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General Discussion / Toward a truly improved text editor.
« on: 2009.11.28, 18:52:03 »
WELL, in answer to all complaints, and as defense against BEING childish that I
regret but still did deliberately, and that I now put behind, here's what I was
ACTUALLY working on last night, as part of long time text editor project. A new
DLL to get mouse info was a crucial part the week before, by the way.

Perhaps Yet Another Text Editor -- VIO fixed columns -- seems childish, too,
but I ain't yet satisified with 'em, certainly not GUI, though the ancient DOS
Celebrity, that you haven't heard of, is still fairly pleasing.

This is outlining the text search dialog. Hope you can unscramble as seen here.

- a possibly practical way to edit fairly complex search expressions:
   -----------------------  < imagine a box made with line draw chars
   |th* wor?, ##s phr*se?|   < the basic text
   |  *_   ? _^# &   a  ^     |   < char options, auto set to dependent default
   |s                             p|   < position options, generally two...
   -----------------------  <
in the basic text, *, ?, and # are particularly useful BUT equivocal, SO:
character options tell how char above (esp those 3) is to be viewed:
  ^ the one literal character that's above the caret (my "hat" is OFF to you)
  ? means any one of any character
  * means any # of any characters
  a, A, (alpha char) specifically lowercase, uppercase, or any alpha (english + foreign)
    have a separate switch to FIRST translate foreign to english via tables
  v, V, c, C mean lower/upper vowels and consonants
  e, f, d, p, s mean english or foreign alphas, delims, punctuation, stops
  o means operators, and if are any other categories such as english or
    foreign uppers only, that'd be E or F, add them as found useful
  # means any # of any in '0'..'9'; to match specific length or less, "1"-"9"
  _ mandatory space (probably auto set as phrase is typed in)
position and other options:
  w, s, p at left match start of word, sentence, paragraph; at right, the end
    (only allow two, I suppose) -- phrase always starts left-justified
    position finding probably takes precedence, and backwards-ish
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  & logical and when space above, always sentence oriented (for my purposes)
  |    "    or   "    "              "     "        "
  ¸ soundex match, likely to be SLOW... put it off to version 2
  ± proximity-ish, variable by separately specified #

furthermore, provide a "clear" button, BUT keep the 3 strings in a short list for recall.

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General Discussion / The truth is NEVER an insult.
« on: 2009.11.27, 14:01:56 »
At least, that's my philosophy.

I've nothing more to say today, except that I'm STILL not reading messages, and now regard any such as bordering on -- well, wimpy.

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You or someone stated that's possible with a single click.

In that case, I withdraw from all agreement stated or implied, and maintain full legal possession of my writings. I do not consent to you gaining value from them.

If not complied with, I'll look into DMCA provisions.

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General Discussion / So, you've decided to censor me.
« on: 2009.11.27, 13:37:38 »
I'm showing that saijin's opposition to me is based not on
any given topic, but to my views about Crimosoft. Had he left the evidence --
oh, wait a sec. ...  "single out Microsoft" site:os2world.com ... Turns out
go_ogle HAS that in cache now. So here's what he admits is inflammatory:

> None of the business are exempt from these practices. Greed crosses all
> corporate boundaries; why you choose to single out Microsoft as the worst is
> beyond me. But you don't really seem like a rational person so I take
> everything you say with a beach's load of salt.

Obviously regards anyone who criticizes Microsoft as crazy and untrustworthy,
a classic Crimosoft talking point, especially in connection with OS/2. There's
a Crimosoft .pdf somewhere in which they suggest exactly that tactic. The
coincidences add up. So is saijin MERELY a fanboy? Hmm.

His deleted posts from this thread have also turned up. "fanboy saijin"
site:os2world.com. (show all results, then on 2nd page, it's currently the 4th
entry down, or the 2nd cached page, or find the Nov 23 one having two of
saijin's at bottom of page.)

NOTE the time stamps. EIGHT MINUTES AFTER EACH of my two posts, there he is
with nothing but nagging, at best repeating what he's already said and what I
had stated and attempted to thoughtfully justify with my 80 lines.

IF those posts were merely what he now claims, WHY REMOVE THEM? Even the
inflammatory one? I'd already brushed it off with an obviously over-the-top --
and laboriously explained -- witticism.

Removing the posts doesn't reduce whatever effect they had on me. The ONLY
advantage was to him, to CONCEAL it from the (easy) view of members here.

Summary: saijin made a direct connection between criticizing Microsoft and me
being a crazy and untrustworthy person, attempted CONCEALMENT of that
statement, ADMITTED that his post was inflammatory, and mysteriously removed
two posts that seem innocuous but are suspiciously timed.

People are in jail on less evidence, WITH AN ADMISSION.

