16-bitSpeaking of which, I saw articles that say that if you use "Windows XP Mode" under Windows 7 on a 64-bit system, you can supposedly run
Windowsapps under that scenario. I don't have Windows 7. I don't have a
Way back when this thread first began, I said that I was using
MailMaker, a 32 bit windows app, because I couldn't use OLXWin (a 16 bit
app) and didn't want to install XP Mode just to run one application.
So, yes... if you have a CPU which is 64 bit, and apps which are 16
bit, if your CPU supports hardware virtualization, you can install the freebie XP Mode and run your 16 bit apps there (because it is a virtual 32 bit XP)
Speaking of which, I saw articles that say that if you use "Windows XP Mode" under Windows 7 on a 64-bit system, you can supposedly run 16-bit apps under that scenario. I don't have Windows 7. I don't have a
So, yes... if you have a CPU which is 64 bit, and apps which are 16
bit, if your CPU supports hardware virtualization, you can install the GH>freebie XP Mode and run your 16 bit apps there (because it is a virtual 32 GH>bit XP)
Our Microsoft consultant at work told us not to get too used to the XP mode. (He was speaking to the developers who wanted to remain lazy and
not upgrade their code). In the next version of Windows, I'm pretty
sure it's gone.
32freebie XP Mode and run your 16 bit apps there (because it is a virtual
bit XP)
The old "using a sledge hammer to kill a fly" method. <G>
Not sure when the next version of Windows will be released, or whethrWin
or not it will have XP Mode capability. The idea behind XP mode is to provide a way for people to "upgrade" from XP to Win 7 (which is an allowable path, but can not be done as an "upgrade"... you need to install
7 "clean" and migrate your apps to it.) but since not all XP apps willsoon....
run properly under Win 7, give them an alternative way to use those apps until they upgrade them to a Win 7 version.
Since this may continue to be necessary for some while (upgrades of
apps can be notoriously slow) and since MSFT just yesterday (I think it was) released a version of XP Mode which does not require hardware virtualization in the CPU, I don't really seeing it going away all that
that soon....was) released a version of XP Mode which does not require hardware virtualization in the CPU, I don't really seeing it going away all
Yes, the timing of this exchange was interesting. I no sooner hadXP
uploaded my message about the Microosft guy telling us not to get used to
mode when that announcement came out.
Curiouser and curiouser...
And people sometimes wonder why my hair, moustache and beard are more GH>salt than pepper <GG>
I don't have kids, and even *I* know why. <G>
Speaking strictly for myself, you got me down in a nutshell (no pun GH>intended <GG>)
Yeah, right (the "no pun intended" part.) <G>
Oh. I could see where the spell checking utility would miss that -- 'hose' is a valid word. As for the rest, potentially bad teaching (I
The "spell checking utility" was the teacher. They didn't use a computer... they wrote it by hand (you remember.. how you wrote
those 1,000 lines out <GG>)
the hook either). Parent(s) need to be responsible also, though I
barely remember my parents being involved. I know Dad had to
Parents being responsible is a fine sentiment, but this happened
entirely at school, and the teacher was responsible for teaching
them proper English. I did what I could at home, but was always
met with "Miss so-and- so says not to worry about that". And when
I confronted the teacher, that is when I got the line about she
didn't want to stifle their creativity.
In my case the 'parental involvment' occurred way before starting
school: I was writing (as opposed to printing) before first grade, so
Now, if this were to happen, there would be a parent/teacher
meeting where the parent would be told not to advance the student
too quickly or they will feel out of place in class, and become
bored. IOW, they wouldn't fit the cookie cutter mold the school
is trying to present as "education"...
I don't have kids, and even *I* know why. <G>
But you are wise beyond your years, sir (or is that beyond your ears? GH><GG>)
You're confusing "wise" with "wet". <G>
There he goes with that macro key again! <G>
What macro key? I am just very good at remembering how to spell it <G>
Uh huh. <G>
But you are wise beyond your years, sir (or is that beyond your ears? GH>CM> GH><GG>)
You're confusing "wise" with "wet". <G>
Well, I was trying to be nice for a change, but since you insist...
<GG>
but a "raspberry"... or if you are from Kitchener-Waterloo <home of
it is a "blackberry" <G>)
Punny, very punny. <G>
Why thank you sir... it is nice to be appreciated <GG>
ears?But you are wise beyond your years, sir (or is that beyond your
<GG>)
You're confusing "wise" with "wet". <G>
Well, I was trying to be nice for a change, but since you insist... GH><GG>
That happens so rarely, that I didn't recognize the effort! <G>
of RIM>but a "raspberry"... or if you are from Kitchener-Waterloo <home
it is a "blackberry" <G>)
Punny, very punny. <G>
Why thank you sir... it is nice to be appreciated <GG>
I wouldn't go *that* far. <G>
teacher (more like group leader) should have caught the mistakes and
some how brought it to the attention of the student. has to be more
probably would have looked at the letter grade and figured "good - I passed" and that would be the end of it.
