RID = A Reasonably Intelligent Designer.
One of my biggest pet peeves towards organized religion is it dogmatic assumption that gawd must be all knowing, powerful & Just.
Hooey.
Anyways...
This new analysis of Platypus DNA, Shows that in contains Mammalian, Reptilian...
AND Bird DNA...!!!
i'm fine with The Platypus having both Mammalian & Reptilian Roots from the Evolutionary Tree, But how could they have Bird DNA...???
Birds are supposed to have evolved from Dinosaurs, 300 million years after Mammals split from Reptiles, and from about time, The line that eventually gave rise to Modern Platypii.
This is The Smoking PopGun which proves that Animals must have been designed by an External Designer that was able to assemble a Platypus from DNA that was laying around the studio.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Nightmares
i didn't use to have nightmares at all, But now i'm starting to have them all the time.
A Variation on Nightmares that i used to have, rarely— Was a Loop Dream in which i would dream a short 15 second segment of something, usually a piece of trying to solve a puzzle, and then i would dream it again, verbatim, again & again.
And if i woke up, i would try to shake it off, But as soon as i fell asleep again, the loop would start again.
This last one was; As much as i can remember of it...
i was hired as a technical writer for a large electronic research company.
When i got to the town where i'd be working, they took me to an apartment that they'd found for me. It was small but i thought it was OK. i put down my stuff, met a lady administrator or secretary that worked for the company and a fat engineer that was nice but flaky.
They'd left out a large cup of coffee for me, but it was cold. The lady suggested that we go over to the cafeteria to get it refilled, so i went with her. For some reason, i left everything behind, including my key and bookbag, which i usually take Everywhere.
When we got to the cafeteria, there was some confusion about whether or not i would have to pay. The lady started giving me this very long lecture on whether i would or not, and it became so frustrating that i turned to a guy sitting at a table to ask him. This might be where i met the fat guy...??? His answer was no more enlightening, so i left to go back to my apartment to get some money.
The Cafeteria was around the corner from where i lived, and the reverse path would take me down a alley, but i walked too far and after a few blocks and seeing some things that i was sure i would have remember seeing, but didn't, i was sure that i'd walked to far.
When i turned around, i discovered that i was on the other side of a fence, and i couldn't go back. The path had turned into a very, very narrow ledge above a very deep gorge.
Fortunately; i could get back to the alley by crawling through a hole, through a railing and back to the other side.
On the way back, i ran into several more obstacles, including at least two places where the alley just seemed to change into something else...
[ i seem to recall ( now ) that i had a dream with a similar theme a week or two ago ]
...despite these minor obstacles, i managed to get back to the alley each time.
Then i ran into the guy that i'd met earlier.
He offered to give me something, but i was unsure of what it was until he pulled it out of his bookbag. It was an yellow shipping envelope with two CD's in it. One was much bigger than the other, and irregularly shaped. And they were very Thick & Orange with a checkered pattern on them. i was impressed with the design, since apparently he'd done them himself.
i wanted him to walk me back to my room, but he stayed with some friends of his that there there, so he didn't.
Then i found what i thought was my room, but the ceiling was impossibly low, so i had to crouch over to crab around. It looked similar to how i remembered seeing my room earlier than afternoon, but now it was filthy and all my stuff was missing, except for one of the three keys that i'd seen earlier.
Then some crazy police officers arrived and discovered that the CD's were cases with pot in them. i volunteered to take a blood test to prove i didn't smoke pot. i also tried to explain that i was looking for my room, and this was similar, but i was sure it wasn't it. But they wouldn't let me go to find it. It was getting dark and i really wanted to leave, but they wouldn't let me go, or arrest me.
There were lots more details that i remember, but are too tedious to include.
It was one of those very vivid dreams. Where do they come from.
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Who has been posting anonymously to this blog?
i love, love, love comments, but Anonymous are kind of scary;
esp. if they seem to be stalking me...!!! ???
Leave your eepdress...!
A Variation on Nightmares that i used to have, rarely— Was a Loop Dream in which i would dream a short 15 second segment of something, usually a piece of trying to solve a puzzle, and then i would dream it again, verbatim, again & again.
And if i woke up, i would try to shake it off, But as soon as i fell asleep again, the loop would start again.
This last one was; As much as i can remember of it...
i was hired as a technical writer for a large electronic research company.
When i got to the town where i'd be working, they took me to an apartment that they'd found for me. It was small but i thought it was OK. i put down my stuff, met a lady administrator or secretary that worked for the company and a fat engineer that was nice but flaky.
They'd left out a large cup of coffee for me, but it was cold. The lady suggested that we go over to the cafeteria to get it refilled, so i went with her. For some reason, i left everything behind, including my key and bookbag, which i usually take Everywhere.
When we got to the cafeteria, there was some confusion about whether or not i would have to pay. The lady started giving me this very long lecture on whether i would or not, and it became so frustrating that i turned to a guy sitting at a table to ask him. This might be where i met the fat guy...??? His answer was no more enlightening, so i left to go back to my apartment to get some money.
The Cafeteria was around the corner from where i lived, and the reverse path would take me down a alley, but i walked too far and after a few blocks and seeing some things that i was sure i would have remember seeing, but didn't, i was sure that i'd walked to far.
When i turned around, i discovered that i was on the other side of a fence, and i couldn't go back. The path had turned into a very, very narrow ledge above a very deep gorge.
Fortunately; i could get back to the alley by crawling through a hole, through a railing and back to the other side.
On the way back, i ran into several more obstacles, including at least two places where the alley just seemed to change into something else...
[ i seem to recall ( now ) that i had a dream with a similar theme a week or two ago ]
...despite these minor obstacles, i managed to get back to the alley each time.
Then i ran into the guy that i'd met earlier.
He offered to give me something, but i was unsure of what it was until he pulled it out of his bookbag. It was an yellow shipping envelope with two CD's in it. One was much bigger than the other, and irregularly shaped. And they were very Thick & Orange with a checkered pattern on them. i was impressed with the design, since apparently he'd done them himself.
i wanted him to walk me back to my room, but he stayed with some friends of his that there there, so he didn't.
Then i found what i thought was my room, but the ceiling was impossibly low, so i had to crouch over to crab around. It looked similar to how i remembered seeing my room earlier than afternoon, but now it was filthy and all my stuff was missing, except for one of the three keys that i'd seen earlier.
Then some crazy police officers arrived and discovered that the CD's were cases with pot in them. i volunteered to take a blood test to prove i didn't smoke pot. i also tried to explain that i was looking for my room, and this was similar, but i was sure it wasn't it. But they wouldn't let me go to find it. It was getting dark and i really wanted to leave, but they wouldn't let me go, or arrest me.
There were lots more details that i remember, but are too tedious to include.
It was one of those very vivid dreams. Where do they come from.
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Who has been posting anonymously to this blog?
i love, love, love comments, but Anonymous are kind of scary;
esp. if they seem to be stalking me...!!! ???
Leave your eepdress...!
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
More Word Problems...
So the other day i used the word Septagon in a document and got a spellcheck flag for it...???
i've always thought of a seven sided object as a Septagon and was befuddled by this flag on this word...
i looked it up in my MacDictionary and Franklin Electronic Dictionary and Neither had it...!!!
Wikipedia says that The OED recognizes it was Equivalent to a Heptagon.
This sort of thing happens to me all the time.
i'm sure that a word exists and my dictionaries say that it does not exist, and then when i check for it on the Internet, The Internet says that it does Exist...!!!
i'm seriously loosing faith in Dictionaries...!!!
i've always thought of a seven sided object as a Septagon and was befuddled by this flag on this word...
i looked it up in my MacDictionary and Franklin Electronic Dictionary and Neither had it...!!!
Wikipedia says that The OED recognizes it was Equivalent to a Heptagon.
This sort of thing happens to me all the time.
i'm sure that a word exists and my dictionaries say that it does not exist, and then when i check for it on the Internet, The Internet says that it does Exist...!!!
i'm seriously loosing faith in Dictionaries...!!!
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Words that Aren't Quite Words...
i went online again today to find a word that my Franklin & Macintosh Dictionaries refused to consider a real word...
i've done this before; and have gotten several hits on Google, suggesting that there are countless other people that consider these words real words, and given that words come from usage and not authority, i take any confirmation of them as validation.
Todays Word: Befret. Apparently it is likely that this is a distortion of Bereft. Since they are used in the same sense.
Another Example: Insundry or Asundry. Sundry is a real word and All & Sundry is a common aphorism, Such that the Contraction of All & Sundry should easily be A'sundry or Asundry.
Insundry is close enough. After all; You know what i mean... Don't you?
Irregardless is in such wide usage that i don't see how anyone can argue about it anymore.
Indescript is essentially the same as NonDescript, which means Not Noteworthy.
i would very much like a Dictionary that keeps up with the usage of words on the internet, which is pretty close to the actual usage of words in The Spoken Form.
Dictionaries have always lagged behind Actual Usage, and all i want to see is that this is recognized.
i've done this before; and have gotten several hits on Google, suggesting that there are countless other people that consider these words real words, and given that words come from usage and not authority, i take any confirmation of them as validation.
Todays Word: Befret. Apparently it is likely that this is a distortion of Bereft. Since they are used in the same sense.
Another Example: Insundry or Asundry. Sundry is a real word and All & Sundry is a common aphorism, Such that the Contraction of All & Sundry should easily be A'sundry or Asundry.
Insundry is close enough. After all; You know what i mean... Don't you?
Irregardless is in such wide usage that i don't see how anyone can argue about it anymore.
Indescript is essentially the same as NonDescript, which means Not Noteworthy.
i would very much like a Dictionary that keeps up with the usage of words on the internet, which is pretty close to the actual usage of words in The Spoken Form.
Dictionaries have always lagged behind Actual Usage, and all i want to see is that this is recognized.
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Sorry-- Another Test...???
Font Arial
Font Courier
Lucida Grande
Times
Trebuchet
Verdana
Default...? Tiny Small Normal Big Large
Colours
Violet
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Purple
Light Grey
Dark Grey
Bold
Italics
Left
Spaces -------------------Twenty Dashes in White
Font Courier
Lucida Grande
Times
Trebuchet
Verdana
Default...? Tiny Small Normal Big Large
Colours
Violet
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Purple
Light Grey
Dark Grey
Bold
Italics
Left
Middle
Right
Justified
Numbered List- Dog
- Cat
- Mouse
- Elephant
- Dots
- Second Dot
- Third Dot
In Quotes
Which just means indented
Spaces -------------------Twenty Dashes in White
Does Jim Have ESP...???
The other day i was coming home from Safeway and met my floormate; Elaine on the bus.
When we got off the bus, The bus stopped in the middle of the block due to traffic, And Elaine headed toward the corner to cross at the light...
But i went the other way, the shorter way, and when i noticed that the traffic had cleared in both directions, i crossed in the middle of the block.
So when i got to my building, Jim was standing out in front and the first thing he asked me was if i J-Walked across Monroe...!!!
He couldn't possibly have seen me, and this was a very odd question for him to ask.
???
When we got off the bus, The bus stopped in the middle of the block due to traffic, And Elaine headed toward the corner to cross at the light...
But i went the other way, the shorter way, and when i noticed that the traffic had cleared in both directions, i crossed in the middle of the block.
So when i got to my building, Jim was standing out in front and the first thing he asked me was if i J-Walked across Monroe...!!!
He couldn't possibly have seen me, and this was a very odd question for him to ask.
???
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Less Active...
If i seem less active, ( esp. on Flickr ) it's because all my previously free internet servers have learned how to set up their security preferences...!!!
So i've only been logging on to the internet when i'm at the library.
The good news (?) is that i'm getting more done at home.
So i've only been logging on to the internet when i'm at the library.
The good news (?) is that i'm getting more done at home.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Simple Test to See What Blogger HTML Looks Like...???
Small Text Goes Here
Red Text
Blue Text
Green Text
i'm only trying this because my experiment to transfer Text Edit HTML to this blog failed...!!!
The Blogger HTML seems to be subtly, or not so very much, different from Text Edit HTML...???
Standardized Big Text
Any attempt to modify the Bigger Text HTML to make it bigger seems to fail...???
It appears gigantic in the edit window, but is reduced to normal size when posted...!
ALSO; The Format of HTML seems to be greatly simplified, like the HTML used by Flickr...???
Red Text
Blue Text
Green Text
i'm only trying this because my experiment to transfer Text Edit HTML to this blog failed...!!!
The Blogger HTML seems to be subtly, or not so very much, different from Text Edit HTML...???
Standardized Big Text
Any attempt to modify the Bigger Text HTML to make it bigger seems to fail...???
It appears gigantic in the edit window, but is reduced to normal size when posted...!
ALSO; The Format of HTML seems to be greatly simplified, like the HTML used by Flickr...???
Just to Add Something...
So i left my room to go to the library today, to use the internet there...
It seems that none of the internet provider servers that i've been using for Free from my room will work anymore...!!!
i really have to get my own service provider... But if i do, i know i'll end up spending all day on the internet, and as it is, i'm actually getting a tiny amount done on other projects, and i'm forced to get out of my room a few times a week this way too...
But anyways; When i left my room today, i took out a bag of garbage, and when i'd gotten about a block from my building, i realized that i was still holding the bag...!!!
Senility, it doesn't seem to be as bad as i've heard it would be.
It seems that none of the internet provider servers that i've been using for Free from my room will work anymore...!!!
i really have to get my own service provider... But if i do, i know i'll end up spending all day on the internet, and as it is, i'm actually getting a tiny amount done on other projects, and i'm forced to get out of my room a few times a week this way too...
But anyways; When i left my room today, i took out a bag of garbage, and when i'd gotten about a block from my building, i realized that i was still holding the bag...!!!
Senility, it doesn't seem to be as bad as i've heard it would be.
Saturday, March 01, 2008
Svalbard...
Something Odd...
i noticed the other day on my Flickr account that this Map Dealie; provided by Flickr Toys, Showed a collection of islands above Europe that i was completely unfamiliar with...???
Apparently they're a part of Norway; called Svalbard.
i have never noticed them before...
They are much higher than Iceland, which i had always thought of as the highest landmass in The Atlantic...
So to compound this;
Since just learning of them a few days ago;
i keep coming across new references to them...
Such as this New Reptilian Dinosaur...!
It's like reality is just making itself up as it goes along.
And this sort of thing is happening to me all the time...
i think it's evidence that The Reality Generator that creates my existence is not really very clever and once it comes up with something good—
It just recycles it over and over for awhile; And then, in a week or so; It will stop reminding me that this Island Group exists, and i'll never see any references to it ever again.
???
Update:
i noticed the other day on my Flickr account that this Map Dealie; provided by Flickr Toys, Showed a collection of islands above Europe that i was completely unfamiliar with...???
Apparently they're a part of Norway; called Svalbard.
i have never noticed them before...
They are much higher than Iceland, which i had always thought of as the highest landmass in The Atlantic...
So to compound this;
Since just learning of them a few days ago;
i keep coming across new references to them...
Such as this New Reptilian Dinosaur...!
It's like reality is just making itself up as it goes along.
And this sort of thing is happening to me all the time...
i think it's evidence that The Reality Generator that creates my existence is not really very clever and once it comes up with something good—
It just recycles it over and over for awhile; And then, in a week or so; It will stop reminding me that this Island Group exists, and i'll never see any references to it ever again.
???
Update:
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Looking for Pictures...???
If you've come here looking for Family Snap Shots...
i've already moved them* to Family Snap Shots...!!!
Browse around The Menu Bar on The Left ( <-- ) to Find that Link...!
Be Sure to Leave Some Comments...!!!
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* It's much easier than it used to be...!
i've already moved them* to Family Snap Shots...!!!
Browse around The Menu Bar on The Left ( <-- ) to Find that Link...!
Be Sure to Leave Some Comments...!!!
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* It's much easier than it used to be...!
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Test something
this is a test of the pages dealie to stick something directly into a blog
this is a test of the pages dealie to stick something directly into a blog
i can not get this to work...!!!
it just seems like this should be the simplest thing in the world to do, but i can't figure out how to do it...!!!
i simply want to create a document on a simple word processor, with some colored text and italics and bolds and so on... Maybe with some tab setting...
And then copy and paste it onto my blog...
But the moment that i do, it's all striped down to raw text...!!!
Gawd...!!! i hate computers...!!!
this is a test of the pages dealie to stick something directly into a blog
i can not get this to work...!!!
it just seems like this should be the simplest thing in the world to do, but i can't figure out how to do it...!!!
i simply want to create a document on a simple word processor, with some colored text and italics and bolds and so on... Maybe with some tab setting...
And then copy and paste it onto my blog...
But the moment that i do, it's all striped down to raw text...!!!
Gawd...!!! i hate computers...!!!
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Ugh & Ugh...!!!
Well— i was sure that i'd saved all the old links that appeared on The Side Bar of my old Blog Template...
But Incredibly; ( or not incredibly ) i have misplaced or lost them...!!!
i'm fairly sure that most of them may be recovered by tediously sifting through my eepmail archives to find various connective links to mailartists and such, but it may be awhile before a suitably puisant bipolar swing allows me to accomplish this...???
i've also realized that all ( or most ) of my posts were colorized in a manner that highlighted various features, pursuant to the old colour scheme, but will now have to be recalibrated...
What a Nuisance...!!!
Like anyone really cares.
But Incredibly; ( or not incredibly ) i have misplaced or lost them...!!!
i'm fairly sure that most of them may be recovered by tediously sifting through my eepmail archives to find various connective links to mailartists and such, but it may be awhile before a suitably puisant bipolar swing allows me to accomplish this...???
i've also realized that all ( or most ) of my posts were colorized in a manner that highlighted various features, pursuant to the old colour scheme, but will now have to be recalibrated...
What a Nuisance...!!!
Like anyone really cares.
Monday, December 24, 2007
To Hell With Everyone...!!!
i didn't get a single x-mas card this year.
What is the point of being good, if you're not going to make any money off of it...???
i didn't even get any eepmail x-mas cards...!!!
i did get a few xie-mas related thingies, but i wouldn't really consider them, in any way, in any personalized way, x-mas cards:
&
http://ecard.ashland.edu/index.php?ecardYear=2004adm
Although... The Seventh Day Adventists from across the street brought over some cookies and left them at my door...???
Gawd Bless The Fundamentalist Fringe Cults!
What is the point of being good, if you're not going to make any money off of it...???
i didn't even get any eepmail x-mas cards...!!!
i did get a few xie-mas related thingies, but i wouldn't really consider them, in any way, in any personalized way, x-mas cards:
&
http://ecard.ashland.edu/index.php?ecardYear=2004adm
Although... The Seventh Day Adventists from across the street brought over some cookies and left them at my door...???
Gawd Bless The Fundamentalist Fringe Cults!
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Friday, December 14, 2007
Buoyant Zmass— All & Sundry...!!!
i've been very depressed lately because i'm getting so little attention paid to my Flickr/Family Snap Shots Project...!!!
So that i haven't felt inclined to do anything...!!!
But this proposal did occur to me, for a chrstmsa card...
Here are some undeveloped ideas concerning Z-mass...
ZMass
The next generation of XMass & YMas
Ways that Zmass is Better than either Xmass or Ymas
Given that Xmass is the Celebration of Christ's Birth...
Ymas was the corruption of this holiday by introducing Santa Claus & The Commercialization of the holiday...
Zmass is the complete overhaul of X & Y masses to integrate a new holiday into the fundamental spiritual, social & economic needs of The Damp Masses leading up The Reevaluation of our culture in the year 2012.
( Which curiously; will occur around December 21st. )
Faux holiday that is based on an imaginary deity whose teachings more accurately reflect the mores of post 911 western civilization.
Rules of present giving is clearly delineated and enforced by law.
Chrstmsa trees that are all electric lights, festooned with tiny bows of evergreen twigs.
New tradition in which standing under mistletoe gets you to second base.
Santas ( to be called something else... ? ) at the department stores are nude, which make them especially popular amoung sexually precocious, drug addled teenagers.
The Correct Salutation is : Buoyant Zmass— All & Sundry...!!!
The Recognition that in the various previous versions of —mas, The presents; that were given to make the recipients happy, were in fact, nearly always; crap.
And consequently; only made people sadder.
So that; with Zmass— Only happy invoking presents may be given.
What are “The Happy Invoking Type Presents?”
Santa’s unkept older brother who never quite ‘Got on track.’
( this idea has been spoiled by the new 2007 Movie: Fred Claus )
Instead of Larry Claus; The principle instigator of Zmas is “The Zmas Giant Mechanical Ant”
Before X-Mas there was:
if you have any additional suggestions; please add them as comments...
So that i haven't felt inclined to do anything...!!!
But this proposal did occur to me, for a chrstmsa card...
Here are some undeveloped ideas concerning Z-mass...
ZMass
The next generation of XMass & YMas
Ways that Zmass is Better than either Xmass or Ymas
Given that Xmass is the Celebration of Christ's Birth...
Ymas was the corruption of this holiday by introducing Santa Claus & The Commercialization of the holiday...
Zmass is the complete overhaul of X & Y masses to integrate a new holiday into the fundamental spiritual, social & economic needs of The Damp Masses leading up The Reevaluation of our culture in the year 2012.
( Which curiously; will occur around December 21st. )
Faux holiday that is based on an imaginary deity whose teachings more accurately reflect the mores of post 911 western civilization.
Rules of present giving is clearly delineated and enforced by law.
Chrstmsa trees that are all electric lights, festooned with tiny bows of evergreen twigs.
New tradition in which standing under mistletoe gets you to second base.
Santas ( to be called something else... ? ) at the department stores are nude, which make them especially popular amoung sexually precocious, drug addled teenagers.
The Correct Salutation is : Buoyant Zmass— All & Sundry...!!!
The Recognition that in the various previous versions of —mas, The presents; that were given to make the recipients happy, were in fact, nearly always; crap.
And consequently; only made people sadder.
So that; with Zmass— Only happy invoking presents may be given.
What are “The Happy Invoking Type Presents?”
- All items must be of the highest imaginable quality.
- All items must be from a particular giver to a particular recipient
- All items must be life sustaining, rather than life depleting
Santa’s unkept older brother who never quite ‘Got on track.’
( this idea has been spoiled by the new 2007 Movie: Fred Claus )
Instead of Larry Claus; The principle instigator of Zmas is “The Zmas Giant Mechanical Ant”
Before X-Mas there was:
- P-Mass : Exchange of Damp Rocks Initiated
- Q-Maz : Yowling restrained to Special Occasions
- R-Masss : Discovery of Snowflakes
- S-Maph : Gawd Clothes Distinguished from Work Clothes
- T-Mezz : Sticks Painted with Stripes are Tied to Trees.
- U-Miez : Horrible Gifts are blamed on a Quixotic Archetype
- V-Muppies : Everything Wonderful is Attributed to The Quixotic Archetype
- W-Noggiluffessicratcklemotten : Self-Loathing Institutionalized as a Commercial Holiday
if you have any additional suggestions; please add them as comments...