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General Discussion / Hmm, my post removed.
« on: 2009.11.27, 13:35:01 »
When I said keep a lid on the trolls, I didn't mean me!

So here's a repeat of what was removed.

NOPE. Sorry, RobertM.

NOT AFTER saijin "sanitized" the record by removing his posts from here!
Unfortunately, go_ogle hadn't cached it, and of course bing is worthless.

So here we go again, diverted from all else to arguing whether a troll with
one line of mere contradiction has equal standing with 80 lines of substance.

I thought my lengthy post was a bit thought-provoking on why documentation is
so uniformly lacking, and rather like the idea of a "programming etiquette"
that establishes a few conventions, put in an amusing pseudo-pontification,
BUT all that's now going to be overlooked due to this simple trolling tactic.

I'm not trying to get my way here, unless that means free to comment on
Windows. Because that's definitely what draws out saijin. Just look at since I
resumed posting.

---------------- NO, YOU CAN'T BECAUSE HE REMOVED 3 POSTS. ----------------

EVERY TIME I bait a trap with "Windows", he bites. Don't have to mention him
at all, only Windows. Look at my last long post on WDBasic (that has two quite
deliberate little jibes at Windows): he dropped a one liner within 8 minutes,
and responded quickly to my complaint about that.

That's NOT coincidence. That's NOT argument. That's simply trolling.

His one-liners have the practical effect of erasing my name as the last
poster, denying me my brief interval of attention, and since his are mere
empty contradiction, I conclude his intent is to suppress and offend me.

I'm more vividly aware of the direct linkage between my Windows remarks and
his sniping than you can be, but now that I've suggested what to look for, you
should see it clearly too. Kind of obvious. Possible causes and implications
would be speculation, but I won't let you deny the facts in the record.

saijin's pattern is clear and prolonged. Bash OS/2, defend XP. Brag of
expertise, but when pressed for details, dodge, accuse, then go silent.
http://www.os2world.com/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,63/topic,1235.0/

**** All I need is that trivially jumping onto my posts STOP. To prevent that,
I propose a simple mechanical rule: unless he has a 100 words or more, saijin
doesn't reply to ANY of my posts within less than 8 hours. *****

I ain't takin' NO degree of blame. My actions are entirely defensive, as
informed from last year. Consider his first remarks to me after that absence:

>> I've missed you too.

>> Not really.

A lie and a trick. I think it HIGHLY indicative of his true nature. -- Now
totally confirmed by his CONCEALING it. I'm not falling for "make nice".

Yes, let's not have any more drama. I'm here to support OS/2 and bash Windows.
saijin is AGAIN actively attempting to prevent me from doing either of those.

By the way, I'm not even reading other messages. All I have to say is right
out in the open, and won't be removed by me.

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Programming / Bad Links Abound Today.
« on: 2009.11.23, 20:07:52 »
I don't care about credit - REALLY - but if anyone is looking for the RexxMouse DLL, the link Iturbide gives in the notice above ain't gonna work.

It's on Hobbes, still in "incoming" quarantine.

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Programming / WDBASIC IS A BAD JOKE
« on: 2009.11.23, 20:06:03 »
NOT ONLY DON'T BOTHER BUT IT'S A MANIFEST DANGER.

Just downloaded and ran it. Gives a prompt but NO INSTRUCTIONS included. "Help" tells me it can't find netscape for html. -- NO CLUE AS TO HOW TO EXIT. -- AND ALMOST UNPRECEDENTED, CAN'T CLOSE NOR EVEN KILL THE WINDOW WITH PSPM.

WHATEVER it is, FAILS BADLY. This isn't even a toy, NOW I'M ANNOYED.

MUST I RE-BOOT TO GET RID OF THIS CRAP?

If you need a few simple programs, just get Virtual Pascal.

(Yes, I'm back after more than a year. The moderators didn't un-register me, obviously still hard of understanding, and I feel inclined to perhaps rant about THE YET MORE EVIL MICROSOFT for the benefit of fanboy saijin.)

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General Discussion / This site is conTROLLED by who?
« on: 2008.10.31, 15:44:32 »
Having resolved last Friday that if saborion2 wasn't banned Monday, I'm OUT.
Several posts because you're slow to get a point. The only slight relief of
irritation is to bash you moderators, yet it gives me no pleasure because you
are such wimps that saborion2 still beats you. I hoped that you would ban this
OUTRIGHT TROLL and WAITED. No action after SIX MONTHS OF WARNINGS. Great. YOU
leave reasonable people no choice but endure or leave. It's not the degree of
irritation, it's that you allow it without limit for nothing in return.

