42 happened to be the total number of pages in a google search using the phrase "rebol tutorial".. and has come to represent the lack of .r community(relative).
As a funny twist of fate, I have a dictionary DB with and ID auto_increment.. and guess what ID 42 was??... Author/Creator... true, totally random :) TB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 8:08 PM Subject: [REBOL] Re: 42 (Was Rebol Unity ??) > BTW, what is this "42 indicator" all about? I'm aware of 42 being the > answer to Life, the Universe and Everything, but... (funny note: my cell phone > number happens to be 4284. Totally randomly assigned.) > > --Charles > > > There is no way Rebol will compete with Flash... no, never, ain't gonna > > happen. > > There is a fundamental issue here that needs to be addressed before anything > > happens... 42. > > > > Just checking news.php.net... over 400,000 postings. > > > > tb > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Cyphre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 2:34 AM > > Subject: [REBOL] Re: Rebol Unity ?? > > > > > > > Hi Jason, > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Jason Cunliffe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 12:10 AM > > > Subject: [REBOL] Re: Rebol Unity ?? > > > > > > > > > ... For now, let Flash handle the media rendering and smooth > > > > interactivity, let REBOL connect them together and explore the important > > > new > > > > architectural issues of net life beyond the browser. > > > > > > I think we should heavy support /View and not depending on Flash. View > > > engine has far more better base technology and it is in some aspects > > > comparable and even better with Flash.(Please, take in mind that /View > > > graphics is version 1.1 and flash at version 6). I know Flash have > > > antialiasing, rotation, better and free sound but this and more could be > > > relatively easily implemented also in View. It is up to us, testers, > > > developers, rebol users, customers to show RT the problems/possibilities > > so > > > they will be more concentrate on all that improvements. > > > > > > as Carl said: "Yes, REBOL could be a competitor to Flash... I would like > > to > > > see that happen." > > > on my /View enhancments suggestions: "Carl: Yes... we've got many of the > > > same ideas for what to do. In fact, things like Streaming are pretty high > > > on our list... and much of it has been done, just not released." > > > > > > regards, > > > > > > Cyphre > > > > > > PS: IMO even now it is possible to make multimedia stuff in View (check > > > http://www.rebol.cz/~cyphre/arcadia.r) > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the > > > subject, without the quotes. > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the > > subject, without the quotes. > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the > subject, without the quotes. > -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.
