[NTLK] NewtonTalk Digest, Vol 85, Issue 16

sha zam shazam.z at gmail.com
Tue Jan 26 17:00:50 PST 2021


hello, all: in reference to line item 2, i vote “Yes” for a May 2021 WONC

y’all have a good newton day,

bobby

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>   1. Re: NewtonTalk Digest, Vol 85, Issue 12 (M.D. S)
>   2. How about Worldwide Online Newton Conference 2021? ;)
>      (Pawel Piotrowski)
>   3. Re: NewtonTalk Digest, Vol 85, Issue 12 (Forrest)
>   4. Re: How about Worldwide Online Newton Conference 2021? ;)
>      (Forrest)
>   5. Re: How about Worldwide Online Newton Conference 2021? ;)
>      (Grant Hutchinson)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 18:47:16 -0500
> From: "M.D. S" <mdsf001 at gmail.com>
> To: newtontalk at newtontalk.net
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] NewtonTalk Digest, Vol 85, Issue 12
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> Been reading the posts and this Dilbert comic came to mind. :)
> 
> https://images.luo.ma/dilbert/1995-06-22-Holy-Wars-Begin.gif
> 
> BTW, the Newton camo case was likely from when the US military experimented
> with the Leatherneck software.
> Note: No luck finding it but still rummaging through all my old Newt stuff
> looking for the .pkg. Thought I had it on my old G3 but it wasn't there.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Mike
> 
>> ------------------------------
>> 
>> Message: 8
>> Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2021 12:00:32 -0700
>> From: Forrest <newton_phoenix at mindspring.com>
>> To: newtontalk at newtontalk.net, "L.W. Brown" <lwb at mac.com>
>> Subject: Re: [NTLK] [ADMIN] Happy New Year! Happy New Server!
>> Message-ID: <6E5EEF74-B5D1-4DF1-8483-BBED94F19FAA at mindspring.com>
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>> 
>> A caution: One of the guiding principles here on NewtonTalk is?no PC vs
>> Mac discussion. While I?m certain that this was meant for the 90s/00s when
>> such talk was actually a heated discussion and not today (when we have much
>> better things to argue and fight about! ;-) ), it still is worth
>> consideration. There are people that LOVE Windows, and good for them?I am
>> not among them. (Or, as the TV show ?Seinfeld? once said, ?Not that there?s
>> anything wrong with that.?)
>> 
>> The heart of this discussion initially was how Macs (and MacOS and Apple)
>> have changed, to the point where the (IMHO) dreaded Windows machine is
>> actually a better alternative. Still, I?d love to hear other?s thoughts on
>> what machine they prefer and how, like Vladislav, you?ve managed to modify
>> it to do what you want.
>> 
>> Mahalo,
>> Forrest
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2021 01:22:14 +0000
> From: Pawel Piotrowski <newton at indigi.co.uk>
> To: NewtonTalk Mailin List <newtontalk at newtontalk.net>
> Subject: [NTLK] How about Worldwide Online Newton Conference 2021? ;)
> Message-ID: <19E367C8-5E6C-41EC-A8C0-24B43DC7B0C5 at indigi.co.uk>
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> Hi Newtonians,
> 
> It seems to me that it will not be an exaggeration if I say that last year's WONC 2020 was our little success. I think it was a great event that we should do again this year. However, I want to make sure it's a good idea. What do you think about it?
> 
> Last year's conference was held in early May. Would a similar date (1-2 May) be appropriate?
> 
> I will be grateful for any thoughts and suggestions.
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> Pawel Piotrowski
> 
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 23:32:45 -0700
> From: Forrest <newton_phoenix at mindspring.com>
> To: newtontalk at newtontalk.net
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] NewtonTalk Digest, Vol 85, Issue 12
> Message-ID: <1979340B-1198-4FCD-B0A4-F45C15BBE60D at mindspring.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
> 
> OS/2 Warp? Ahhhh Memories memories....
> 
> Mahalo,
> Forrest
> 
> Sent from my T-Mobile iPhone 11
> 
>> On Jan 25, 2021, at 4:47 PM, M.D. S <mdsf001 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> ?Been reading the posts and this Dilbert comic came to mind. :)
>> 
>> https://images.07.ma/dilbert/1995-06-22-Holy-Wars-Begin.gif
>> 
>> BTW, the Newton camo case was likely from when the US military experimented
>> with the Leatherneck software.
