Re: Understanding Error Messages

On Sat, 10 May 2008 00:26:36 -0700 (PDT), amir <ahsharif@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>On May 9, 3:23 am, Doug Miller <spamb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> In article <86f755fe-26fe-4e97-bb96-9fe535901036
>> @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, ahsha...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 says...
>>
>> > I got the file through FTP. I could not cut and paste it. maybe some
>> > special characters, I don't know.
>> > If you specify what peace of code is necessary to help, I will type
it
>> > again if needed.
>>
>> You don't seem to understand.
>>
>> If you want help, you need to show us *exactly* what you're compiling.
>> The whole listing. You should be able to display this on a PC and copy
>> and paste (NOT RE-TYPE) into a post here. If you don't know how to do
>> this, have someone in your office show you how.
>>
>> Hell, print the whole thing, scan the printout, and post JPEGs of the
>> scans on flickr.com if you have to. We CAN'T tell you what the problem
>> is until you show us what you're doing, and what happens.
>
>Thanks for all.
>I could not attach my file which I got by FTP in ASCII mode and
>windows do not let me to copy-paste it.

Your government (Iran) blocked clipboard functions after someone used them
to copy
anti-Islamic messages. They blocked YouTube for the same reason. They say,
if it happens
again, they'll block all writes to memory. 

Nothing changes in a read-only society. It is little known that the
mainframe division of
IBM adopted such a policy in the 1980s. The problem it raised is what to
do with
programmers. If nothing changes, there is no need for developers. 

The problem was solved when they realized branched changes could not be
committed to the
trunk of IBM version control. Each new relaease requires re-applying and
re-testing
changes made since the trunk was created in 1982, even though nothing
changed in the
current release. If this maintenance is overlooked, bugs fixed a decade
ago will reappear.

Facetious? There are mainframe shops where this is practiced today.