Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hmm. I'm pretty sure I have zero claim to being an old fart (being firmly in the "upstart" category), but I was familiar with grok. Of course, I think I'm cheating a bit, since both of my parents are old farts. In fact, when I was growing up, instead of getting the "when I was your age I had to walk five miles to school in the snow, uphill both ways!" lectures, mine were more along the lines of "I remember when a few kilobytes of memory was more than you could every possibly imagine using!" or "just be glad you don't have to use punch cards!" I have to admit, I was glad. Still am, really. I suspect my living space would be even messier than it already is if I had to use punch cards. On Apr 25, 2008, at 3:56 PM, Leonard Taupier wrote: > Clearly Joanne is showing her age. Those terms must be way before my > time. > > Len > > > On Apr 25, 2008, at 3:00 PM, Frank Filippone wrote: > >> You, I am an old Fart...... can't understand a word of the >> message........ >> >> What's Grok? >> What's Wetware? >> >> Frank Filippone >> red735i@earthlink.net >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net@leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On >> Behalf Of >> JOANNE SIMPSON >> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 11:42 AM >> To: lug@leica-users.org >> Subject: [Leica] old farts >> >> The truth is that we are Old Farts. We learned on what is now >>> outmoded calculating devices, did our work to spec using these >>> products, and still know how to add etc without electrical power. >> >> Hi Frank, >> I grok slide rules _and_ Wii. (But I think I just showed my age by >> grokking). >> It's the concept that matters, and not the implementation. Never >> undervalue >> the wetware. >> Joanne (cross-posting post-modern HUGger) >> http://www.onewhiteraven.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information