From: ·······@ziplip.com
Subject: Re: BIG successes of Lisp
Date: 
Message-ID: <CENZKHCLPWH3KBHRFQNXJVDVEEMCCJIKJREND0CN@ziplip.com>
Don Geddis wrote:

> ·······@ziplip.com writes:
> [...about Orbitz.com...]
>> How pathetic. "Server farm" notwithstanding, the WHOLE WEB
>> SITE gets closed for prolonged periods of time. For comparison,
>> Travelocity and Expedia are up 24/7.
> 
> Evidence? 

What evidence would you find acceptable? A court decision? A UN resolution?

> It's always been up when I've tried to use it.  How do you know
> the real availability numbers for Orbitz vs. the others?  Surely you
> understand that we're not just going to take your word for it.

Ask someone else or write a tiny script to monitor the availability.
Surely you understand that we do not care for your whining like a 
helpless little bitch.

> I'd be shocked if a web-based real business like Orbitz wasn't up 24/7.
From: Kenny Tilton
Subject: PING Don't Feed the Trolls graphic [was Re: BIG successes of Lisp]
Date: 
Message-ID: <9tWjb.66030$pv6.20887@twister.nyc.rr.com>
·······@ziplip.com wrote:

> Don Geddis wrote:
> 
> 
>>·······@ziplip.com writes:
>>[...about Orbitz.com...]
>>
>>>How pathetic. "Server farm" notwithstanding, the WHOLE WEB
>>>SITE gets closed for prolonged periods of time. For comparison,
>>>Travelocity and Expedia are up 24/7.
>>
>>Evidence? 
> 
> 
> What evidence would you find acceptable? A court decision? A UN resolution?
> 
> 
>>It's always been up when I've tried to use it.  How do you know
>>the real availability numbers for Orbitz vs. the others?  Surely you
>>understand that we're not just going to take your word for it.
> 
> 
> Ask someone else or write a tiny script to monitor the availability.
> Surely you understand that we do not care for your whining like a 
> helpless little bitch.
> 

Gee, I have my second-ever entry in a killfile.

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