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From: Bill Waddington on 7 Mar 2010 11:36 On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 22:28:52 +0530, Vwake <Vwake(a)nospace.net> wrote: >On Mar 6, 2010 (Sat) at 6:05pm -0600 (GMT) John Hasler wrote: > >> Michael writes: >>> ...and I first soldered 39 years ago. >> >> I first soldered about 55 years ago. > >Dude, how old are you? Or are you just kidding? :) Hey, show a little respect for the old guy! We youngsters should be respectful of our elders! It was only ~50 years ago for me... Bill -- William D Waddington william.waddington(a)beezmo.com "Even bugs...are unexpected signposts on the long road of creativity..." - Ken Burtch
From: Vwake on 7 Mar 2010 12:08 On Mar 7, 2010 (Sun) at 8:36am -0800 (GMT) Bill Waddington wrote: > On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 22:28:52 +0530, Vwake <Vwake(a)nospace.net> wrote: > >> On Mar 6, 2010 (Sat) at 6:05pm -0600 (GMT) John Hasler wrote: >> >>> Michael writes: >>>> ...and I first soldered 39 years ago. >>> >>> I first soldered about 55 years ago. >> >> Dude, how old are you? Or are you just kidding? :) > > Hey, show a little respect for the old guy! We youngsters should be > respectful of our elders! > > It was only ~50 years ago for me... Sorry, if I have offended. He's too sharp and accurate for an old man. I am pretty sure I would be a mess up at his age. Hence my disbelief :) V.
From: John Hasler on 7 Mar 2010 11:53 I wrote: > I first soldered about 55 years ago. V. writs: > Dude, how old are you? Or are you just kidding? :) Quite possibly old enough to be your grandfather. My father taught me to solder when I was a child. I espect that soldering is now considered too dangerous for anyone under eighteen. -- John Hasler jhasler(a)newsguy.com Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA
From: John Hasler on 7 Mar 2010 11:55 Bill writes: > Hey, show a little respect for the old guy! We youngsters should be > respectful of our elders! Damn right. > It was only ~50 years ago for me... Kids... -- John Hasler jhasler(a)newsguy.com Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA
From: The Natural Philosopher on 7 Mar 2010 12:01
TJ wrote: > On 03/06/2010 08:02 PM, notbob wrote: >> On 2010-03-06, TJ<TJ(a)noneofyour.business> wrote: >>> On 03/06/2010 04:10 PM, notbob wrote: >>>> Who knows what >>>> google is capable of? >>>> >>> >>> Hey, if you can't trust a company whose corporate motto used to be >>> "Don't be Evil," who can you trust? >> >> >> >> RLZ identifier: >> >> Info sent: >> Encoded string, according to Google, contains non-identifying >> information used for statistics. Although there is no way to confirm >> this. >> >> When: >> # On Google search query >> # Every 24 hours >> # On installation and other significant events >> >> Optional: >> No >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome >> >> You can can trust 'em if you like. I don't. >> >> nb > > BEING SERIOUS IN THIS POST: > > Notbob, you can't trust Wikipedia, either. Anybody can change anything > there, at any time. Supposedly, it's self-policing, because those who > know the truth come along and make corrections. Nice idea, but it has a > basic flaw. > > Suppose somebody posts mis-information about a subject. It doesn't have > to be a lie - but it could be. It may be corrected almost immediately - > or it could languish for weeks before somebody finds the error. Now > suppose you access that information during the time the error is there. > Would you know the difference? Probably not. And then you'd go somewhere > and cite that information, not knowing that it is false. > > With Wikipedia, you just don't know. It's a good place to start some > research, but anything, and I do mean ANYTHING you see there needs to be > confirmed from independent sources before you accept it as true. > > TJ I tried editing a wiki entry once, to correct an obvious mistake. Quoted an aircraft engine in bhp and KW. There is a fixed mathematical relationship. 1000bhp cannot be 2670 KW. its about 1670 KW. Was changed back within days. I gave up. |