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Post #437,824
by crazy
12/18/20 3:21:15 PM
12/18/20 3:21:15 PM
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New Oh I was there long before that.
I was subscribed to infoworld and read it weekly long before then. I was on their forums very early. Before that it was usenet groups and bulletin boards.
Post #437,828
by Ashton
12/18/20 5:33:01 PM
12/18/20 5:33:01 PM
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New ~Ditto here.. re IW subscription
(i made-up my 'IT-resumẻ'- chops, etc.) Was in it because it seemed to me--pre-Sandy or maybe not--that IW did indeed hunt about for the latest,
potentially greatest y.a.n.-Boolean-construct from which to spawn, perhaps-next: a truly State-of-Art Useable small 'computer-thing', maybe á lá HAL-9001 [??]
Still Waiting on that: Voice! via decoded Vulcan mind-meld 'twixt the Machine et moi. Is that too much to ask?

Having punched cards for the CDC-6600 (?) re assembly-language for the accelerator's First-ever magnetic-field controller, our new $20K jewel, PDP-8:
I had passed Test-1 when the local Programmer-in-Chief handed moi that oily yellow bcd-encoded paper tape, with: ~"OK, create a [Octal, yet!] tape
to print out this data on the ASR-tty". My first proof that: computers are indeed utterly-mindless, such that every character demands an agonizingly verbose set
--just. to. print. a fucking--Character (!) But I digress, just like such silly-Code forever does.
Post #437,833
by boxley
12/18/20 7:33:48 PM
12/18/20 7:33:48 PM
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New must have subscription back in the day
forums were pricey for me to get to, had to dial long distance from alaska to an 800 number with a modem to get on compuserv
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
Post #437,836
by crazy
12/18/20 8:59:42 PM
12/18/20 8:59:42 PM
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New Hah. I was on the other side
My company had a pay to query database on CompuServe. I uploaded that database monthly to CompuServe. because I was part of the group that had access that meant I had free access to every other database on CompuServe.

Note: I had to ask an administrator to grant me access but no one ever said no.

The medical and lawyer databases were of special interest. when I wanted something from my doctor I would print out a few hundred pages of reports from CompuServe's database specific to that which he would then read over the weekend and of course agree with me.
     an anniversary + 1 - (rcareaga) - (42) - Dec. 17, 2020, 01:43:01 PM EST
         Excellent. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Dec. 17, 2020, 02:51:47 PM EST
             I've got 10 days on you. -NT - (pwhysall) - Dec. 18, 2020, 02:57:18 AM EST
         My 20th is coming up on June - (malraux) - (13) - Dec. 17, 2020, 09:17:55 PM EST
             Still.. You be poster-boy for: "If it ain't broke, then ... " - (Ashton) - (12) - Dec. 17, 2020, 10:17:51 PM EST
                 PS: anyone recall the InfoWorld issue date? ~~ the time when we coalesced within their cheezy-forum - (Ashton) - (11) - Dec. 17, 2020, 10:55:26 PM EST
                     I can take a guess. - (static) - (8) - Dec. 17, 2020, 11:32:32 PM EST
                         I'm thinking mid-nineties or so when I showed up - (crazy) - (6) - Dec. 18, 2020, 01:46:18 PM EST
                             I don't know - (drook) - (4) - Dec. 18, 2020, 02:34:23 PM EST
                                 Oh I was there long before that. - (crazy) - (3) - Dec. 18, 2020, 03:21:15 PM EST
                                     ~Ditto here.. re IW subscription - (Ashton) - Dec. 18, 2020, 05:33:01 PM EST
                                     must have subscription back in the day - (boxley) - (1) - Dec. 18, 2020, 07:33:48 PM EST
                                         Hah. I was on the other side - (crazy) - Dec. 18, 2020, 08:59:42 PM EST
                             Thanks!..it's encyclopedic, authentic and best History I've encountered; just Think: - (Ashton) - Dec. 18, 2020, 06:20:12 PM EST
                         Yeah, believe mid-90s - (Ashton) - Dec. 18, 2020, 05:58:37 PM EST
                     Let's see... - (Another Scott) - Dec. 23, 2020, 08:46:45 PM EST
                     1997 to ~ early 2000 at the latest. - (CRConrad) - March 1, 2021, 05:24:56 PM EST
         Ah yesss.. the bread crumbs.. - (Ashton) - Dec. 17, 2020, 10:40:16 PM EST
         I was thinking about this recently. - (hnick) - (13) - Dec. 18, 2020, 07:03:30 AM EST
             On 'Losing.. ...' - (Ashton) - (12) - Dec. 18, 2020, 07:03:38 PM EST
                 And, of course . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (11) - Dec. 18, 2020, 09:21:59 PM EST
                     Oppressors see equality as oppression, and react accordingly. - (InThane) - (9) - Dec. 22, 2020, 07:34:45 AM EST
                         Heh.. [Love] ..again! ..a 'stab' then - (Ashton) - Dec. 22, 2020, 03:18:47 PM EST
                         Women are attracted to their predators? - (Andrew Grygus) - (7) - Dec. 22, 2020, 08:31:36 PM EST
                             "never listen to what a woman says - watch what she does. There's little resemblance." - (pwhysall) - (3) - Dec. 23, 2020, 03:54:22 AM EST
                                 I have, all my adult life, respected women . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - Dec. 23, 2020, 01:15:36 PM EST
                                     Maybe a certain kind of woman likes a certain kind of man - (drook) - (1) - Dec. 23, 2020, 01:25:42 PM EST
                                         My taste in women is very broad . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - Dec. 23, 2020, 09:19:53 PM EST
                             Huh, doesn't sound like my wife at all. - (malraux) - (2) - Dec. 23, 2020, 12:23:13 PM EST
                                 There are always exceptions . . . fortunately! -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Dec. 23, 2020, 12:42:57 PM EST
                                     aka.. Vive! la Differènce (as far as a One can er, manage :-) - (Ashton) - Dec. 23, 2020, 05:31:39 PM EST
                     I recall attempting to intercede in that pedestrian-mindset.. - (Ashton) - Dec. 22, 2020, 03:42:28 PM EST
         I haven't a clue . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Dec. 18, 2020, 09:24:03 PM EST
             As I was trying to figure out when I started - (crazy) - Dec. 18, 2020, 10:48:27 PM EST
         I followed the dialogs back when it was still on InfoWorld. - (a6l6e6x) - Dec. 18, 2020, 09:41:34 PM EST
         Been thinking about this... - (InThane) - (1) - Dec. 22, 2020, 07:26:17 AM EST
             I came in via Bob Lewis' column - (drook) - Dec. 22, 2020, 08:12:31 AM EST
         Here's one. - (CRConrad) - (5) - March 1, 2021, 05:25:42 PM EST
             On an appropriate page: - (CRConrad) - (4) - March 1, 2021, 05:35:18 PM EST
                 Endless spinning thing - (crazy) - (2) - March 1, 2021, 08:44:01 PM EST
                     Works here. Chrome on Winders. -NT - (Another Scott) - (1) - March 1, 2021, 10:42:16 PM EST
                         Works now, temp failure -NT - (crazy) - March 1, 2021, 11:04:29 PM EST
                 something off - (boxley) - March 1, 2021, 08:48:47 PM EST

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