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On 05/01/2017 04:41 PM, Diesel wrote:
philo Mon, 01 May 2017 20:43:41 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote: Oh, I see. You have a usenet psychiatric degree as well? I have a degree in Psychology FWIW So, you have a degree in psychology, and think without meeting me in person you can provide an accurate diagnosis do you? :) Very amusing. It does not take a degree however to see that you seem to be a bit insecure. ROFL. See above. Everyone has strengths and weaknesses I don't disagree with you. why do you have to always try to prove your worthiness? I wasn't trying to prove any such thing. I simply corrected some poor assumptions you made concerning me. You assumed, incorrectly, that I had no experience with various battery types. And that I knew nothing about old radios. You were wrong. I realize that's a hard pill for you to swallow, but, that's just how it is. Actually I should not have been too surprised with your knowledge of vacuum tube specifics...a lot of folks younger than I am have taken an interest in the old technology, especially audiophiles who claim tube amplifiers are best. In truth I cannot hear the difference but at my age, my hearing is hardly as good as it used to be. That said, even though my high range is probably only about 4k, that should be sufficient. 1k I think should be plenty. Who on Usenet are you trying to impress? I'm not trying to impress anyone. No need to answer , it's not important. If you don't like getting your ass kicked, why did you step into the ring? That's always a risk you take when you do that. No need to answer, it's not important. I have lost track of things but being found wrong for one thing or the other on Usenet does not quite equate as getting one's ass kicked. If I had not mentioned it already I'm a veteran of the Chicago Poetry slam scene and I know what's it's like to get one's ass kicked. |
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On 05/01/2017 02:51 PM, Diesel wrote:
philo Mon, 01 May 2017 15:27:11 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote: snip Yes, it was nothing critical, just the need to fool with something for the heck of it. Even if I would have repaired the mobo, withing having replaced all the caps I never would have trusted it. There's ways, you know, using software to do a 'burn in' test on the board to determine if it's stable. With Win7, by the time I installed the OS, the updates and the software the machine usually got at least 16 hours of use. I'd start the update process before going to bed and let it run all night. I am aware of stress testing but have only had one mobo die within a month after returning it to a customer. |
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On 05/01/2017 02:51 PM, philo wrote:
He told me that at one time HP made equipment that no one else could make....but now they make equipment no one else wants to bother with. Possibly a bit of an exaggeration of both ends but like I said before it's a different world HP was the gold standard for instrumentation -- then came Carly. In all fairness she inherited a mess. I had one client that was big on Commodore PET computers. That would seem to be an odd choice but Commodore used the GPIB, also known as the HPIB or IEEE-488, to communicate with its peripherals. That meant it was also able to talk to HP devices and it was one hell of a lot cheaper than the HP9800 series. Something like $1000 versus $10000 iirc. |
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On 05/01/2017 12:20 PM, Muggles wrote:
My son is the one in the family who can do just about anything hardware with servers and computers. I could probably learn hardware if I took a course, but, never had the interest, yet. If you ever get the urge get something like an Arduino. That gets you real close to the hardware. |
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On 05/01/2017 01:51 PM, Diesel wrote:
ROFL. You still write horse****, after all this time. Computers did exist, in peoples homes, long before what you know as a 'pc' did. In the late '70s people who knew what I did for a living would ask me about getting a 'home computer' and what they could do with it. "Beats the **** out of me" was my answer. |
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On 5/1/2017 8:43 PM, rbowman wrote:
On 05/01/2017 12:20 PM, Muggles wrote: My son is the one in the family who can do just about anything hardware with servers and computers. I could probably learn hardware if I took a course, but, never had the interest, yet. If you ever get the urge get something like an Arduino. That gets you real close to the hardware. I'll have to look up what that is. A long time ago a family friend taught me how to rebuild small motor. It wasn't hard to learn, but I'm a visual learner, so I had to watch him work with the parts first, put it together, then take it apart again. He explained what he was doing and what each part was for and how it functioned. So, then it was my turn to re-build it, and I could do it without any problems. I remembered how to do that for quite a number of years, but then forgot how because I never needed to re-build a motor. It might be fun to learn computer hardware, and how to build one. Maybe some day I'll find someone who doesn't mind teaching me hands-on. -- Maggie |
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On 5/1/2017 8:46 PM, rbowman wrote:
