And your other question ... "That event is quite invisible and irrelevant to the user, no?"
Agreed, it surely is ... but you did ask / express opinions about what it meant, so I assumed you were interested. Knowledge is not compulsory, ignorance is always an option. Ian On 3/21/07, ian glendinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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/
