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From: MassiveProng on 18 Feb 2007 21:30 On 19 Feb 2007 00:01:51 +0200, Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged(a)yahoo.co.uk> Gave us: >kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) writes: >> In article <871wkosial.fsf(a)nonospaz.fatphil.org>, >> Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> >kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) writes: >> [....] >> >> It may have been better if a new term was invented. All the existing >> >> terms had meanings: >> >> >> >> "another screen" is bad because many Linux systems have more than one >> >> screen >> >> >> >> "another virtual screen" is bad because many Linux systems have a non >> >> graphics virtual screen along with the graphics one. You can configure >> >> for only one "desk top" and still have "another virtual screen". Also >> >> the "virtual screen" may be larger than the physical hardware screen. >> >> >> >> "another window" won't do because the term window is used for a part of >> >> what is on the screen. >> > >> >'Workspace' is used by some window managers. I've also >> >seen 'pane'. >> >> "workspace" may be a good one. >> >> "Pane" is also used as a subsection within a window so it could also be >> confusing. >> >> > I hear 'desktop' far more often though, and >> >have done for well over a decade. >> >> It was in use as a term before the creation of "Windows". Borland didn't >> invent the term for their IDE. > > >This is worth a read in a quiet moment or ten: > >stud3.tuwien.ac.at/~e9726166/WindowInterfaces.pdf > It might be worth it if it was actually a valid link.
From: Phil Carmody on 18 Feb 2007 23:40 MassiveProng <MassiveProng(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> writes: > On 19 Feb 2007 00:01:51 +0200, Phil Carmody > <thefatphil_demunged(a)yahoo.co.uk> Gave us: > >This is worth a read in a quiet moment or ten: > > > >stud3.tuwien.ac.at/~e9726166/WindowInterfaces.pdf > > It might be worth it if it was actually a valid link. It wasn't a link, usenet is not a hypertext medium. It was a series of ASCII characters forming an intelligence and initiative test. Phil -- "Home taping is killing big business profits. We left this side blank so you can help." -- Dead Kennedys, written upon the B-side of tapes of /In God We Trust, Inc./.
From: nonsense on 19 Feb 2007 04:25 d.086(a)hotmail.com wrote: > Could you please terminate this thread. It's off topic and crossposted > to sci.physics, sci.chem, sci.electronics.design, sci.med The > discussion below is only about electronics design. Please start a new > thread in your own news group and give it a Subject heading > appropriate to the topic under discussion. Please no more 'Jihad needs > scientists'. It's offensive. That's nice.
From: jmfbahciv on 19 Feb 2007 08:15 In article <MPG.204237b8634a344989fb2(a)news.individual.net>, krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: >In article <er9eg3$8ss_003(a)s1005.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com says... >> In article <87mz3csv1x.fsf(a)nonospaz.fatphil.org>, >> Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com writes: > ><snip> > >> >> This is not a new concept; it's >> >> been around since females had to cook, rear kids, and entertain >> >> the males so they would stick around for a while. >> > >> >Females do not have to do that. >> >> You have a lot to learn. > >This is obvious by his attempt to tell a female what they don't >have to do. Any male over 18 with a normal IQ would *never* make a >dumbass statement. ROTFLMAO. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 19 Feb 2007 08:16
In article <87hctjp0u3.fsf(a)nonospaz.fatphil.org>, Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> writes: >> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com says... >> > Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com writes: >> > >> This is not a new concept; it's >> > >> been around since females had to cook, rear kids, and entertain >> > >> the males so they would stick around for a while. >> > > >> > >Females do not have to do that. >> > >> > You have a lot to learn. >> >> This is obvious by his attempt to tell a female what they don't >> have to do. Any male over 18 with a normal IQ would *never* make a >> dumbass statement. Phil, here's your sign. > >They do not have to do all those things. > >Anyone who disagrees with my statement is imposing an obligation >on females - an obligation to cook, an obligation to rear kids, >or an obligation to entertain makes. > >I impose no such obligation. Suuurreee....Now try to tell another one. /BAH |