Nick -
There have to be *some* APs in there for you... certainly your reference
to the old Dec RAINBOW kicked a few neurons loose. Samna rings a bell,
didn't they get bought up by Lotus? This kicks loose a cascade of
neurons around the whole spreadsheet legacy of visicalc/123/improv!
Thanks, I'll be up all night dreaming pivot tables and projections of
OLAP hypercubes!
- Steve
How about A.P.'s for a word processor called Samna running on cpm on a
computer called a Rainbow? Had some features that Word has yet to
introduce.
N
*From:*Friam [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Steve Smith
*Sent:* Tuesday, February 05, 2013 1:40 PM
*To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
*Subject:* [FRIAM] Arcane Points
Robert -
Can I get some Arcane Points for writing my first _program_ in ISO
coded Atlas Autocode on an EELM KDF9?
Robert C
I'm not sure what is required for granting Arcane Points...
certainly, without help from Dr. Internet, I don't have a clue about
these referencesI
I suppose there is a "sweet spot" where *at least* one other member of
the group recognizes the reference... but obviously not too many. And
I suppose that only makes them Obscure, not Arcane.
Merriam Webster seems to distinguish Arcane from Obscure by invoking
an element of the Mysterious or the Occult. I think there is an
overtone of being therefore only known to "the Initiate". I suppose
all of our references to Obscure (or Arcane) details is motivated by
rememberances of our time as "Initiates", sort of offering a "secret
handshake" from an old fraternity or childhood treehouse-club?
Let's see who has an EELM KDF9 in their cupboard or a reference manual
to Atlas Autocode in their bookshelf!
- Steve
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