[MD] Quality computing

[ian glendinning]

And your other question ...
"That event is quite invisible and irrelevant to the user, no?"

Agreed, it surely is ... but you did ask / express opinions about what
it meant, so I assumed you were interested. Knowledge is not
compulsory, ignorance is always an option.

Ian

On 3/21/07, ian glendinning <psybertron at gmail.com> wrote:
> DMB, assuming your question genuine ...
>
> "How is defying gravity LIKE starting the first program?"
>
> Consider this
> How does an object subject to gravity defy gravity by it's own will ?
> How does a device that needs a programe to run other programs run the
> first program ?
>
> You see the metaphor ?
> Artless bastard ;-)
>
> Ian
>
> On 3/21/07, david buchanan <dmbuchanan at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > ian glendinning said:
> > "Pulling oneself up by the bootstraps." Lifting yourself off the ground, by
> > yourself - seemingly impossible ...A program you need before you can run any
> > (other) programs.
> >
> > dmb says:
> > Okay, then "boot" is an even better example than I thought. I don't get it.
> > How is defying gravity LIKE starting the first program? And even if that
> > made sense, at what point would the computer user ever notice that such a
> > thing occurs? Does making reference to these layers of programs relate to
> > the user's needs in any way? Isn't that something a programmer would find
> > meaningful but hardly anybody else would? That event is quite invisible and
> > irrelevant to the user, no? Yep, this one is even more confusing and
> > misleading than I thought. The dude who came up with that one obviously
> > loves machines more than the people who use them.
> >
> > Artless bastard.
> >
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