New Post for the Sake of a New Post
i kind of like this font that's used with this new Template.
And i also like the simplicity.
But; You may have noticed that The New Template completely ( Nearly So ) Erased all the links on my SideBar...!!!
The Good news it that i have them all stored away,
And; There are apparently features with The New & Improved Google Blog System to rebuild them.
( i used to have to go into the HTML code and install them at that level...! What a nuisance! )
More later...
Please Visit my Flickr Account...! ( Chrstphre )
And i also like the simplicity.
But; You may have noticed that The New Template completely ( Nearly So ) Erased all the links on my SideBar...!!!
The Good news it that i have them all stored away,
And; There are apparently features with The New & Improved Google Blog System to rebuild them.
( i used to have to go into the HTML code and install them at that level...! What a nuisance! )
More later...
Please Visit my Flickr Account...! ( Chrstphre )
Friday, September 21, 2007
It's taking me way too long to get going on this again...???
i had a very bad experience with LINUX the past few days...!!!
Linux is supposed to be the hot new Operating System that is going to replace The Wintel and Macintosh Operating Systems... But i now have severe doubts about this... It is; i now suspect, just as Evil as the other two...!!!
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The problem arose when i tried to download and install an HP48 emulator/simulator on my new MacBook, and there were some immediate difficulties... One being that i had to find and download a copy of an HP48's internal memory... These are somewhat proprietary and so you have to do that on your own... Which includes swearing to the website where i downloaded it from, that i own an HP48gx already...
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So i think i managed to do that; But then amoung all the files that were allegedly the emulator, i couldn't find anything that looked like the application...???
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So i went and asked the experts on the HP48 newsgroup, and then the real craziness started.
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To cut right to the chase scene, i would need to know how to operate the Unix command structure underneath the Mac OSX, and execute a variety of commands to 'build' the simulator.
None of this was explained with the documentation that came with the simulator, and the experts on the HP48 newgroup thought that these 'steps' were so obvious that they repeated neglected to mention them to me, although my level and expression of frustration were steadily mounting over the course of about 3 days...!!!
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i have officially given up trying to install this simulator.
It would appear that i would have to learn the entire Linux/Unix Operating System, just to have enough foundational knowledge before someone could explain to me, in any kind of reasonable way, how to get this simulator to work.
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So that now:
The expression: "Gawd! i hate computers!" extends not only to the Wintel and Mac Operating Systems, But the Unix Operating Systems as well.
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ugh.
Linux is supposed to be the hot new Operating System that is going to replace The Wintel and Macintosh Operating Systems... But i now have severe doubts about this... It is; i now suspect, just as Evil as the other two...!!!
---
The problem arose when i tried to download and install an HP48 emulator/simulator on my new MacBook, and there were some immediate difficulties... One being that i had to find and download a copy of an HP48's internal memory... These are somewhat proprietary and so you have to do that on your own... Which includes swearing to the website where i downloaded it from, that i own an HP48gx already...
---
So i think i managed to do that; But then amoung all the files that were allegedly the emulator, i couldn't find anything that looked like the application...???
---
So i went and asked the experts on the HP48 newsgroup, and then the real craziness started.
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To cut right to the chase scene, i would need to know how to operate the Unix command structure underneath the Mac OSX, and execute a variety of commands to 'build' the simulator.
None of this was explained with the documentation that came with the simulator, and the experts on the HP48 newgroup thought that these 'steps' were so obvious that they repeated neglected to mention them to me, although my level and expression of frustration were steadily mounting over the course of about 3 days...!!!
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i have officially given up trying to install this simulator.
It would appear that i would have to learn the entire Linux/Unix Operating System, just to have enough foundational knowledge before someone could explain to me, in any kind of reasonable way, how to get this simulator to work.
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So that now:
The expression: "Gawd! i hate computers!" extends not only to the Wintel and Mac Operating Systems, But the Unix Operating Systems as well.
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ugh.
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