Louis, We live in an age in which narratives and dogma, be they religious or secular, overwhelm facts. So I'm grateful to have you point out the truth behind the Verda passage.
Al Whealton On Sat, May 1, 2021 at 3:10 AM Louis Santillan <lpsan...@gmail.com> wrote: > While empathize with the yearning for the simpler time in computing, > taking it from Ted Campbell [0], the Verda Spell passage seems like it was > intended as a humorous invocation of a muse. Much like Homer did in the > Iliad and Odyssey [1][2]. > > [0] https://sourceforge.net/p/bwbasic/bugs/7/#a62d > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muses#In_literature > [2] > https://classical-inquiries.chs.harvard.edu/a-re-invocation-of-the-muse-for-the-homeric-iliad/ > > On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 11:55 PM Bryan Kilgallin <kilgal...@iinet.net.au> > wrote: > >> Thanks, Alvah: >> >> > I wish I could articulate the >> > valid things that are surrendered with the demise of computing at that >> > level. Fortunately, people who invest time and energy into the use of >> > FREEDOS understand what it is that I am unable to convey. >> >> There's a sense of understanding, and hence control. I am not >> forking-out on expensive licences for proprietary software. That is so >> complex that my friends don't understand half of it! >> -- >> members.iinet.net.au/~kilgallin/ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >> > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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