I tell you, Jerry !!! And to think that computer script writers also have a vivid imagination!! A real contradiction. I thought I'd be the only one, for instance, to think of those ports in computers as entrances that allow airplanes into their spaces to embark and disembark passengers. Ships never come to my mind, I suppose because I fly a lot. And never do I think of electronic whyzzies. When my computer tells me port 25 is closed, I always imagine passengers sitting in an airplane , getting antsy to disembark while some other airplane is still occupying that space! Marta On Aug 23, 2004, at 12:35, Jerry Yeager wrote:
> Well Marta, > > That is because of how kids are, after cartoons are over in the > morning, they go outside and soon are roaming the neighborhood and > need to be gathered up at launch time. > > It is some of the terminology that has been in the computer world. > There are Parent folders, processes that do lots of spawning, all > sorts of things like that. > > Jerry > > On Aug 23, 2004, at 12:21 PM, Marta Edie wrote: > >> When I turn on my mail window in the morning, it always tells me >> "gathering children from disk for local accounts" . Why don't they >> gather mail, why children? Who had that bright idea? It must have >> been someone at Apple? Anybody to shed light on this strange >> expression? >> Marta >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be August 24. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> >> > ----------------------------------- > Someday, I will come up with a clever signature line. I am not sure if > I will use it or not, but I will come up with one. > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be August 24. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be August 24. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
