Re: [OT] Re: [ANN] TimeMachine

2011-01-28 Thread Richmond
On 01/28/2011 03:34 AM, Alex Tweedly wrote: Surely a purist would prefer the original, i.e. the radio series. Well; that is like purists preferring Hypercard over Metacard (no colour, no cross-platform); one can carry one's purity too far . . . :) -- Alex. On 27/01/2011 16:45, Richmond

[OT] Re: [ANN] TimeMachine

2011-01-27 Thread Alex Tweedly
Surely a purist would prefer the original, i.e. the radio series. -- Alex. On 27/01/2011 16:45, Richmond wrote: On 01/27/2011 12:22 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: I liked the movie better than the book. The movie had a nice love story and all ended well. The book dropped you off in a decidedly unfri

Re: [ANN] TimeMachine

2011-01-27 Thread form
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Richmond wrote: > >> We "purists" preferred the TV series; especially the bit with Hot Black > De Satio. *Makes a all-black interface to his next LiveCode app in honor of Adams* ~ Chris Innanen ~ Nonsanity ___ use-

Re: [ANN] TimeMachine

2011-01-27 Thread Richmond
On 01/27/2011 12:22 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: I liked the movie better than the book. The movie had a nice love story and all ended well. The book dropped you off in a decidedly unfriendly section of the slums of Norganza on planet FriedZig without any explanation. Or did I dream that? Bob We "

Re: [ANN] TimeMachine

2011-01-26 Thread Calvin Waterbury
Hmmm... given dreams are not confined neither by time nor space, perhaps Mr. Adams "saw" your dream and put it down on paper? :) Bob Sneidar Wednesday, January 26, 2011 4:22 PM I liked th

Re: [ANN] TimeMachine

2011-01-26 Thread Bob Sneidar
I liked the movie better than the book. The movie had a nice love story and all ended well. The book dropped you off in a decidedly unfriendly section of the slums of Norganza on planet FriedZig without any explanation. Or did I dream that? Bob On Jan 26, 2011, at 1:47 PM, Calvin Waterbury wr

Re: [ANN] TimeMachine

2011-01-26 Thread Calvin Waterbury
Ahem... "42" was the *answer* not the question. Thomas McGrath III Wednesday, January 26, 2011 3:31 PM 42 Definitely. That is the real question. -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-

Re: [ANN] TimeMachine

2011-01-26 Thread Thomas McGrath III
42 Definitely. That is the real question. -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com 3mcgr...@comcast.net On Jan 26, 2011, at 5:48 AM, Mark Schonewille wrote: > 42 > > -- > Best regards, > > Mark Schonewille > > Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering > Homepage: http://economy

Re: [ANN] TimeMachine

2011-01-26 Thread Calvin Waterbury
ists.runrev.com To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com ReplyTo: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: [ANN] TimeMachine Sent: Jan 26, 2011 3:57 AM Hi from Beautiful Britanny, Richmond wrote : > I wonder what "Universe" means. As Leon Lederman wrote on the cover of his great book "The

Re: [ANN] TimeMachine

2011-01-26 Thread Mark Schonewille
42 -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 New: Download the Installer Maker Plugin 1.5 for LiveCode here http://qery.us/ce On 26 jan 2011, at 10:57, Franc

Re: [ANN] TimeMachine

2011-01-26 Thread Francis Nugent Dixon
Hi from Beautiful Britanny, Richmond wrote : I wonder what "Universe" means. As Leon Lederman wrote on the cover of his great book "The God Particle" . : If the universe is the answer - What is the question ? Kind Regards -Francis "Nothing should ever be done for the first time !" __

Re: [ANN] TimeMachine

2011-01-25 Thread Keith Clarke
...indeed, you might get someone's back-up (sorry) On 25 Jan 2011, at 17:07, Richmond wrote: > On 01/25/2011 06:42 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: >> I had one for a pet once! >> >> Bob >> >> >> On Jan 24, 2011, at 7:07 PM, Roger Guay wrote: >> >>> I apologize if my TimeMachine stack provokes controve

