8.4-1H1 Boots on i4 System

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <mebtgd$qnf$1 at news.kjsl.com>,
	helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de (Phillip Helbig (undress to reply)) writes:
> In article <cmt8u2F3qtgU1 at mid.individual.net>,
> bill at server3.cs.scranton.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes: 
> 
>> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ0JEa7xYlE
>>  
>> I think it rather humorous that while you decry the use of Twitter and
>> Facebook you somehow think I am going to visit YouTube for something.
> 
> There is a difference.  With Twitter and Facebook, most people spend 
> their time with useless factoids.  

No, not really any difference.  You specifically say "most people" and
"most people" using YouTube are spending their time watching kittens
dance on piano keyboards.

>                                   With YouTube, while one can of course 
> waste time there, one can also just give a link to an appropriate video.

And, as has been stated here, the same is true of Twitter and Facebook.
You can "follow" just VSI and never do anything else with either of them.

> 
>> Just out of curiosity, how do you view YouTube videos on VMS?  :-)
> 
> Well, VSI has promised the "64-bit desktop", which will of course 
> include an HTML-5 capable browser.
 
They have?  I must have missed that one.

bill

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