ml>>> command line param... or possible use the ICA (inter communications
 ml>>> area)... ICA isn't all that big... 16 bytes i think... i'm not sure
 ml>>> about support on all platforms, either... as i recall, gateway decided
 ml>>> a while back that it wasn't being used by anyone and started using it
 KF>
 KF>> That might be a good idea if I could assure that it wouldn't
 KF>> be used by anything else.
 ml>> i think there was something about using a CRC or prefixing the comm
 ml>> stuff with specific chars so you could tell if it was your command to
 ml>> play with or not...
 KF> But if it's already being used then I shouldn't be writing to
 KF> it at all, so I won't bother with the idea of messing with it.
as i recall, you check the info in there first... if it is yours then you use 
it... otherwise, no and depending on the application, you may check it 
again...
it is kinda obscure and the development time would likely be better spent 
elsewhere...
 KF>> Hmmm... am I getting confused or what? Too many late nights at
 KF>> the keyboard again, no doubt. Of course your idea will work.
 ml>> i used to do dBase programing for a living... there were times that
 ml>> i'd start a session about 10am on monday morning and the next time i
 ml>> looked at the clock was maybe 2am three days later... the time simply
 ml>> passed as i churned out lines of code... coffee (about 5 pots a day by
 ml>> myself) and cigs and some of those microwave meals... but time simply
 ml>> slipped by... i do know that the longest session i did was like 9 or
 ml>> 10 days straight thru... they woke me up with a whole box of paper on
 ml>> the floor, my finger still holding the formfeed button and my head
 ml>> laying on the keyboard beeping like crazy... it was the beeping that
 ml>> caused them to peek into my office and see what was up... i had been
 ml>> like that for only 20 minutes or so... i went home and slept for three
 ml>> days before they saw me again... > t'is sad that those days are
 ml>> gone... i used to get a lot of coding done in those days... didn't
 ml>> have very many customers that minded paying $150US/hour or more for
 ml>> development either... 'specially when it came to custom manufacturing
 ml>> applications...
 KF> That's hilarious... 
>  it's been more than once i've unloaded a fresh box of paper thru a 
printer by falling asleep while formfeeding it OB-)
 KF> I always find that my brain only starts working and any real
 KF> work gets done only after 12 hours of getting warmed up, and
 KF> then once I get going I don't want to stop because everything
 KF> becomes clear in my mind at that point. It's only when the sun
 KF> comes up and the birds start chirping that I realize how late
 KF> it is.
very true...
 KF> I wonder if there's any relation to a relaxed brain and
 KF> clearer thinking, or if it's just because I've finally dealt
 KF> with all the intrusions of the day and can finally focus
 KF> myself on the task at hand?
i'm sure... i'm working on some 'sound therapy' stuff now that uses alpha, 
beta, theta and other 'brainwave' forms... using white or pink noise as the 
carrier and putting them in in certain sequences and rythms, one comes up 
with some pretty interesting responses... my favorite is a 30 minute session 
into theta... really opens the mind's creative side up... it is, however, not 
something many folks do... meditation and that kind of stuff, that is... one 
really has to be in the mindset to be able to really take advantage...
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