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Subject:Re: Which is correct? From:"Porrello, Leonard" <lcporrel -at- ESSVOTE -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 29 Jan 1999 10:19:00 -0600
Of course, and I think that David Hume would agree, they appear!!!
I press the little button, and presto-magico I get a window. I know nothing of what the code looks like, and I take it on authority that there is code. For all I know, it's all magic. Really, the idea of 1s and 0s generating at speeds I can't even imagine pretty pictures on this thing they call a CRT is ludicrous. Alchemy is more reasonable! At least I can understand and imagine the theory.
However, for another opinion, you might check the archive.
Leonard Porrello
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From: ezakes [SMTP:ezakes -at- PLANVIEW -dot- COM]
Sent: Friday, January 29, 1999 10:01 AM
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Subject: Re: Which is correct?
> I'm having this debate with a co-worker. Does a window "open" or
> "appear"?
> I say open because appear sounds too "magical". What do people think?
