Re: OODL: threads - attachments - linux

1999-11-07 Thread DeRobertis
At 4:58 AM -0700 on 11/3/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also my school has two versions of linux - an earlier one which is driven via pop up menus (click on background, and menu appears with submenus) and a later version which more closely simulates the Mac GUI. The second version is easier than

Re: Re: OODL: How to handle attachments

1999-11-07 Thread DeRobertis
At 3:05 PM -0500 on 11/3/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: did you know that aliases can be exploited to contain executable code?), Nope -- never knew that. and frankly, I'd take my chances with one of them than a *nix cracker who knows his stuff. Most of them don't -- they're script kiddies who

Re: OODL: Java VM and bytecodes as models

1999-11-07 Thread DeRobertis
At 2:10 PM +0100 on 11/2/99, M. Uli Kusterer wrote: Folks, gcc bytecode is nice for compilers, but I doubt it's appropriate for OpenCard. You wouldn't want to have to compile your stack every time you change a script. Well, with the current Interpreter you do have to compile the relevant

Re: OODL: How to handle attachments

1999-11-07 Thread DeRobertis
At 5:25 PM -0800 on 11/5/99, Alain Farmer wrote: Alain: I was assuming that we were proceeding as most lists do (e.g. NO attachments allowed). The procedure that I was proposing was an elegant alternative because it doesn't burden the list with attachments, yet allows anyone that is interested

Re: Re: Re: OODL: How to handle attachments

1999-11-07 Thread MP0werd
In a message dated 11/7/99 6:05:34 AM, you wrote: and frankly, I'd take my chances with one of them than a *nix cracker who knows his stuff. Most of them don't -- they're script kiddies who press a button in a window which is labeled "CRASH" or "HACK." And once those bugs are fixed (a matter

Re: OODL: Consensus versus voting

1999-11-07 Thread DeRobertis
At 7:00 PM -0800 on 11/5/99, Alain Farmer wrote: Alain: Consensus is not the equivalent of Unanimity. In my opinion, a consensus is quite similar to a majority except that dissenting views and other concerns of minorities are taken into account in the final decision. A consensus is thus the best

Re: OODL: Java VM and bytecodes as models

1999-11-07 Thread DeRobertis
At 2:43 PM +0100 on 11/7/99, M. Uli Kusterer wrote: BTW -- did you check out the new XBlockFile? I'm still waiting for someone to find my mistakes ??? I took a quick glance at it -- have not really tested it yet. But it does have serious problems when you try to run the large 20,000 block test

OODL: ATTENTION: Please don't post to opencard-digest@metacard.com

1999-11-07 Thread DeRobertis
Posts sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of [EMAIL PROTECTED] manage to screw up both my filtering, and the filtering of the mail archiver. They get thrown into an archives seperate from the main one -- one that currently has five entries in it. (see

Re: Re: Re: OODL: 2 cents on basic and ht

1999-11-07 Thread M. Uli Kusterer
Hmm, well, we'll always disagree on the matters, so lets just drop it. FWUMP! crash! bang! ... consider it dropped :-) Cheers, -- M. Uli Kusterer http://www.weblayout.com/witness 'The Witnesses of TeachText

Re: OODL: Clerks and voting (was Suggestions: 1 repeat, 2 new --vision stuff)

1999-11-07 Thread M. Uli Kusterer
#1. I still think that we need a "license-specific" mailing list. We've gotten off of that thread, but it is still looming large. That was the last big flag I ran up the flag pole to salute, other than a suggestion of "Public Card." But, moving right along, . Mark, everything has its time