At most he got yet another "one more time, I'm warning ya!", apparently hidden
this time. Don't you guys have enough self-esteem to be incensed at continued
violations? There's NO question of that, NO fine lines here, NO big concerns,
just one simple technique: take a few key words and add a random quote. You've
been -- no, much worse -- KNOW YOU _ARE_BEING_ made fools of not by a genius,
but a routine so simple that my "program" comparison is apt. -- A site taken
over by so feeble a troll isn't worth contributing to.

By going beyond fair with this TROLL, you are UNFAIR to everyone else.

UN-REGISTER ME AT ONCE. My only posting from now will be to demand that, until
you actually do un-register me. -- I don't mind burning bridges when there are
TROLLS under them.

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General Discussion / Moderation.
« on: 2008.10.30, 19:03:17 »
Moderation in all things is actually a pretty strict code to live by, because
it requires a deal of WILL POWER to force it on oneself, when giving in, going
along, "tolerating", is so much easier to do.

And to enforce "moderation" on others requires much more will. That's why
successful moderators aren't WIMPS.

To be as charitable as I can, perhaps you guys just can't grasp that saborion2
is NOTHING BUT A TROLL, don't believe that people are actually paid to disrupt
boards, or simply enjoy it, or are compulsive trolls, or any mix thereof.

The evidence in this particular case is overwhelming. You've MANY times noted
it, and the lack of positive points, except maybe for a little while after a
warning, to be "good" until you go back to sleep. Meanwhile, members suffer.

I've given his score thus far elsewhere, it's amazing because he's not even an
adequate troll, due to you moderators aren't even adequate WIMPS. You haven't
gotten the least apology or change in pattern. Add up all the time spent
warning and moving threads, besides whatever losses to the value of the forum,
MAN, you guys are just plain stupid. But you do EARN contempt from everyone;
it looks as though you want it.

I'm leaving SOLELY because of moderator inaction, WHEN MANY INCLUDING YOU ARE
ANNOYED. After definitely losing a member from trolling, plus more recent
complaints, you not only don't ban the obvious SOLE problem, but respond to
him as if he were reasonable, getting drivel back. "Engaging" this guy has
never gotten anything in return. Your stupidity approaches collaboration.

OS/2 forums seem to be targeted by remarkably persistent trolls. Isn't it odd
that the google OS/2 forum has an alleged "Mac convert" bombarding it? Plus an
"MI 5 victim", the curious point being why he chooses THAT forum.

From Ian Fleming: "Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, third time is
enemy action."

But you don't have to be paranoid to simply get rid of trolls.

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General Discussion / Turing Test Dumbed Down
« on: 2008.10.29, 12:52:56 »
(Chicago) Computer scientist Alan Turing, long thought deceased, has just come
out of seclusion to reveal results of his research in Artificial Intelligence
(AI). "The way forward is simplicity," Dr Turing says in a merry quaver, "not
complexity. Humans are more likely to be fooled by simple algorithms than by
the most complex, at least in the near term." He elaborated, "The secret is to
rely on human flaws, to play a confidence game, or as it's called nowadays,
'social engineering.'" The flaw in humans that Dr Turing exploits is their
automatic construction of "myths" to fill in gaps of knowledge, which is why
simpler algorithms actually work better in practice. "Complex lies are easily
exposed. But pick a good plain howler that appears too simple to be a lie, and
stick to it despite questions, and people will create their own explanation of
how black can be white." The not-so-doddering Doctor adds with a cackle, "Good
simple lies are more believable than the truth. Every criminal and every
dictator knows this. Look someone straight in the eye and tell the most
outrageous howler you can think of, though it refutes every other experience
of a person's life, and even refutes the laws of physics, and odds are they'll
credit it long enough to do the damage. In fact, if the lie is big enough to
affect the society, a whole new industry will spring up to maintain the lie
and oppose the truth. Humans will believe their own beliefs rather than the
evidence of their own eyes."

The father of AI cites recent experiments of "playing merry hob" with forums
on the web. Having written a simple program able to post comments to a forum
topic, aided at first only to select a few keywords, the automated "troll" is
able to pass as human despite displays of appalling stupidity. "Using nothing
more than the text of the keywords, including its own on-line name, it does a
brute force search of the web, selects a found article at random, clips a bit
as if to highlight a relevant point, and posts it. Really, it requires no
intelligence at all to simulate artificial intelligence. You don't even have
to avoid obvious patterns, humans will conclude that no human could be so
stupid." That's the finding that so intrigues the legendary doctor. "Turns out
that though true AI is as far away as ever, brute force serves more than
adequately to finesse the test." He adds with mingled sadness and amusement
that, "Of course, humans get stupider by the day. Didn't really take that into
consideration when I first proposed my test. Was quite optimistic, back then."

