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Have you posted your request on the Computer Learning thread? I would think somebody there might be able to help you.
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
I agree.
Her first post belonged here because it was about IH policies, and my reply ditto.
After that, it should have gone to the Parking Lot.
Sorry for the intrusion.
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
All is NOT right with the world
How do you know this?
Maybe this is how God wants the world to be?
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
It's quite surprising to me that you claim not to want anything to do to me, but then a) tell lies about me and b) try to give me advice.
Seems a bit weird to me. Maybe to others here, too?
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
Since you are neither my mother nor my wife, what I need to do is not for you to say.
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
You mean there was something there other than blank vacancy? if so, I missed it.
I thought that a vacuum was the ultimate production of your fevered brain!
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
Now, ola, there's perhaps the first message of yours that I can totally and unequivocally agree with!
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
We'll see.
None of us knows for sure. It's all a matter of what you believe.
I believe one thing, you believe another.
No problem here.
I'm not trying to convert you to my way of seeing the world, and I'm not interested in you trying to convert me to yours.
You're happy, I'm happy, God's in his heaven, or not, and either way, all's right with the world.
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
Sorry, didn't understand.
Yes, the menu bar is a nice dark blue with white lettering. Very attractive.
Sorry you're having to cheat -- but if you look at it the other way, Netscape does it right and it's MSFT that cheats by trying to make Netscpe look bad. All a matter of perspective!!
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
The Original...you and your "God" will wait a long time.
God has all the time in the world.
Patience is a virtue.
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
If you choose to post on public threads concerning issues of interest and importance to the community at large, I feel it is appropriate to address those issues in the same forum as long as I do so appropriately and in accordance with the requirements of the IH User Agreement.
I have addressed on SI the issue of our vast differences of view as to what happened there. I do not intend to reopen our discussion of that here, and regret that you chose to do so. I think we should agree to leave SI issues on SI.
Let me simply say there are mutliple sides to any issue, that SI has found that both of us are entitled to post there and has not restricted the right of either of us to post to the other, and leave it at that as far as IH is concerned.
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
Seems as though maybe it's time for you to start your own board. You seem to have had problems with both SI and IH as to how they are run, and hassle them over the same issues. Have you considered that maybe it's you, and not the boards' managers?
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
I am seeing light blue and white stripes, quite pretty colors, with the the board names in dark blue except those that have color in them like the Corner Bar, with the new posts where there any in dark blue underlined and where there are none in black not underlined, with the last post information all in black, and with the Remove in dark blue underlined.
None of it in bold, and I haven't used the Ctrl-[ command yet today. And the messages themsevles are coming out in regular, not bold text.
Everything is working just the way I hope it does forevermore! (as long as we get the blue bar menus back at the bottom of the next 10 page! <g>)
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
Are we back?
No. <g>
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
Yes. The bolding goes away with a single Ctrl-[.
Of course, everything else shrinks, too, so my poor aged eyes strain to read the screen, but at least it isn't bold!
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
Been quiet here. But I know why. Look where one of our main posters wound up.
Einstein dies and goes to heaven only to be informed
that his room is not yet ready.
"I hope you will not mind waiting in a dormitory.
We are very sorry, but it's the best we can do and
you will have to share the room with others" he
is told by the doorman.
Einstein says that this is no problem at all and
that there is no need to make such a great fuss.
So the doorman leads him to the dorm. They enter
and Albert is introduced to all of the present
inhabitants. "See, Here is your first room mate.
He has an IQ of 180!"
"That's wonderful!" says Albert. "We can discuss
mathematics!"
"And here is your second room mate. His IQ is 150!"
"That's wonderful!" says Albert. "We can discuss
physics!"
"And here is your third room mate. His IQ is 100!"
"That's wonderful! We can discuss the latest plays
at the theater!"
Just then another man moves out to capture Albert's
hand and shake it. "I'm your last room mate and I'm
sorry, but my IQ is only 80."
"Well, hi. Good to meet you in the flesh at last, JoeMoney."
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That's what I've been doing.
But it's that kind of tinkering that I thought more powerful and intelligent computers were supposed to free us from!!!
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
I had just booted fresh this morning, and the only place I had been is my Yahoo home page. So I don't think anything changed my screen.
I know, you're just trying ot push us all into Netscape 6.
You don't like people who like classics, eh? <g>
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
the top left hand corner one is the only one that would be interested in you.
