test-drb October 2011

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by technobug＠comcast.net

On Wed, 5 Oct 2011 22:02:05 -0700 (PDT), Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote: > The "rule" is that the period is SUPPOSED to go inside the quotes, > indisunirregardless of whether that conveys the correct meaning! > see: <http://www.uclick.com/client/wpc/nq/> :-) . ->CRC

13 years, 2 months

Getting further ot, but RE: Sr. Server Engineer (Vintage, Systems)

by jonas＠otter.se

"Business people" love Microsoft because they think Microsoft and > Bill Gates are the same entity, and like to be associated with money and > financial success. These people typically haven't an iota of technical > know-how, and they're NOT the people who should be telling others what > tools to use to do their jobs. That's nonsense. "Business people" love Microsoft because a) they think that if they buy the same as everybody else, there will be no problems exchanging mail, documents etc with other companies, b) they know that they can easily find staff who knows how to use MS products, and c) they assume that if they buy from a large corporation they can always get some reasonable level of support, the products and support will be around for the foreseeable future, and if something really bad happens, they expect they can get help to fix it. They also prefer to get everything from one place since it is easier to speak to one supplier than several, and the products can be expected to interoperate, without several different supplier pointing their fingers at each other when something doesn't work. However, in Europe quite a few government entities and private companies have got fed up with MSs total dominance, and have begun mandating the use of open source tools. The Swedish government's public procurement of software includes both proprietary software and open source software. /Jonas

13 years, 2 months

Getting further ot, but RE: Sr. Server Engineer (Vintage, Systems) at Living Computer, Museum,

by jonas＠otter.se

On 2011-10-05 19:00, cctech-request at classiccmp.org wrote: > Think of a rigid requirement of a specific mail program, or other largely > interchangeable tool, as an asshole/not-asshole filter of employERs. > > > My employer (a community college system) uses Outhouse, and more than once > a week IT/helpdesk has to try again to explain phishing, and begging > people to not open attachments. People who pass on urban legends, as > "TRUE", get thanked by their colleagues, debunkers get chastised for > "being mean". Last week was the "cell phone DO NOT CALL". There is a > concerted effort to AVOID compliance with the state mandate of teaching > "information competency". > > Yesterday, we received a> MB email that consisted of a single sentence. > BUT, it was tilted a few degrees, and the signature was a different color. > One of our top administators, to send out that single sentence, had > created a Weird document, printed it out, SCANNED that, and sent it out as > an attachment to an email with a Subject: line of "FYI", and a message > body (other than the attachment), of "Open the attachment." > > BTW, many years ago, they employed substantial additional temporary staff > to do scanning when they changed the OFFICIAL word processor from > WordPervert to Weird. > > They tried to fire one of my colleagues for being a hoarder, and > retrieving working computer hardware from college dumpsters (including an > 11/70, which was no longer in his office). They gave him 2 hours to get > what he could out of his [admittedly JAM-PACKED] office and then > dumpstered everything else that he hadn't stuffed into his car, including > NorthstarS, Sol, and a few more S100 machines. > > > I don't think that I can manage to avoid getting fired [for doing my job] > for another 3.64 semesters. Thursday, I gave copies to a student who > requested them, of the Grand Jury investigation into our administration > and the Accreditation Commissions' report when they placed our > accreditation "on probation". You make it sound as if Dilbert is actually true... That level of incompetence would be really hard to find over here. /Jonas

