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Re: Napco 2600 question
"Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Feb 10, 7:09?pm, "Doug" <n...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I was thinking more along the lines of its present day use-
>>
>> The noun Luddite specifically refers to one of a group of early 19th
>> century
>> English workmen who were campaigning against the automation of the power
>> loom. Under cover of night and generally masked, the workers often
>> destroyed
>> the equipment that had displaced them. Today the word broadly refers to
>> anyone who is opposed to technological change or new working methods. The
>> name Luddite is presumed to come from the leader of these angry workmen:
>> Ned
>> Ludd. ...
>>
>
> Hmmm, I wonder if their masks were made of cloth from the looms.
>
> And I think nowdays they are known as Leuckites.
Wasn't it Mark who tried to drag YOU kicking and screaming into the 21st
century and use SIA or contact ID instead of 4/2.
js
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