This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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AmigaWorld
Message #230
> Oh my! Are they still using that "word is his bond" thing? I was so > angry that I cancelled the subscription that I haid paid for when I got > that. It must be the marketing virus that infects every business > involved with the Amiga. Now THERE'S…
AmigaWorld
Message #229
With regard to your unfortunate experience with AmigaWorld: this is a rather late reply, but I hope it will be useful anyway. >> this is a disgraceful way to run a magazine Well, this is a disgraceful way to run a SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE. Realize, please, that at most magazines the…
Betty, you're absolutely right. In copyright terms, this would be the same sort of situation as "death of the copyright holder" — i.e. the companies, machines, publishers are all "dead." As things move so much more quickly in electronic space, the present copyright rule of "death+50 years" seems onerous. What…
#3293-
#Copyright
Message #3337
The copyright on software is an especially sticky problem, I think – in fact, copyrights on almost anything relating to computers. Case: The older Commodore computers (PET, 8032, 8096, B128/B256, etc.) were fine machines for their day. A great deal of very good software was written for them, and many…
Are they? If that's the case they should be able to sell us 1.3 roms, despite all the rumors that they've decided not to.
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#1.3 anyone?
Message #3145
Well, seeing that they're already shipping A500's with 1.3 ROMs… At least that puts to sleep the rumour of them canning 1.3 for 1.4.
They will probably be available in a couple of "computer" weeks. Of course as Sheldon Leemon says: a computer week can be anywhere from a day to 6 months!
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Mail Order Madness!
Message #3122
As many will point out, that's the risk of mail order. It's not hard to find 50 people who will swear "Their service is great, and I saved 3 bucks!". It's also not hard to find 50 people with stories like your own – who do you listen to? I…
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#1.3 anyone?
Message #3116
When they get the new Agnes chips, I will consider it time to move up to a 2000. And I think it will make a great increase in the Amiga's abilities. Now, when do you suppose that will happen?
It is my position that when you stand before an angry mob, point to me, and say "That is the one who has caused your H{Dlems," you are exercising your rights to free speech. If yo are committing a crime, and maybe you are and maybe you aren't, you are…
Dom, It's not so much which library as to which forum. 8) It's in 'Tech, lib 13 I believe. Doug
Terry, I though that sounded familiar. 8) Doug
#MACHII
Message #3019
Does anyone know in what library the program "MACHII" is? Dom Fontana
As in 'King Kong', "The airplanes didn't kill him; 'twas Beauty that killed the Beast." -tc
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Password help
Message #3013
Password protection isn't particularly easy on the Amiga. You'd basically have to put it into the program code itself. Or you can encrypt the program and then decrypt it before you ran it, but that would be awfully complex. If you don't have a hard disk, the easiest form of…
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#Fine points of abuse
Message #3010
Thol, Ok, a more exact definition of terms then. Words, transfering ideas through semantic interpretation, can inspire actions that lead to death. The 'indirect' is shorthand for the entire mechanical process of transfering some idea through the medium of either speech or writing. Think upon a mute world, and you'll…
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Let's legalize fraud
Message #2917
Darron, Here, here, well said! Any attempt of a person to force a sale, through lies, is an attempt to invalidate the buyer's rational faculty. Since a person's rational faculty is his only means of survival, this is an act of violence. It is the proper function of a government…
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Fine points of abuse
Message #2914
Darron, I think you are missing what Tom is doing. He's playing a literally interpreted semantics 'game'. Words do nothing more than cause sonic ripples. Actions have effect. Words may cause someone to make a decision to take an action. The words themselves, being passive and incapable of physical action,…
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Copyright
Message #2507
There are any number of ways. But they don't always work for each person who tries them. The most important criteria I can think of are the need to write (whether anybody will pay you or not), and being able to express yourself in the screenplay form. There are many…
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Is programming art?
Message #2329
As Martin Gardner said, "I couldn't fail to disagree with you less!"
It appears that something in your upbringing has led you astray with respect to how an orange is properly consumed. Learned people, dare I say learned peoples, typically cut an orange in half, and eat it with a pointed spoon, in this way preserving as much of the delicious juice…
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#Is programming art?
Message #2197
I would strongly suggest you terminate the defense of your party before they lynch you. Sincerely tongue-in-cheek, Rick
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Is programming art?
Message #2196
Sir. I fail to understand why you have brought forth yet another argument which stands squarely AGAINST your faction, mainly the apple-is-like-a-banana fringe. To wit: "… I… only hope that since it is not necessary to peel an apple in order to eat it, that this mitigates somewhat the damage…
The pommegranite is so much more like an apple than a banana is that the French even named at "pomme." Meanwhile the English named something Completely Different a Pineapple. What Pine? What Apple? People ruled by monarchs grow stupid. Eternal gratitude to the American Revolutionaries.
