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In article <>,
Irina Rempt <> wrote:

> On Saturday 28 February 2009 21:07, richard wrote:
>
> > http://www.1littleworld.net:8008/sea...al?app=hangman
> >
> > What do you get?
>
> A rather crude and excruciatingly slow hangman game.

Not at this end. It was fast enough. It was at the level of beauty that
is exactly right for Hangman. I go to a lot of real hangings, it passes
the time, and I can assure you they are clunky affairs. I think Richard
is a deeper artist - with a canny sense of the appropriate - than you
realise.

--
dorayme

On Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:01:49 GMT, David Segall <>
wrote:

>richard <> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:45:45 GMT, David Segall <>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>richard <> wrote:
>>>
>>>>http://www.1littleworld.net:8008/sea...al?app=hangman
>>>>
>>>>What do you get?
>>>>
>>>>No page.
>>>>"404"
>>>>A login page with username/password
>>>>A picture of gallows and letter choices?
>>>>
>>>>This is NOT html, java, javascript, flash or PHP.
>>>>
>>>>What you are witnessing is "Run BASIC".
>>>>An offshoot of "Liberty Basic" which is a hybrid version of the old
>>>>BASIC language.
>>>
>>>It needs to be interactive in the Ajax style. Why do I have to click
>>>the "Accept" button after I type a letter?
>>
>>This is just a demo that came with the application itself.
>>It's only intent is to show how the application works and the coding
>>for it.
>
>Why post an inferior version of a trivial Hangman program? It seems to
>be intended as an advertisement for Run BASIC but it lacks the
>interface that a user expects from a modern, web based, program. That
>has to leave a potential customer wondering if Run Basic can support
>an Ajax style application.


This are only a test.
There will be a lot more to come in the near future.
I only used this hangman because it was readily available.

On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:18:58 +1100, dorayme
<> wrote:

>In article <>,
> Irina Rempt <> wrote:
>
>> On Saturday 28 February 2009 21:07, richard wrote:
>>
>> > http://www.1littleworld.net:8008/sea...al?app=hangman
>> >
>> > What do you get?
>>
>> A rather crude and excruciatingly slow hangman game.
>
>Not at this end. It was fast enough. It was at the level of beauty that
>is exactly right for Hangman. I go to a lot of real hangings, it passes
>the time, and I can assure you they are clunky affairs. I think Richard
>is a deeper artist - with a canny sense of the appropriate - than you
>realise.

Depends on how ya define "artist".
I can barely draw a square or a circle freehand.
On a more complex version of the game, you would not even see the
"refreshing" which is actually a "redraw".

One of the regulars on the Run Basic BBS has a rather complex program
on her site that shows no refreshing what so ever.

I am working on two projects where this technology will come in handy.
Instead of the old fashioned page jumping, you get the information
quicker and without any refreshing or reloading. Kind of like flash
but without the gawdyness and requirements to install something on
your end.

richard wrote:

> This are only a test.
> There will be a lot more to come in the near future.

How about you find a Runbasic group to ask your questions?

--
-bts
-Friends don't let friends drive Windows

On Mar 2, 7:38*am, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty"
<a.nony.m...@example.invalid> wrote:
> richard wrote:
> > This are only a test.
> > There will be a lot more to come in the near future.
>
> How about you find a Runbasic group to ask your questions?
>
On the subject of Runbasic, it is baysicly software that will not run
on a shared hosting environment, which means it is useless as no web
hosting company would bother installing it and why would they!.
You would need to buy a dedicated server to run it, as I doubt that
you could even install it on a VPS, without the hosting company
getting ****ed off, as it would be software they would not have heard
of.
Point of the story, most of us will need a bloody really good reason
to even install runbasic over something like PHP or perl.
--
Regards Chad. http://freewebdesignonline.org

Chaddy2222 wrote:
> On Mar 2, 7:38 am, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty"
> <a.nony.m...@example.invalid> wrote:
>> richard wrote:
>>> This are only a test.
>>> There will be a lot more to come in the near future.
>>
>> How about you find a Runbasic group to ask your questions?
>>
> On the subject of Runbasic, it is baysicly software that will not run
> on a shared hosting environment, which means it is useless as no web
> hosting company would bother installing it and why would they!.
> You would need to buy a dedicated server to run it, as I doubt that
> you could even install it on a VPS, without the hosting company
> getting ****ed off, as it would be software they would not have heard
> of.
> Point of the story, most of us will need a bloody really good reason
> to even install runbasic over something like PHP or perl.