In the late '70s people who knew what I did for a living would ask me about getting a 'home computer' and what they could do with it. "Beats the **** out of me" was my answer. I really didn't hear much about home PC's until the late '70's/early 80's, and thought they were just all talk, initially. Funny, how 20 years +/- can change so much ... technology is just amazing, now. -- Maggie |
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On 05/01/2017 02:46 PM, wrote:
Also another friend's Isetta needs finishing - he'll likely be asking for help - Anybody restoring an Isetta definitely needs help... Of course I have this secret lust for a Messerschmitt KR200. Maybe i could make do with this: http://newatlas.com/veloschmitt-1950...omobile/31942/ 18 mph isn't that much slower than the real thing. |
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On 05/01/2017 01:51 PM, Diesel wrote:
Uncle Monster Mon, 01 May 2017 15:05:21 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote: The time for someone to get into coding is when they are kids. The leaders of the USSR knew that which is why Bulgaria was training computer programmers when they were children. Do you remember Bulgarian hackers? Yes, I do. :) And you're right. The best time to get into coding is when you're a kiddo. And, stick with it, of course. The only coding when I was a kid involved a ring I got from a box of cereal. My first exposure to FORTRAN IV on a 360/30 impressed me so much that I didn't do any coding until microprocessors came out and I snuck in the backdoor from TTL design. |
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On 5/1/2017 1:58 PM, Uncle Monster wrote:
I'm a survivor and I've great people helping me. Since I can't get out and work anymore, I must find things to take up my time. Hey I know! I could learn how to code. I could get the educational material used to teach little kids how to code. I could be an evil hacker in no time. ヽ(€¢€¿€¢)ノ Hey, one summer quite a long time ago, I thought I'd see if learning a programming language was something I might enjoy. So, I studied VB, and then VB.net and learned to create desktop apps. I found out that I could learn it and even use it, but I really didn't like it. But, what little I did learn helped me understand a bit more about reading other code. Just the upgrade between VB to VB.net was a big difference in how much easier the latter was to the former. I don't know. Maybe these days it might be more fun to learn and play with, and these days there are a zillion different programming languages out there. It's kind of overwhelming to pick one! -- Maggie |
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On 5/1/2017 9:00 PM, rbowman wrote:
The only coding when I was a kid involved a ring I got from a box of cereal. My first exposure to FORTRAN IV on a 360/30 impressed me so much that I didn't do any coding until microprocessors came out and I snuck in the backdoor from TTL design. Even the idea of the internet wasn't something I'd heard anything about until the late 70's. Coding? What's coding? LOL No one knew how to do it, let alone teach someone else how to do it? Webpages? Graphics? There were no degree for those sort of things. You could buy books on it, though! I liked those books. -- Maggie |
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On Monday, May 1, 2017 at 7:09:34 PM UTC-5, philo wrote:
On 5/1/2017 4:41 PM, Diesel wrote: philo Mon, 01 May 2017 20:51:03 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote: But in a forklift truck, engineered into the design of the truck is the counterweight of the battery. I'm aware of the counterweight needs and how the batteries factor into it yes. You can stop trying to talk down to me anytime you'd like. I'll just continue handing you your ass for your trouble... I'm 5' 6" so there are few people I talk down to. Maybe you are taking what I say a bit too seriously. I used to be 6 feet tall, now in my wheelchair, I'm 4 feet 3 inches tall and I'm like a little kid with long arms. My second childhood came too early but lady friends have told me I never grew up to start with. ヽ(ヅ)ノ [8~{} Uncle Little Monster |
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On 05/01/2017 08:24 PM, Muggles wrote:
Even the idea of the internet wasn't something I'd heard anything about until the late 70's. Coding? What's coding? LOL No one knew how to do it, let alone teach someone else how to do it? Webpages? Graphics? There were no degree for those sort of things. The company is replying to a request for proposal and apparently there was some question about the qualifications of the staff. The PM asked me what my degree was in. i think she was disappointed it wasn't Computer Science, but in '64 RPI didn't even have a CS department. Purdue was the first in '62 but it took a while for it to become a separate discipline. Even today while there are CS degrees the recent graduates I've interviewed were taught yesterday's technology. I'm more interested if they know how to use Stack Exchange, Git Hub, and google to figure out what we're doing today. |
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On 05/01/2017 08:03 PM, Muggles wrote:
Hey, one summer quite a long time ago, I thought I'd see if learning a programming language was something I might enjoy. So, I studied VB, and then VB.net and learned to create desktop apps. I found out that I could learn it and even use it, but I really didn't like it. Call me a sexist but most women don't. That's not to say I haven't known excellent women programmers but there's a personality profile involved. It helps if you're slightly OCD or autistic :) |
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rbowman
