Augury and reading chicken bones for profit... (was Pun-ditry...)

[Ron Kracht]

Fairlight wrote:

>The honourable and venerable Jay Ashworth spoke thus:
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>>See?
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>>This is the problem Linux has.  People say "aw, it doesn't have one of
>>*those* yet..."
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>>And don't look.
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>Well who woulda thought?  I don't keep track of more than a tiny portion of
>the stuff being developed anymore, probably because 70%+ never gets near
>gamma.
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>>http://www.google.com/search?q=linux%20screen%20reader
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>Looked at SpeakUp.  Interesting.  The question is begged though--if you're
>actually -fully- blind (John can still see -some- on good days), how are
>you supposed to get to the point where you -do- install the software,
>without having the software installed already?  That question is like the
>chicken and the egg.
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>mark->
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If I hadn't seen you mention your wife several times I would think that 
question came from a crusty old hermit who had no human contact. Few 
people, blind or otherwise, live in a vacuum. They have family, friends, 
acquaintances, or even paid consultants who can install software that 
they, for whatever reason, are not able to install themselves.

You are correct though - the question is like the chicken and egg - it 
starts from a faulty premise :-)