Subj : newspaper was: moving or To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Wed Jun 17 2020 08:11:00 Hi Nancy! NB>>>> I think that Beginner Mode should be the default... one can always NB>>>> move into Regular or Expert Mode later... BM>>> Agree. Probably just two modes - Beginner as default and Regular. NB>>> That would work... :) BM>> Think we can get the manufacturers to do that? NB>> Who knows... you'd think it might occur to them, but you never know... BM> Never know! The (say) five-second timing may have been configured a BM> couple of decades ago based on some now-unknown factor and just became BM> a de facto standard. NB> And it might have been totally arbitrary, yet still became de NB> facto standard.... ;) True, though I'm thinking maybe that programmer may have had a slight mean streak: set to give enough time to glance through when you know what you're looking for, not enough time when you don't. BM>>> They do have some TVs, etc., when first turned on (out of the box) an BM>>> on-screen instruction comes up to show how where to connect the BM>>> antenna, etc. NB>>> That would be helpful... I wonder, if one moved, and had to set up NB>>> things at the new place, would that come up again....? BM>> Good question. Haven't moved, haven't had a long power outage or need BM>> to unplug a TV for a long time; no one has mentioned it after they BM>> moved. NB>> Just a curiosity... not that I've needed it either... ;) BM> Right -- to me seems almost odd: you don't know the antenna 'wire' BM> goes in the 'Antenna' connection? May as well also add "righty-tighty BM> lefty-loosey"! NB> Some people would need the help... hard enough to figure out NB> where the power key is on some things... ;) And sometimes things NB> aren't marked clearly, either by word or by symbol... "On/Off", "1,0", that symbol with the O with the hole at the top and the line coming in from the top. Or as in the case with my monitor none of the buttons are identified yet only one turns it on. NB>>>> Just like some bbs softwares that offer an expert mode where the menu NB>>>> doesn't show all the different "spells", for when one gets so used to NB>>>> it they don't need the reminders anymore... I think I switched to NB>>>> expert mode just a couple of times over the decades, and quickly NB>>>> switched back to normal.. it just was actually a lot easier not to NB>>>> have to remember it all... :) BM>>> Yes! I have had the opportunity for Expert Mode, tried, BM>>> and switched back. Can be handy, but usually a nuisance when can't BM>>> read the options when something isn't working as expected 'cause hit BM>>> the wrong options and got sent into an unfamiliar menu. NB>>> That's when one hopes for some master spell that works on any menu NB>>> to return to the main menu... or at least remember how to switch NB>>> back out of Expert (which also hopefully works on all menus)... ;) BM>> The magical Return or Exit key! ...Hopefully "Exit" as a smaller word BM>> so they can print it larger, plus 'return' implies 'to go back' but BM>> back to where?! NB>> It might have been e[X]pert.... ;) BM> That could be a problem!! NB> Wouldn't be a problem if hot keys were enabled (or standard) and NB> all you had to do was type 'x' to toggle the expert mode... :) IIRC BBS menus to just have the user type 'x' to enter expert mode; the trick is to get out! BM>>> ...They did scare me a little the other day: went to see what the BM>>> critters were up to -- where are they?? Mother gone, looked like the BM>>> eaglets were gone too -- did they fall out of the nest?? Apparently BM>>> just well-hidden as a later check and the mother was back and the two BM>>> eaglets next to her sleeping. I haven't seen both grown eagles so BM>>> far this year. NB>>> Papa took off earlier than you'd started watching....? BM>> Quite possibly -- maybe he was out looking for breakfast. Just BM>> checked: both parents off running errands; the two eaglets are behaving BM>> themselves in the nest. NB>> Life goes on as normal, at least in the nest... BM> And the eaglets have grown! ...Was kind of funny: had checked in on BM> them the other day; storm was approaching. The two eaglets were BM> alone, standing together facing 'left' and sort of had the look like BM> they were saying "Mom?! Dad?! Where are you?" NB> They'll be flying off on their own soon... Soon! Just checked and one was looking around contemplating what to do with his (or maybe it was the her) life. BM>> but he got his mother's computer working so he placed the BBS on that BM>> system and was able to return the new one. He does have to get some BM>> other parts for what he has at home so some of the stimulus check being BM>> used. NB>> Eventually it will all work out for him, hopefully.... ;) BM> Yup. Received a group note last night - surgery went well, has to BM> take it easy through the 20th. In an earlier message he did say BM> someone was going to set up a virtual machine so the games would, and BM> hopefully the whole BBS ==> QWKs were imported but REPs weren't being BM> exported. I tried to give a few troubleshooting options. NB> And now he's back full force... and working on getting through NB> all the messages... ;) And doing a good job! Where's that cartoon of the guy swamped by a desk of paperwork?! NB>>>> ... "Put knot yore trussed in spell chequers." BM>>> I was reading a joke where they used a spell check utility to look for BM>>> possible sequencing errors in DNA genomes. NB>>> That would be a joke..... BM>> Does tend to make sense though! :) NB>> Only if programmed properly... and if it works better than the NB>> average spell checkers.... ;) BM> True! I don't recall what the genetic letter sequences are but BM> probably easy enough for a human to overlook an error whereas a spell BM> checker would pick up a spelling/letter sequence error. NB> They use only four letters (A,T,G,C), and combine them in various NB> ways in four letter 'words'.... nothing that resembles a real NB> word... and then those 'words' are combined into different NB> sequences.... One could have a comparison program to look at NB> strings and compare to what they should be, I suppose, but that's NB> not really a spell checker... ;) Agree not really words but a sequence of letters, the same as a specific sequence of letters makes up a word. 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