DMB, assuming your question genuine ... "How is defying gravity LIKE starting the first program?"
Consider this How does an object subject to gravity defy gravity by it's own will ? How does a device that needs a programe to run other programs run the first program ? You see the metaphor ? Artless bastard ;-) Ian On 3/21/07, david buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ian glendinning said: > "Pulling oneself up by the bootstraps." Lifting yourself off the ground, by > yourself - seemingly impossible ...A program you need before you can run any > (other) programs. > > dmb says: > Okay, then "boot" is an even better example than I thought. I don't get it. > How is defying gravity LIKE starting the first program? And even if that > made sense, at what point would the computer user ever notice that such a > thing occurs? Does making reference to these layers of programs relate to > the user's needs in any way? Isn't that something a programmer would find > meaningful but hardly anybody else would? That event is quite invisible and > irrelevant to the user, no? Yep, this one is even more confusing and > misleading than I thought. The dude who came up with that one obviously > loves machines more than the people who use them. > > Artless bastard. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Exercise your brain! Try Flexicon. > http://games.msn.com/en/flexicon/default.htm?icid=flexicon_hmemailtaglinemarch07 > > moq_discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
