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8-May-2008 - Amiga started it all, pooff. [0363]There's a nice little word I use from time to time: pooff. It comes from the Amiga days, but when I Googled for it, I found nothing within the context of Amiga! So, here's something for Google to chew on... It all began back in early Amiga Computer days of 1983, when we were busy inventing the future. Dale, RJ, or I would drop by Glenn Keller's desk (one of the main VLSI chip designers) and ask about how we use a specific feature of circuits... perhaps how to control one of the 25 built-in DMA channels. Glenn would answer, "Well, here's how... blah, blah, blah... pooff." What Glenn added at the end, that little word pooff meant: "unless of course it's not!" Glenn informed me that the word is spelled pooff, not poof, which puzzled me for a while, until I looked at his name again. I guess that's like holding down a key too long on the keyboard. So if I said, "REBOL is the most advanced language the world has ever known, pooff." Then, in fact, I am making a valid, authoritative statement... but hedging just a bit. "REBOL is the most advanced language the world has ever known, unless of course it's not." The reason this word is so useful is because we scientists like to make many statements that we feel must be true, but may not be. We don't want to diminish the power or dramatic effects of our statements, so we just add that little asterisk, pooff, and all is well. We can say things like, "Barbecued beef is really good for you, pooff," or, "R3 will be released this summer, pooff" or, "Global warming is unstoppable by humans, pooff." You know that your statement is safe and cannot be seriously challenged because you have protected it with your special little footnote. So, there it is, a nice word, and the history behind it. Use it frequently, use it well, but use it wisely. It's a great word, pooff, pooff. 11-Apr-2008 - REBOL in China (Chinese) [0362]For several years now we've received feedback from people in China asking about REBOL, and more specifically when REBOL would be able to work with better on Chinese computers. We were quite surprised how many messages we received. Our reply to people was: we need REBOL 3.0 with Unicode in order to handle Chinese. However, that has not stopped Jerry Tsai, who has found ways to make REBOL useful with Chinese already, and has become one of our main alpha testers for REBOL 3.0. What Jerry has been doing is impressive, and he has been a major contributor in feedback regarding design issues of R3, in more than just Unicode but other areas as well. I really like his insights and ideas. Jerry has also been writing a blog and publishing articles about REBOL throughout eastern Asia. He has his own Chinese REBOL blog going, with a variety of articles written in Chinese, and it is updated often. To read it in English, click the translate link on the right side; it does a good job translating. Jerry has also offered to help us promote REBOL throughout China. (I guess I need to learn Chinese now too, in addition to the French I am learning, n'est-ce pas?) Thanks Jerry, and keep REBOLing! 10-Apr-2008 - What do you think of Vista? [0361]Ok, Vista has been out for a while now. So, what do you think of it? Yes, I want to hear your opinion, because I get a lot of mixed feedback about Vista. Some like it; others hate it. So, this is a bit of an informal survey. I'm interested in your opinion, but don't get too crazy. Make your point clear.
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