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On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 10:12:00 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> == > > Oh dear. That doesn't sound too good. I don't fancy learning something > completely new again! My guess is that people will be wearing computers in the future. They'll have custom made earpieces that stream music, receive phone calls, protect their hearing, enhance their hearing, monitor their bio-metrics, even translate foreign languages. That's going to be just spiffy. :) |
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On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 03:43:13 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 9:31:54 PM UTC-4, GM wrote: >> cshenk wrote: >> >>> Sqwertz wrote: >>> >>> > On Tue, 18 Sep 2018 20:21:34 -0500, cshenk wrote: >>> > >>> > > Sqwertz wrote: >>> > > >>> > >> On Mon, 17 Sep 2018 19:13:16 -0500, cshenk wrote: >>> > >> >>> > >>> Cheri wrote: >>> > >>> >>> > >>>> I wrote: >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>> Make sure they're plugged into black USB ports rather than blue >>> > >> USB >>> ports. They'll both work for keyboard and mouse but you'll >>> > >>>>> eventually probably need to swap them later. >>> > >>>> >>> > >>>> Thank you very much, will do. that is very useful information >>> > and I >>>> appreciate it. >>> > >>> >>> > >>> Do you have colored USB ports perchance? I don't. Well, actually >>> > >>> one of the computers here has a pretty silverish exterior to the >>> > >>> front set. MOst of my gear is pretty old though. >>> > >> >>> > >> Blue USB ports are USB 3.0 for high speed devices. Black ports are >>> > >> USB 2.0 (for keyboard, mice, printers, and cheap/slow thumb >>> > drives). >> It's possible that there are now computers with only >>> > blue USB ports, >> in which case it doesn't matter. >>> > >> >>> > >> Picture of both: >>> > > > >>> > > >>> https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qim...8426e23a4.webp >>> > >> >>> > >> -sw >>> > > >>> > > Sorry, can't open that. >>> > >>> > Maybe John can help you out with that problem. >>> > >>> > > I am unsure if you have newer tech gear than I do, or a specific >>> > > brand that color codes them. >>> > >>> > It's part of the standard defining USB 3.0 ports, it's not just >>> > something I made up that only pertains to my computer. >>> > >>> > And USB 3.1 ports are kind of an aqua blue color, but still kinda >>> > blue (or is that more green? my eyes hurt). >>> >>> Don't devolve to being an asshole Steve. You link doesn't open on a >>> standard WIN10 machine. >> >> Uh, opened on mine just dandy... > > Do you use Chrome? .webp is a Google image format. Even in another browser is asks you if you want to view it with your default image viewer. -sw |
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On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 13:49:40 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
wrote: >On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 10:12:00 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote: >> == >> >> Oh dear. That doesn't sound too good. I don't fancy learning something >> completely new again! > >My guess is that people will be wearing computers in the future. They'll have custom made earpieces that stream music, receive phone calls, protect their hearing, enhance their hearing, monitor their bio-metrics, even translate foreign languages. That's going to be just spiffy. :) You're cheating! You're predicting the present! |
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On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 3:33:28 PM UTC-5, Druce wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 06:15:45 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe > > wrote: > > >On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 1:52:01 AM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote: > >> On Wed, 19 Sep 2018 18:56:53 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe wrote: > >> > >> > On Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 7:44:51 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote: > >> > > >> >> Thought it was a software program. > >> > >> That actually does KINDA make sense, but still redundant. Makes > >> more sense than "Thunderbird is a software", at least. > >> > >> > "Thunderbird" IS a software program, or an .exe file as DOS/Windows knows them. > >> > >> What *is* the difference between and EXE and a COM executable, John? > >> > >> -sw > > > >EXE files are compiled from ASCII text and turned into microprocessor runable files which are loaded onto RAM and run/executed vs. COM files which ARE ASCII text and are run by INTERPRETING them ASCII Text line by line as executed as if entered at the command prompt. > > > >A fine distinction but very important! > > Nonsense. For one thing, you're confusing BAT files and COM files. Whatever, they are all SCRIPT files, not compiled into binary. If one wanted, one COULD write shell scripts in one OS to make it look and feel like a different OS. And then there is the argument that a REAL computer Operating System is in itself a shell script around the computing hardware. John Kuthe... |
