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  Re: Kids react to old computers Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2014-07-07 22:23 -0400
    Re: Kids react to old computers Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2014-07-07 20:13 -0700
    Re: Kids react to old computers Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-07-07 20:31 -0700
      Re: Kids react to old computers "D.F. Manno" <dfmanno@mail.com> - 2014-07-14 17:45 -0400
        Re: Kids react to old computers Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-07-15 10:19 -0700

#62074 — Re: Kids react to old computers

In article <vilain-0959DE.18075326052014@news.individual.net>,
 Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> wrote:

> In article <2014052617572585979-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
>  Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 2014-05-26 20:49:12 +0000, Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> said:
> > 
> > > In article
> > > <chine.bleu-20BC42.12141526052014@news.eternal-september.org>,
> > >  Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > >> In article <260520140955077061%michelle@michelle.org>,
> > >> Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> > >> 
> > >>> They're using an Apple ][, but would have had essentially the same
> > >>> reaction if it had been a Commodore PET or TRS-80.
> > >>> 
> > >>> -- Michelle
> > >>> 
> > >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF7EpEnglgk
> > >> 
> > >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zk1zByXpBk
> > >> 
> > >> While Wozniak was working on Apple 2, I was working on
> > >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvLlfXZMBXg
> > > 
> > > I haven't seen NOS since my 2nd job in 1981.  And yes, it was on a CDC
> > > machine.  60-bit machine. Last 2 registers to read/write to memory.
> > > Very strange.
> > 
> > My initiation into FORTRAN was on two NCR machines, a Century 100 and a 
> > Century 200. That got me moving beyond the abacus & slide rule, though 
> > there has never really been anything to replace those two. I still have 
> > two, at ;east 50 year old, yellowing slide rules in my aging artifact 
> > pile.
> 
> I kept the Pickett Slide Rule my father proudly gave me for a high 
> school graduation present. Once the HP45 came down in price, I never 
> touched it again.

If you ever have children you could tell them that in the old daze you 
had to do arithmetic by rubbing two sticks together.

-- 
Never attribute to stupidity that which can be explained by greed. Me.

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#62077

In article <proto-CA00EF.22235607072014@news.panix.com>,
 Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> wrote:

> In article <vilain-0959DE.18075326052014@news.individual.net>,
>  Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> wrote:
> 
> > In article <2014052617572585979-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
> >  Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > On 2014-05-26 20:49:12 +0000, Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> said:
> > > 
> > > > In article
> > > > <chine.bleu-20BC42.12141526052014@news.eternal-september.org>,
> > > >  Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > >> In article <260520140955077061%michelle@michelle.org>,
> > > >> Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> > > >> 
> > > >>> They're using an Apple ][, but would have had essentially the same
> > > >>> reaction if it had been a Commodore PET or TRS-80.
> > > >>> 
> > > >>> -- Michelle
> > > >>> 
> > > >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF7EpEnglgk
> > > >> 
> > > >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zk1zByXpBk
> > > >> 
> > > >> While Wozniak was working on Apple 2, I was working on
> > > >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvLlfXZMBXg
> > > > 
> > > > I haven't seen NOS since my 2nd job in 1981.  And yes, it was on a CDC
> > > > machine.  60-bit machine. Last 2 registers to read/write to memory.
> > > > Very strange.
> > > 
> > > My initiation into FORTRAN was on two NCR machines, a Century 100 and a 
> > > Century 200. That got me moving beyond the abacus & slide rule, though 
> > > there has never really been anything to replace those two. I still have 
> > > two, at ;east 50 year old, yellowing slide rules in my aging artifact 
> > > pile.
> > 
> > I kept the Pickett Slide Rule my father proudly gave me for a high 
> > school graduation present. Once the HP45 came down in price, I never 
> > touched it again.
> 
> If you ever have children you could tell them that in the old daze you 
> had to do arithmetic by rubbing two sticks together.

That's differential calculus not arithmetic.

-- 
:-<> Siri Seal of Disavowal #000-001. Disavowed. Denied. Deleted.
'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.'
Icke's razor: Given two equally plausible explanations, choose the weirder.

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#62078

On 2014-07-08 02:23:56 +0000, Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> said:

> In article <vilain-0959DE.18075326052014@news.individual.net>,
>  Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> wrote:
> 
>> In article <2014052617572585979-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
>> Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 2014-05-26 20:49:12 +0000, Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> said:
>>> 
>>>> In article
>>>> <chine.bleu-20BC42.12141526052014@news.eternal-september.org>,
>>>> Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> In article <260520140955077061%michelle@michelle.org>,
>>>>> Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> They're using an Apple ][, but would have had essentially the same
>>>>>> reaction if it had been a Commodore PET or TRS-80.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -- Michelle
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF7EpEnglgk
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zk1zByXpBk
>>>>> 
>>>>> While Wozniak was working on Apple 2, I was working on
>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvLlfXZMBXg
>>>> 
>>>> I haven't seen NOS since my 2nd job in 1981.  And yes, it was on a CDC
>>>> machine.  60-bit machine. Last 2 registers to read/write to memory.
>>>> Very strange.
>>> 
>>> My initiation into FORTRAN was on two NCR machines, a Century 100 and a
>>> Century 200. That got me moving beyond the abacus & slide rule, though
>>> there has never really been anything to replace those two. I still have
>>> two, at ;east 50 year old, yellowing slide rules in my aging artifact
>>> pile.
>> 
>> I kept the Pickett Slide Rule my father proudly gave me for a high
>> school graduation present. Once the HP45 came down in price, I never
>> touched it again.
> 
> If you ever have children you could tell them that in the old daze you
> had to do arithmetic by rubbing two sticks together.

...and don't forget to tell them that you can start a fire by rubbing 
two boy scouts together.

-- 
Regards,

Savageduck

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#62230

In article <2014070720313196220-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
 Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:

> ...and don't forget to tell them that you can start a fire by rubbing 
> two boy scouts together.

Well, NOW you can. As long as they're not adults.

-- 
D.F. Manno | dfmanno@mail.com
GOP delenda est!

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#62261

In article <dfmanno-CBA3E1.17453314072014@news.albasani.net>, D.F.
Manno <dfmanno@mail.com> wrote:

> > ...and don't forget to tell them that you can start a fire by rubbing 
> > two boy scouts together.
> 
> Well, NOW you can. As long as they're not adults.

Hilariously laughing.  I wonder how many people will get that.

-- Michelle

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