write-only memory

[Doug Harris]

While I didn't read the _entire_ Wiki article, I did find, near the end of it, this curious
phrase:
In another word, it is not necessary to add the 'read' funtion to this memory,so we keep it "Written Only".
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Leaving aside the misspelling of 'function', I'm wondering about 'in another word'. Which, you
will notice, the author doesn't confine him/herself to -- instead rambling on another 18 words
in all in the same sentence.
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As some kids say today for no apparent reason, 'word!'.
dh

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----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Mark Mandel" <thnidu at GMAIL.COM>
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Received: 5/16/2009 11:33:52 AM
Subject: Re: write-only memory


>15,700 semi-raw* ghits, starting with Wikipedia:
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Write_Only_Memory

>* not screened, but it started as 19k+; I forwarded to the last page and it
>dropped as shown

>m a m

>On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Darla Wells <lethe9 at gmail.com> wrote:

>> My friend temped at Microsoft (or Bill's Bug Factory, as she calls it) to
>> help develop Vista. Every time I lose a download or other file, I twit her
>> about it. The other day I was reading a spoof on Seven, saying that it
>> would
>> have the same capabilities to lose your files as Vista has. My friend Janis
>> says that they call that write-only memory. It certainly seems apt.
>> Darla
>>

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