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From: unsettled on 1 Dec 2006 22:15 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > DEC was unique in that these kinds of people thrived. I remember > one guy whose sole job was to walk the halls of the old Mill > and just think. Other people implemented his ideas. A *really* good idea is such a major hurdle that most people are fortunate if they have one in their lifetime. Multiples, WOW!
From: unsettled on 1 Dec 2006 22:22 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > For me hex and hex were the same thing. I worked for year in > an octal environment. I'd never be able to convert to hex. In a different world it was said of one bit god, the patron saint of cpm, that "For him, assembler is a high level language."
From: unsettled on 1 Dec 2006 22:23 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > In article <MPG.1fd8f934cc0c9057989d50(a)news.individual.net>, > krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: > >>In article <ekmifn$8ss_002(a)s886.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com says... >> >>>In article <MPG.1fd79bef70af1ed3989d3d(a)news.individual.net>, >>> krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: >>><snip> >>> >>>>It's not a "3" it's "=3F" (the code-point for the apostrophe). I'm >>>>not sure what I did (it just happened recently). If someone has an >>>>idea how to fix it I certainly will! >>> >>>Did your system get hexed? >> >>Apparently! ;-) Maybe it's fixed, dunno. > > > Well, now I have itch that can't be scratched. Your > aberration seems to have disappeared. I HATE that > when it happens. TW always blamed a cosmic ray. After > haunting the s.p. newsgroup, I learned he was telling > me a fairy tale ;-). Don't let him fool you. He rebooted.
From: unsettled on 1 Dec 2006 22:28 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > In article <ekpc5r$gh6$2(a)leto.cc.emory.edu>, > lparker(a)emory.edu (Lloyd Parker) wrote: > >>In article <ekpa2n$8ss_005(a)s920.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, >> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >>>In article <ekmuf7$sk6$1(a)leto.cc.emory.edu>, >>> lparker(a)emory.edu (Lloyd Parker) wrote: >>> >>>>In article <95d74$456dc13c$4fe7752$20089(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, >>>> unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>>Lloyd Parker wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>In article <485af$456c7009$4fe7665$9791(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, >>>>>> unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>Lloyd Parker wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>In article <ekhdog$8qk_001(a)s1016.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, >>>>>>>> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>But again, what you get doesn't depend on your ability to pay. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Huh? >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>In a pure socialistic system, you'd receive what you need without >> >>regards >> >>>>>>to >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>>ability to pay, right? That's how the military works. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>In the military physical performance is required and >>>>>>>routinely tested. Inability to perform results in >>>>>>>separation. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>But you get ahead without regard to wealth. Your ability to pay doesn't >>>>>>affect your advancement, as it does with a capitalistic system. >>>>> >>>>>Performance is the only currency deciding advancement, >>>>>which isn't socialist at all. >>>> >>>>Sure it is. While everyone gets what they need to stay alive and healthy, >>> >>>the >>> >>>>best advance. >>> >>>No, they don't. You need to learn what motivates people to do >>>estraordinary things. >>> >>> >>>>However, wealth isn't a consideration in advancement as it is >>>>under capitalism. >>> >>>Wealth is a side effect of capitalism. >>> >>> >>><snip> >>> >>>/BAH >> >>Are you seriously suggesting someone born to a poverty family has the same >>chance of becoming successful as someone born to a rich family in a >>capitalistic society? > > > Yes. I will even go further and state that the poor kid has more > motivation than the rich kid. Thus, the poor kid will succeed > more often than the rich kid. Are there any rich kid entrepreneurs? > A lot of people are reasonably wealthy from working on a production > line and not spending all of their money on junk. That can only > happen in a capitalistic-based society. Not only do these people > become wealthy, they breed kids so become wealthier. Only > people who are hungry go out and shoot dinner. It was a popular theme in the early movies to have a rich kid have a row with the parents, then strike out to make it on his own without their interference, eventually to return when he'd achieved major success. A sort of a prodigal son is successful story.
From: unsettled on 1 Dec 2006 22:33
jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > In article <45703A8F.D217E872(a)hotmail.com>, > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> >>>Yup. I knew people who would read a listing when going to the >>>toilet. >> >>Good Lord ! >> >>Did they use it for the other thing too ? > > > Heavens! NO! The listing has the hen scratches that may > fix the bug. > > Don't you read code as a hobby? I like reading math books. > Haven't done that for a while because I've been trying to > learn all this people-stuff. Reanaissance woman? You seem to have a good handle on parts of it. |