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- From: freek@phil.ruu.nl (Freek Wiedijk)
- Subject: Re: Superstitions: power cycling, screen savers, surge suppressors
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- Organization: Department of Philosophy, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
- References: <By3EGq.Ko6@world.std.com> <By4JM8.HKA@NeoSoft.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 21:52:39 GMT
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- peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
- >In article <By3EGq.Ko6@world.std.com> dpbsmith@world.std.com (Daniel P. B.
- >Smith) writes:
- >> If they're really NECESSARY why aren't they designed into the hardware?
- >
- >They are in terminals and some older computers (Lisa, for example), but
- >it's cheaper to do it in software.
-
- This doesn't explain why Apple doesn't provide a simple & basic screen
- saver as part of their System software.
-
- This is a bug in Apple as far as I'm concerned.
-
- Freek
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- Third theory of Phenomenal Dynamics: The difference between a symbol
- and an object is quantitative, not qualitative.
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