<grumble> Miss-so-and-so needs to have a little one-on-one discussion.
Step One is to do the roghh draft, Step Two is to polish it up. Step
Two gets repeated several times.
if they were told that -- probably would have yanked me out of the publicschooling and plunked me down in one of the privately-run schools
in the city.
I shall have to remember this in future, adding it to my bad of tricks GH>under the heading "So you want to confuse Carroll" <GG>
I shall have to remember this in future, adding it to my bad of tricks GH>under the heading "So you want to confuse Carroll" <GG>
These days, it doesn't take much. :-/
teacher (more like group leader) should have caught the mistakes and
some how brought it to the attention of the student. has to be more
That's the point... she didn't! She may have caught them, but
they were not brought to the attention of my daughters, until I
did so.
<grumble> Miss-so-and-so needs to have a little one-on-one discussion. Step One is to do the roghh draft, Step Two is to polish it up. Step
Two gets repeated several times.
That is what I tried to do... have a on-on-one discussion, and
that is when I was told they did not correct spelling and grammar
errors so that they would not "stifle their creativity".
if they were told that -- probably would have yanked me out of the publicschooling and plunked me down in one of the privately-run schools
in the city.
A nice alternative, except for one detail... all schools here are
public, with only a very, very few private schools, which cost a
fortune. My choice ended up to be teaching them the correct way
at home. Once we got over the fact that their teachers were not
infallible and/or the ultimate ruler, we did fine...
I shall have to remember this in future, adding it to my bad of tricks
under the heading "So you want to confuse Carroll" <GG>
These days, it doesn't take much. :-/
This is apparently a feeling I should embrace, as apparently, I no
longer have a "bag of tricks", but instead, a "bad of tricks" <GG>
independent app is no longer around, and if you find an old copy of it, is 16
bit and will not work on a 64 bit system. As for the default using
errors so that they would not "stifle their creativity".
I assuming the person telling you is the teacher. Time to go to the principal and if that fails on to the school board. As I said before,
This is apparently a feeling I should embrace, as apparently, I no GH>longer have a "bag of tricks", but instead, a "bad of tricks" <GG>
Spell/grammar checker not working? <G>
errors so that they would not "stifle their creativity".I assuming the person telling you is the teacher. Time to go to the principal and if that fails on to the school board. As I said before,
Fat lot of good that would do me... the "policy" was
board/Ministry issued. Remember, we have a different education
system over here. Our school boards are not "local" in the same
way yours are. We have a local school board, but it is not funded
locally, except through property taxes, and at that, the majority
of their funding comes provincially, as all local school boards
are responsible, in the end, to the Ministry of Education, and it
is that Ministry which sets out the primary curriculum etc. for
the local school boards to implement.
The local boards are not independent. If you attend a school in
Kitchener, you are taught the same curriculum, in much the same
way as you would be if you moved to a school in Toronto, Windsor,
or Ottawa.
CARROLL MCALLISTER wrote to GREGG HOMMEL <=-
Barry! Are you paying attention?? <G>And if he isn't....Thppppfffffppppphhhttttt! for you <G>
You *really* want to make sure he sees it this time, don't you? <G>
GREGG HOMMEL wrote to CARROLL MCALLISTER <=-
Carroll....
Barry! Are you paying attention?? <G>
And if he isn't....Thppppfffffppppphhhttttt! for you <G>
You *really* want to make sure he sees it this time, don't you? <G>
If I really wanted to make sure, I would go:
Thppppfffffppppphhhttttt!
Thppppfffffppppphhhttttt!
Thppppfffffppppphhhttttt!
Thppppfffffppppphhhttttt! <GG>
Gregg in Kitchener, ON on 02/23/2010 at 11:13
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They never specify what they mean (or is that what they really mean?
<G>) but I take what I can get <GG>
It *really* works here where I'm employed. We must be crazy, because GH>CM> we're still here.
And if we wern't, reading these posts would make us so <G>
with my "conditions" (she never did <G>) After a couple months, she left GH>again, this time, for good... or so I came to believe after a while.
But tell me... your comments about Labour Day intrigue me... other than
a spelling difference, what other difference to you see between "our" GH>Labour Day, and "your" Labor Day?
Do you have that on a macro key? <G>
Let me see... Ctrl-Shift-1 Thppppfffffppppphhhttttt!
Let's try that again... Thppppfffffppppphhhttttt!
Gee, it works... Thppppfffffppppphhhttttt!
Not quite. I think I wanted it more than she did. Fortunately there
were no third parties involved so as painful as it was, we both knew it could have been much worse.
But yes, the differences in my experience and yours and Carroll's is understood.