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> On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 6:49:12 AM UTC-4, Druce wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 03:34:53 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton >> > wrote: >> >>>On Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 4:43:26 PM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote: >>> >>>> The first computers I had were DOS! My goodness, that takes me back a few >>>> years:)) I have been through a few different ones since then:) >>> >>>I had a long hiatus between punch cards and DOS. Missed all of those >>>nifty little toys like the Commodore 64. >> >> Commodore 16 all the way! (I couldn't afford a Commodore 64.) There was no such things as a Commodore 16. There was a VIC 20 and a PET, but none of them were 16 bits nor 16K. -sw |
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On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 16:21:34 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote: >> On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 6:49:12 AM UTC-4, Druce wrote: >>> On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 03:34:53 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton >>> > wrote: >>> >>>>On Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 4:43:26 PM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote: >>>> >>>>> The first computers I had were DOS! My goodness, that takes me back a few >>>>> years:)) I have been through a few different ones since then:) >>>> >>>>I had a long hiatus between punch cards and DOS. Missed all of those >>>>nifty little toys like the Commodore 64. >>> >>> Commodore 16 all the way! (I couldn't afford a Commodore 64.) > >There was no such things as a Commodore 16. There was a VIC 20 and >a PET, but none of them were 16 bits nor 16K. There was a Commodore 16 alright: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_16 |
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On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 12:40:26 PM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> > Then several years later, 1995 I think.... got my first IBM PC > with Windows3.1 > I really liked their keyboards back then, they had a tiny bit of > resistance and actually clicked when you pushed a key. Coming > from using a typewriter, I liked that. Now all keyboards are > silent and mushy but I'm used to them now too. > At one time I worked in an area that had a lot of desktop pc's and invariably one would have the clicker on it and it was very noisy. I'd make a call to the IT department for someone to come and remove it so we could keep our sanity. I HATE the keys on that 11 inch Chromebook I have; very flat and no 'resistance' and no real feel that the key has actually been pressed. This Asus that I have has a 2.3mm key travel distance which I like very much; you can actually feel the key being depressed. |
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On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 4:30:57 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 12:40:26 PM UTC-5, Gary wrote: > > > > Then several years later, 1995 I think.... got my first IBM PC > > with Windows3.1 > > I really liked their keyboards back then, they had a tiny bit of > > resistance and actually clicked when you pushed a key. Coming > > from using a typewriter, I liked that. Now all keyboards are > > silent and mushy but I'm used to them now too. > > > At one time I worked in an area that had a lot of desktop pc's and > invariably one would have the clicker on it and it was very noisy. > I'd make a call to the IT department for someone to come and remove > it so we could keep our sanity. > > I HATE the keys on that 11 inch Chromebook I have; very flat and no > 'resistance' and no real feel that the key has actually been pressed. > This Asus that I have has a 2.3mm key travel distance which I like > very much; you can actually feel the key being depressed. I keep my Macbook Pro up on top of my computer desk and my WinXP Pro PC under the desk. My Macbook Pro handles music (Youtube) and I do all my real work on my WinXP Pro PC so I can reboot it when necessary and not have to stop hearing music! John Kuthe... |
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On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 10:47:38 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe wrote:
> I liked a very simple program I wrote I > called PaperWaster: > > 10 Print "CR/LF" > 20 GoTo 10 Let me fix that for you.... 10 PRINT chr$(10): REM No need to CR as you didn't advance the printhead. 20 GOTO 10 > Run this and the teletype's paper feed would empty the paper roll > if left unattended!! :-) Nice. And you call yourself green. -sw |
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On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 4:50:23 PM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 10:47:38 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe wrote: > > > I liked a very simple program I wrote I > > called PaperWaster: > > > > 10 Print "CR/LF" > > 20 GoTo 10 > > Let me fix that for you.... > > 10 PRINT chr$(10): REM No need to CR as you didn't advance the printhead. > 20 GOTO 10 > > > Run this and the teletype's paper feed would empty the paper roll > > if left unattended!! :-) > > Nice. And you call yourself green. > > -sw **** you! So I don't remember the exact syntax. :-( John Kuthe... |
