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To: Mycroft Holmes
I plead guilty to committing typos. Actually, I count three not two but then who's…

I do object however to the insinuation that I would quote without attribution which was not the case, this is a joke that is being passed around.

I take a serious exception to your theorizing that I was making nocturnal emissions. The post was actually registered at 33 seconds past 12 o'clock noon today:

"Saturday, June 16, 2012 12:00:33 PM · 20 of 57"

I admire your about page and wonder if you are either 1) a pedagogue or 2) a geek? I was posting for years before I knew how to make a mash-able link so I am in awe of your command of cyberspace. The about page seems to be a viable HTML resource, better than others I've seen on the net but, as you have already no doubt concluded, I have not studied.

I proof read this post and ran it by spell check. Nevertheless, I await with trembling hand on mouse your reply and red pencil corrections.


59 posted on 06/16/2012 6:51:07 AM PDT by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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To: nathanbedford
I remarked on your typos because they are rare in your tightly reasoned prose. You are on the short list of people I read for content rather than amusement.

WRT to the joke; artists copy, genius steals outright and convinces everyone that it is his own. I think you know who you are, sir.

I confess to a certain uber-geekishness. The page was a response to a neurological condition that has pretty much destroyed my short term memory. It started much like null and void's cheat sheet but it evolved.

At some point it occurred to me that I could somewhat replace my failing memory with a database driven web page. After I got it working to my satisfaction I read yet another post of the form "Gee I wish I could program computers, I have such Wonderful Ideas about how things should work." That inspired the Xampp tutorial. I don't think anyone has actually worked through it; but I have a teenager I intend to inflict it on so it isn't wasted effort.


77 posted on 06/16/2012 9:13:54 AM PDT by Mycroft Holmes (<= Mash name for HTML Xampp PHP C JavaScript primer. Programming for everyone.)
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