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From: Gareth John on 9 Jun 2010 05:48 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > I -lived- in dBaseII (and then later IV, missing III mostly) for about a > > decade. I also dabbled in Clipper (dBaseIII compiler). > > There you go. I only encountered dBaseII via a friend who wrote a > lepidopterists' database, so I always associated that dot with beetles, > and somehow imagined there must be a dBaseI out there. And ever since, > I've hated all databases. > > > I want those years back. > > Aaaaah. The beetles were so beautiful. Lepidopterist? Moths and butterfiles, shurely? Beetles are for coleopterists, I think. -- From Gareth John Please pull out the plug if you want to reply by email
From: Peter Ceresole on 9 Jun 2010 06:01 Gareth John <g.john(a)PLUG.btinternet.com> wrote: > Lepidopterist? Moths and butterfiles, shurely? Beetles are for > coleopterists, I think. You're right. I forgot- it was a long time ago. His speciality was/is tiny beetles that live in leaf mulch. The dot prompt of dBaseII was very appropriate- that was roughly the size of most of his specimens. I spent hours looking at them down his Zeiss binocular microscope. -- Peter
From: Pd on 9 Jun 2010 06:52 R <me32(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Talking of quoting: I notice that MacSOUP > adds an empty line. Is there a reason for that? Where? Do you mean after the attribution line, or after the quoted text? Either way, I guess it's just for white space loveliness. -- Pd
From: D.M. Procida on 9 Jun 2010 07:07 Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > > It's pretty disgusting, actually, and shows complete contempt - "this > > zwinky toolbar which was like, I dont know, I downloaded it once and > > couldn't get rid of it". > > > > What kind of person can do such awful things to the English language? > > The Gerald Ratner of online game developers? > > "Shoddy" is obviously the mission statement of Zynga. > > Shoddy development - they just cloned Farm Town. > Shoddy ethics - they scammed users into signing up for bogus phone > services. > Shoddy gameplay - "Things will go wrong." Oh, I could live with that. > Shoddy English - "like, I dont know". But not that. Everytime one of my children says 'like,', he gets sent straight to bed and is not allowed out until it's time to get up for school. The one who did it on Wednesday in half-term was really sorry by Monday morning. Daniele
From: SM on 9 Jun 2010 13:55
Paul Womar <{$PW$}@womar.co.uk> wrote: > Imagine a sim game from the early 90's. > Set it on a farm. > Code it in Flash. > Remove any remaining gameplay. > Host it on a boring Web 2.0 social networking site so that bored people > with nobody to speak to have something to do My experience of Farmville is a little different - an office full of admin people and secretaries with lots to do (work) in reality just chat to each other and play Farmville. I suggest performance related pay calculated on a factor incorporating the inverse of person's Farmville score. I'm just guessing there's a score BTW. Stuart -- cut that out to reply |