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On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 14:52:42 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe wrote:
> On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 4:50:23 PM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote: >> On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 10:47:38 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe wrote: >> >>> I liked a very simple program I wrote I >>> called PaperWaster: >>> >>> 10 Print "CR/LF" >>> 20 GoTo 10 >> >> Let me fix that for you.... >> >> 10 PRINT chr$(10): REM No need to CR as you didn't advance the printhead. >> 20 GOTO 10 >> >>> Run this and the teletype's paper feed would empty the paper roll >>> if left unattended!! :-) >> >> Nice. And you call yourself green. >> >> -sw > > **** you! So I don't remember the exact syntax. :-( BUT YOU KNOW MORE THAN ALL OF US HERE!!!!! -sw |
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On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:44:22 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote: >On 2018-09-20 5:30 PM, wrote: >> On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 12:40:26 PM UTC-5, Gary wrote: >>> >>> Then several years later, 1995 I think.... got my first IBM PC >>> with Windows3.1 >>> I really liked their keyboards back then, they had a tiny bit of >>> resistance and actually clicked when you pushed a key. Coming >>> from using a typewriter, I liked that. Now all keyboards are >>> silent and mushy but I'm used to them now too. >>> >> At one time I worked in an area that had a lot of desktop pc's and >> invariably one would have the clicker on it and it was very noisy. >> I'd make a call to the IT department for someone to come and remove >> it so we could keep our sanity. >> >> I HATE the keys on that 11 inch Chromebook I have; very flat and no >> 'resistance' and no real feel that the key has actually been pressed. >> This Asus that I have has a 2.3mm key travel distance which I like >> very much; you can actually feel the key being depressed. >> > >I bought a Microsoft cordless keyboard. Someone had told me that >Microsoft has superior hardware. It works fine, but the the most >frequently typed letters have worn off. It's not bad for touch typing, >but if, for some reason I have to hunt and peck I have trouble with w, >e, a and s. And FWIW, I touch typed those, because I had looked at them >and could not tell which was which. I suppose I could have looked at >them and punched the keys with no letters showing on them. my keyboard before this one was awful for resistance to touch (couldn't feel the home key) printing wearing off, depressing a key sometimes worked and sometimes not. This key board is good. It is built more solidly -- it's an hp. |
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On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 11:30:57 AM UTC-10, wrote:
> At one time I worked in an area that had a lot of desktop pc's and > invariably one would have the clicker on it and it was very noisy. > I'd make a call to the IT department for someone to come and remove > it so we could keep our sanity. > > I HATE the keys on that 11 inch Chromebook I have; very flat and no > 'resistance' and no real feel that the key has actually been pressed. > This Asus that I have has a 2.3mm key travel distance which I like > very much; you can actually feel the key being depressed. I got a clicky keyboard. It's a cheerful & happy sound and promotes faster typing. I thought everybody liked those. I don't much care for modern mushy keyboards but the one on my Asus Chromebook Flip is okey dokey. Small keyboards kinda suck but I'm comfortable with that one. It must be magical. :) |
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On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 15:30:14 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
wrote: >On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 11:30:57 AM UTC-10, wrote: >> At one time I worked in an area that had a lot of desktop pc's and >> invariably one would have the clicker on it and it was very noisy. >> I'd make a call to the IT department for someone to come and remove >> it so we could keep our sanity. >> >> I HATE the keys on that 11 inch Chromebook I have; very flat and no >> 'resistance' and no real feel that the key has actually been pressed. >> This Asus that I have has a 2.3mm key travel distance which I like >> very much; you can actually feel the key being depressed. > >I got a clicky keyboard. It's a cheerful & happy sound and promotes faster typing. I thought everybody liked those. I don't much care for modern mushy keyboards but the one on my Asus Chromebook Flip is okey dokey. Small keyboards kinda suck but I'm comfortable with that one. It must be magical. :) Fanboi is fan. |