Tue, 02 May 2017 05:48:48 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote: On 05/01/2017 08:03 PM, Muggles wrote: Hey, one summer quite a long time ago, I thought I'd see if learning a programming language was something I might enjoy. So, I studied VB, and then VB.net and learned to create desktop apps. I found out that I could learn it and even use it, but I really didn't like it. Call me a sexist but most women don't. That's not to say I haven't known excellent women programmers but there's a personality profile involved. It helps if you're slightly OCD or autistic :) I don't know if I'd fully agree with you on that or not. Gigabyte was a decent female coder, back in the day. -- I would like to apologize for not having offended you yet. Please be patient. I will get to you shortly. |
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philo Tue, 02
May 2017 01:04:20 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote: With Win7, by the time I installed the OS, the updates and the software the machine usually got at least 16 hours of use. That's not what I meant, but, okay... I'd start the update process before going to bed and let it run all night. Again, that's not what I meant by burn in test... I am aware of stress testing but have only had one mobo die within a month after returning it to a customer. aware as in actually ran burn in tests, or, just aware as in you know such software exists specifically for the purpose? -- I would like to apologize for not having offended you yet. Please be patient. I will get to you shortly. |
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philo Tue, 02
May 2017 00:47:22 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote: I wasn't trying to prove any such thing. I simply corrected some poor assumptions you made concerning me. You assumed, incorrectly, that I had no experience with various battery types. And that I knew nothing about old radios. You were wrong. I realize that's a hard pill for you to swallow, but, that's just how it is. Actually I should not have been too surprised with your knowledge of vacuum tube specifics...a lot of folks younger than I am have taken an interest in the old technology, especially audiophiles who claim tube amplifiers are best. In truth I cannot hear the difference but at my age, my hearing is hardly as good as it used to be. At the time, I didn't fully realize it was 'old' technology. I just knew it wasn't 'solid state' :) My dad kept it for years, and, I wanted to surprise him, by making it work again. I figured, he was keeping it for a reason, and, it should be doing more than just sitting there like a piece of furniture. I was ready to cut the power to it though, as soon as it tried doing something wonky. I didn't realize that because it wasn't solid state, it wasn't going to just immediately make sound. I was a little kid then, you know. The tube amps have a 'warmth' to them that is hard, if not impossible, to duplicate with modern electronic driven ones. It's like comparing Analog to digital, imho. If I had not mentioned it already I'm a veteran of the Chicago Poetry slam scene and I know what's it's like to get one's ass kicked. You have. We discussed this, briefly, previously. I mentioned at the time, you could hand me my ass in such a competition, too. In case you forgot. -- I would like to apologize for not having offended you yet. Please be patient. I will get to you shortly. |
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rbowman
Tue, 02 May 2017 01:40:15 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote: On 05/01/2017 02:51 PM, philo wrote: He told me that at one time HP made equipment that no one else could make....but now they make equipment no one else wants to bother with. Possibly a bit of an exaggeration of both ends but like I said before it's a different world HP was the gold standard for instrumentation -- then came Carly. In all fairness she inherited a mess. I had one client that was big on Commodore PET computers. That would seem to be an odd choice but Commodore used the GPIB, also known as the HPIB or IEEE-488, to communicate with its peripherals. That meant it was also able to talk to HP devices and it was one hell of a lot cheaper than the HP9800 series. Something like $1000 versus $10000 iirc. The Commodore PET was beyond it's time! Much like the Amigas of the day. -- I would like to apologize for not having offended you yet. Please be patient. I will get to you shortly. |
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philo Tue, 02 May
2017 00:09:44 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote: On 5/1/2017 4:41 PM, Diesel wrote: philo Mon, 01 May 2017 20:51:03 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote: But in a forklift truck, engineered into the design of the truck is the counterweight of the battery. I'm aware of the counterweight needs and how the batteries factor into it yes. You can stop trying to talk down to me anytime you'd like. I'll just continue handing you your ass for your trouble... I'm 5' 6" so there are few people I talk down to. :) Maybe you are taking what I say a bit too seriously. That's possible. I'm used to people trying to 'educate' me on various subjects because they think that due to my age, I wouldn't know anything about it. They don't realize, I didn't hangout with people my own age for the most part growing up; I had little in common with them. I wasn't into the same stuff they were. I hungout with older people, and absorbed the knowledge they'd share like a sponge. I've always valued knowledge above all else. The car I previously mentioned is known as the White Zombie. :) It's not the only car doing this these days, mind you, but, it was one of the first. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apoeGMWF17c It's even faster now. heh. As you obviously know tho, it's able to do this because of the torque it generates from the first revolution. It has no 'power curve' like a gas/diesel engine. This is another electric racer, known as the flux capacitor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQMCgSEChgg White Zombie, 10.4 seconds; nearly seven years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCx-LYV6KkM Nice eh? -- I would like to apologize for not having offended you yet. Please be patient. I will get to you shortly. |
