stbenge <stb### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> VC is no small 
> download, not for those of us still struggling with dialup (I get 24Kpbs 
> here :(...)

  Which is exactly why it sounds so stupid to immediately uninstall it
right after he had downloaded and tested it, and just because of such
a mundane reason.

  How about thinking of it like this: If the whatever-non-standard-library
he wanted to be included was included, the download would have been even
larger, and it's a library not everyone needs or wants. Now he can download
a smaller package, and then optionally download whatever additional libraries
he wants for it.

  Ditching the compiler because it doesn't come with some non-standard
library by default is like ditching a linux distro because it doesn't
come with all possible software by default. It doesn't make sense.
  What makes more sense in this example is that you download the small
distro, install it, and then you install whatever additional software
you need. This way you don't have to spend three days downloading a
package where half of the stuff is something you will never need.

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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> nemesis wrote:
> > wouldn't it just be a matter of downloading OpenGL headers and libs?

> Presumedly, since the other compilers already work with OpenGL, he 
> doesn't even need to download them, yes?

  If the other compilers work ok, then why did he even download VS?

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Gail Shaw <initialsurname@sentech sa dot com> wrote:
> > I thought Sun only made hardware?
> >
> > [Oh, mind you, they did do that little Java fad...]

> And MySQL. Don't forget SunOS. They may have done Solaris too, but I'm not
> sure.

  Of course Solaris is made by Sun. And don't forget OpenOffice.

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Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> > Blizzard

> ...who?

  In my books you have stopped being a computer nerd from this moment
forward.

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Warp wrote:
> Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>> Blizzard
> 
>> ...who?
> 
>   In my books you have stopped being a computer nerd from this moment
> forward.

:-(

Why? Because I don't play certain types of games?

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Warp wrote:
> Gail Shaw <initialsurname@sentech sa dot com> wrote:
>>> I thought Sun only made hardware?
>>>
>>> [Oh, mind you, they did do that little Java fad...]
> 
>> And MySQL. Don't forget SunOS. They may have done Solaris too, but I'm not
>> sure.
> 
>   Of course Solaris is made by Sun. And don't forget OpenOffice.

Oh yeah. And StarOffice. I completely forgot that part...

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Warp escribió:
> Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>> Blizzard
> 
>> ...who?
> 
>   In my books you have stopped being a computer nerd from this moment
> forward.
> 

I have never played *any* MMORPG. And I know what WoW is and who its 
maker is.

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>>   In my books you have stopped being a computer nerd from this moment
>> forward.
>>
> 
> I have never played *any* MMORPG. And I know what WoW is and who its 
> maker is.

I don't even know what a MMORPG *is*.

[Well, I mean obviously it's a massively-multiplayer online role-playing 
game. But what the hell does that even mean anyway?]

Uh... wait... would anybody else like to hold this shovel for a minute?

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"Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message
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>
>   Of course Solaris is made by Sun. And don't forget OpenOffice.
>

I wasn't sure if it was Sun themselves, or a subsiduary. Haven't worked with
either for quite some years

I prefer to sound uncertain than to state a fact as categorically true when
it's not.

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"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
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> I don't even know what a MMORPG *is*.
>
> [Well, I mean obviously it's a massively-multiplayer online role-playing
> game. But what the hell does that even mean anyway?]

GIYF. So is wiki, for that matter.

But if you're too lazy/uninterested to do a search....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMORPG

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