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Subject: Re: Ramblings about the Convention
Message-ID: <1993Apr23.143834.27653@neptune.inf.ethz.ch>
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Keywords: rambeling convention
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 14:38:34 GMT
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In article <jmonroyC5tv90.791@netcom.com>, jmonroy@netcom.com (Jesus Monroy Jr) writes:
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>
[Deleted.]
>
> But the truth does not evade us, we speak in argots.
Sometimes I wonder what your peculiar idioms are...
> (Wow, hold on. The popsicle truck just went by!) Each of us pictures
> the "int" in just slightly, a different manner. Semantically, it is
> just 16-bits signifying a value with a range of about 32k.
> Owww.... I said about?!? About is correct, because some people are
> still discoursing whether 32k is 32,000 _or_ 32,768. Silly, huh?!?
> So, what is an "int"? Well, should we now talk about signed or
> unsigned? Did I mention some people think an "int" should be
> 32-bits? Does this make it different if it is public or private?
> What about near or far? (OOPs, Sorry, that's only for MS-DOZ.)
>
> How do we assign a value to this "int"? Do I use 128?
> or 0x80? or 1000 0000 (binary)? or 200 (octal)? and where's
> the 0x0beef?
Die qual der Wahl...
> What's all this leading to? Certainly, I must have some
> information to present? Yes, Mocha Java is a coffee bean blend
> without chocolate. Mocha is a port, and Java is a country.
Man dude, this info I could scarceley do without in comp.unix.bsd,
comp.os.386bsd.development, not to mention some of the other groups
you posted to.
If I wanted to listen to stuff like this, I'd subscribe to alt.talk.*!
[Deleted.]
> You've gone beyond! There is no need to look at your left
> foot and your right foot when you walk; it's all autonomous now.
> Isn't it?
Yeah, and for some of us using all ten fingers is autonomous too...
[Deletd.]
> Wait, I'm starting to diverge again.
Please, save us from mass histeria!
> "Hello, World!".
>
> Recanting foundations is our method of debugging. I don't
> own a CRAY II, or an HP Spectrum Analyzer. My resort is to make sure
> I know what I am doing, to write it down so I know it happened, and
> to be able to read it again after that second pint.
>
> Do they make wheat (weat?) beer down under?
> And will she let me down under?
I personally think you are over-ripe for a psychiatrist.
> Dinner time. A burrito sounds good.MMMMMMMMM.
If you have been here as long as I have... PIIIIZZZZAAAAA!!!! ;)
[Deleted.]
> Oh yeah, survival! Survival may call to mind some notion
> of an ending (like we are hoping for this talk), but hundreds of
> thousands of years have passed, with us humans intending to influence
> future generations only to be confounded by fire, quake, water,
> or a UFO landing.
Ending? He says ending!
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> To make it short, we need convention, a means to reference
> each other's symbolism in a concise manner. Even shorter,
> let's start some header files.
Short? You aint short winded in a long shot.
> (WOW, multiple head!)
You obviously need it.
> (I could be happy with her for 10 minutes, OK, 20... Scratch that-
> she just talked.)
I don't think you could keep HER interested for even 2.
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> I propose we use comp.periphs for our discussions _or_
> cross post & label all articles: [QIC-40/80].
I'd rather you use alt.back.of.the.moon! Or how about alt.ego.jmonroy?
> While (!convention)
> convention = articles (
> comp.os.os2.programmer
> comp.os.coherent
> comp.os.linux.announce
> comp.os.mach
> comp.os.minix
> comp.periphs
> comp.unix.bsd
> comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit
> comp.os.386bsd.development
> ) ? x-post : comp.periphs;
How about:
while( author(article) == jmonroy ){
flame(article);
delete(article);
}
> IS THIS ALL CLEAR?
Yep, all clear. However, you mind if I ask you a question or two?
1.) What do you get off on? I have read (for better or worse) most of
your posts in *bsd* groups, and have found a rather tiring attitude
in all of them. I think whoever named you did it most apropriately.
2.) I can't believe that you have an ego as large as it looks. Please
set me straight. Tell me that you have a non-american background,
or something, anything, to make me understand your views.
3.) Why do you insist on posting totally unrelevant (like this post)
things to the newsgroups? I don't mind the odd diversion of topic,
but please keep it short. (100+ lines is not short. Some people
PAY for news.)
Sorry dude. Some of the things you say are ok. However, unless your
aditude improves a bit, I am gonna stick you in my kill file. Be a
pitty, since that file is right now still empty. Please don't make
me make you be the first to go in there.
Hoping that things will improve with your mind,
--Toby.