Das Blinkenlights

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Author Message Michael Smith (Endeffect) Posted on Friday, June 23, 2006 - 5:32 pm:        Okay, first time posting a lateral. Hope it amuuuuuses. But it does on mine! Kitral Solane (Solane) Posted on Friday, June 23, 2006 - 6:27 pm:        Computer related? Are you the speaker? Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab) Posted on Friday, June 23, 2006 - 6:34 pm:        Title relevant? Machine (other than computer) related? It: a process? an action? a reaction? Is "it" something you can hear? see? feel? touch? taste? smell? eat? pick up? move? adjust? "It" doesn't on someone else's? everyone else's? Is "it" positive? negative? neutral? Kitral Solane (Solane) Posted on Friday, June 23, 2006 - 6:42 pm:        Is the title German? Portuguese? Dutch? (Those are the languages that translated Das) Did you make up the word Blinkenlights? Michael Smith (Endeffect) Posted on Friday, June 23, 2006 - 7:00 pm:        Computer related? Yes Are you the speaker? Yes --- Title relevant? No, but an amusing read if you look it up Machine (other than computer) related? No It: a process? Yes an action? No a reaction? No Is "it" something you can hear? Yesish see? Yesish feel? touch? taste? smell? eat? pick up? move? adjust? No to the rest "It" doesn't on someone else's? Yes everyone else's? Noish Is "it" positive? negative? neutral? Not Relevant --- Is the title German? Portuguese? Dutch? Pseudo-German (Those are the languages that translated Das) Did you make up the word Blinkenlights? I didnt coin it, and the title is irrelevant. Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab) Posted on Friday, June 23, 2006 - 8:24 pm:        So, a program that runs on your computer, but not on someone else's? a game? a video? OS's relevant? settings relevant? connection speed? or type? relevant? Michael Smith (Endeffect) Posted on Friday, June 23, 2006 - 8:46 pm:        So, a program that runs on your computer, but not on someone else's? Yes a game? NR a video? NR OS's relevant? settings relevant? connection speed? or type? relevant? Yes to all Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab) Posted on Friday, June 23, 2006 - 9:05 pm:        Is you surprised that it doesn't work on someone else's computer? or are you surprised to find that it does work on yours? Michael Smith (Endeffect) Posted on Friday, June 23, 2006 - 9:20 pm:        Is you surprised that it doesn't work on someone else's computer? Yesish or are you surprised to find that it does work on yours? No Kitral Solane (Solane) Posted on Saturday, June 24, 2006 - 2:05 am:        Is it a program? An add-on? A software update? A hardware update? A piece of hardware? A piece of software? A bit of code? A browser? Kitral Solane (Solane) Posted on Saturday, June 24, 2006 - 2:06 am:        A patch? Ian (Image) Posted on Saturday, June 24, 2006 - 2:17 am:        Are you using Mac OS? Windows? Linux? Other? Relevant? Is the other person using Mac? Windows? Linux? Other? Relevant? Michael Smith (Endeffect) Posted on Sunday, June 25, 2006 - 2:25 am:        Is it a program? Yes An add-on? No A software update? No A hardware update? No A piece of hardware? No A piece of software? Yes A bit of code? YES A browser? No A patch? No --- Are you using Mac OS? No Windows? Yes Linux? No Other? No Relevant? YES Is the other person using Mac? Not Known Windows? Not Known Linux? Not Known Other? Not Known Relevant? YES Kitral Solane (Solane) Posted on Wednesday, June 28, 2006 - 4:38 pm:        So it is a software program, specifically a bit of code that works on your computer, but not on someone elses? Are you speaking to/about someone specific, or other people in genral? Did you write the code? Was it something you bought? Something someone gave you(not as gift)? Lent you? Gave as a gift? Like a game? Spyware prevention? Word processer? Other? Relevent who it does not work for? Does it not work for the person/people totally? Partialy? Work but with errors? Slower? Michael Smith (Endeffect) Posted on Wednesday, June 28, 2006 - 8:39 pm:        So it is a software program, specifically a bit of code that works on your computer, but not on someone elses? YES Are you speaking to/about someone specific, or other people in genral? No Did you write the code? YES Was it something you bought? No Something someone gave you(not as gift)? No Lent you? No Gave as a gift? No Like a game? No Spyware prevention? No Word processer? No Other? No Relevent who it does not work for? No Does it not work for the person/people totally? Yes Partialy? Yes Work but with errors? Yes Slower? Yes SPOILER Me thinks you have gotten the general gist. I am a coder. I work on a coder's machine where what I write OFTEn works on my computer, but not on others, thus the phrase "Well, it works on MINE!" is often heard and looked down upon by bosses, particularly mine. Oh well... back to the coder's drawing table!