regarding font management in Windows 3.0, and the temptation to overuse fonts:
"If you're using more than six fonts on a document, you're just masturbating your hard drive."
In retrospect, I think it's the last thing he said that made any sense.
I don't understand how one can expect a reasoned response to a support question via IRC. IRC seems a bit *too interactive* for this, at least in the context of a newbie trying to solve a problem before understanding how things work. The conversational nature of IRC lends itself more to "checklist" suppoort, quick answers to quick questions moving down a troubleshotting flowchart.
If it takes me a paragraph or two to explain *what I've already done", and a third to identify "the last result", I think I'd get better results in a newsgroup than a chatservice. But that's just me. Feel free to disagree.
IIRC, REXX was originally developed *ON* S/370. It was found to be so useful that it quickly spread around to all of IBM's platforms, although it's rather broken on AS400|iSeries|System I5|whatever they're calling it these days.
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"That's a reeeeeal nice solar setup you got there. Real nice. Be a shame if somthin' was to - you know - happen - to it..."
...and no sorter? You're ignorant or a masochist.
I covet my neighbor's ax. A 1968 Les Paul Goldtop.
Can't be right. Everyone knows the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything (including divide-by-zero) is 42.
...BEER DON'T NEED NO ICE!
Name a compellinng reason to buy/install/use Vista. Any help out there? Anyone? Anyone?
but i'm paging out to my liver!
'nuff said.
They're all tools for getting higher-level work done. Not eveything can / has to be suilt with the lowest common denomiator tools.
In retrospect, I think it's the last thing he said that made any sense.
Vista is dead. Quoth Bill Gates.
No, I think you're wrong. Gates himself put the probabilities at 80% / 20%. But your classification of probabilities is spot on.
...and Linux crunchies!
Does it run linux?
Quark soup? Tastes like chicken, doesn't it?
That really should be your sig. Priceless!
But, OS/2 is STILL DEAD.
in the tapwater used to make the coffee! This is about the only way tapwater gets consumed anymore.
If it takes me a paragraph or two to explain *what I've already done", and a third to identify "the last result", I think I'd get better results in a newsgroup than a chatservice. But that's just me. Feel free to disagree.
Old Age and Treachery will always overcome Youth, Enthusiasm and Skill!
Sloppy, yes. Ugly? If it had any merit it would be ugly.
IIRC, REXX was originally developed *ON* S/370. It was found to be so useful that it quickly spread around to all of IBM's platforms, although it's rather broken on AS400|iSeries|System I5|whatever they're calling it these days.
--Bill Gates, on or near the introduction of Windows 3.0.
See, I told you! http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=169529&cid=141 27993
"Don't put all your inventory on the display case!"