Re: Today: A Bit of Software Archaeology

From	Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.acorn.apps
Subject	Re: Today: A Bit of Software Archaeology
Date	2025-04-28 00:02 +0100
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<9a1b59145c.harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> (permalink)
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On 27 Apr 2025 as I do recall,
          Steve Fryatt  wrote:

> On 27 Apr, Harriet Bazley wrote in message
>     <674549145c.harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk>:
> 
> > It seems to work.
> 
> That's good to know -- thanks!
> 
> :-)
>  
> > Having recurring annual events (e.g. Tanzania Union Day on April 27th)
> > listed with a date of ???? is apparently a deliberate choice, although it
> > looks like an error to the uninitiated. However, I'm puzzled that the
> > birth of "Edith Hamilton" (who she?) on August 12th is also listed as ????
> > - 'Highlight own data' is selected by default, so this is presumably a
> > birthday reminder for a former user's daughter or something like that, as
> > it's not highlighted in red....


Typo - I meant to write "Presumably *not*" a former user's daughter
since not highlighted!
> 
> Edith is in the "aug" file, so presumably not user data (that should be in
> the "own" file, I think).
> 
> I'm guessing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Hamilton -- I suspect that
> a lot of the data was culled from the corners of the internet in the 1990s,
> and probably has a bias towards the other side of the pond.
> 

Searching "Renault" has zero results, which does surprise me; I was
looking for Mary Renault, renowned non-US author of books about Greek
and Roman culture, but would have expected the cars to show up....

-- 
Harriet Bazley                     ==  Loyaulte me lie ==

You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.

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Today: A Bit of Software Archaeology Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2025-04-27 09:36 +0100
  Re: Today: A Bit of Software Archaeology Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2025-04-27 21:09 +0100
    Re: Today: A Bit of Software Archaeology Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2025-04-27 22:49 +0100
      Re: Today: A Bit of Software Archaeology Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2025-04-28 00:02 +0100

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