>> Note: No luck finding it but still rummaging through all my old Newt stuff
>> looking for the .pkg. Thought I had it on my old G3 but it wasn't there.
>> 
>> Cheers!
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
>>> ------------------------------
>>> 
>>> Message: 8
>>> Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2021 12:00:32 -0700
>>> From: Forrest <newton_phoenix at mindspring.com>
>>> To: newtontalk at newtontalk.net, "L.W. Brown" <lwb at mac.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [NTLK] [ADMIN] Happy New Year! Happy New Server!
>>> Message-ID: <6E5EEF74-B5D1-4DF1-8483-BBED94F19FAA at mindspring.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>>> 
>>> A caution: One of the guiding principles here on NewtonTalk is?no PC vs
>>> Mac discussion. While I?m certain that this was meant for the 90s/00s when
>>> such talk was actually a heated discussion and not today (when we have much
>>> better things to argue and fight about! ;-) ), it still is worth
>>> consideration. There are people that LOVE Windows, and good for them?I am
>>> not among them. (Or, as the TV show ?Seinfeld? once said, ?Not that there?s
>>> anything wrong with that.?)
>>> 
>>> The heart of this discussion initially was how Macs (and MacOS and Apple)
>>> have changed, to the point where the (IMHO) dreaded Windows machine is
>>> actually a better alternative. Still, I?d love to hear other?s thoughts on
>>> what machine they prefer and how, like Vladislav, you?ve managed to modify
>>> it to do what you want.
>>> 
>>> Mahalo,
>>> Forrest
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>> 
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 23:33:39 -0700
> From: Forrest <newton_phoenix at mindspring.com>
> To: newtontalk at newtontalk.net
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] How about Worldwide Online Newton Conference 2021?
>    ;)
> Message-ID: <4B6DC7C8-9214-4ADE-AF46-4A299E204B3B at mindspring.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
> 
> Sounds like a good idea to me, Pawel.
> 
> Mahalo,
> Forrest
> 
> Sent from my T-Mobile iPhone 11
> 
>> On Jan 25, 2021, at 6:22 PM, Pawel Piotrowski <newton at indigi.co.uk> wrote:
>> 
>> ?Hi Newtonians,
>> 
>> It seems to me that it will not be an exaggeration if I say that last year's WONC 2020 was our little success. I think it was a great event that we should do again this year. However, I want to make sure it's a good idea. What do you think about it?
>> 
>> Last year's conference was held in early May. Would a similar date (1-2 May) be appropriate?
>> 
>> I will be grateful for any thoughts and suggestions.
>> 
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Pawel Piotrowski
>> 
>> Worldwide Apple Newton Users Map: http://user-map.applenewton.co.uk
>> 
>> NPDS Server: http://newton1.applenewton.co.uk:8079 (powered by Newton 2100)
>> NPDS Tracker Server: http://tracker.applenewton.co.uk:3680 (powered by Raspberry Pi)
>> 
>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/applenewtonfan/ 
>> Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/AppleNewtonFan/
>> Twitter: https://twitter.com/AppleNewtonFan/
>> 
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> http://newtontalk.net
>> http://twitter.com/newtontalk
> 
> 
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> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:57:22 -0700
> From: Grant Hutchinson <newtontalkmessages at gmail.com>
> To: NewtonTalk List <newtontalk at newtontalk.net>
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] How about Worldwide Online Newton Conference 2021?
>    ;)
> Message-ID: <42298832-038B-45E3-BC1B-9971E22B684D at gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset=utf-8
> 
>> On Jan 25, 2021, at 6:22 PM, Pawel Piotrowski <newton at indigi.co.uk> wrote:
>> 
>> It seems to me that it will not be an exaggeration if I say that last year's WONC 2020 was our little success. I think it was a great event that we should do again this year.
> 
> Absolutely. I wholeheartedly encourage this behaviour!
> 
>> Last year's conference was held in early May. Would a similar date (1-2 May) be appropriate?
> 
> This sounds like a good timeframe for me.
> 
> And I promise that I?ll be able to participate in some fashion this time.
> 
> g.
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