Re: [ql-users] get back on topic

2006-06-05 Thread Roy wood
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dilwyn Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Having just got back and seen the latest QL today, who have I upset, >seeing as Roy and Geoff seem to have taken every opportunity possible >to have a go at me??? I am afraid it was mostly me - even the captions on the pict

Re: [ql-users] apostrophes

2006-06-05 Thread Tony Firshman
Laurence Reeves wrote: > Tony Firshman wrote: >> Surely if there is a plural, then it can be counted? >> > Argh! See infinity. You can't count the points on a line (finite or > infinite length). They are plural, but not countable. > Maybe then one should think the other way round. There can be

Re: [ql-users] apostrophes

2006-06-05 Thread Laurence Reeves
Tony Firshman wrote: > Surely if there is a plural, then it can be counted? > Argh! See infinity. You can't count the points on a line (finite or infinite length). They are plural, but not countable. -- Lau http://www.bergbland.info callto://LauReeves (see http:www.skype.com) Get a domain fro

Re: [ql-users] Infinity

2006-06-05 Thread Laurence Reeves
George Gwilt wrote: > On 5 Jun 2006, at 16:16, George Gwilt wrote: > > >> On 4 Jun 2006, at 14:24, Laurence Reeves wrote: >> >> >>> George Gwilt wrote: >>> The IEEE format of signed infinities for the FPU on Q40 and Q60 is $ (minus infinity) $7F

Re: [ql-users] get back on topic

2006-06-05 Thread Dilwyn Jones
> For the last 12 days this list has been dominated by a discussion > regarding > English grammar, hardly on topic. Reading through them you might > think that > you were on the 'Never Mind the Full Stops' news group, rather than > Ql-users! > > Please, please get back on topic! > > Cheers > > Coli

Re: [ql-users] Infinity

2006-06-05 Thread George Gwilt
On 5 Jun 2006, at 16:16, George Gwilt wrote: > > On 4 Jun 2006, at 14:24, Laurence Reeves wrote: > >> George Gwilt wrote: >>> The IEEE format of signed infinities for the FPU on Q40 and Q60 is >>> >>> $ (minus infinity) >>> $7FFF (plus infinity) >>> >>> The fifth

Re: [ql-users] Curious behaviour of Boot Program

2006-06-05 Thread Peter Fox
Quite right and apologies. I am running this on QPC2, my Aurora machine does not give this problem. Incidentally, I have found that Abacus does work with 9Mb of memory but that is because I am only using 16MB total. The only program I use extensively is Archive because I have a program that pr

[ql-users] Strange behaviour of Psion Programs

2006-06-05 Thread s.balderson
What hardware and operating system are you using? Is it QPC2 and SMSQ/E or a black box QL. If it's the former then I've had a similar problem with anonymous error messages from Archive or Abacus in the past. It turns out that it is to do with 'excessive' amounts of PC memory being allocated t