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#Is programming art?
Message #2179
Now, not to be seedy, but consider the lowly pomegranite. Well red, a fruit to be reckoned with. Nor the grape, which makes some want to wine. Should one look to a raspberry for a comment? Nay, nay, see thou only the queer coconut – for tho it be hairy,…
#2015-
Is programming art?
Message #2153
I dunno… it's not sf, so I never read it.
What would I need to do to get a copy of this disk of Mac fonts? I assume it's public domain?
I presume that Pagesetter just looks in the FONTS: directory like most Amiga programs. If you want it to be another directory use the ASSIGN command from the CLI _before_ your run Pagesetter.
#Desktop Publishing
Message #1980
Help!?!!? I just got a disk of 30 Mac fonts converted for the Ami. I want to use them with Pagesetter. But Pagesetter's font requester menu does not allow you to change drives. What to do??? Someone told me you have to modify the startup-sequence, but didn't know how to…
Thomas, Ok. So what was the point you were trying to make? I've lost track. —Mike
I'd say that if programming is an art, it shares more with Michaelangelo's decoration of the Sistine Chapel than with Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus or Picasso's sketchbooks.
Thomas, I guess Physics is the ultimate Art form. We find the most elegant solutions to problems and let the engineers actually implement them. That critrerion falls apart tho. Certainly Michelangelo felt that the Sistine Chapel work was drudgery at various times. —Mike
And finding the most elegant way to perform a menial task is 99% inspiration, 1% perspiration. Actually _doing_ the task, well …
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#Is programming art?
Message #1882
Thomas, But finding the most elegant method of performing even the most menial task is an Art. —Mike
Vic, I think with your extremely clear and concise instructions even I should be able to begin downloading with my brand new Amiga. Gosh, I feel like a teenager getting ready for my first date. Thanks, Mike
#Downloading
Message #1838
The simplest way to download with Access! is to let CIS do all the work. 1st of all hit Left-Amiga-B until you get a reply that CIS-B protocol is ENABLED. then you just go into the libraries, and browse (if you're looking for Whap!, try library 16 in AmigaTech). In…
Thol, It's kinda like like digging a ditch to make a poem. You're fleshing ideas out in a concrete manner, but the end product is _still_ the original idea- just a bit more tangible. Is a poet any less a poet if he sets his work down on paper? Doug
#Is programming art?
Message #1681
Over in the Technical SIG, a discussion about icons vs CLI has touched on the issue of whether programming is more like writing poetry or digging a ditch. I think a programmer is more like a ditchdigger than a poet. One can certainly dig ditches in a reflective manner, the…
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Art or Data?
Message #1468
Precisely! The world is an inordinately beautiful place! Terry
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Art or Data?
Message #1467
AMEN! Terry
#Art or Craft?
Message #1101
I think the word/concept missing from the ramble so far is "Craft." Digitizing with Digi-View is a Craft, something that can be taught and learned formally, even from a book. If I cut up a magazine and paste pictures together in a collage, the result will be both bad Craft…
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Art or Data?
Message #1090
If you think photography is a 'literal capture of reality' and so does not qualify as art… Think about the choice of the point of view. Think about what is _not_ shown. Think about the change of contrast or color values. Think about the difference a change of focal length…
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#Art or Data?
Message #1074
Very wrong! Photography is very much an art form. Take an art class in college, and you'll learn about the preparation, the effort, the time, the sweat, the money, the dedication, the right moments, and the love that goes into many photographer's work.
That's the beginning of a great debate! Is photography art? Is electronicly reproduced noise music? I'll stay out of this one as I've been around this circle before with some rather conservative views! For the purpose of this forum, however, human created, hand drawn pictures go into Lib 6 –…
#Art or Data?
Message #1022
Villagers: I'm throwing this one out to see who bites. A little gedanken for for your kopfen. Can a purely digitized, unmodified picture be called art? Think of photography, think of painting, then consider if all the digies on this board should really be called art (I'm not voicing an…
my company
Message #962
I work for Scientific Atlanta in Norcross, GA. We develop and support Cable television systems for customers. I work in the area that develops customized applications to the broadband cable system such as the one I mentioned before at Hartsfield airport in atlanta. Please tell me how you are involved…
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Hard Drives
Message #674
You'd have to have a SCSI interface to plug into the 500. Those are going for around $200 mail order.
#636-
Hard Drives
Message #673
The best place to ask that question is in AmigaTech – type G AMIGATECH.
Lee, I haven't looked at dbMan, but I intend to do so very shortly to see just how dBase compatible it is. I sure hope it works! I'll believe it only when I see it, though. Darron
Want to buy DBman cheap? I have the original disk & docs, hardly ever used. If y+ want some advice buy SuperBase Professional. Plus if we are going to ask for a port, why not get QuickSilver? Bob Naffziger
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