Re: [newbie] OT: "Ulysses"?
And all this time, I thought they were code-naming it after my favorite author Ulysses Black (ATM 1,2,3 and others) Well, there I go thinking again! Steve Weltman - Original Message - From: "Dacia and AzureRose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 8:14 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] OT: "Ulysses"? > Youknow, I hear it's better then 1600x1200 @32bit > color out there. > > > Dacia > --- Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > frank wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, 05 Sep 2000, Philomena put to word: > > > > um, Mark - I think Damien was referencing the > > "Ulysses" name, not > > > > "beta" :-) , hence the literary hint of the > > Irish author James Joyce who > > > > wrote "Ulysses" > > > > > > and that book, an internal parallel to the exiled > > wanderer of homer's > > > tale...so yes the reference is likely to the > > earlier...perhaps picked to > > > herald mandrake's moving more widely through the > > world's markets...either > > > that or one of the programmers has a cat by that > > name... > > > > > > frank > > > --- > > > > :)_ Oo.kaay...maybe a I > > need to unplug for a > > little while and remind myself what the sun looks > > like. I never saw that > > one coming. :) > > > > -- > > Mark > > > > > ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | ICQ#27816299 > > ** <_||_> in the making of this | > > ** =\/= message... | Registered Linux user > > #182496 > > > > > > > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ >
Re: [newbie] OT: "Ulysses"?
Youknow, I hear it's better then 1600x1200 @32bit color out there. Dacia --- Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > frank wrote: > > > > On Tue, 05 Sep 2000, Philomena put to word: > > > um, Mark - I think Damien was referencing the > "Ulysses" name, not > > > "beta" :-) , hence the literary hint of the > Irish author James Joyce who > > > wrote "Ulysses" > > > > and that book, an internal parallel to the exiled > wanderer of homer's > > tale...so yes the reference is likely to the > earlier...perhaps picked to > > herald mandrake's moving more widely through the > world's markets...either > > that or one of the programmers has a cat by that > name... > > > > frank > > --- > > :)_ Oo.kaay...maybe a I > need to unplug for a > little while and remind myself what the sun looks > like. I never saw that > one coming. :) > > -- > Mark > > ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | ICQ#27816299 > ** <_||_> in the making of this | > ** =\/= message... | Registered Linux user > #182496 > > __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] OT: "Ulysses"?
frank wrote: > > On Tue, 05 Sep 2000, Philomena put to word: > > um, Mark - I think Damien was referencing the "Ulysses" name, not > > "beta" :-) , hence the literary hint of the Irish author James Joyce who > > wrote "Ulysses" > > and that book, an internal parallel to the exiled wanderer of homer's > tale...so yes the reference is likely to the earlier...perhaps picked to > herald mandrake's moving more widely through the world's markets...either > that or one of the programmers has a cat by that name... > > frank > --- :)_ Oo.kaay...maybe a I need to unplug for a little while and remind myself what the sun looks like. I never saw that one coming. :) -- Mark ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | ICQ#27816299 ** <_||_> in the making of this | ** =\/= message...| Registered Linux user #182496
Re: [newbie] OT: "Ulysses"?
On Tue, 05 Sep 2000, Philomena put to word: > um, Mark - I think Damien was referencing the "Ulysses" name, not > "beta" :-) , hence the literary hint of the Irish author James Joyce who > wrote "Ulysses" and that book, an internal parallel to the exiled wanderer of homer's tale...so yes the reference is likely to the earlier...perhaps picked to herald mandrake's moving more widely through the world's markets...either that or one of the programmers has a cat by that name... frank ---
Re: [newbie] OT: "Ulysses"?
um, Mark - I think Damien was referencing the "Ulysses" name, not "beta" :-) , hence the literary hint of the Irish author James Joyce who wrote "Ulysses" cheers, philomena At 01:44 PM 9/5/00 -0400, you wrote: >um...how old are you? <:| > >Beta is the second letter of the "greek"...or is that "geek" alhpabet. > >Mark > >Damien Mc Kenna wrote: > > > > Pardon the OTness of this, but does anyone know if the beta title comes > > Greek mythology, or from the fact that there's an Irish bloke working at > > Mdk? > > > > -- > > Damien Mc Kenna, Paraprofessional > > The Computer Institute, 100 Waldon Blvd., Sanford, FL 32773 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 407-328-4722 x3397
Re: [newbie] OT: "Ulysses"?
um...how old are you? <:| Beta is the second letter of the "greek"...or is that "geek" alhpabet. Mark Damien Mc Kenna wrote: > > Pardon the OTness of this, but does anyone know if the beta title comes > Greek mythology, or from the fact that there's an Irish bloke working at > Mdk? > > -- > Damien Mc Kenna, Paraprofessional > The Computer Institute, 100 Waldon Blvd., Sanford, FL 32773 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 407-328-4722 x3397
Re: [newbie] OT: "Ulysses"?
It referz to how long it takes to install it and get it working. - Original Message - From: "Damien Mc Kenna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 10:00 AM Subject: [newbie] OT: "Ulysses"? : Pardon the OTness of this, but does anyone know if the beta title "Ulysses" comes : Greek mythology, or from the fact that there's an Irish bloke working at : Mdk? : : -- : Damien Mc Kenna, Paraprofessional : The Computer Institute, 100 Waldon Blvd., Sanford, FL 32773 : [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 407-328-4722 x3397 : : :
[newbie] OT: "Ulysses"?
Pardon the OTness of this, but does anyone know if the beta title comes Greek mythology, or from the fact that there's an Irish bloke working at Mdk? -- Damien Mc Kenna, Paraprofessional The Computer Institute, 100 Waldon Blvd., Sanford, FL 32773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 407-328-4722 x3397
