Subj : Re: packets was: Note from D To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Fri Mar 06 2020 03:01:34 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 29-Feb-2020 08:58 <=- BM>>>>> As long as they work and benefit you they're to your advantage! NB>>>>> I'd've said more that I learn how to work [with] each system... at NB>>>>> least as best I can.... ;) NB>>>>> ... If what you've done is stupid, but it works, it ain't stupid. BM>>>> Selected tagline? Seems appropriate. :) NB>>>> Actually it was the first one that came up randomly that time, but it NB>>>> did seem appropriate, so I entered it... BM>>> Just another proof these computers aren't inanimate! NB>>> Or some programmer came up with a rather useful algorithm... ;) BM>> It seems like it's alive! NB>> Maybe partially sentient, I suppose.... BM> And thus artificial intelligence was started! Or at least people think it might really exist... ;) BM>>>> There are things I do which are bass-ackwards and while not the BM>>>> customary/proper way to do do give the desired result. NB>>>> Yup, often there really are more ways to do something than just NB>>>> one "accepted" way.... BM>>> Right, though in many instances one learns why it's usually done a BM>>> certain way! NB>>> True.... :) And sometimes, one finds a better way altogether.... ;) BM>> True: the person who made up the rules made them that way because they BM>> seemed logical to that person. NB>> And there often can be more than one way that proves to be equally NB>> logical... ;) BM> As long as it works, or the outcome is as desired. Does it really BM> matter if one buttons a shirt/blouse from the top-down or down-up? BM> The front is closed in the end. Yup, that it doesn't matter much.... :) BM> Of course some events have 'must start here' rules: a math addition BM> problem is done from right to left, though I have done simple ones BM> from left to right. Subtraction and division are even more so... I've done simple ones backwards too... just have to keep track of any carrying happening... ttyl neb .... When I contemplate the moon, my head aches [Galileo] --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .