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And I would FTP that grilled ham&cheese if I knew how to scan it so that
its essential ingredients (the grease) would be captured. (grin)
R,
John A.M. Darnell
Software Development
In honor of THE MATRIX RELOADED:
In the first movie, close to the climax, Keanu Reeves and Carrie Ann Moss
take a harrowing express ride up an elevator by explosively disconnecting
the counterweight. Just before activating the detonator, Reeves says
something. What was it that he said?
Mark Lively <[log in to unmask]>
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05/21/2003 01:13 PM
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Subject: Re: Date Scripting in OS X
On Wednesday, May 21, 2003, at 01:57 PM, doug rogers wrote:
>> Another crutch upon which have propped myself up is the dateToStamp
>> and
>> stampToDate commands in Tanaka's OSAX, and it's not immediately clear
>> to
>> me if
>> there's an alternate way in OS X to handle date manipulations like
>> that.
>
> You do know that all of Tanaka's Osax were written in HyperCard and
> compiled? I know it's no help really to anyone to know this, but just
> another illustration of a powerful and useful piece of software
> neglected.
>
Part of me was thinking how easy it a lot of this stuff is to do in
cocoa. If I had ambition and maybe a grilled spam and cheese sandwich
I would start writing it.
-Mark
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