alexander koryagin to Anton Shepelev:

As for me I read any book got in my hands. :)

(but I am rather scrupulous as to what I lay my hands on)

Probably it depends on the number of books.

I failed to make a joke. It was inspired by one about
Windows:

-- They say Windows is user-friendly.
-- But it is very picky about whom it calls a friend!

And I especially mean a real paper books. I feel more
pleasure reading them, marking words, phrases etc.

I too prefer paper books, but anti-Russia sactions have made
them very hard to buy abroad.

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Hi, Anton Shepelev! -> Alexander Koryagin
I read your message from 15.04.2022 13:36

As for me I read any book got in my hands.

(but I am rather scrupulous as to what I lay my hands on)

Probably it depends on the number of books.

I failed to make a joke. It was inspired by one about Windows:
-- They say Windows is user-friendly. -- But it is very picky about
whom it calls a friend!

You probably didn't meet system where a user should type type commands manually. ;)

And I especially mean a real paper books. I feel more pleasure
reading them, marking words, phrases etc.

I too prefer paper books, but anti-Russia sactions have made them
very hard to buy abroad.

Have been to Moscow sometimes? There are shops with English literature there.

Bye, Anton!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2022

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Alexander Koryagin to Anton Shepelev:

-- They say Windows is user-friendly. -- But it is
very picky about whom it calls a friend!

You probably didn't meet system where a user should type
type commands manually. ;)

No, I have had (asexual) intercourse with such systems: MS-
DOS and Linux.

Have been to Moscow sometimes? There are shops with
English literature there.

They have neither the literature not the publishers that I
crave. Nothing from Centipede press, Hippocampus press, or
Library of America. No Lord Dunsany, Arthur Machen, or
Clark Ashton Smith. By the way, the latter writer has been
published in Russian, with excellent illustrations:

https://fantlab.ru/blogarticle35891
(there are three volumes in total)

But I read a lot from Project Gutemberg on my Pocketbook
Education!

P.S.: Congratulations upon capitalisation of your name :-)

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Hi, Anton Shepelev!
I read your message from 16.04.2022 18:13

AS>>> -- They say Windows is user-friendly. -- But it is very picky
AS>>> about whom it calls a friend!

AK>> You probably didn't meet system where a user should type type
AK>> commands manually. ;)

AS> No, I have had (asexual) intercourse with such systems: MS-DOS and
AS> Linux.

So you should know what is more friendly for a user. ;)

AK>> Have been to Moscow sometimes? There are shops with English
AK>> literature there.

AS> They have neither the literature not the publishers that I crave.
AS> Nothing from Centipede press, Hippocampus press, or Library of
AS> America. No Lord Dunsany, Arthur Machen, or Clark Ashton Smith. By
AS> the way, the latter writer has been published in Russian, with
AS> excellent illustrations:

AS> https://fantlab.ru/blogarticle35891
AS> (there are three volumes in total)

I have been to the shop in Kuznecky Most street -- there are a lot a
books there. Although, it was quite a while ago.

AS> But I read a lot from Project Gutemberg on my Pocketbook Education!

I also read some books in e-form. Fro instance, now I am reading Jule
Verne "Round the moon". I like it. ;)

AS> P.S.: Congratulations upon capitalisation of your name :-)

It was the initiative of Tommi's gate, not mine. Long ago when fidonet
was a quiet populous place there were many people with initials AK, and
it was confusing to have discussions with them. So I modestly had made
my initials small. ;)

Bye, Anton!
Alexander Koryagin
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Alexander Koryagin to Anton Shepelev:

No, I have had (asexual) intercourse with such systems:
MS-DOS and Linux.

So you should know what is more friendly for a user. ;)

I am undecided. The last sane version of Windows is XP,
which I am using, but I will have to install a more modern
OS on my new PC, and it shall not be Windows. I hear the
FreeDOS does not suport UEFI...

