Re: Senate action today

<joehoechst@xxxxxx> wrote:

>>> A computer could have been "sick" only because the user *thought* it
>>> was sick. Maybe a program/application was not working correctly, but
>>> that is not the computer.
>
>
>>Wow! That's not the computer? It's an integral part of the computer, and
>>yet
>>you claim it isn't the computer? Wow!!
>
> Wrong. The computer is intregal to the application, not vice versa.

Pure nonsense.

>>The computer wasn't functioning properly until he worked on it. It's quite
>>clear that he repaired it.
>
> Not really. The computer may have been working just fine. The
> application may not have been functioning properly. Sometimes it may
> be hard to tell if it is a hardware or software problem and not "quite
> clear".

gbinnc@xxxxxxxxxxx stated that they were "very sick" computers. Why do you
keep arguing with him?


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