And also from the runbasic documentation:
<quote>
The following browsers are supported for use with Run BASIC. Internet
Explorer 6 and 7, Firefox 2.x, Safari 3.x.
</quote>

I guess that leaves me out, using FF3

On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 19:29:59 -0800 (PST), Chaddy2222
<spamlovermailbox-> wrote:

>On Mar 2, 7:38*am, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty"
><a.nony.m...@example.invalid> wrote:
>> richard wrote:
>> > This are only a test.
>> > There will be a lot more to come in the near future.
>>
>> How about you find a Runbasic group to ask your questions?
>>
>On the subject of Runbasic, it is baysicly software that will not run
>on a shared hosting environment, which means it is useless as no web
>hosting company would bother installing it and why would they!.
>You would need to buy a dedicated server to run it, as I doubt that
>you could even install it on a VPS, without the hosting company
>getting ****ed off, as it would be software they would not have heard
>of.
>Point of the story, most of us will need a bloody really good reason
>to even install runbasic over something like PHP or perl.


Well dear boy, who was willing to install PHP, Flash, PDF, ASP,
Python, or even use javascript, and java when they first came into
being?
Not to mention that tripe little thing that was the bare bones of a
cute little gadget known as windows 1.0.

In 1995 the only way to present a website was with tables.
CSS comes along and changes the way we did things.

Run Basic is cutting edge technology. Just as Flash was only a few
years ago. You know that laptop you got? That side of technology was
started simply by one company introducing a little gadget they thought
nobody would buy. It all starts somewhere.

"richard" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Well dear boy, who was willing to install PHP, Flash, PDF, ASP,
> Python, or even use javascript, and java when they first came into
> being?
> Not to mention that tripe little thing that was the bare bones of a
> cute little gadget known as windows 1.0.
>
> In 1995 the only way to present a website was with tables.
> CSS comes along and changes the way we did things.
>
> Run Basic is cutting edge technology. Just as Flash was only a few
> years ago. You know that laptop you got? That side of technology was
> started simply by one company introducing a little gadget they thought
> nobody would buy. It all starts somewhere.
>

Richard:

I'm a neophyte at html and presentation but am quite expert at business
apps and databases (xBase style).

I have two sites I'm building which use the C-based language (Harbour -
www.xharbour.com) (in a cgi-bin subdir) to handle all calls from my Apache
2.2.10 server.

I downloaded your RunBasic (the last time I used Basic was in the middle
'80s ), and noted immediately its databases were handled by MySql.

Sorry, but all my database work is lightning fast and uses
DBFCDX-structured databases (similar to FoxPro) and the databases I use are
at finger-point for me.. I'm not going to waste my time on MySql now. Its
too late (

But, Good Luck !

-Mel Smith

dorayme <> wrote:

>In article <>,
> David Segall <> wrote:
>
>> Why post an inferior version of a trivial Hangman program? It seems to
>> be intended as an advertisement for Run BASIC but it lacks the
>> interface that a user expects from a modern, web based, program. That
>> has to leave a potential customer wondering if Run Basic can support
>> an Ajax style application.
>
>Richard said it was just a testing exercise.

He did and, despite some evidence to the contrary, I still think you
are Poppy <http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s2265598.htm> at
heart. I am much more cynical and I think he is just trying to
advertise Run Basic <http://tinyurl.com/runbasic1>.

[OT]
I'm eagerly awaiting an email to the address at
<http://www.profectus.com.au/contact.html> so that I can add the rest
of your ratings to our film diary.

In article <>,
David Segall <> wrote:

> dorayme <> wrote:
>
> >In article <>,
> > David Segall <> wrote:
> >
> >> Why post an inferior version of a trivial Hangman program? It seems to
> >> be intended as an advertisement for Run BASIC but it lacks the
> >> interface that a user expects from a modern, web based, program. That
> >> has to leave a potential customer wondering if Run Basic can support
> >> an Ajax style application.
> >
> >Richard said it was just a testing exercise.
>
> He did and, despite some evidence to the contrary, I still think you
> are Poppy <http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s2265598.htm> at
> heart. I am much more cynical and I think he is just trying to
> advertise Run Basic <http://tinyurl.com/runbasic1>.
>

Perhaps, but maybe he is a testing sort of a guy.

> [OT]
> I'm eagerly awaiting an email to the address at
> <http://www.profectus.com.au/contact.html> so that I can add the rest
> of your ratings to our film diary.

Someone asked me a few years back to list the top ten best films and I
had great difficulty because there were too many I regarded as perfect
enough to qualify for 5 stars. And I am often regarded as some sort of
grump with films. But will do.

When I can remember, I "add this movie" to a list at IMDb if it is not
quite awful. Have not rated yet though and there are literally
*countless* missing as yet...

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=37848012

--
dorayme