Re: effing Nader

Joe Ellis <synthfilker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The OS X GUI _is_ a language. It's called "English".

Guffaw! Now pull the other one.

Even if it were true, which it isn't unless that OS contains a strong
AI capable of passing the Turing test, English would be very wordy
when used as a computer command language. I might not mind it much,
since I'm a very fast and accurate touch typist, but plenty of users
would be very annoyed.

>> I look forward to hearing how Joe Ellis would do the same, with
>> less time and effort than it took me to type this sentence.

> Simple. I would have designed the damn database correctly in the
> first place.

It's not a database. With a decent command language, database systems
aren't needed for such simple tasks. I like being able to store my
data in plain text files, which are non-proprietary, human readable,
take little disk space, and are compatible with absolutely everything.

> You're using that string of commands to cover up deficiencies in the
> programs you're using and laziness in file naming.

I'm not using any programs, other than the ones built into the shell.
And I have good reasons for naming files as I do. By matching on
different characters in the filename, I can select on different
subsets of meetings, e.g. only meetings in Maryland, or only meetings
that didn't get a quorum.
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