On 10/14/2013 09:52 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
On 10/14/13 1:34 PM, Richmond wrote:
It
certainly wasn't aimed at existing customers.
They probably all got it.
I didn't, and so far everyone who's responded has said they didn't see
it either. Maybe you're special, Richmond. :)
Probably q
On 10/14/13 1:34 PM, Richmond wrote:
It
certainly wasn't aimed at existing customers.
They probably all got it.
I didn't, and so far everyone who's responded has said they didn't see
it either. Maybe you're special, Richmond. :)
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On 10/14/2013 02:02 PM, Francis Nugent Dixon wrote:
Hi from Beautiful Brittany,
Pete Wrote :
The tag could be something like "Practice makes perfect, but LC makes it
easier to get there."
I like that. Kevin should pick up such sayings and quote them in LiveCode
publicity mails.
Aha; somebod
ason as the
Pancake problem; there's a beastie in your computer system.
I would not have bothered to write my "Be This Guy" message if I did not
care desperately about Livecode,
and I hope you realise that.
sincerely, Richmond.
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Hi from Beautiful Brittany,
Pete Wrote :
> The tag could be something like "Practice makes perfect, but LC makes it
> easier to get there."
I like that. Kevin should pick up such sayings and quote them in LiveCode
publicity mails.
-Francis
"Nothing should ever be done for the first time !"
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;t like; the implication of these adverts
>> seems to be that any old moron
>> can write computer programs ; something that is palpably not true. And
>>my
>> ego feels bruised by
>> the corollary that if any old moron can write computer programs with
>> Livecod
Well said ;D
Le 14 oct. 2013 à 01:01, Peter Hermsen a écrit :
> Yes, I program in many languages and at many levels. I find that LiveCode
> can run the gamut from the simplest to the most complex. Positioning it as
> anything short of that is somewhat of a denigration. The tag could be
> som
I count myself among the many other LC users who program in multiple
languages. I agree that LC can allow an otherwise non-programmer to
create rudimentary code and usable applications for cross-platform
deployment. I applaud Kevin, et. al. for outstanding work toward that
goal. Whilst I hav
On 10/13/2013 10:26 PM, Pierre Sahores wrote:
@Richmond,
Doctor Scott Raney works went so important for all of us, Runrev included even
if Metacard did this amazing so sweet and incredible smart Creator so lazy to
the end, just before Kevin purposed to Scott to push MC ahead, as we today all
@Richmond,
Doctor Scott Raney works went so important for all of us, Runrev included even
if Metacard did this amazing so sweet and incredible smart Creator so lazy to
the end, just before Kevin purposed to Scott to push MC ahead, as we today all
know, lots more higher most of us expected it w
On 10/13/2013 09:26 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
This was very well written.
I want a 5-legged sheep. :)
On 10/13/13 6:43 AM, Francis Nugent Dixon wrote:
Hi from Beautiful Brittany,
where the boats are bobbing uselessly in the swell.
Hi Richmond, and anybody interested in the recent Livecode
pu
in my bonnet), they,
nevertheless are not so green-as-cabbage-looking
that they would not have laughed at such a daft prediction.
This seems to be the implication of the "Be This Guy" (Jimmy Neutron's
next-door neighbour perhaps)
school of advertising.
While being a rightwing sort
This was very well written.
I want a 5-legged sheep. :)
On 10/13/13 6:43 AM, Francis Nugent Dixon wrote:
Hi from Beautiful Brittany,
where the boats are bobbing uselessly in the swell.
Hi Richmond, and anybody interested in the recent Livecode
publicity.
I know somebody who sends and receive
Richmond-
Sunday, October 13, 2013, 12:30:10 AM, you wrote:
> Anyone can code rather like any European can speak Mandarin Chinese;
> with an incredible amount of effort, time and instruction.
True, but I think it misses the point somewhat. I haven't seen the ad
in question, so I can't comment on
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ick. ANYBODY but Steinbeck. I'd rather be Dickens, first.
On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 11:23 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> Mike Kerner wrote:
> > Anyone can write a novel, too, by the way. That doesn't demean the
> > knowledge of folks who are experts using it.
>
> That's a typewriter usability iss
2013/10/13 Francis Nugent Dixon
> I I was lamenting about the demise of an indispensible
> (to me !) product called HYPERCARD, when I "stumbled" across
> REVOLUTION, and life began all over again.
>
>
I agree definitely!
-Antti
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Hi from Beautiful Brittany,
where the boats are bobbing uselessly in the swell.
Hi Richmond, and anybody interested in the recent Livecode
publicity.
I know somebody who sends and receives a handful of mails
in a "good" week (THAT is expensive !)
I know somebody who has a golf bag full of expe
"Some are born coders, some achieve coding, and some have coding thrust upon
them."
