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> From: Dave McGuire [mailto:mcguire@neurotica.com]
> On December 11, Don Maslin wrote:
> > Yeh, probably as easy as training a cat!
> Training cats is actually rather easy. It's commonly thought to be
> difficult or impossible because most people try to train them using
> the same methods they use to train dogs...which fail miserably.
Ok, I give up -- how do you train a cat? :)
Regards,
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
/usr/bin/perl -e '
print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
'
On December 12, Christopher Smith wrote:
> > Training cats is actually rather easy. It's commonly thought to be
> > difficult or impossible because most people try to train them using
> > the same methods they use to train dogs...which fail miserably.
>
> Ok, I give up -- how do you train a cat? :)
One important thing is not to piss them off. Most dogs seem to
exist to please their owners, and will do pretty much anything for
them. Cats are much less "cheap" about it, for lack fo a better
term...it's much more of a peer-to-peer relationship, but letting them
know who's in control is still important.
One can "dominate" a dog by intimidation, but one generally cannot
with cats. You must have their trust and their respect, otherwise all
is lost.
And yes, the water bottle trick does work, but overuse of that
technique...or use of it before the aforementioned trust and respect
are established...will likely prove counterproductive.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL
On December 11, jpero(a)sympatico.ca wrote:
> Look to /.
>
> This is one whom coined the bug and debugging I think. :-)
If you're talking about the terms, that was Rr. Adm. Grace Hopper.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL
I'm adding the following bounty to my list below:
Xsoft TabWorks (any version though 1.0 is preferred) ($50)
Xsoft is/was a division of Xerox. TabWorks was a tab pallet windows
interface that ran on Windows 3.0. It was sold to Compaq and then to
Citadel.
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I am putting up the following bounties for these software and manuals:
Adobe After Effects 3.x ($30)
Macromedia Sound Edit 16 1.0 ($30)
Macromedia Final Cut ($30)
Macromedia Freehand 5.0 ($30)
GO PenPoint manual (copyright 1992) ($15)
Also:
MacWeek August 7, 1995 ($5)
I need original copies of each, disks and manuals. If you've got them, or
can find them, the bounty amount is yours (upon receipt and verification,
shipping to be paid by me).
Please reply directly to me: <sellam(a)vintage.org>.
Thanks!
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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! > From: David Woyciesjes <DAW(a)yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu>
! >
! > Speaking of drinking, Tuesdays (tonight!) are when my APA Pool Team
! > plays. We're in first, with only two more matches to go! Then playoffs
! > for
! > the States, then it's off to Vegas after States! Woo-hoo, hopefully!
!
! Hope you make it to Vegas! BTW what level are you? I shot for a few
years
! but never made it beyond a 4. No problem making the shots but post-shot
! cue ball positioning hung me up.
I'm only a skill level 3, after 5 years... :) Was a 4 for a short
time last year. I can't consistently make shots. Sometimes I make the easy
shots and mess up the hard ones; other times I make the hard ones and screw
up the simple shots!
Well we won 4 out of 5 matches last night. Pretty much buttons up
our winning high-points for the session. That's about $200 or so for the
team. Another $300 (I think) after we win the two play-off weeks.
--- David A Woyciesjes
--- C & IS Support Specialist
--- Yale University Press
--- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu
--- (203) 432-0953
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On December 12, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
> One of the coolest moments in my life was when I met, entirely by chance,
> an old lady at the local hospital that was one of the early Real
> Programmers. She was sharing a double-bed room with my girlfriend's
> grandmother.
>
> I believe she said she had worked with the ENIAC, but I am not certain.
> She said that when she retired, video display terminals were just
> beginning to supplant printing terminals. There was a whole conversation
> in there somewhere, but unfortunately it has been forgotten in the sands
> of time.
>
> Nevertheless, it was a truly spiritual experience.
WOW...I would love to have talked with her for an hour or two. Or
three. Maybe four.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL
On December 10, LFessen106(a)aol.com wrote:
> He is most likely speaking of the SunRescue list. You can find it at
> http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue
> Come and join the fun :-)
I think Bill no longer considers it really Sun-specific, Linc..
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL
Yesterday morning, I drove up into the mountains of
West Virginia and got an ASR-33 and a KSR-33 with a
few spare parts and a five inch stack of docs. I
haven't had the time to do anything with them yet,
probably won't get to play much until Christmas week.
Anyway, the metal on both machines seems to be in
good shape, but the plastic leaves something to be
desired. The ASR is mostly just dirty, but there
is a crack at the left rear screw position. The
KSR is cleaner as it was used less, but it was
stored improperly in a box and dropped or something
and the plastic upper case (the gray case, not the
white/yellow cover over the carriage) is broken into
several pieces. So does anybody have recommendations
as to glue or other solutions? Is someone sitting on
a big stock of spare upper shells?
Thanks,
Bill
On December 11, John R. Keys Jr. wrote:
> Today I spent 8 hours moving stuff from one smaller storage unit to a
> much larger one and found goodies I long forgot about. I have not seen
> the back off this storage unit for almost 3 years. Here's a list of some
> items;
> 1. PET 2001 series 2001-8 in good shape, will take home and test it.
> 2. CBM 2001 series 8 machine has been modified with new keyboard in
> place of tape unit and smaller keys.
> 3. Commodore model C128D in great shape.
> 4. TRS80 model 1
> 5. PolyMorphic System 8813 model 8813/1 with wooden case.
> 6. CPT disk unit 8 ID# 931203
> 7. ADDS Ultimate model 25
> 8. SOROC model IQ120
> 9. Franklin PC8000 in great shape
> There were a lot more plus I still have not finished moving items yet.
> If I was not moving I would get me a heater and play also.
Where ya movin' to, John?
A SOROC IQ120!! Ahh, the memories! :-) If you're lookin' for a home
for that TRS80 model 1, drop me a note.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL