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On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 11:43:56 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> > I bought a Microsoft cordless keyboard. Someone had told me that > Microsoft has superior hardware. It works fine, but the the most > frequently typed letters have worn off. It's not bad for touch typing, > but if, for some reason I have to hunt and peck I have trouble with w, > e, a and s. And FWIW, I touch typed those, because I had looked at them > and could not tell which was which. I suppose I could have looked at > them and punched the keys with no letters showing on them. I was happy as a clam when I got a MS split keyboard. Unfortunately, after a month or so the thing had a dead key. The way I figured it, all I had to do was open it up and clean the contacts. It worked for a while but I only was able to use it for a few months. I had great hopes for it but that's the breaks. I use to love my MS Explorer Trackball 1.0. Lots of people did. A good used one will cost you $200. The problem with those was that the bearing surface would wear flat and the ball would run rough. It was a great piece of hardware but these days, a Logitech M570 makes an worthwhile substitute. |
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"Ophelia" > wrote in message
... > > > "Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message > ... > > On Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 4:43:26 PM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote: > >> The first computers I had were DOS! My goodness, that takes me back a >> few >> years:)) I have been through a few different ones since then:) > > I had a long hiatus between punch cards and DOS. Missed all of those > nifty little toys like the Commodore 64. > > Cindy Hamilton > > === > > I never had a Commodore. I went onto Windows after that but I can't > remember what it was. Was there a 3.1?? If not it was something like > that. Yes, that's the first one we had. Cheri |
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dsi1 wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 9:10:10 AM UTC-10, Jinx the Minx > wrote: > > > > You can! Amazon has them for under $20. Search for 3.5 floppy > > drive and they should pop right up. Newegg.com is another good > > place to find things like this. > > That's the great thing about assembling computers. You have so many > choices available to you. You could spend a little or a lot. I used > to spend very little. It would be choices between an $18 DVD burner > or one for $20, or a power supply for $29 or a $65 one. Computer > components were pretty much commodity items. The worst part was > having to fork over $120 for a Windows OS. Hopefully, I won't ever > have to assemble a computer again. Heck, I'll just get something like > this: > > https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-CHROMEBO.../dp/B071N9QCZ3 From roughly 1988-2015 I assembed systems for the blind out of spare parts. These were gifted free. They were not super high end, but they did the trick with the technology of the time. I'd produce a few a year off parts donated to me. They went to people, kids, and one time to a workplace where a really great employee needed one to keep her job and the workplace was on edge of failure and could not afford one. That last one was a case of 'can't squeeze blood from a stone' and one of the few truely high end systems (the boss got the JAWS software and other portions I didnt have like Boise headphones of the right level she needed). ADA may require 'workplace accomodation' but if the business is really small and literally can't pay for it, well... |
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On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 06:15:45 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe wrote:
> On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 1:52:01 AM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote: > >> What *is* the difference between and EXE and a COM executable, John? > > EXE files are compiled from ASCII text and turned into > microprocessor runable files which are loaded onto RAM and > run/executed vs. COM files which ARE ASCII text and are run by > INTERPRETING them ASCII Text line by line as executed as if > entered at the command prompt. > > A fine distinction but very important! Wow! That's Incredible. Incredible how far off you are, that is. At least we can't accuse you of cheating and looking up the answer and cheating. Oh, wait - You DID lookup the answer and quoting some other numbskull on the Internet <slapping knee> Classic ****up, Kuthe! First hit on Google: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-di...-and-exe-files That is a totally wrong answer, Johnny Boy. Try reading the other answers in that thread instead, dumbass. Though I would have mentioned the important distinction that .EXE executables take advantage of compartmentalized DLL's, while COM's don't. Nice try, Kuthe! You can't even cheat and get the answers right! -sw |
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On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 14:18:18 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe wrote:
> On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 3:33:28 PM UTC-5, Druce wrote: >> On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 06:15:45 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe >> > wrote: >> >>>On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 1:52:01 AM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote: >>>> On Wed, 19 Sep 2018 18:56:53 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe wrote: >>>> >>>> > On Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 7:44:51 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote: >>>> > >>>> >> Thought it was a software program. >>>> >>>> That actually does KINDA make sense, but still redundant. Makes >>>> more sense than "Thunderbird is a software", at least. >>>> >>>> > "Thunderbird" IS a software program, or an .exe file as DOS/Windows knows them. >>>> >>>> What *is* the difference between and EXE and a COM executable, John? >>> >>> EXE files are compiled from ASCII text and turned into >>> microprocessor runable files which are loaded onto RAM and >>> run/executed vs. COM files which ARE ASCII text and are run by >>> INTERPRETING them ASCII Text line by line as executed as if >>> entered at the command prompt. >>> >>> A fine distinction but very important! >> >> Nonsense. For one thing, you're confusing BAT files and COM >> files. > > Whatever, they are all SCRIPT files, not compiled into binary. If > one wanted, one COULD write shell scripts in one OS to make it > look and feel like a different OS. And then there is the argument > that a REAL computer Operating System is in itself a shell script > around the computing hardware. Dig that hole deeper, John. Both COM and EXE files are compiled binary files. BAT's are interpreted script files. Wow, you can't even pass the Computing 101 mid-term after those 6 years of college. You were you father's worst investment. -sw |
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Druce wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 13:49:40 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 > > wrote: > >> On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 10:12:00 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote: >>> == >>> >>> Oh dear. That doesn't sound too good. I don't fancy learning something >>> completely new again! >> >> My guess is that people will be wearing computers in the future. They'll have custom made earpieces that stream music, receive phone calls, protect their hearing, enhance their hearing, monitor their bio-metrics, even translate foreign languages. That's going to be just spiffy. :) > > You're cheating! You're predicting the present! > His wife Janie and his son Elroy whizzed by and left him some notes about the times. He's late to work again at spacely sprockets company. |
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On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 1:33:46 PM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
> > > From roughly 1988-2015 I assembed systems for the blind out of spare > parts. These were gifted free. > > They were not super high end, but they did the trick with the > technology of the time. I'd produce a few a year off parts donated to > me. > > They went to people, kids, and one time to a workplace where a really > great employee needed one to keep her job and the workplace was on edge > of failure and could not afford one. That last one was a case of > 'can't squeeze blood from a stone' and one of the few truely high end > systems (the boss got the JAWS software and other portions I didnt have > like Boise headphones of the right level she needed). ADA may require > 'workplace accomodation' but if the business is really small and > literally can't pay for it, well... It was a great time. One could put together a system by cannibalizing other systems. This also meant that you could repairs a system quite easily. Just replace the bad module. Usually it was the power supply or the hard drive that went bad. Mostly, those days are gone. |
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On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 10:47:38 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe wrote:
> I was a BORN hacker, I guess! ;-) My first hacking was literal. Our elementary school had a card punch machine and a daily run of punch card / fan-fold output to/from the local high school with an IBM 1130 via the school bus which served both schools. At one point, the FORTRAN source punch cards were replaced by new-fangled optical-sense cards. These were the same size as the punch cards, but had pre-printed bubbles which we could fill in with a special pencil to choose a letter / number / etc. The reader could read both types of cards though, i.e. punched holes or black dots. And to give us more columns with the dots, which each used the equivalent of two columns of the (multi)-holed configuration, we had access only to columns 2 through 41 of the original 80 columns. But, to access files on the HDD (instead of the batch stream), one needed to execute the "// DUP" command starting in column 1. So, my first 'hacking' was using my boy scout knife to hack out holes in a blank card following the EBCDIC code with "// DUP ...." commands. This went on until the inevitable 'Read Check' error which generated the hand-written note on my fan-fold output: "Don't do this again, or I'll tell your teacher." |