Re: [ANN] TimeMachine

2011-01-25 Thread Richmond
On 01/25/2011 06:42 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: I had one for a pet once! Bob On Jan 24, 2011, at 7:07 PM, Roger Guay wrote: I apologize if my TimeMachine stack provokes controversy. Since I am a scientist and a humanist, TimeMachine reflects the current scientific understanding of our universe

Re: [ANN] TimeMachine

2011-01-25 Thread Bob Sneidar
I had one for a pet once! Bob On Jan 24, 2011, at 7:07 PM, Roger Guay wrote: > I apologize if my TimeMachine stack provokes controversy. Since I am a > scientist and a humanist, TimeMachine reflects the current scientific > understanding of our universe and events. I welcome anyone to tailor

Re: [ANN] TimeMachine

2011-01-24 Thread Roger Guay
I apologize if my TimeMachine stack provokes controversy. Since I am a scientist and a humanist, TimeMachine reflects the current scientific understanding of our universe and events. I welcome anyone to tailor TimeMachine for their own views and perspectives. And to that end, I am revising Time

Re: [ANN] TimeMachine

2011-01-24 Thread Alex Tweedly
On 24/01/2011 18:48, Bob Sneidar wrote: But what happens when they change how long they thing the universe existed? They have changed it at least 25 times since I went to school. There are probably still about 6 ideas floating around right now on exactly how long they thing it's been. Then th

Re: [ANN] TimeMachine

2011-01-24 Thread Keith Clarke
...it wasn't invented - it has always been. The 96% of mass in the universe isn't dark matter - it's just that someone moved our cheese http://www.whomovedmycheese.com/BooksBySpencerJohnson.html On 24 Jan 2011, at 19:43, Marty Knapp wrote: > As for myself, I was disappointed that the invention

Re: [ANN] TimeMachine

2011-01-24 Thread Marty Knapp
As for myself, I was disappointed that the invention of cheese was not included on the time line . . . Marty Knapp ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription

Re: [ANN] TimeMachine

2011-01-24 Thread Richmond
On 01/24/2011 09:20 PM, form wrote: On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: But what happens when they change how long they thing the universe existed? They have changed it at least 25 times since I went to school. There are probably still about 6 ideas floating around right now on

Re: [ANN] TimeMachine

2011-01-24 Thread form
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > But what happens when they change how long they thing the universe existed? > They have changed it at least 25 times since I went to school. There are > probably still about 6 ideas floating around right now on exactly how long > they thing it

Re: [ANN] TimeMachine

2011-01-24 Thread Keith Clarke
Great app Roger. How about a preference to toggle between evolutionist and creationist timescales? You'd then also need to add a 'first 7-day' period and new images for the flood, etc ;-) On 24 Jan 2011, at 18:48, Bob Sneidar wrote: > But what happens when they change how long they thing the u

Re: [ANN] TimeMachine

2011-01-24 Thread Bob Sneidar
But what happens when they change how long they thing the universe existed? They have changed it at least 25 times since I went to school. There are probably still about 6 ideas floating around right now on exactly how long they thing it's been. Then there are those who think everything was cr

Re: [ANN] TimeMachine

2011-01-23 Thread Klaus on-rev
Hi Roger, > My goal for TimeMachine was to explore a truer perspective of the timescales > of events relative to the enormous 13.7 billion year age of the universe. As > an example, the entire history of human existence is like 7 seconds on a > clock scaled to 14 billion years. TimeMachine will

Re: [ANN] TimeMachine

2011-01-23 Thread David Bovill
Thanks for that Roger - great work. I got a good impression of the overall scope of time playing with this. I wish I could pull it apart and add to it! Some feedback: first on the size of the app, I think it is both too small and too big. I certainly wanted it larger - the design was too small t