Why is UKRM more active than Reeky?
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From: S'mee on 18 Nov 2009 23:26 On Nov 18, 9:11 am, darsy <da...(a)sticky.co.uk> wrote: > On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:26:56 -0800 (PST), "S'mee" > > > > > > <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >On Nov 18, 1:16 am, darsy <da...(a)sticky.co.uk> wrote: > >> On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:41:38 -0000, ogden <og...(a)pre.org> wrote: > >> >darsy wrote: > >> >> On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:47:53 +0000, Champ <n...(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: > > >> >> >But if web forums are the future, I don't want any part of it. > > >> >> the maddest bit is, they could be done properly if someone with 1/2 a > >> >> clue about UX had a go at doing one. Every single one I've tried looks > >> >> to have been "designed" by some open source LAMP-muppet, using the > >> >> appropriately named Gimp for the badly formatted graphics (and don't > >> >> even get me started on the ones that have anim-GIFs instead of > >> >> smileys...) > > >> >If only you knew an unemployed developer. > > >> hah. I, personally, haven't written a line of code in maybe 5 years. > > >I'm sorry...or are you bragging? > > yes. Works for me...my last line was 1984 (too lazy to count up the years on the fingers and toes) but I was wee lad and knew nothing of computers and tried to learn COBOL and RPG7 at the same time whilst attempting to type up my own punch cards. With my terrible typing etc you can guess why I gave it up as bad job and best swept under the carpet.
From: darsy on 19 Nov 2009 03:07 On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:26:20 -0800 (PST), "S'mee" <stevenkeith2(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >On Nov 18, 9:11�am, darsy <da...(a)sticky.co.uk> wrote: >> On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:26:56 -0800 (PST), "S'mee" >> >> >> hah. I, personally, haven't written a line of code in maybe 5 years. >> >> >I'm sorry...or are you bragging? >> >> yes. > >Works for me...my last line was 1984 (too lazy to count up the years >on the fingers and toes) but I was wee lad and knew nothing of >computers and tried to learn COBOL and RPG7 I presume you mean RPG2, rather than "7". I used to do some of that sort of thing on - IIRC - a Nixdorf IBM-clone thing. > at the same time whilst >attempting to type up my own punch cards. With my terrible typing etc >you can guess why I gave it up as bad job and best swept under the >carpet. I once worked in my uncle's 1-man-band precision engineering workshop where we had a CBM (something) that was used for very basic CAD, and was connected to a teletype machine with a paper tape function; the paper tape was then fed into a Bridgeport CNC milling machine. This was fine in theory, except the place was so full of swarf and general crud that the tape rarely made it in one piece from the teletype to the Bridgeport. Happy days. -- d.
From: J�r�my on 19 Nov 2009 03:37 darsy <darsy(a)sticky.co.uk> wrote in news:80v9g5h9k6io6188p8vcd702iv406ufudo(a)4ax.com: > On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:26:20 -0800 (PST), "S'mee" > <stevenkeith2(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >>On Nov 18, 9:11�am, darsy <da...(a)sticky.co.uk> wrote: >>> On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:26:56 -0800 (PST), "S'mee" >>> >>> >> hah. I, personally, haven't written a line of code in maybe 5 >>> >> years. >>> >>> >I'm sorry...or are you bragging? >>> >>> yes. >> >>Works for me...my last line was 1984 (too lazy to count up the years >>on the fingers and toes) but I was wee lad and knew nothing of >>computers and tried to learn COBOL and RPG7 > > I presume you mean RPG2, rather than "7". I used to do some of that > sort of thing on - IIRC - a Nixdorf IBM-clone thing. > >> at the same time whilst >>attempting to type up my own punch cards. With my terrible typing etc >>you can guess why I gave it up as bad job and best swept under the >>carpet. > > I once worked in my uncle's 1-man-band precision engineering workshop > where we had a CBM (something) that was used for very basic CAD, and > was connected to a teletype machine with a paper tape function; the > paper tape was then fed into a Bridgeport CNC milling machine. This > was fine in theory, except the place was so full of swarf and general > crud that the tape rarely made it in one piece from the teletype to > the Bridgeport. Happy days. I spent part of my gap year working as a lab technician for a neuroscience research group. When I discovered the scintillation counter produced paper tape (it had a teletype for output) I wrote a program to process the results, saving the graduate students from having to draw hundreds of graphs. In the 70s lab practice was a bit more haphazard than (I hope) it is now, and I always suspected that the teletypes in the Student Computing Service terminal room were getting gradually more and more radioactive as I fed in the yards of tape I collected off the lab floor. -- Jeremy R1200RT
From: YTC#1 on 19 Nov 2009 07:38 S'mee wrote: > On Nov 18, 1:50 pm, YTC#1 <b...(a)ytc1-spambin.co.uk> wrote: >> Thumper wrote: >>> "Sean_Q_" <no.s...(a)no.spam> wrote in messagenews:hdskjh$pvt$1(a)aioe.org... >>>> The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland population >>>> is about 60 million. And yet UKRM has a significantly higher posting >>>> volume than Reeky, which represents at least 400 million people >>>> (United States + Canada + UK + New Zealand), those being the only >>>> nationalities I personally know to be contributing, although I'm sure >>>> there are lots more). >>>> SQ >>> Because it rains all the time so they can't ride? >>> Because they ride old British Iron? >> That took you how many days to work out what to say ? And then repeat >> something ? >> >> Muct have been all that modern HD stuff you ride. > > Ah, your reply succinctly shows how you earned your YTC rating... And yours shows how little you understand -- Bruce Porter XJR1300SP, XJ900F, GSX250, Pegaso 650 Trail POTM#1(KoTL), WUSS#1 , YTC#1(bar), OSOS#2(KoTL) , DS#3 , IbW#18 ,Apostle#8 "The internet is a huge and diverse community and not every one is friendly" http://www.ytc1.co.uk There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/
From: S'mee on 19 Nov 2009 09:36
On Nov 19, 1:07 am, darsy <da...(a)sticky.co.uk> wrote: > On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:26:20 -0800 (PST), "S'mee" > > <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >On Nov 18, 9:11 am, darsy <da...(a)sticky.co.uk> wrote: > >> On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:26:56 -0800 (PST), "S'mee" > > >> >> hah. I, personally, haven't written a line of code in maybe 5 years.. > > >> >I'm sorry...or are you bragging? > > >> yes. > > >Works for me...my last line was 1984 (too lazy to count up the years > >on the fingers and toes) but I was wee lad and knew nothing of > >computers and tried to learn COBOL and RPG7 > > I presume you mean RPG2, rather than "7". I used to do some of that > sort of thing on - IIRC - a Nixdorf IBM-clone thing. iyrc it was the mid 80's I plead heavy metal poisoning by a Judas Priest. But that's how I recall it...honestly I've FINALLY purged all but a hint of those memories. |