| Re: Newbie IDl question [message #28423] |
Mon, 17 December 2001 12:57 |
Pavel A. Romashkin
Messages: 531
Registered: November 2000
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Craig Markwardt wrote:
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> The problem comes when I can't figure out my own code.
Don't worry about it. It is because you are using the far superior 5.5
now, and all that old worthless 5.0 code is so far behind that its
really hard (and unnecessary) to remember how it could possibly work :)
Pavel
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| Re: Newbie IDl question [message #28425 is a reply to message #28423] |
Mon, 17 December 2001 11:50  |
Craig Markwardt
Messages: 1869
Registered: November 1996
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"Pavel A. Romashkin" <pavel.romashkin@noaa.gov> writes:
> David Fanning wrote:
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>>> Oh, come on now - that's just cruel. :o) (I wonder how long until the "Licensing" or "This
>>> is how much it costs" link is clicked.......)
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>> I think I'm going to write a new tutorial
>> for my web page today: How to Use a Computer To
>> Find Information. You would think anyone who could
>> find a newsgroup could find a search engine. Sheesh.
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> I just found the following on the site where a HASP emulator driver
> software is posted for a download:
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> "I'd rather spend my time on the fun stuff, so am not going to write a
> manual how to use this driver. A knowledgeable person will easily figure
> it out, and those dumb ones don't need it anyway".
The problem comes when I can't figure out my own code.
Craig
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| Re: Newbie IDl question [message #28426 is a reply to message #28425] |
Mon, 17 December 2001 10:29 |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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Pavel A. Romashkin (pavel.romashkin@noaa.gov) writes:
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> I just found the following on the site where a HASP emulator driver
> software is posted for a download:
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> "I'd rather spend my time on the fun stuff, so am not going to write a
> manual how to use this driver. A knowledgeable person will easily figure
> it out, and those dumb ones don't need it anyway".
Something very much like this, and in the same spirit,
used to be on the first page of the IDL manual, years
and years ago. I was appalled when I read it and it was
the first sentence I deleted when I started work on the
IDL documentation.
In retrospect, I would have saved myself a LOT of
work if I had left it in. :-)
Cheers,
David
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Fanning Software Consulting
Phone: 970-221-0438, E-mail: david@dfanning.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Toll-Free IDL Book Orders: 1-888-461-0155
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| Re: Newbie IDl question [message #28427 is a reply to message #28426] |
Mon, 17 December 2001 10:14 |
Pavel A. Romashkin
Messages: 531
Registered: November 2000
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David Fanning wrote:
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>> Oh, come on now - that's just cruel. :o) (I wonder how long until the "Licensing" or "This
>> is how much it costs" link is clicked.......)
>
> I think I'm going to write a new tutorial
> for my web page today: How to Use a Computer To
> Find Information. You would think anyone who could
> find a newsgroup could find a search engine. Sheesh.
I just found the following on the site where a HASP emulator driver
software is posted for a download:
"I'd rather spend my time on the fun stuff, so am not going to write a
manual how to use this driver. A knowledgeable person will easily figure
it out, and those dumb ones don't need it anyway".
Pavel
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| Re: Newbie IDl question [message #28449 is a reply to message #28427] |
Thu, 13 December 2001 06:38 |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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Paul van Delst (paul.vandelst@noaa.gov) writes:
>> John (nospam@newsranger.com) writes:
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>>> can someone tell me as to from where I can download IDL
>>> if it is freely available?
>>
>> www.rsinc.com
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> Oh, come on now - that's just cruel. :o) (I wonder how long until the "Licensing" or "This
> is how much it costs" link is clicked.......)
I think I'm going to write a new tutorial
for my web page today: How to Use a Computer To
Find Information. You would think anyone who could
find a newsgroup could find a search engine. Sheesh.
Cheers,
David
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David W. Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting
Phone: 970-221-0438, E-mail: david@dfanning.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Toll-Free IDL Book Orders: 1-888-461-0155
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| Re: Newbie IDl question [message #28450 is a reply to message #28449] |
Thu, 13 December 2001 06:21 |
Paul van Delst
Messages: 364
Registered: March 1997
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David Fanning wrote:
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> John (nospam@newsranger.com) writes:
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>> can someone tell me as to from where I can download IDL
>> if it is freely available?
>
> www.rsinc.com
Oh, come on now - that's just cruel. :o) (I wonder how long until the "Licensing" or "This
is how much it costs" link is clicked.......)
paulv
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Ph: (301)763-8000 x7274 fantasy
Fax:(301)763-8545 V.S.Naipaul
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