On Wed, 2006-11-15 at 15:52 -0500, William Case wrote: > On Tue, 2006-11-14 at 19:10 +0000, Alan wrote: > > > I try to show him the new compiz. It doesn't work. > > > > Compiz on R128 is a "not going to happen" I think. It simply doesn't have > > the abilities and hardware (or software) support needed. > > > > > Sessions manager doesn't work. Several other applications are wonky. I > > > send off a list of wonky applications. No reply. > > > > Define "wonky" in detail. > > Wonky is an open ended technical term used to describe something in > hardware and or software happening that the user does not like. There > is usually an expectation that the said hardware and or software will > operat the way it used to, or is expected to or is wanted to. There is > direct implication that the user hasn't spent the time to investigate > why this is the case. It is usually announced by "Aw SH_T". > > In my case, I was trying to take a shortcut by finding out which > wonkyness might be attributed to my graphics card and which wonkyness > might be casued by something else. It really isn't worth delving into > the cause until the main misfunction -- my video card -- is working. That one went into my "The Strange" folder as a keeper. Yes Folks, I keep all your really strange sh*t in a folder. I love to browse it for grins. Bill, your definition of "wonkyness" exceeded even my expectations. Congrats, you got **** 4 stars out of a possible 5. The only person to have rated 5 has been myself. So, you did really really good! <grins> Ric