:)
Hugh Senior
FLCo
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On 10/13/2013 09:11 AM, Curry Kenworthy wrote:
> 'dumb everything down to the stage where its just simply insulting'
> school of thought
Richmond, I've been in lurk mode temporarily but this post drew me out.
From prognathous to mall-rats, heroin, and Steve Martin, it's classic.
Beyond dis/ag
On 10/13/2013 06:23 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
Mike Kerner wrote:
> Anyone can write a novel, too, by the way. That doesn't demean the
> knowledge of folks who are experts using it.
That's a typewriter usability issue. Once typewriter designers care
enough about end-users to improve things, we
On 10/13/2013 04:17 AM, Mike Kerner wrote:
Anybody CAN learn how to program with many languages (BASIC is another one
that comes to mind), but that doesn't mean you can learn to do it well.
I think that is a very important distinction.
We used to have this same sort of debate on the HC usene
> 'dumb everything down to the stage where its just simply insulting'
> school of thought
Richmond, I've been in lurk mode temporarily but this post drew me out.
From prognathous to mall-rats, heroin, and Steve Martin, it's classic.
Beyond dis/agree; either way it's a blast.
Along that line,
Mike Kerner wrote:
> Anyone can write a novel, too, by the way. That doesn't demean the
> knowledge of folks who are experts using it.
That's a typewriter usability issue. Once typewriter designers care
enough about end-users to improve things, we'll all be Steinbecks.
:)
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Anybody CAN learn how to program with many languages (BASIC is another one
that comes to mind), but that doesn't mean you can learn to do it well.
We used to have this same sort of debate on the HC usenet group 20+ years
ago. Here's what frequently happens, though: someone new comes to the
commu
Really, mine too! Although I used a HyperCard clone called "Foundation" on
my Amiga 500.
~Roger
On Oct 13, 2013 9:07 AM, "J. Landman Gay" wrote:
> Roger Eller wrote:
> >On Oct 13, 2013 7:01 AM, "J. Landman Gay" wrote:
> >>
> >> I can only think of all those people who didn't know they could
>
Roger Eller wrote:
>On Oct 13, 2013 7:01 AM, "J. Landman Gay" wrote:
>>
>> I can only think of all those people who didn't know they could
>program,
>and who never in a million years thought they'd want to, back when
>HyperCard came out. Suddenly everyone was a programmer, even the
>"morons."
>>
>
On Oct 13, 2013 7:01 AM, "J. Landman Gay" wrote:
>
> I can only think of all those people who didn't know they could program,
and who never in a million years thought they'd want to, back when
HyperCard came out. Suddenly everyone was a programmer, even the "morons."
>
Must you be so harsh as you
I love real love stories.
On 10/12/13 4:01 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
Like me. One of the best gifts my husband ever gave me was a pocket
protector as acknowledgement that I'd "arrived."
;-)
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> RunRev produce a fantastic product; a product that can
> produce simple Powerpoint-like slideshows to incredibly
> complicated stuff (my Devawriter being about 25% along that
> line); so advertising Livecode like this is just doing RunRev
> a disservice.
I have noticed an uptick in email ma
On 10/12/13 4:53 PM, Vaughn Clement wrote:
Now 2 weeks after I paid for the
programs one of them is now offered for free. Most companies would check
back a refund the fees for any user who paid within the last 30 days. Now I
feel that I am not being treated equal to the people who are getting the
On 10/12/13 2:18 PM, Richmond wrote:
I'm all in favour of more people learning how to program computers.
What I am not in favour of is giving people the false impression that it
does involve quite a bit of time adf effort.
You mean "doesn't involve" I think.
I can only think of all those peo
with
> Livecode then I must be any old moron (and I'm not; I'm a special type of
> moron in a category of my own).
>
> Certainly that "BE THIS GUY" (Who would you rather be? and the answer is
> 'anybody else') advert does not
> do RunRev many favours;
lpably not true. And my
> ego feels bruised by
> the corollary that if any old moron can write computer programs with
> Livecode then I must be any old moron (and I'm not; I'm a special type of
> moron in a category of my own).
>
> Certainly that "BE THIS GUY"
these adverts
seems to be that any old moron
can write computer programs ; something that is palpably not true.
And my ego feels bruised by
the corollary that if any old moron can write computer programs with
Livecode then I must be any old moron (and I'm not; I'm a special
type of m
thing that is palpably not true. And
my ego feels bruised by
the corollary that if any old moron can write computer programs with
Livecode then I must be any old moron (and I'm not; I'm a special type
of moron in a category of my own).
Certainly that "BE THIS GUY" (Who woul
sed by
the corollary that if any old moron can write computer programs with
Livecode then I must be any old moron (and I'm not; I'm a special type
of moron in a category of my own).
Certainly that "BE THIS GUY" (Who would you rather be? and the answer is
'anybody el
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