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General Discussion / The score thus far...
« on: 2008.10.28, 19:23:32 »
The score thus far totally favors the TROLL saborion2 (give him props, peeps):

Sander: left for good.
Ben: delivered good rants about censorship but mistakenly in favor of the
troll who says NOTHING; perhaps estranged from warpcafe, and from ddan too.
Warpcafe: a self-declared WIMP, proven so by six months of inaction.
kimhav: closed a thread on censorship (!?). Also a proven long-time WIMP.
RobertM: long-winded but also empty threats; should be fired for stating his
job accurately and then NOT doing it.

Latest known casualty, ddan: in process of leaving.

Civilization cannot stand without reasonable people taking reasonable action
against those who deliberately flout conventions to the harm of others. To
jump to the end of this line of thought: I can't effectively fight the troll
alone. Unlike the moderators, I'm not making idle threats when possessing the
power to effect change: I've no such power, so my only choice was whether to
continue wasting time among WIMPS.

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Patrick: a review of your thread should be enough to demonstrate that the saborion2 program does nothing but entice you off-topic, will never supply you with even wrong advice. I'm sorry to be using your thread to elicit responses from it for my research, but as with any virus, it doesn't give a darn what nuisance it makes for we humans. So I ask and advise you to ignore it, and to also ignore my probing of it.

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General Discussion / A curious case of case.
« on: 2008.10.08, 18:24:49 »
In looking at an apparent bug in my file selector, I found a strange difference in case:

OS/2 Wed 10-08-2008 10:59:16.38 C:\>dir os*

The volume label in drive C is OS2.
The Volume Serial Number is A9A7:D414.
Directory of C:\

 4-15-08   1:07p     <DIR>       11177  OS2      <<< NOTE DIRECTORY NAME IS UPPER CASE
 4-15-08   1:37p     <DIR>           0  os2tk45
        2 file(s)          0 bytes used
                   3761091 K bytes free

OS/2 Wed 10-08-2008 10:59:20.21 C:\>cd os2

OS/2 Wed 10-08-2008 10:59:22.68 C:\os2>       <<< AND NOW IT'S LOWER CASE!

Can anyone explain HOW this can even be?

It SEEMS to apply only to the \OS2 directory; haven't found any others with case different depending on where you look at it from. My thought is that it's somehow related to the volume name (OS2).

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Setup & Installation / Dual Xeons bring no joy.
« on: 2008.10.06, 21:12:55 »
I'm attempting to install OS/2 on a Fujitsu-Siemens server with Dual 2.4G Hyperthread Xeons.
Had some problems with memory, which MAY still be present, though PCLinuxOS installs and runs just fine (15 minutes from CD boot to HD boot!), and MemTest86 didn't find any errors.

Problem with OS/2 isn't subtle: CP2 CD doesn't even get to the boot blob! W4 from floppies gets only to 2nd diskette, then a trap D.

I've tried all standard BIOS conflict items and specific to Xeons: another CD drive, turning off everything non-necessary in BIOS, including Hyperthreading and disabling 2nd CPU. Nothing affects symptom (with CP2), just doesn't get anywhere. I'm looking for more options such as turning off CPU cache, but may not be able to.

<a bit later> Hmm. Is there some difference between CP2 client and server? Because the client gets all the way to normal partitioning stage (haven't gone further because went to get another drive to experiment on...).


From the Linux tests, this system looks really fast, isn't too noisy, and doesn't even run very hot, so I'm hoping to use it for my main system with OS/2.

I can fairly easily clone a drive if anyone thinks that's the route.

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Internet / Clickjacking!
« on: 2008.09.27, 03:47:53 »
The newest FEATURE EXPLOIT: Clickjacking! Seems to be a hidden frame, enabled
by Flash:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1972

But this blog seems to have the most info:
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http://www.webadminblog.com/index.php/2008/09/24/new-0day-browser-exploit-clickjacking-owasp-appsec-nyc-2008/

zmjjmz  |  September 26th, 20088 at 2:28 pm
Ok guys, so, supposedly the NoScript dude has a fix to this. (Assuming you
have FF and NoScript installed) You would go to Tools, Add-ons, Extensions,
NoScript, Preferences, and then the Plugins tab.
Check off "Forbid " and (according to the NoScript maintainer) you should be
100% protected.
── ── ── ── ── ── ── ── ── ── ── ── ── ── ── ── ── ──

Oh, rats! I'd already done that! Turns out that my policy of forbidding
plug-ins and avoiding "features", especially Flash which is said to have the
flaw here, made me safe from attacks that hadn't been invented.

Darn! Now I don't get that warm and fuzzy glow as Windows types get when after
fixing one flaw, they await the next to be discovered. (To be fair, even with Windows,
MOST security problems are due to UNNECESSARY FEATURES.)

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