That was the happiest day of your life? My goodness... what would it have been like if you had gotten an apartment in a GOOD city, like Kitchener? <GG>
It would have been the same, probably. :) The thing is: my credit
rating had taken a beating because of our troubles so I had no idea if I could have found a place that would take me.
And you're dealing with the double whammy. Youngsters, (relatively speaking) and female youngsters to boot!
Bob replies: "It's simple. We're here, because we're not all there!"
I think we're here because we're not all there. <G>
When mine left the second time, I told her I didn't want her to leave,
but if she left, she was not coming back.
Simple: I don't know when your "Labour Day" is. A funny aside: One of
week that after 12 years of marriage, she was pregnant with her and her husband's first child. Her due date? The day after Labor Day. <G>
I figured as much. There was just too much "uniformity" between all the "cheers" you were sending in our general directions. <G>
itNot quite. I think I wanted it more than she did. Fortunately there were no third parties involved so as painful as it was, we both knew
could have been much worse.
I recall when it was happening. Not that you were exactly happy about
it, but you did not seem to be "upset". I recall thinking that you were lucky things went reasonably well for you, as well as anything in that situation can go...
But yes, the differences in my experience and yours and Carroll's is understood.
Well, maybe not understood <GG>
itThat was the happiest day of your life? My goodness... what would
Ihave been like if you had gotten an apartment in a GOOD city, like Kitchener? <GG>
It would have been the same, probably. :) The thing is: my credit rating had taken a beating because of our troubles so I had no idea if
could have found a place that would take me.
That's it! Miss the joke entirely, and comment back as if my remarks
were serious. Thppppfffffppppphhhttttt! <GG>
And people sometimes wonder why my hair, moustache and beard are more GH>salt than pepper <GG>
Speaking strictly for myself, you got me down in a nutshell (no pun GH>intended <GG>)
Same here, although part of me refused to accept the not coming back
part. Took me a couple months, but finally all of me realised that this GH>was how it had to be, and my resolve that she would not be coming back GH>firmed up. And I've never looked back....
Simple: I don't know when your "Labour Day" is. A funny aside: One of
Same as yours... first Monday in September...
week that after 12 years of marriage, she was pregnant with her and her GH>CM> husband's first child. Her due date? The day after Labor Day. <G>
Not funny... appropriate. Of course, it won't be if she is one of those GH>women who has almost no labour. Most women I know hate those types <GG>
when typing multiple letters as in your name. I figured it was either use GH>a macro, or end up with a Bronx cheer that was three pages long <GG>
That's it! Miss the joke entirely, and comment back as if my remarks
were serious. Thppppfffffppppphhhttttt! <GG>
Oh. I could see where the spell checking utility would miss that --
'hose' is a valid word. As for the rest, potentially bad teaching (I
the hook either). Parent(s) need to be responsible also, though I
barely remember my parents being involved. I know Dad had to
In my case the 'parental involvment' occurred way before starting
school: I was writing (as opposed to printing) before first grade, so
Just for you then...Ooo! My very own!!
Thppppfffffppppphhhttttt! <GG>
And here is one to share with Carroll...
Thppppfffffppppphhhttttt!
Awwwww! We're so blessed! (And wet!)
It was the staying with her that was causing all of the pain. The
leaving was the relief.
That's it! Miss the joke entirely, and comment back as if my remarks were serious. Thppppfffffppppphhhttttt! <GG>
Oh I got the joke. I just chose to go a different direction. :)
That would be bad -- what the heck are they talking (writing) about?? Sure, there are bound to be some terms creeping in the reader is not familiar with, or 'old terms' giving the vice-versa effect. (For the latter, I would guess most kids barely have a clue what a typewriter is, and if so probably think of the electric ones rather than the manual ones.)
The errors had nothing to do with that stuff... simple spelling
errors like "hose" in reference to our house, and the like, along
with grammatical errors... dangling participles, poor sentence
structure, NO sentenc
structure...
was how it had to be, and my resolve that she would not be coming back GH>firmed up. And I've never looked back....
I didn't want her to leave, but if she didn't want to be here bad enough that she wanted to leave, twice, I sure didn't want her sticking around.
usewhen typing multiple letters as in your name. I figured it was either
a macro, or end up with a Bronx cheer that was three pages long <GG>
Given all that, what does it say about a person, when they've got a
"Bronx cheer" as one of their macros? <G>
I don't have kids, and even *I* know why. <G>
But you are wise beyond your years, sir (or is that beyond your ears? GH><GG>)
They are lazy (and BTW, up here, it is not known as a "Bronx cheer",
but a "raspberry"... or if you are from Kitchener-Waterloo <home of RIM> GH>it is a "blackberry" <G>)
There he goes with that macro key again! <G>
What macro key? I am just very good at remembering how to spell it <G>
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