[arachne] Re: Introduction

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Hi Nels,

On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:37:00 -0400 (EDT)
"Carl P. Nelson" <zilch@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
     
> Attempting to eliminate verbosity on the one hand and redundancy on the
> other is no mean feat for an 88-year old curmudgeon that has found himself
> a dinosaur amidst the sapiens.

   Us dinosaurs seem to be in the majority on this list.  :)
I guess it comes from most Arachne users having a long association with DOS.
I run DOS and a number of Linux installations. 
I do not have any Windows beyond Win3.1.
I am 63.

> As it stands at the moment, I read the postings with respect to various
> problems with complete incomprehension. Right now, other than as Web
> browser and as E-mail facilitator (is "client" the correct term?), I don't
> have the vaguest notion as to what Arachne does and/or is intended to do.

   Arachne can do almost anything you want it to. I use her as a desk-top, as 
well as a browser/email client. And I maintain my websites with her.
She also makes a versatile multimedia centre.
I haven't yet found a way to get her to make the coffee, but I am working on it.
 
> I would suggest to
> you that one of the problems may be your anonymity. Other than the
> erroneous statement that Glenn McC was a professor at Cornell (I was going
> to query him as to whether or not he had ever met or dealt with Carl Sagan
> prior to the retraction), I know absolutely nothing about any of you, who
> you are, what are your other interests besides Arachne, what is the age
> range I'm to try to deal with, and so forth, and neither of course do any
> prospective members.

   I am an industrial chemist, running a small independant consultancy from a 
home 
office, in Australia. I own two domains, one for the business and one for 
music. 

Regards,
         Ron

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