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
Yep.
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
jmhollen is upset...can I pick on you?
You always have. Why quit now?
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
Oops, Bob, the bold type is back.
Wn 98, Netscape 4.76
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
I'm going to learn how to get along
with people yet.
Oh, ola, you've survived 62 years without learning that, who bother to start now?
<for all the grief you've given others here, you deserved that!>
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
Well, as a former English teacher I disagree with you about the literary value of the Bible.
But let that pass.
As to not teaching it until college, I disagree. A lot of the literature that should be taught in high school, and even junior high school, is enhanced by understanding the Biblical references.
Just as with Greek myths.
I'm off for the night, and will be away tomorrow, so if you want to continue this discussion, it will have to wait a bit.
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
i have answers for all these questions. in fact someone could write a book on that first one.
Indeed, many people have.
Some people have a yearing need for change. They don't want to be sticks in the mud.
Me, I see the computer as a tool. I have things I want it to do. If it does them, I'm satisfied.
JM, for example, can't understand why somebody would drive an old, beaten up pick-up truck if they could afford a brand new truck. He will never understand.
But if the old, beaten up pick-up does the job I want it to do, I'm happy. That he will never understand either.
But I do.
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
What does religion and the Bible have to do with education? Nothing, not one damned thing.
Lots of things. Many things.
First, the King James Bible contains some of the most magnificant English ever written. You can read it just for the language, without any concern for what the religious message is.
Second, it has many stories which you need to know to understand much of Western literature and art. The story of Job. The story of Ruth. The fall of Man. On and on. It is a compendium of great literature. You need to study the Bible to understand much of Western culture, both literary and artistic. Without knowledge of the Bible and its stories youre understanding of Chaucer, Shakespeare, Austen, Dickens, Trollope, and hundreds of other writers, and artists, is severely lacking. You need to study the Bible as background for understanding our society just as you need to study Greek Myths for the same reason. Do you object to teaching Greek myths in school because they had a religioius basis? Heck, astronomy was founded or religious purposes. Do you object to teaching astronomy in school?
Sure there are different interpretations of Christianity. Why does that make any difference to whether we should read the book? There are many different interpretations of Hamlet. But we should still read the play.
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
You can do lots of things.
But why?
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I just PM'd Bob about that.
I have, oh, six or seven or eight computers, or even nine or ten, depending on what you count (ones that are stitting on desks or tables but never get turned on). A couple are running Win 95. A couple are running Win 98. One, the laptop, is running 2000. And one, bless its little heart, is still running Windows for Workgroups and is networked with two Win 98 computers and it's slow, but it works fine for wordprocessing when I have a need for an extra pair of typing hands in the office. I set them at that, boot it up, start up WordPerfect -- that system still runs WP 6, but the files are still compatible with 8, 9, and 10 which I variously run on other computers, and zip, off goes my temp typist.
Basically, if stuff works, why change it? I find very little in the new upgrades that I need or use, so why upgrade and have all those old programs hanging around my disk that I can never get rid of all the parts of? The only thing I have found that has come out in the past three years that I care about is voice recognition for my WP software. Other than that, the older versions work fine, do what I need done, so why switch?
Function is key!
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
Nah.
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
Reading, writing and arithmetic
Those are important, along with history, science, and all the other subjects.
Bit I want my children to learn a lot more than that in school.
I want them to learn the basic principles of getting along in large groups working toward a common end.. They can't learn that at home. I want them to have a shared experience with other people in building a community. I want them to learn lots of things beyond just the traditional subjects.
Every school throughout history has gone beyond the three Rs. They've taught acceptable group behaviors, acceptable social manners, etc. And they're taught them in the context of our social values. In China it may be polite to burp after a meal, but not in the US. That's a trivial example, in a way, but it is clear that we are--or at least should be teaching--accepted American social values. That's something they do, and should, learn in school.
you want your children to hear about the great judaeo/christian heritage of our nation; teach them at
home/church.
Well, a mathaphobe could equally say you want your children to learn mathematics, teach them at home. Sure, I could teach them math. Or English. And the do learn lots of that at home. But I want them to learn it at school, also.
And I want them to learn about their heritage as Americans, including the religious parts. This country was NOT founded by Buddhists, or Confucians, or Polytheists, or anything else other than men and women predominantly raised in and with values dictaed by the Judeo-Christian religious heritage.
