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>On 10/08/2012 04:52 PM, Felmon Davis wrote:
>> On Mon, 8 Oct 2012, Tom Davies wrote:
>>
>>> Hi :) Speculation can provide a lot
On 10/08/2012 04:52 PM, Felmon Davis wrote:
On Mon, 8 Oct 2012, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :) Speculation can provide a lot of amusement. I like
Anne-ology's explanation. The real answer is quite good too. So,
where did "boot-up" come from? Wasn't that soem engineering term to
do with subs too?
nd pulled himself up, saving his life!
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Münchhausen>
(maybe he had a submarine too; don't know.)
Felmon
--- On Fri, 5/10/12, Felmon Davis wrote:
From: Felmon Davis
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] attempting to find an answer and instead ...
T
Tom wrote:
> So, where did "boot-up" come from?
“Boot” (restart) a computer was originally “bootstrap,” from “pull
(oneself) up by the bootstraps,” i.e. to start by oneself. The “up” is a
gratuitous addition.
Now back to work, everyone.
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t; Regards from
> Tom :)
I think it comes from "pulling one's self by your boot straps" and
comparing that to starting up a power off computer.
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> --- On Fri, 5/10/12, Felmon Davis wrote:
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> From: Felmon Davis
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] attempting
wrote:
From: Felmon Davis
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] attempting to find an answer and instead ...
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Friday, 5 October, 2012, 5:11
On Thu, 4 Oct 2012, anne-ology wrote:
> Thanks for this explanation.
>
> Just thinking ... before the
On Thu, 4 Oct 2012, anne-ology wrote:
Thanks for this explanation.
Just thinking ... before the 'phone, folks would ring the doorbell
...
after the 'phone, folks would ring the
'phone ...
so I guess ping is the cross
Thanks for this explanation.
Just thinking ... before the 'phone, folks would ring the doorbell
...
after the 'phone, folks would ring the
'phone ...
so I guess ping is the cross between
ring and pc -
interes
Joel Madero wrote:
A ping is just a quick email (or IRC message, etc...) that says "hey, any
updates", some users even just say "ping" in IRC basically saying "hey, you
around?"
Joel,
"ping", another overloaded word:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping
But those of us in the compute
On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 2:09 PM, anne-ology wrote:
>... merely receive this :-(
>
>I don't believe I deserve to be ignored ... nor to be abused -
>therefore I think this list should be made aware of this
> person's behaviour -
>because if he's treating me in th
... merely receive this :-(
I don't believe I deserve to be ignored ... nor to be abused -
therefore I think this list should be made aware of this
person's behaviour -
because if he's treating me in this manner, I'm sure others have
received and/or will be receivi
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