Optron #26 31 марта 1999

Premiere headings - Speccy - or not to be?

[] Hacker Rasp


        - Would you, Your Majesty, the particle

      "No"! - Said doumok, reputed to be among

      its great dotepoy. - Instead of a
      second, to enthusiastically exclaim: "Well

      that the Vidal "- would shake the shoulder
      mi: "Ek wonder! .."

        That joy was all the eyelids to
      umkam, chestivtsam!


               Felix Krivine. King Godyaev


  The holiday is a celebration: it relies to something held 
back. Here we have prepared by April 1 next prime minister. 

  New section is specially designed
for those who wish to express their disagreement with this or 
that opinion in an e- press or ehokonferentsii. Opens the Field 
of our new writer Taras Gorshin: his Article - contribution to 
the debate initiated by the newspaper Pilot. 

  Of course, in this section, we will place an objection and 
against our own articles - the good, the "Optocouplers" | 26 
material for this abound. So, a new topic awaits guests!




              Non Possumus!



        Speccy - or not to be?

{} Taras Gorshin, 1999


      For many centuries all the Amur tested

      weapons: arrows, guns, cannons,

      bombs of different systems ... And all this for

      to make people love each other
      ha.

                             Felix Krivine


  In Pilot'e | 30 caught my articles, quite original: it is not 
about drinking bouts speech, and not about women but about the 
very same instrument, with which you are now reading

"Optron: about Speccy. A lot of it has already been mentioned, 
much more will be said. But the conversation does not help, 
anyway, conversations without concrete proposals. Yes

and proposals should not be in the area
taught fiction, but real.

  So what gives us the author of this
Article UNCLE SAM / PROXIMA?

  The fact that the article was full enough
described in OBOZ'e "OPTRON" | 23 saves
me from having a detailed citation.

  So, UNCLE SAM'u tired of moaning
Speccy. Yeah, right. Tantrum ever
have not yet benefited. But the material for
reflection is still needed. It is therefore not
'll ban everyone, and look for a grain of truth that will help 
make the right decision. After How many people, so many 
opinions, and each rights of way.


  UNCLE SAM says there is no market programs. And it does not. 
But the program-ie! The user need only find best suited to him 
- though due to lack of really complete review of available 
software search for the software sometimes very difficult.


  And if you want the program - from among the well-known, it 
is still among them must be seek the most appropriate to meet

You need me function. Probably every
familiar with the situation when the disks hold
several programs, almost identical,
but each - with one of his most important for
You function that works well.

  The obvious concern delivers and the absence of any standards 
in naming and appointing authorities. However, now the 
situation has improved, but problems still occur. For example, 
mention assembler STORM, by that not all rush to change due to

unusual program management.

  So here UNCLE SAM rights: no sensible data bank - neither the 
amplitude nor syudy " and such a set need not only

users. If someone is going to write a program of a certain 
character, then above all it must determine: what

software is already there, and what it lacks.
Surely it will increase the quality of the finished
product, and in certain cases -
save us from reinventing the wheel.

  But here is the ratio of UNCLE SAM'a to demo ...

  At least some common sense here too: a demo version of reality
much. But why so severely run down
on them? It seems long ago they were considered not
"Of bourgeois luxury, but a form of applied art? UNCLE SAM 
urges to support the Speccy - and then "ruin" the whole 
direction of creativity. Think I am not mistaken in saying that 
people who demos like, rather, the majority than

vice versa. A demo version - it is very
effective way to demonstrate what works are being prepared, and 
received reviews orient to any shortcomings should be addressed.


  Of course, those who make a demo version and
This stop work, deserve censure. But such persons should be 
allocated in a separate list, instead of "water" in concert 
with them and all the rest.


  If the demos - this is "another matter", then
why he was hurt? And in general, since
Soon we are talking about raising the Spectrum on
proper level, then why judge him by
means the average censor
50-ies?

  A phrase about "the absence of useful things on the Spectrum" 
is simply baffling. If UNCLE SAM did not find anything

useful in the Speccy, then what he actually does?

  The article goes on to be criticism of electronic media - for 
a low iformativnost, description of binge-drinking, etc. Called 
upon more write "About Me": the group members, their 
employment. Short stories play a vital bottleneck space in 
certain "specialized editions.


  My friends, what to bring electronic
edition to the level of the telephone directory? If a newspaper 
or magazine will be dry an accumulation of facts - then who 
wants to read it! Of course, the drinking bouts could

to interpret and less, but otherwise
publication should provide some
variety of published materials.

  As for the novels - the who, interestingly, wants to make a 
single newspaper or magazine just for the sake of it? After 
all, dedicated to publishing novels will be extremely irregular 
in published and different in scope and quality of their 
material. And those who wish for keeping an eye on such terms? 
I think almost anybody! And rezulate - everything there will 
prove to be safely forgotten. In hateful publication neither 
the author does not want published, preferring to refer to

"Normal" periodicals.

  Of course, the rational kernel can be found
and here. Who is preventing some produce best-of collection of 
short stories, left for a certain period? That would be already 
useful. But publication in other publications is not should be 
excluded. 

  The fact that we - as claimed in UNCLE SAM
conclusion of his article - about 20-40 thousand, it's really a 
lot. But the problem - fragmentation, lack of good relations 
between people. Situation saves development ZX-Net, what it can 
(and needed) only wish every success.

But it was not yet anywhere, but if you where there,
it is not always in the proper amount.

  That's what should pay attention to
First of all - the link! Cook in
their own juice - guaranteed death
platform. Must often spend
meetings and festivals such as FunTop. But it is not
always easy and sometimes associated with quite
costly that not all
spektrumistam afford.

  So before you make lists
spektrumistov should provide between
them a reliable contact. Then everything else will be easier to 
... 

  As you know, "spaseie rolling - a
Hand drowning. "Of course, until
flooding is still far, but certainly not
should be established around the Spectrum atmosphere of 
indifference and discrimination against certain its positive 
sides.