Re: OT, i think...

2013-05-15 Thread Gary Kline
On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 03:02:28PM -0500, Edwin L. Culp W. wrote:
 SIMIoff topic. (I think)
 
 Sorry but I am envious that you have a chrome working.  I am stuck with the
 ===  chromium-25.0.1364.172_1 has known vulnerabilities:
 chromium-25.0.1364.172_1 is vulnerable:
 chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities
 
 WWW: http://portaudit.FreeBSD.org/bdd48858-9656-11e2-a9a8-00262d5ed8ee.html
 = Please update your ports tree and try again.
 *** [check-vulnerable] Error code 1
 
 Sorry but I'm not sure which is worse, having it or not having it.
 
 Again i apologize.
 
 ed
 


hmmm.  the chrome that I have is running on my ubuntu linux
laptop.  [i've switched to linux because it was easier to upgrade.
now, I dunno.  at any rate, when I was fully BSD, some N years
ago, there was no chrome... .   The only ++plus is that I
still know hoto hack code. :_)

gary


 On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 4:00 AM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote:
 
 
  guys,
 
  if   goog had their browser from BSD it would help big-time; I use one of
  the
  zillions of linux distros for my desktop.  I dont have a bleeding edge
  cell. just something to call the cops or access [ small bus with wchair
  lift.]  only have one hand, so cant easily hold cell and type blah * 3.
 
  SO, the upshot is, since I use firefox mostly, and chrome, rarely, I got a
  bit befuddled tonight trying to read an old philosopher's translation on
  chrome.  I got to fess-up.  reading on the screen is vastly easier than
  getting out a REAL book  and paperweights, and taking off my eyeglasses,
  C!  tonight, I figured out howto enlarge the font and bring up the book.
  --i read the prince by nick whatever.  this on google's browser.  it
  took awhile before I realized that I wasnt hearing the words!   yes, the
  speaker in the circle [[upper right]] read aloud   and I could glean
  that much more by reading with eyes and ears.  ===but=== is there some
  magic I ca n use to do an All, and then fire off the text-to-voice?
 
  CAUTION
  [[[the following is interesting only if you're into art schopenhauer.
  his works were not correctly xlated until {i think} 1954.  I bought the
  p'back of his *Parerga and Paralipomena: A Collection of Philosophical
  Essays*.  I never read it.  google has it, and I suppose I could cough pup
  $whatever.  but only if they got their tts stuff working without me having
  to
  mouse 600+ pages or whatever it requires.  ]]]
  /CAUTION
 
  anybody know howto make this All menu cmd work in chrome?  in ffox, it's
  a simple edit-control-A
 
  thanks much,
 
  gary
 
 
 
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Re: OT, i think...

2013-05-12 Thread Edwin L. Culp W.
SIMIoff topic. (I think)

Sorry but I am envious that you have a chrome working.  I am stuck with the
===  chromium-25.0.1364.172_1 has known vulnerabilities:
chromium-25.0.1364.172_1 is vulnerable:
chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities

WWW: http://portaudit.FreeBSD.org/bdd48858-9656-11e2-a9a8-00262d5ed8ee.html
= Please update your ports tree and try again.
*** [check-vulnerable] Error code 1

Sorry but I'm not sure which is worse, having it or not having it.

Again i apologize.

ed


On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 4:00 AM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote:


 guys,

 if   goog had their browser from BSD it would help big-time; I use one of
 the
 zillions of linux distros for my desktop.  I dont have a bleeding edge
 cell. just something to call the cops or access [ small bus with wchair
 lift.]  only have one hand, so cant easily hold cell and type blah * 3.

 SO, the upshot is, since I use firefox mostly, and chrome, rarely, I got a
 bit befuddled tonight trying to read an old philosopher's translation on
 chrome.  I got to fess-up.  reading on the screen is vastly easier than
 getting out a REAL book  and paperweights, and taking off my eyeglasses,
 C!  tonight, I figured out howto enlarge the font and bring up the book.
 --i read the prince by nick whatever.  this on google's browser.  it
 took awhile before I realized that I wasnt hearing the words!   yes, the
 speaker in the circle [[upper right]] read aloud   and I could glean
 that much more by reading with eyes and ears.  ===but=== is there some
 magic I ca n use to do an All, and then fire off the text-to-voice?

 CAUTION
 [[[the following is interesting only if you're into art schopenhauer.
 his works were not correctly xlated until {i think} 1954.  I bought the
 p'back of his *Parerga and Paralipomena: A Collection of Philosophical
 Essays*.  I never read it.  google has it, and I suppose I could cough pup
 $whatever.  but only if they got their tts stuff working without me having
 to
 mouse 600+ pages or whatever it requires.  ]]]
 /CAUTION

 anybody know howto make this All menu cmd work in chrome?  in ffox, it's
 a simple edit-control-A

 thanks much,

 gary



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