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On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 4:57:02 PM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 14:52:42 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe wrote: > > > On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 4:50:23 PM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote: > >> On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 10:47:38 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe wrote: > >> > >>> I liked a very simple program I wrote I > >>> called PaperWaster: > >>> > >>> 10 Print "CR/LF" > >>> 20 GoTo 10 > >> > >> Let me fix that for you.... > >> > >> 10 PRINT chr$(10): REM No need to CR as you didn't advance the printhead. > >> 20 GOTO 10 > >> > >>> Run this and the teletype's paper feed would empty the paper roll > >>> if left unattended!! :-) > >> > >> Nice. And you call yourself green. > >> > >> -sw > > > > **** you! So I don't remember the exact syntax. :-( > > BUT YOU KNOW MORE THAN ALL OF US HERE!!!!! > > -sw "Knowing" is not "memory", knowing is METHOD! And YOU don't even KNOW YOUR LEGAL NAME!! ****er!!! SOCK PUPPET!! :-( John Kuthe... |
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"Cheri" wrote in message ... "Ophelia" > wrote in message ... > > > "Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message > ... > > On Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 4:43:26 PM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote: > >> The first computers I had were DOS! My goodness, that takes me back a >> few >> years:)) I have been through a few different ones since then:) > > I had a long hiatus between punch cards and DOS. Missed all of those > nifty little toys like the Commodore 64. > > Cindy Hamilton > > === > > I never had a Commodore. I went onto Windows after that but I can't > remember what it was. Was there a 3.1?? If not it was something like > that. Yes, that's the first one we had. Cheri == Ahaaaaaa so memory is not entirely shot??? LOL Thanks:)) |
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"dsi1" wrote in message ... On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 10:12:00 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote: > == > > Oh dear. That doesn't sound too good. I don't fancy learning something > completely new again! My guess is that people will be wearing computers in the future. They'll have custom made earpieces that stream music, receive phone calls, protect their hearing, enhance their hearing, monitor their bio-metrics, even translate foreign languages. That's going to be just spiffy. :) === Don't we have something like that now?? |
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On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 5:16:07 PM UTC-4, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 03:43:13 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton wrote: > > Do you use Chrome? .webp is a Google image format. > > Even in another browser is asks you if you want to view it with your > default image viewer. > > -sw Firefox on Linux was very confused. What it suggested couldn't open the file, but it did offer to let me browse for an application. Cindy Hamilton |
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On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 5:03:10 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 5:16:07 PM UTC-4, Sqwertz wrote: > > On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 03:43:13 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton wrote: > > > > Do you use Chrome? .webp is a Google image format. > > > > Even in another browser is asks you if you want to view it with your > > default image viewer. > > > > -sw > > Firefox on Linux was very confused. What it suggested couldn't open the > file, but it did offer to let me browse for an application. > > Cindy Hamilton TOO MUCH CRAP to try and program for!! Computer software/applications went "everything included the kitchen sink" and became UNUSABLE because each program/application wanted to be the ONLY one for ease/convenience/Profits for the programmers of it!! Bill Gates/MicroSUCKS especially! And NO ONE wanted to COOPERATE! They would NOT all work and play well together! Just like the idiot HUMANS who conceived and wrote them! John Kuthe... |
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On 9/21/18 7:23 AM, John Kuthe wrote:
> TOO MUCH CRAP to try and program for!! > > Computer software/applications went "everything included the kitchen sink" and became UNUSABLE because each program/application wanted to be the ONLY one for ease/convenience/Profits for the programmers of it!! Bill Gates/MicroSUCKS especially! > > And NO ONE wanted to COOPERATE! They would NOT all work and play well together! Just like the idiot HUMANS who conceived and wrote them! > > John Kuthe... > You seem very confused for a computer expert. You may have memorized some terms but it is obvious that you have zero real knowledge or understanding of hardware or software. Developers may be a lot of things but they are not idiots. For the most part this stuff works. Just relax and try not to lash out at it all. .. Whats with all the CAPS? |
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On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 9:20:21 AM UTC-5, jay wrote:
> On 9/21/18 7:23 AM, John Kuthe wrote: > > > TOO MUCH CRAP to try and program for!! > > > > Computer software/applications went "everything included the kitchen sink" and became UNUSABLE because each program/application wanted to be the ONLY one for ease/convenience/Profits for the programmers of it!! Bill Gates/MicroSUCKS especially! > > > > And NO ONE wanted to COOPERATE! They would NOT all work and play well together! Just like the idiot HUMANS who conceived and wrote them! > > > > John Kuthe... > > > > You seem very confused for a computer expert. You may have memorized > some terms but it is obvious that you have zero real knowledge or > understanding of hardware or software. Developers may be a lot of things > but they are not idiots. > > For the most part this stuff works. Just relax and try not to lash out > at it all. > > .. Whats with all the CAPS? Um, no. Not at all confused! I know quite a bit about computers, programming, etc. a LOT! And yes most of this stuff works, but NOT TERRIBLY WELL except in it's sequestered little alpha testing environment on it's preferred OS platform! And **** OFF about my use of ALL CAPS!! I don't even have an ALL CAPS key on my keyboard! When I type in ALL CAPS you can be it's ON PURPOSE!! John Kuthe... |
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On 9/21/18 8:26 AM, John Kuthe wrote:
> > And **** OFF about my use of ALL CAPS!! I don't even have an ALL CAPS key on my keyboard! When I type in ALL CAPS you can be it's ON PURPOSE!! > > John Kuthe... > Aggressively using CAPS is rude as is **** off. Screams lack of education. Your choice .. but do you really want to look like that? |
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On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 07:26:42 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe wrote:
> And **** OFF about my use of ALL CAPS!! I don't even have an ALL > CAPS key on my keyboard! When I type in ALL CAPS you can be it's > ON PURPOSE!! So addlebrained that he can't even name the keys on the keyboards. the first thing I do with any keybaor is remove teh CAPS LOCK key. Even though I never have the key I at least know what it's called. But according to John, "knowledge isn't memory, it's all method" WTF that means. Can I get another "**** YOU", Johnny? -sw |
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On 2018-09-21 9:09 AM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Fri 21 Sep 2018 07:48:06a, jay told us... > >> On 9/21/18 8:26 AM, John Kuthe wrote: >> >>> >>> And **** OFF about my use of ALL CAPS!! I don't even have an ALL >>> CAPS key on my keyboard! When I type in ALL CAPS you can be it's >>> ON PURPOSE!! >>> >>> John Kuthe... >>> >> >> Aggressively using CAPS is rude as is **** off. Screams lack of >> education. Your choice .. but do you really want to look like >> that? >> >> > > Jay, I think a lot of posters here have comer to realize that he's > "not all there". > I don't understand why people don't kill-file him, along with that filthy-minded Sheldon. |
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On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 9:32:14 AM UTC-5, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> > On Fri 21 Sep 2018 07:20:16a, jay told us... > > > You seem very confused for a computer expert. You may have > > memorized some terms but it is obvious that you have zero real > > knowledge or understanding of hardware or software. Developers may > > be a lot of things but they are not idiots. > > > > For the most part this stuff works. Just relax and try not to lash > > out at it all. > > > > .. Whats with all the CAPS? > > "cootie" likes to scream! He doesn't know how to emphasize a thought > without screaming. > > He seems to think the all caps makes him either more intelligent or more intimidating but I'm not falling for either of his false bravado. He also doesn't seem to realize things have changed dramatically since when he was a failing computer student. |
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On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 10:06:12 AM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
> > the first thing I do with any keybaor is remove teh CAPS LOCK key. > > -sw > I've got my keyboard set up where the caps lock key beeps to let me know I've pressed it by mistake. When I press it again to release the key, it beeps in a slightly different tone to let me know it is now off. |
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On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 12:02:40 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> > Don't we have something like that now?? It might be sorta like that. Mostly they're wireless earphones with bio-metric capabilities. They are not connected mobile devices - yet. https://www.bragi.com/ |
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On 9/21/18 9:17 AM, graham wrote:
>> Jay, I think a lot of posters here have comer to realize that he's >> "not all there". >> > I don't understand why people don't kill-file him, along with that > filthy-minded Sheldon. > I come here usually just looking for food ideas. Doesn't seem to be so much these days. The OT threads get most of the action. Maybe a lot of the serious foodies that were once here departed or use Facebook. I just don't look if I want to avoid a poster or post. Penmart01 is a smart guy with huge opinions that sometimes need censoring but still entertaining and he cooks and gardens. I'm not sure why Kuthe shows up here. He probably eats standing over a hot plate. Starting and ending his day ranting and raving can't possibly improve life for him. Emotionally he may be far better served hanging up on usenet. |
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