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On 5/2/2017 6:18 AM, Diesel wrote:
philo Tue, 02 May 2017 00:09:44 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote: On 5/1/2017 4:41 PM, Diesel wrote: philo Mon, 01 May 2017 20:51:03 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote: But in a forklift truck, engineered into the design of the truck is the counterweight of the battery. I'm aware of the counterweight needs and how the batteries factor into it yes. You can stop trying to talk down to me anytime you'd like. I'll just continue handing you your ass for your trouble... I'm 5' 6" so there are few people I talk down to. :) Maybe you are taking what I say a bit too seriously. That's possible. I'm used to people trying to 'educate' me on various subjects because they think that due to my age, I wouldn't know anything about it. They don't realize, I didn't hangout with people my own age for the most part growing up; I had little in common with them. I wasn't into the same stuff they were. I hungout with older people, and absorbed the knowledge they'd share like a sponge. I've always valued knowledge above all else. The car I previously mentioned is known as the White Zombie. :) It's not the only car doing this these days, mind you, but, it was one of the first. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apoeGMWF17c It's even faster now. heh. As you obviously know tho, it's able to do this because of the torque it generates from the first revolution. It has no 'power curve' like a gas/diesel engine. This is another electric racer, known as the flux capacitor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQMCgSEChgg White Zombie, 10.4 seconds; nearly seven years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCx-LYV6KkM Nice eh? Yes nice...but my racing days are long over with. I did have a lot of fun when I was a bit younger...as a matter of fact I owned a 1959 TR-3 for 30 years. Mine was pretty well beat when I sold it. It would have cost me a ton of money to completely restore it. |
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On 05/02/2017 05:18 AM, Diesel wrote:
rbowman Tue, 02 May 2017 05:48:48 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote: On 05/01/2017 08:03 PM, Muggles wrote: Hey, one summer quite a long time ago, I thought I'd see if learning a programming language was something I might enjoy. So, I studied VB, and then VB.net and learned to create desktop apps. I found out that I could learn it and even use it, but I really didn't like it. Call me a sexist but most women don't. That's not to say I haven't known excellent women programmers but there's a personality profile involved. It helps if you're slightly OCD or autistic :) I don't know if I'd fully agree with you on that or not. Gigabyte was a decent female coder, back in the day. http://moviesonhacking.com/hot-sexy-female-hackers/ Like I said, I've known a few... Back in the '80s the school age population in Massachusetts had started to decline and the schools were laying off teachers. Some genius had the idea of retreading them to programmers for the expanding tech industry. Again, not that they couldn't learn how to program but someone who chose an occupation dealing with people, especially young people, might not make an enthusiastic cube rat. |
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On Mon, 1 May 2017 21:41:39 -0000 (UTC)
Diesel wrote: I'll just continue handing you your ass for your trouble... the Fetcher has had his nerve hit, yet again...LOL |
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On Tue, 2 May 2017 07:33:14 -0500
philo wrote: On 5/2/2017 6:18 AM, Diesel wrote: philo Tue, 02 May 2017 00:09:44 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote: On 5/1/2017 4:41 PM, Diesel wrote: philo Mon, 01 May 2017 20:51:03 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote: But in a forklift truck, engineered into the design of the truck is the counterweight of the battery. I'm aware of the counterweight needs and how the batteries factor into it yes. You can stop trying to talk down to me anytime you'd like. I'll just continue handing you your ass for your trouble... I'm 5' 6" so there are few people I talk down to. :) Maybe you are taking what I say a bit too seriously. That's possible. I'm used to people trying to 'educate' me on various subjects because they think that due to my age, I wouldn't know anything about it. They don't realize, I didn't hangout with people my own age for the most part growing up; I had little in common with them. I wasn't into the same stuff they were. I hungout with older people, and absorbed the knowledge they'd share like a sponge. I've always valued knowledge above all else. The car I previously mentioned is known as the White Zombie. :) It's not the only car doing this these days, mind you, but, it was one of the first. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apoeGMWF17c It's even faster now. heh. As you obviously know tho, it's able to do this because of the torque it generates from the first revolution. It has no 'power curve' like a gas/diesel engine. This is another electric racer, known as the flux capacitor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQMCgSEChgg White Zombie, 10.4 seconds; nearly seven years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCx-LYV6KkM Nice eh? Yes nice...but my racing days are long over with. I did have a lot of fun when I was a bit younger...as a matter of fact I owned a 1959 TR-3 for 30 years. Mine was pretty well beat when I sold it. It would have cost me a ton of money to completely restore it. Stand by for dustin to try and one up this.... |
