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On 3/17/17 7:18 PM, ReliableRobots.com wrote:
> Elliot,
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> The biggest problem with Smalltalk is it was never finished, either as 
> a computer language or as an operating system.  The whole library 
> should have been  managed like the Terse Guide, instead of allowing 
> non-terse garbage additions like the HALO around windows.  It seems 
> many Smalltalk sandbox players never had a life where they learned 
> computers were invented to automate things instead of make partially 
> developed features that actually require more human work and telling 
> everyone else to join in and do the work that should have been done 
> before the new feature was released.  Another parallel is with the 
> mess that is Christianity today compared to the original Gospel of 
> Jesus Christ.
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> Here is my effort toward straightening out Christianity. 
> www.TheManChild.org <http://www.TheManChild.org>  Maybe you can learn 
> how pursuing truth could straighten out computers instead of engaging 
> in another international Smalltalk like hype fest as has taken hold in 
> Neural Network based Artificial Intelligence.
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> Kirk
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> On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 12:59 PM, Eliot Miranda 
> <eliot.miranda at gmail.com <mailto:eliot.miranda at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 11:56 AM, ReliableRobots.com
>     <reliablerobots at gmail.com <mailto:reliablerobots at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>         It sounds like Squeak has a parallel to to the Peter Principle
>         - it has been promoted to its level of incompetence.    What
>         version uses good old ASCII text only? and how do I get it?  
>         I wonder if it would get the job done quicker to return to an
>         old computer with GWBasic than to become an expert on stuff I
>         do not want to learn which might be done easier in almost any
>         other language including the macro language of some word
>         processing package?  THE BALLOON IS FALLING, THE BALLOON IS
>         FALLING!  If Ward Cunningham's Wki on why Smalltalk is Dead
>         were still open for updates, this discovery would make a good
>         addition.
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>     Mature people take responsibility for their failings instead of
>     looking around for a scapegoat to blame.  of course, the immature
>     approach could end up getting you elected President of the USA, so
>     don't take my statement as encouragement to change your ways.  But
>     if you want to use Squeak effectively you might learn to criticise
>     constructively and think positively.  You might end up being
>     happier.  Until then keep flailing about and avoid mirrors.
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>         On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 11:33 AM, Frank Shearar
>         <frank.shearar at gmail.com <mailto:frank.shearar at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>             On 14 March 2017 at 14:31, ReliableRobots.com
>             <reliablerobots at gmail.com
>             <mailto:reliablerobots at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>                 i have a text file I copied off Facebook.  Here is a
>                 method to start converting it to .html for a web page
>                 and one of the files. Unfortunately it hangs up on
>                 something called UTF8 - more system development for
>                 text please.
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>             I would suggest you read up on UTF-8 if you plan on
>             manipulating text. Otherwise you will not have fun times,
>             and will not be able to ask targetted questions. This will
>             make helping you a lot harder.
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>             frank
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>     -- 
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>     best, Eliot
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