| From: | "Arno R. Lehmann" <arlehma@***.NET> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Matrix Programs was: Re: [OT] Physad... |
| Date: | Tue, 6 May 1997 02:33:20 +0200 |
>Arno R. Lehmann said on 0:06/ 4 May 97...
>
>> Well, just to get this on T again:
>
>Are you sure you meant to send this to me rather than the list?
No. Ok, here it goes to the list ...
>> Have you ever thought about commercial programs in the matrix were in
>> some way like computer programs today?
>
>Not really, but it's an interesting idea.
>
>> To make my point: Imagine, a decker bought a program rating (very
>> high). He never reads any fraggin' manual ("I should read a manual?
>> Nah, I'm still better than any ready-made program!") and thus never
>> knows all the features of this program. When s/he uses the program, the
>> effective rating of it might be lower than everyone thinks (EGMG).
>> Ok, I know matrix programs are different from todays computer programs,
>> and are expected to be ... active and initiative.
>
>This sounds like a good idea, but one that's very difficult to implement,
>I think. First of all, how do you judge how well a decker knows the
>program? Then, how do you decide by what to drop its rating?
I'd use this idea very rarely, I think, because there are few cases
where the decker in my group will be in this situation. It was just an
idea to make things funny. Intuition, based on knowledge about the PC
and his programs would be necessary, I think.
>One related issue is that matrix programs are pretty much single-function
>devices. Attack programs are nothing but advanced delete routines for use
>on somebody else's system... Compared to programs like today's word
>processors, they're extremely limited in what they can do, so it would be
>easy for a user to know all their functions.
Yeah. But anyway ...
>> But then, there simply MUST be these persons like today, who mean to
>> need Word97 and still do all the formatting by hand ...
>
>Like my brother. Last time he was writing a report for school, he was
>formatting all the headers (in Word 95) by manually setting the font,
>font size, and bold...
That's just what I had in mind.
>I myself use styles for almost everything, and
>defined headers 1 to 6 under Ctrl+Alt+ 1 to 6 :)
Then you know why these programs are so big and expensive, don't you?
Because after all, there's a lot of functionality in them. (I
personally HATE word, but it is functional)
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