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On 05/02/2017 06:18 AM, Diesel wrote:
I am aware of stress testing but have only had one mobo die within a month after returning it to a customer. aware as in actually ran burn in tests, or, just aware as in you know such software exists specifically for the purpose? I am aware of "stress test" software and have used it but rarely. I think I have "stresslinux" among my tools but for the most part use memtest to have an idea if the RAM is any good. On a few rare occasions I've had mobos that did not perform properly & just put them in the recycle bin. Stuff like that is pretty rare though. For the most part I'm dealing with discarded junk someone else gave up on so I have no money put into this stuff |
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On 05/02/2017 06:18 AM, Diesel wrote:
philo Tue, 02 May 2017 00:47:22 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote: I wasn't trying to prove any such thing. I simply corrected some poor assumptions you made concerning me. You assumed, incorrectly, that I had no experience with various battery types. And that I knew nothing about old radios. You were wrong. I realize that's a hard pill for you to swallow, but, that's just how it is. Actually I should not have been too surprised with your knowledge of vacuum tube specifics...a lot of folks younger than I am have taken an interest in the old technology, especially audiophiles who claim tube amplifiers are best. In truth I cannot hear the difference but at my age, my hearing is hardly as good as it used to be. At the time, I didn't fully realize it was 'old' technology. I just knew it wasn't 'solid state' :) My dad kept it for years, and, I wanted to surprise him, by making it work again. I figured, he was keeping it for a reason, and, it should be doing more than just sitting there like a piece of furniture. I was ready to cut the power to it though, as soon as it tried doing something wonky. I didn't realize that because it wasn't solid state, it wasn't going to just immediately make sound. I was a little kid then, you know. The tube amps have a 'warmth' to them that is hard, if not impossible, to duplicate with modern electronic driven ones. It's like comparing Analog to digital, imho. If I had not mentioned it already I'm a veteran of the Chicago Poetry slam scene and I know what's it's like to get one's ass kicked. You have. We discussed this, briefly, previously. I mentioned at the time, you could hand me my ass in such a competition, too. In case you forgot. Yes, there are a lot of things I've forgotten. My memory is so bad that when I wrote up the list of everything I forgot, there were over 10,000 items listed (to the best of my memory.) |
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On Tue, 2 May 2017 11:47:26 -0500, philo wrote:
Yes, there are a lot of things I've forgotten. My memory is so bad that when I wrote up the list of everything I forgot, there were over 10,000 items listed (to the best of my memory.) The mind is the first thing to go. I forget what the second thing is. |
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rbowman
Tue, 02 May 2017 13:52:46 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote: On 05/02/2017 05:18 AM, Diesel wrote: rbowman Tue, 02 May 2017 05:48:48 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote: On 05/01/2017 08:03 PM, Muggles wrote: Hey, one summer quite a long time ago, I thought I'd see if learning a programming language was something I might enjoy. So, I studied VB, and then VB.net and learned to create desktop apps. I found out that I could learn it and even use it, but I really didn't like it. Call me a sexist but most women don't. That's not to say I haven't known excellent women programmers but there's a personality profile involved. It helps if you're slightly OCD or autistic :) I don't know if I'd fully agree with you on that or not. Gigabyte was a decent female coder, back in the day. http://moviesonhacking.com/hot-sexy-female-hackers/ Like I said, I've known a few... Back in the '80s the school age population in Massachusetts had started to decline and the schools were laying off teachers. Some genius had the idea of retreading them to programmers for the expanding tech industry. Again, not that they couldn't learn how to program but someone who chose an occupation dealing with people, especially young people, might not make an enthusiastic cube rat. I understand your point. Gigabyte isn't from the states. Where she's from, the education system is much better. -- I would like to apologize for not having offended you yet. Please be patient. I will get to you shortly. |
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On 05/02/2017 12:54 PM, Oren wrote:
