From: Rowland McDonnell on 27 Mar 2010 07:05 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > As so often happens, you became abusive. > > > > [snip] > > > > See? > > > > <sigh> > > > > What can I do? > > Learn to behave like a decent human being without being absusive for no > reason? No, thought not. <puzzled> But Woody, I'm never been gratutiously abusive ib my life. Your suggestion is therefore very insulting - abusive, no end. So you're a hypocritical bullying abusive type, you are. When will you stop it? Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: D.M. Procida on 27 Mar 2010 08:12 Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: > A software vendor who write a piece of software which plays a very big > role in our business has just released an extensibility framework called > `Flex'. Seriously... Why is that to be marvelled at? Daniele
From: Ben Shimmin on 27 Mar 2010 08:16 D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk>: > Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: >> A software vendor who write a piece of software which plays a very big >> role in our business has just released an extensibility framework called >> `Flex'. Seriously... > > Why is that to be marvelled at? <URL:http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/> It's also a framework. There's even overlap in functionality. b. -- <bas(a)bas.me.uk> <URL:http://bas.me.uk/> `Zombies are defined by behavior and can be "explained" by many handy shortcuts: the supernatural, radiation, a virus, space visitors, secret weapons, a Harvard education and so on.' -- Roger Ebert
From: Woody on 27 Mar 2010 08:44 Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk>: > > Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >> Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > >> > All I wish is that they hadn't named javascript a name 'to sound like it > >> > had something to do with java', as people assume it does when there is > >> > no connection at all. > > It was a truly ridiculous choice. > > >> True enough. To be fair, they do call it 'Javascript' in the Firefox > >> prefs, and as a plonking user although I did know the distinction, it > >> never made any difference to me anyway. > >> > >> Using the Mac always had that wonderful advantage; it preserved me from > >> knowledge. > > > > In this case yes, but the amount of times people have asked me about a > > problem they had where they were telling me that there was a problem > > with java, so I have gone down a blind alley of trying to figure out > > what the java issue is on the phone for 5 minutes before it turns out it > > is a javascript error. > > > > Still, better than this months bugbear. I have just had the 10th person > > this month tell me they had a problem with an adobe pro file. > > A software vendor who write a piece of software which plays a very big > role in our business has just released an extensibility framework called > `Flex'. Seriously... Were they called adobe?! -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: Woody on 27 Mar 2010 08:44
Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > > > Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > As so often happens, you became abusive. > > > > > > [snip] > > > > > > See? > > > > > > <sigh> > > > > > > What can I do? > > > > Learn to behave like a decent human being without being absusive for no > > reason? No, thought not. > > <puzzled> > > But Woody, I'm never been gratutiously abusive ib my life. ok, I did actually LOL! -- Woody www.alienrat.com |