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J. Clarke[_2_]

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On 7/31/2012 9:49 AM, J. Clarke wrote:

And as far as having computers. I took two courses in computers. One
was an undergrad course and the other was a graduate level course. I
have programed computers in machine language as well as in Cobal,
Basic, APL, C, and Fortran. Also was proficient in Atlas-L but did
not program in that. I had a personal computer before IBM came up
with the PC. And I had a IBM clone before the AT came out. And was
active in this use group before there were browsers. I connected to
the Internet using a 300 baud acoustic modem when a 300 baud modem was
considered good. I communicated with some Russians before Moscow had
a dedicated line to the Internet. I was the computer group lead at
the Saturn Ib breadboard, where IBM developed the launch programs
space shots. I have read most of Donald Knuths books. I have shmooed
memory banks.

Dan

Nice try, but I said were there any computers in the schools when you
went to them as a student. I wasn't interested in your computer
background later in life. My point was you got your education a very
long time ago. It's like getting out of medical school in 1960 as
compared to getting out in 2005. There is a big difference in what has
been learned. I've been out of school less than a decade. Care to tell
when you were last in school? The point is the same. You got educated
long ago. I don't think you are as up to date as I am except maybe in
one specific area. Which just points out your problem, you don't want to
give credit where it's due.

Ahh, the arrogance of youth.

Grok the concept, Hawke, there is nothing _new_ in politics. It was old
when Gaius Julius forced the referendum that put him on a throne.

There's a lot of truth to that. But it has nothing to do with Dan acting
like his education, which he got many decades ago qualifies him as an
expert on anything today. He says that he knows so much more than me but
I'm saying he is old and his education is not worth much today. And he
won't tell how long ago he graduated. If you knew it was fifty years ago
I think that would affect your opinion on how much he is up to date or
out of date now. Just a thought.

How would acquiring a body of knowledge 50 years ago that has been
substantially unchanged for several millennia make one "out of date"?