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Pity those of us, then, who are still running on 95 and 98.
I have three systems on 95, three on 98, and only one (my laptop) on 2000.
But everything basically works, and that's what matters to me. I do watch system resources on the 98 I use most of the time. But since I turn it off every night, I really don't have to reboot more than two or three times a month -- my billing program is the only real system hog I have.
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'd be really surprised if anyone maximized their browser windows nowadays.
I use all my windows mazimized. I always have at least four programs running at one time, Ecco (my calendar/appointments/todo program), WordPerfect, Eudora, and Netscape. And often others, such as Stock Investor Pro and Toolkit. Just Ctrl-Tab from one to the next, or use click on the status bar. Works for me.
I hate having bits and pieces of other programs showing while I'm working in one.
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That's okay.
At least Matt got something he wanted that wasn't TOO obnoxious, so he won't need to ask for things that would really make the site suck!
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
Yes, it's in the box I'm typing in right now as I type a reply. This problem -- sorry, undocumented feature -- has been around since long before you started playing with CSS. It's just that while you're dealing with fonts, it might be something to put back on your "things I'm never going to get to, but at least I put them on a list" list.
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Yes, there are many religions out there.
But consider this. Where a country is split between major religous groups, even today it can often result in violence. Look, for example, at what's happening in India. And in the Middle East.
I have as much love for freedom of religion as any other person, and don't want the government imposing a religion on anyone.
But OTOH, societies which have unifying principles are more likely to be successful. Not straight jackets, don't get me wrong. But unifying principles.
Look, for example, at language and what is happening in Canada. No unification means big problems for them. Yes, there are counter examples, such as Switzerland, but in general, countries that have a unified language, with people free to speak and use other languages if they want to, do better than those that try to formally encompass multiple languages.
What does this have to do with religion? Our country was founded in the Judeo-Christian tradition. There can't be much argument there. The Declaration of Independence invokes God.
IMO, the Judeo-Christian tradition is a unifying principle of our nation, and it is legitimate to understand and accept is as such, whether or not you personally follow any religion within that tradition. If you don't, that's fine, just as you're free to speak Urdu if you choose to. But for the society as a whole, and bringing up children who we want to have learn to live in a peaceful and unified society, bringing them up with the recognition of our religious heritage is, IMO, not only appropriate but important to continuing to maintain the unity of nationhood.
Prayer in the schools should be optional. Nobody should be required to participate in it. But neither, IMO, should people be allowed to prevent the majority of students who want to engage in prayer in the schools from doing so, any more than animal rights activitsts should be allowed to prohibit dissection in biology classes, or monolinguists allowed to prohibit the teaching of foreign languages.
And look at what happens to countries where there are multiple competing
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
Matt wanted his bold back. Ugly, innit?
Yes, it IS ugly. If the computer inadvertently takes the bold off, I would thank it, but I suppose you have to give Matt what he wants.
The bold is in very bad taste. But then, what kind of taste can you expect from a guy who lives on Pepsi and donuts?
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
Bob -- you may have answered this in one of the 25 posts piled up in Q&A, but in case you didn't, my fonts are back to normal.
Thank you!
Now all you have to do is address the issue of the small type font in the Reply box.
These d@&n users are NEVER satisfied, are they? <g>
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
Bob -- I'm getting the big, bold type on my computer at home, too.
Win 95 in this case, and Netscape 4.76.
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
Bob --
On your to-do list, which it seems is at least 1/4th as long as mine (and we all know what 1/4th of infinity is) do you have to add the board name to the mailbox for public messages?
When I go to mail box I don't know where the messages come from. But if I click on one, then that updates that thread on favorites and clears the unseen messages. Since I usually use the next 10, which doesn't show in the message list of a board what I have and haven't read, it's a nuisance to figure out where in the thread I was.
Does this all make sense? Either I have to go to all my favorites first and read them all, then delete the public messages (hoping a new one hasn't come in), or I go to the messages first, then have to scramble to figure out where I was on those threads.
Having a thread identifier in the mailbox page would tell me right away which threads to go to to read my messages.
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.
Okay, Bob, here's a hint.
When I do Ctrl-[ (or -], whichever it is) to reduce the size of the text, it goes back to normal in the message box, but other things become too small. I haven't played with this at all since booting up, and all my other sites have looked fine.
Chris
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The cheaper the paper, the more important the information. Peter Lynch.