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- From: cvadrtbc@vmsa.is.csupomona.edu (Srikanth Viswanathan)
- Subject: Re: Idea for a unique delete?(for lack of a better description)
- Organization: California Polytechnic University, Pomona
- References: <1992Jul29.152129.12105@njitgw.njit.edu> <Bs2A49.Iwv@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Jul28.021155.2322@midway.uchicago.edu> <Jul29.213331.58540@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
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- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 22:48:00 GMT
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- >Then, why not simply bring in a pickup truck icon, back it up to the back
- >of the trash hauller have a tiny little robot icon unload the icon to be
- >saved from the trash hauller onto the back of the pickup, then drive around
- >the desktop until it decides on a good location, then an even smaller robot
- >icon lower the icon on the tommy lift tailgate to the desk top then drive
- >itself off the desktop?
-
- This is all cute and everything, but when I want to delete files, I
- want them deleted TODAY, it seems like this method is cumbersome. However,
- I really like the original idea, moving a shark across the files that
- you want deleted.
-
- Srikanth
-