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| From | Rich <rich@example.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: Is This An Old Folks Home? |
| Date | 2026-11-04 03:54 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <11ceaa8$c9ap$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <18e45d18dce2f904$1893$2999836$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <11ce3a1$advt$1@dont-email.me> <z-CdnfPEet-xPnf3nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@giganews.com> |
c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote: > On 11/3/26 20:55, Woozy Song wrote: >> Farley Flud wrote: >>> Is this group an actual GNU/Linux discussion forum or a sordid >>> home for decrepit old folks and faltering has-beens? >>> >>> I don't want no useless info on pre-historic tape readers. >>> >>> I, and many others, want cutting edge philosophy on GNU/Linux/FOSS. >>> >>> Otherwise, go bury yourselves, grandpas. >>> >>> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! >>> >> >> Usenet has a lot of people who have been using it since the 1990s, so >> presumably over 50 years old. I am a bit older, I remember 9-track >> tapes, punch cards and acoustic coupler modems. > > Umm ... they were EIGHT-track tapes :-) Idiot. Woozy's not referring to "8-track audio tapes". He's referring to 9-track digital computer tapes used on old IBM mainframes. They were 9-tracks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9-track_tape Eight data bits plus one parity bit per byte makes for a "9-track" tape.
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Is This An Old Folks Home? Farley Flud <ff@gnulinux.rocks> - 2026-11-02 23:08 +0000
Re: Is This An Old Folks Home? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-11-03 02:51 +0100
On the on-topicness of tape drives (was: Re: Is This An Old Folks Home?) Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-11-04 23:47 +0000
Re: Is This An Old Folks Home? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-11-02 21:08 -0500
Re: Is This An Old Folks Home? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-11-03 02:26 +0000
Re: Is This An Old Folks Home? Woozy Song <suzyw0ng@outlook.com> - 2026-11-04 09:55 +0800
Re: Is This An Old Folks Home? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-11-03 22:14 -0500
Re: Is This An Old Folks Home? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-11-04 03:54 +0000
Re: Is This An Old Folks Home? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-11-04 06:21 +0000
Re: Is This An Old Folks Home? Beej Jorgensen <beej@beej.us> - 2026-11-04 19:15 +0000
Re: Is This An Old Folks Home? Farley Flud <ff@gnulinux.rocks> - 2026-11-04 20:38 +0000
Re: Is This An Old Folks Home? Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-11-04 23:51 +0000
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