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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:32 AM Original message |
For the geeks, nerds, and other IT/Techie folks... |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. Bah! Forget BASH. TCSH is the way to go |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. emacs, actually. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Basically, only Obama is for net neutrality |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Found this... |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. ... and this: |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Wow, thanks! |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I switch around. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:59 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Ah, roger that |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:05 AM Response to Reply #7 |
53. oh yeah... I knew it could do that. |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Well, well, emacs, you say. OK, you can hang out here. nt |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Bah. Emacs runs even on Windoze |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Sadly, I'm not sure whether a geek "editor war" is an amusement on GD:P.... |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:14 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Christ, it would be better than the Obama/Clinton bloodletting we've seen of late |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:30 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. You endian-ness mocks my platform! |
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RuleOfNah (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:52 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Your binary bias is offensive. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:12 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. I use MIX, which is alternately binary and decimal |
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lurky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:35 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Clearly, you have been reading too much Knuth... |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Hey, those could get real ugly with name calling and |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:13 AM Response to Reply #16 |
26. Emacs is a great operating system |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:41 AM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Yeah, I remember that joke! |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. You old School Command Line Dinosaurs |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:07 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Netbeans for YOU! |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:24 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. I had an IDEA |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:28 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. RadRails still sucks |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:34 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Groovy on GRAILS! |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:39 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Oh hey, thanks... I've been downloading rails stuff and teaching |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:46 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. It gets better |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:48 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. RMS was right, re: LISP |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:53 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. vi 4 life biatches!! |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:57 AM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Have you met him? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:02 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Yes. I'm in Boston/Cambridge now doing EE |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:21 AM Response to Reply #50 |
55. Ah yes, Mr. Stallman |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:31 AM Response to Reply #55 |
59. The world gets smaller |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:37 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. not to mention all round fun guy |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:41 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. He taught my jr. high math class Euler's identity |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:45 AM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Awesome. |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:42 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. I'll just assume that you've met Grace Murray Hopper as well. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:44 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Sadly, I did not meet Admiral Hopper |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:49 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Then you know John Lekashman |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:55 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Ah, I know who you are then, but I doubt you remember me |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 05:14 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Read up on Russian Chess Grandmaster Botvinnik |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #55 |
70. Thanks for Corroborating the Stallman Funk! |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:57 AM Response to Reply #40 |
48. And Snobol did it before LISP. |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 06:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
68. Yes, well, that's probably the nicest thing about OpenBSD. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
71. Emacs? No, vi is the One True Editor. |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. I've learned and forgotten more unix text editors |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:40 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. mastered TECO? |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:48 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Oh yes... and PLATO before that! |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:56 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Yeah... |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:03 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Borrowed the concept from GECOS |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:10 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I think of GECOS as the 5th field in /etc/passwd |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:32 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Same GECOS |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:38 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. I met Ritchie and Cerf on the same day |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:02 AM Response to Reply #33 |
51. What data center was that? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:04 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. The "C" root server was there |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:23 AM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Nope... I know the place you are talking about |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:27 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I've seen MAE-East |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:46 AM Response to Reply #21 |
39. I knew the word play UNIX/MULTICS bit |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:53 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Bingo. That's it exactly |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:55 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Learn something every day |
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RuleOfNah (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
69. "(I'm amused, but happy, to find such a thriving culture in DU.)" |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:09 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Oooh it's like IBM to HAL |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:37 AM Response to Reply #23 |
32. yup... new technology indeed! |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:39 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Pascal considered harmful |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:48 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. I met the authors of Forth |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:51 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Small world... I met Ms. Rather too |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:55 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. I had forgotten her name... |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:43 AM Response to Original message |
37. Ah, Christ, how old are we all? |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:01 AM Response to Reply #37 |
49. Waaay older than that. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:07 AM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Wrote my first program at age 7 in 1983 |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:31 AM Response to Reply #54 |
58. I can't remember what all I wrote in college... much less |
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