On Tue, 2 May 2017 11:47:26 -0500, philo wrote: Yes, there are a lot of things I've forgotten. My memory is so bad that when I wrote up the list of everything I forgot, there were over 10,000 items listed (to the best of my memory.) The mind is the first thing to go. I forget what the second thing is. My mind was gone the day I was born and it's only getting worse from there |
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On 5/2/2017 12:46 AM, rbowman wrote:
On 05/01/2017 08:24 PM, Muggles wrote: Even the idea of the internet wasn't something I'd heard anything about until the late 70's. Coding? What's coding? LOL No one knew how to do it, let alone teach someone else how to do it? Webpages? Graphics? There were no degree for those sort of things. The company is replying to a request for proposal and apparently there was some question about the qualifications of the staff. The PM asked me what my degree was in. i think she was disappointed it wasn't Computer Science, but in '64 RPI didn't even have a CS department. Purdue was the first in '62 but it took a while for it to become a separate discipline. Even today while there are CS degrees the recent graduates I've interviewed were taught yesterday's technology. I'm more interested if they know how to use Stack Exchange, Git Hub, and google to figure out what we're doing today. yeah These days they want you to have a degree to prove you can do something you've done for a very long time already! -- Maggie |
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On 5/2/2017 12:48 AM, rbowman wrote:
On 05/01/2017 08:03 PM, Muggles wrote: Hey, one summer quite a long time ago, I thought I'd see if learning a programming language was something I might enjoy. So, I studied VB, and then VB.net and learned to create desktop apps. I found out that I could learn it and even use it, but I really didn't like it. Call me a sexist but most women don't. That's not to say I haven't known excellent women programmers but there's a personality profile involved. It helps if you're slightly OCD or autistic :) LOL I did kind of have fun creating the one app that I did. It could have been that one language that I didn't enjoy coding, too. I ended up going the more creative direction. -- Maggie |
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philo Tue, 02
May 2017 22:33:24 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote: On 05/02/2017 12:54 PM, Oren wrote: On Tue, 2 May 2017 11:47:26 -0500, philo wrote: Yes, there are a lot of things I've forgotten. My memory is so bad that when I wrote up the list of everything I forgot, there were over 10,000 items listed (to the best of my memory.) The mind is the first thing to go. I forget what the second thing is. My mind was gone the day I was born and it's only getting worse from there ROFL. Having a good memory isn't always a good thing, either. There are some things I'd really like to forget, and, I do mean, completely forget. -- I would like to apologize for not having offended you yet. Please be patient. I will get to you shortly. |
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Muggles
Wed, 03 May 2017 01:40:31 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote: On 5/2/2017 12:48 AM, rbowman wrote: On 05/01/2017 08:03 PM, Muggles wrote: Hey, one summer quite a long time ago, I thought I'd see if learning a programming language was something I might enjoy. So, I studied VB, and then VB.net and learned to create desktop apps. I found out that I could learn it and even use it, but I really didn't like it. Call me a sexist but most women don't. That's not to say I haven't known excellent women programmers but there's a personality profile involved. It helps if you're slightly OCD or autistic :) LOL I did kind of have fun creating the one app that I did. It could have been that one language that I didn't enjoy coding, too. I ended up going the more creative direction. ROFL. Why yes, website design is far more creative than writing actual executable code. I'd just be repeating myself if I wrote that you were a moron...alas. -- I would like to apologize for not having offended you yet. Please be patient. I will get to you shortly. |
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Muggles
Wed, 03 May 2017 01:38:21 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote: yeah These days they want you to have a degree to prove you can do something you've done for a very long time already! Depending on the degree and how many you've managed to acquire, along with certifications of various kinds, you can actually find yourself in the most ludicrous position of all; 'grossly overqualified' *sigh* Damned if you do, damned if you don't. As far as the degree is just to prove you can do something you've been doing for a very long time already, yes and no. The degree semi ensures you understanding the underlying concepts behind whatever the degree is for, and, you've demonstrated the ability to apply them. It doesn't 'prove' you've done whatever the degree is about for a long/short period of time, though. That's called hands on experience. -- I would like to apologize for not having offended you yet. Please be patient. I will get to you shortly. |
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On 05/02/2017 11:05 PM, Diesel wrote:
My mind was gone the day I was born and it's only getting worse from there ROFL. Having a good memory isn't always a good thing, either. There are some things I'd really like to forget, and, I do mean, completely forget. I drive my wife nuts because I can recall with great clarity all the way back to age two. I can pretty much remember anything that is of no importance but anything pertinent, I seem to forget. |
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