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emilija
I know this in DOS but what about Windows 
( it is how to explain to
windows users dorn only in Windows time)
Tx
( it is how to explain towindows users dorn only in Windows time)
Tx
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Lorne Smith
Huh??? What's dorn mean?
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Alan
Never mind what "dorn" means? What does the whole post mean? Is this written
in "elvish?"
Alan
in "elvish?"
Alan
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Lorne Smith
Nope, elvish I can understand.... it's definately not elvish!..
Lorne
Lorne
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CriticalMass
Never mind what "dorn" means? What does the whole post mean? Is this written
in "elvish?"
I'd guess he was making some unspecified reference to some question about a
DOS thing, and people who've arrived on the scene since Windows was released
wouldn't understand ("dorn" should have been "born").
My guess.
We're still left to speculate on what the "DOS" issue is, however.
in "elvish?"
I'd guess he was making some unspecified reference to some question about a
DOS thing, and people who've arrived on the scene since Windows was released
wouldn't understand ("dorn" should have been "born").
My guess.
We're still left to speculate on what the "DOS" issue is, however.
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Don Wiss
(1) Please do not post HTML code in a text only newsgroup. HTML is only
welcome in MSN newsgroups. Never on Usenet. Your newsreader did not default
to this. You changed it. Please change it back. (This setting can be
changed under News Sending Format.)
(2) spam.com is a registered domain of Hormel. It is considered in poor
form to post in a newsgroup using someone else's valid domain name. Their
server will now have to bounce back the spams that your using their domain
name will generate.
Don <donwiss at panix.com>.
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Tom Lake
Never mind what "dorn" means? What does the whole post mean? Is this written
in "elvish?"
I'd guess he was making some unspecified reference to some question about a
DOS thing, and people who've arrived on the scene since Windows was released
wouldn't understand ("dorn" should have been "born").
I've been using micros (an old term right there!) since I built an Altair in
1976 and bought the first model of the IBM PC in 1981 (DOS 1.0!) and I can't
figure out what he means either!
in "elvish?"
I'd guess he was making some unspecified reference to some question about a
DOS thing, and people who've arrived on the scene since Windows was released
wouldn't understand ("dorn" should have been "born").
I've been using micros (an old term right there!) since I built an Altair in
1976 and bought the first model of the IBM PC in 1981 (DOS 1.0!) and I can't
figure out what he means either!
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Lorne Smith
Tom Lake said:
Looks like I'm not the only old fogey in here then
Mind you.. I'm not*quite* old enough for the Altair in '76... I started in '81 with the home
build kit Sinclair ZX80... A bag of chips, resistors & capacitors, a
circuit board, a soldering iron, and a book
Ah... those were the days...Lorne
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Kev
Lorne said:
You sure? I thought he was trying to say that 'we must return the ring?'
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David Candy
Could you show me where in this group's charter html posts or binaries aren't allowed. Or are you just crapping on without knowing anything.
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David Candy
That's only 22 years. You're still a newcomer.
Lorne Smith said:Looks like I'm not the only old fogey in here then
*quite* old enough for the Altair in '76... I started in '81 with the home
build kit Sinclair ZX80... A bag of chips, resistors & capacitors, a
circuit board, a soldering iron, and a book
Lorne
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Don Wiss
It has nothing to do with the group's charter. It is basic Usenet
etiquette. Netiquette states that binaries are only to be posted only in
binary newsgroups. This is now enforced by many ISPs that filter them out
of text newsgroups.
Netiquette also says to edit what you are quoting, and to post your reply
afterwards, in a question and answer format. Netiquette also recommends
that line length only be about 75 characters, so it can be quoted a few
times and still be under 80. But it is pretty obvious you couldn't give a
hoot about netiquette.
Don <donwiss at panix.com>.
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David Candy
That's because, like corel, installashield, and serrif, these are private commercial groups using NNTP protocol.
Would you suggest that St George Bank, who use dialup and https over a private internet should adhere to web standards.
Usenet, which this is not, a charter is formned setting the rules for each group.
Why are their seperate rules for msn?
The charter for this group allows binaries.
Would you suggest that St George Bank, who use dialup and https over a private internet should adhere to web standards.
Usenet, which this is not, a charter is formned setting the rules for each group.
Why are their seperate rules for msn?
The charter for this group allows binaries.
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Box134
Yes, when I started on computers they ran on kerosene. I had to hold a lamp
right up by the monitor to see anything on the screen. I had a hand-cranked
phonograph for a hard drive and a manual typewriter for a printer.
That's only 22 years. You're still a newcomer.
right up by the monitor to see anything on the screen. I had a hand-cranked
phonograph for a hard drive and a manual typewriter for a printer.
That's only 22 years. You're still a newcomer.
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Steve C. Ray
And no doubt strings tied to fingers for memory
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Alex Nichol
David said:
As Microsoft's servers, using NNTP, 'peer' the groups through multiple
feeds into the general Usenet, it is arguable that it *is* part of
Usenet. But rules of conduct for a particular group are set either by
its charter, if set up through the general Usenet community, or are
laid down by any sponsoring organisation - in this case Microsoft. The
'rules of conduct' they publish (on the website) only say that
attachments should be under 1MB. It is open to people to post in HTML
- but they should be aware that a lot of people will then simply ignore
their posts, and equally may 'kill' large posts (and hence ones with
attachments) or ones wholly in CAPS - which are much more difficult to
read. If people want to get answers, a look at
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm will pay off
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Dwight Stewart
Box134 said:
I wouldn't go that far, but I did once have a daisy-wheel typewriter for a
printer (a Brother). This was back in about 1981 or 1982, with my second
computer. The output was excellent at a time when dot matrix printers were
the norn (and it could be used as a typewriter too). My first printer was
really nothing more than a fax machine, right down to the paper rolls used
in fax machines of the time, modified to accept input from a computer. It
was cutting edge technology in it's time. It also had the advantage of being
a lot quieter then either the daisy-wheel or dot matrix printers I used
years ago (I suspect I drove lot of neighbors totally insane while printing
at 3am with those daisy-wheel or dot matrix printers).
Dwight Stewart (W5NET)
http://www.qsl.net/w5net/
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David Candy
Only wuzzes had printers that could do lower case. I have a reference here written entirely in uppercase (my ex-typist was off for the day so we had to print).
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Don Wiss
Could you please not put your entire response on one line? It is a real
nuisance to have to scroll sideways to read it. Thanks.
Don <donwiss at panix.com>.
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David Candy
Use OE then. I post so link don't break.
Don Wiss said: