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May 9th, 2007, 07:52 PM
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May 9th, 2007, 07:58 PM
#22
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 Originally Posted by nihil
Slot,
You may have read about PDP11s. some of us have actually used them in anger 
Actually the IBM I am referring to predates them....................... 
You're right. I never touched those systems. Can't say its a bad thing. I like to think that my brain is not riddled with outdated knowledge just yet.
I wake up in the morning, wash my face, brush my teeth, and sharpen my tongue.
Preparation is half the battle, its also a butt cream.
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May 9th, 2007, 07:59 PM
#23
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Originally Posted by MadBeaver
 So your a good Slot and not just another Dirty Slot
I wouldn't go that far. 
I wake up in the morning, wash my face, brush my teeth, and sharpen my tongue.
Preparation is half the battle, its also a butt cream.
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May 9th, 2007, 08:14 PM
#24
You're right. I never touched those systems. Can't say its a bad thing. I like to think that my brain is not riddled with outdated knowledge just yet.
You have never lived sonny............. PDP11.......... one of the great "classic" machines of all time you could use them for all sorts.............. they hadn't invented the BSOD back then (I don't think that Billygoat Windoze has today? anyway he was still getting busted for dope back then)
OK mainframe, but we used IBM 360's ICL MEs and the like as well.
As for your arrogance........... anything you learn will be outdated 10 minutes after.....if you get it at school or college then it is already 3+++ years out of date.
Take my advice mate and learn to extract the PRINCIPLES from the detail..... they never go out of date
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May 9th, 2007, 08:18 PM
#25
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Originally Posted by nihil
You have never lived sonny............. PDP11.......... one of the great "classic" machines of all time you could use them for all sorts.............. they hadn't invented the BSOD back then (I don't think that Billygoat Windoze has today? anyway he was still getting busted for dope back then)
OK mainframe, but we used IBM 360's ICL MEs and the like as well.
As for your arrogance........... anything you learn will be outdated 10 minutes after.....if you get it at school or college then it is already 3+++ years out of date.
Take my advice mate and learn to extract the PRINCIPLES from the detail..... they never go out of date
I think that in your concluding statement you verified that although I haven't experienced the love of these antiquated systems, I can still learn the same principles from a tape drive or a toaster right?
I wake up in the morning, wash my face, brush my teeth, and sharpen my tongue.
Preparation is half the battle, its also a butt cream.
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May 9th, 2007, 08:31 PM
#26
You're right. I never touched those systems. Can't say its a bad thing. I like to think that my brain is not riddled with outdated knowledge just yet.
Slot throws down the gauntlet, and nihil responds with a history/ethics lesson.
Slot fires right back with a one liner:
... I can still learn the same principles from a tape drive or a toaster right?
( note here, both these items are still in use today and I am missing the relevance. )
nihil, are you saying we can actually learn from history and our's and others' mistakes??
What a concept!
" And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be" --Miguel Cervantes
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May 9th, 2007, 08:34 PM
#27
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Originally Posted by IKnowNot
Slot throws down the gauntlet, and nihil responds with a history/ethics lesson.
Slot fires right back with a one liner:
( note here, both these items are still in use today and I am missing the relevance. )
nihil, are you saying we can actually learn from history and our's and others' mistakes??
What a concept!
Wait... is there some kind of argument going on i'm missing? The internet are a confusing place.
I wake up in the morning, wash my face, brush my teeth, and sharpen my tongue.
Preparation is half the battle, its also a butt cream.
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May 9th, 2007, 08:57 PM
#28
Slot,
It may take a little while of participation to pick up the various humour standards used here? I lurked for 18 months before joining, and it was still a bit of a culture shock
I think that in your concluding statement you verified that although I haven't experienced the love of these antiquated systems, I can still learn the same principles from a tape drive or a toaster right?
Yes! that is what I am saying. Input - Processing - Output ........ does that seem familiar . The secret is in identifying those elements that are important, beyond the ephemerality of qucihe technology.
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May 9th, 2007, 09:01 PM
#29
Member
Originally Posted by nihil
Slot,
It may take a little while of participation to pick up the various humour standards used here? I lurked for 18 months before joining, and it was still a bit of a culture shock
Yes! that is what I am saying. Input - Processing - Output ........ does that seem familiar . The secret is in identifying those elements that are important, beyond the ephemerality of qucihe technology.
Hey....
Quiche is serious business.
I wake up in the morning, wash my face, brush my teeth, and sharpen my tongue.
Preparation is half the battle, its also a butt cream.
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May 9th, 2007, 09:12 PM
#30
If there is, I missed it too. I considered it a relevant and fine discussion. But then I've never been married so am no expert on what constitutes an argument.
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