From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD, FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,f15b862e11b575a4 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news1.google.com!postnews.google.com!f36g2000pri.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Shark8 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Air traffic control system in Java Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 10:17:23 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: References: <4d6ffe16$0$17930$a8266bb1@postbox2.readnews.com> <835e91b1-50f7-4b20-beaf-5b5afcc66cc5@r4g2000prm.googlegroups.com> <4d701d79$0$17918$a8266bb1@postbox2.readnews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 174.28.181.54 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1299262643 15210 127.0.0.1 (4 Mar 2011 18:17:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 18:17:23 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: f36g2000pri.googlegroups.com; posting-host=174.28.181.54; posting-account=lJ3JNwoAAAAQfH3VV9vttJLkThaxtTfC User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2.14) Gecko/20110218 Firefox/3.6.14 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0E),gzip(gfe) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:17828 Date: 2011-03-04T10:17:23-08:00 List-Id: On Mar 4, 10:14=A0am, "Vinzent Hoefler" <0439279208b62c95f1880bf0f8776...@t-domaingrabbing.de> wrote: > Hyman Rosen wrote: > > Graphical user interfaces are how *all* computer programs now > > communicate and interact with their users. > > Sure? Your microwave has a graphical user interface already? And do you > count the little ESP light in your car as "graphical interface" already? Nope. *MY* microwave has a, analog rotational switch [physical] and physical slide-switch for temperature control and a start button; btw, this layout is *FAR* more intuitive than virtually all of the digital interfaces for microwaves. {I hesitate to say all digital microwave interfaces; but certainly all of them I have used.} > > An xterm is more graphical than that. ;) > > Vinzent. > > -- > A C program is like a fast dance on a newly waxed dance floor by people c= arrying > razors. > =A0 =A0-- =A0Waldi Ravens