Dear Fellow Xywriters
Unfortunately I still do not have a better term to greet people on the
Xylist.
I miss Pat who would know the answer to all my language
questions.
I appreciate the correction in the spelling of Luddites. I was
never aware of
General Ned Ludd. I will make sure when my children call me
a Luddite again
that they spell it with a double d.
On the subject of parallel ports. While I compose all text in
xywrite, I have
always used word for word to convert my documents to wordperfect
5.1 to
print. I think wp5.1 still has the best kerning program.
Since I have two
lazerjet printers which work fine with a
parallel port and I do not see a way
to print in wordperfect 5.1 to a
usb port I will continue to print to the parallel
port. In any event since
I buy a lazerjet 5 printer on ebay for about $50-60,
and it is still
cheaper to buy a "reconditioned" used printer than to repair one
and I have
about 30 toner cartridges left I will remain a happy Luddite
Your fellow Luddite
Avrom Fischer
avromf@xxxxxxxx or af413@xxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2016 12:20
PM
Subject: Re: parellel ports
The extract below is from the UK National Archives:
The
machine-breaking disturbances that rocked the wool and cotton
industries
were known as the 'Luddite riots'. The Luddites were named
after ‘General
Ned Ludd’ or ‘King Ludd’, a mythical figure who lived in
Sherwood Forest
and supposedly led the movement.
Paul
On 02/02/2016 15:24, J R
FOX wrote:
> I thought this was named after an actual historical person
(?), and that
> it definitely had a double "d". Anyway,
Urbandictionary has been a
> must-visit for quite some
time.
>
>
Jordan
>
>
>
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>
*From:* Kari Eveli
>
*To:* xywrite@xxxxxxxx
>
*Sent:* Monday, February 1, 2016 10:13 PM
>
*Subject:* Re: parellel ports
>
> I
thought that the word is spelled differently, and I looked it
up
> and found this rather nice result. It is
just the d that is speeding
>
away!
>
> Top
Definition
>
ludite
> A person who is averse to addapting to
technology.
> IE: He is a ludite because he does
not want to use myspace as a
> means of
communication, in order to manage his
>
relationships--business, or otherwise.
> by BNV
October 15, 2007
> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ludite
>
>
Best regards,
>
> Kari
Eveli
> LEXITEC Book Publishing
(Finland)
> lexitec@xxxxxxxx <mailto:lexitec@xxxxxxxx>
>
>
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1.2.2016, 21:43, Avrom wrote:
> Dear Fellow
Xywriters
> First, is there a better term than
fellow Xywriters to refer to us.
> My children
call me a
Ludite..