Long ago when fidonet was a quiet populous place

"quiet populous" is quite oxymoronious :-)

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Hi, Anton Shepelev!
I read your message from 18.04.2022 11:35

AS>>> No, I have had (asexual) intercourse with such systems:
AS>>> MS-DOS and Linux.
AK>> So you should know what is more friendly for a user. ;)
AS> I am undecided. The last sane version of Windows is XP,
AS> which I am using, but I will have to install a more modern
AS> OS on my new PC, and it shall not be Windows. I hear the
AS> FreeDOS does not suport UEFI...

For old MSDOS games I use DosBox -- works on new computers well. If I
need old Windows versions for some reason I use VMWare. I have some soft
that works on Windows 98 only. ;)

AK>> Long ago when fidonet was a quiet populous place
AS> "quiet populous" is quite oxymoronious :-)

"Quite" is IMHO a very often used English word-parasite. ;-) https://tinyurl.com/y5fnbnyw

Bye, Anton!
Alexander Koryagin
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Alexander Koryagin:

For old MSDOS games I use DosBox -- works on new
computers well.

Except that it cannot display those games properly without
my pixel-perfect patch:

https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=49160

If I need old Windows versions for some reason I use
VMWare. I have some soft that works on Windows 98 only.
;)

The last time I saw it, VMWare did not support integer
scaling without interpolation...

"Quite" is IMHO a very often used English word-parasite.
;-)
https://tinyurl.com/y5fnbnyw

It should seem so, but I recommend that you use a real
dicitonaly complied by real people, instead of Google's AI-
stuff:

EN<->EN: http://dict.org/
EN<->EN: https://www.thefreedictionary.com/
RU<->EN: https://wooordhunt.ru/
RU<->EN: https://dic.academic.ru/

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Hi, Anton Shepelev!
I read your message from 18.04.2022 16:21

AK>> For old MSDOS games I use DosBox -- works on new
AK>> computers well.
AS> Except that it cannot display those games properly without
AS> my pixel-perfect patch:
AS> https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=49160
AK>> If I need old Windows versions for some reason I use
AK>> VMWare. I have some soft that works on Windows 98 only.
AK>> ;)
AS> The last time I saw it, VMWare did not support integer
AS> scaling without interpolation...

It is not perfect, I know. Not long ago I installed Ubuntu on VmWare --
it shows split letters. Shame! :)

AK>> "Quite" is IMHO a very often used English word-parasite.
AK>> ;-)
AK>> https://tinyurl.com/y5fnbnyw
AS> It should seem so, but I recommend that you use a real
AS> dicitonaly complied by real people, instead of Google's AI-
AS> stuff:
AS> EN<->EN: http://dict.org/
AS> EN<->EN: https://www.thefreedictionary.com/
AS> RU<->EN: https://wooordhunt.ru/
AS> RU<->EN: https://dic.academic.ru/

OK

Bye, Anton!
Alexander Koryagin
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Alexander Koryagin to Anton Shepelev:

The last time I saw it, VMWare did not support integer
scaling without interpolation...

It is not perfect, I know.

"Not perfect" is what Edgar Poe calls praise by faint damn!

Not long ago I installed Ubuntu on VmWare -- it shows
split letters. Shame! :)

Split letters are new to me, but agree that poor display in
professional emulation and virtualisation software is low-
down dirty shame.

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Hi, Alexander! Recently you wrote in a message to Anton Shepelev:

Congratulations upon capitalisation of your name :-)

It was the initiative of Tommi's gate, not mine.

Ah. I'd noticed it seemed to happen at some times but not others... maybe depending on where you were posting from. While I've grown accustomed to seeing your name without capitalization, either or both serve the purpose. :-)

Long ago when fidonet was a quiet populous place
there were many people with initials AK, and it
was confusing to have discussions with them. So
I modestly had made my initials small. ;)

Thank you. That made it a lot easier to keep track of who said what ... especially when multiple quotes were used.

In those days we also had two or three people here with the initials "AS", one of whom helped clarify such things by adding his middle initial. And even now there are at least three Fidonet Syops with the initials "ML".... :-Q




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