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From: Peter Ceresole on 9 Jun 2010 05:21 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 9 Jun 2010 05:22 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. -- Ian Piper Author of "Learn Xcode Tools for Mac OS X and iPhone Development", Apress, December 2009 Learn more here: http://learnxcodebook.com/� --�
From: Woody on 9 Jun 2010 05:29 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 -- Woody
From: Jim on 9 Jun 2010 05:33 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 -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you." Terry Pratchett
From: Jim on 9 Jun 2010 05:34
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 -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you." Terry Pratchett |