From: Peter Ceresole on
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote:

> >> Peanut butter crack? They do flavours now?
> >
> > Mmmm, crack.
>
> "Peanut butter crack - almost as addictive as Pringles"

'But not quite.'
--
Peter
From: Ian Piper on
On 2010-06-07 21:35:19 +0100, jim(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim) said:

> Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote:
>
>> PDF Viewing - sensible.
>
> Lack of a native PDF viewer on the iPad was always a bit of a weird
> omission. In fact, lack of a Preview-like app seems a bit odd.
>
> Jim

Never mind, there's always GoodReader, which is an excellent PDF reader
(and does some other nice things too).


Ian.
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From: Woody on
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
> On 2010-06-09, Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote:
>>>>> I -lived- in dBaseII (and then later IV, missing III mostly) for
> > > > > about a
>>>>> decade. I also dabbled in Clipper (dBaseIII compiler).
>>>>>
>>>>> I want those years back.
>>>>
>>>> Is it okay to say I really liked dBaseII?
>>>
>>> No, that's fine. But I had to use it in anger for too many years,
> > > and it
>>> gave me a lot of reasons to be angry.
>>
>> I used it extensively for a couple of years, and later FoxBase, and
>> remember that I developed a lot of 'workarounds' to avoid various
> > little
>> peccadilloes and idiosyncracies. But that was 25 years ago, and don't
>> think I can remember how to even list tables any more.
>
> Same here. I can remember a few things, like GO TOP, LOCATE FOR
> <condition>,
> SKIP, etc, but most of it's a blur now.

Ooh, it is starting to come back. I think I have forgotten most of it,
but I am sure that an hour of having to do it I would remember again


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Woody
From: Jim on
On 2010-06-09, Ian Piper <ianpiper(a)mac.com> wrote:
>>> PDF Viewing - sensible.
>>
>> Lack of a native PDF viewer on the iPad was always a bit of a weird
>> omission. In fact, lack of a Preview-like app seems a bit odd.
>>
>> Jim
>
> Never mind, there's always GoodReader, which is an excellent PDF reader
> (and does some other nice things too).

I have it and yes, it's good, but a tad sluggish on PDFs I find.

Also, I wish iBooks had some sort of folder metephor.

Jim
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"If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you."
Terry Pratchett
From: Jim on
On 2010-06-09, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
>>> I used it extensively for a couple of years, and later FoxBase, and
>>> remember that I developed a lot of 'workarounds' to avoid various
>> > little
>>> peccadilloes and idiosyncracies. But that was 25 years ago, and don't
>>> think I can remember how to even list tables any more.
>>
>> Same here. I can remember a few things, like GO TOP, LOCATE FOR
>> <condition>,
>> SKIP, etc, but most of it's a blur now.
>
> Ooh, it is starting to come back. I think I have forgotten most of it,
> but I am sure that an hour of having to do it I would remember again

Yes, that's what I'm afraid of as well.

Jim
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Twitter:@GreyAreaUK

"If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you."
Terry Pratchett