13 years, 2 months

Fwd: Donner Analog Schematics

by hilpert＠cs.ubc.ca

Forwarding this to the list in case anyone can help out. I presume the fellow found me through my web page about an analog computer, and/or my page about a Systron Donner counter. I don't have any Systron Donner analog computers however. This would, of course, be (the son of) Higinbotham of tennis-for-two fame. Begin forwarded message: > From: William Higinbotham <higinbotham at hotmail.com> > Date: 2011 October 4 5:36:08 PM PDT > To: <hilpert at cs.ubc.ca> > Subject: Donner Analog Schematics > > Dear Brent Hilbert, (^Hilpert) > ? > ?? My name Is William B. Higinbotham, I am the son of William A. > Higinbotham > who worked at Brookhaven National Laboratory most of his life. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Higinbotham > ? > ?? I am writing you because the museums in the US and a local > laboratory is looking for schematics for (Systron/)Donner analog > computers. Here is an ad for the Donner 3400 > http://www.sciencemag.org/content/129/3349/671.full.pdf? > which Peter Takacs, takacs at bnl.gov has to rebuild the early game > computer. http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/history/higinbotham4.asp > Here is the Donner Programming Book > http://www.analogmuseum.org/library/handbook_of_analog_computation.pdf > ? > If you know of any forums to ask if anyone has schematics for these > analog computers, we all would be grateful. > ? > Sincerely > William B. Higinbotham, Bellport, NY? USA

13 years, 2 months

Steve Jobs

by vintagecoder＠aol.com

That answer is still less offensive than "during!" ------Original Message------ From: Eric Smith Sender: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org To: General Discussion On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts ReplyTo: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Steve Jobs Sent: 6 Oct 2011 06:29 Fred Cisin wrote: > This may offend many, but, . . . > did he die before or after the iPhone5 event? Apple has not (yet) announced any iPhone 5. Assuming that they announce an iPhone 5 at some point in the future, the answer to your question is "before".

13 years, 2 months

The Commodore 65

by silent700＠gmail.com

Ok...anyone know who dropped the big 20 kilobux on this one? http://www.ebay.com/itm/120784313119?s Not saying it's not worth it (I've certainly never seen a working one, ever,) but the price is still a shock. Big $ for an Apple 1 I can see...there are collectors of "cultural icons" like the original Apple product outside of our hobby. I can't see the same being so for a Commodore relic. -- jht

13 years, 2 months

Steve Jobs and Classic Computing

by c.murray.mccullough＠gmail.com

Steve Jobs was an early innovator & pioneer of microcomputers who went on to influence how we look at high technology today. An icon has passes on....

13 years, 2 months

Sr. Server Engineer (Vintage Systems) at Living Computer Museum, Vulcan Inc., Seattle

by RichA＠vulcan.com

We're hiring. The brief job description: Vulcan Inc. - Seattle, WA Living Computer Museum Vulcan's Vintage Systems Team is responsible for the restoration, operation and maintenance of the Living Computer Museum's collection of vintage computer systems. This collection includes mainframe and minicomputer systems manufactured by companies such as Digital Equipment Corporation, Data General, IBM, and Hewlett-Packard during the emergence of interactive and timeshared computing. The goal of the Living Computer Museum is to restore these systems to run historically appropriate software, presenting them as living artifacts to the academic and research communities and to the public. The systems and their associated software and documentation are curated to preserve their historical provenance. For more information on the Living Computer Museum, please visit http://www.LivingComputerMuseum.org/ ________________________________________________________________________ Sr. Server Engineer The Sr. Server Engineer is responsible for the restoration of vintage systems as well as day-to-day operation and maintenance of the Living Computer Museum collection. Responsibilities include hardware and software installation, configuration, maintenance, troubleshooting, procurement of parts, and certification/performance testing of the various computer systems including associated peripherals. Additional duties include research and writing regarding individual systems and their restoration and preservation. When required and on occasion, responsibilities include assisting on special projects. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree and at least 6 years related experience and/or training. Operations and administration experience required with mainframe and minicomputer systems, with emphasis on timesharing systems, or senior-level field service experience with same. Must have strong analytical and planning skills with the ability to communicate and conceptualize projects to integrate the technology with the needs and functions of the Living Computer Museum. For a full job description and to apply, please visit our careers site: http://jobs.vulcan.com/ Rich Alderson Vintage Computing Sr. Server Engineer Vulcan, Inc. 505 5th Avenue S, Suite 900 Seattle, WA 98104 mailto:RichA at vulcan.com mailto:RichA at LivingComputerMuseum.org http://www.LivingComputerMuseum.org/

13 years, 2 months

a sad day in computing history....Steve Jobs passed away

by jlobocki＠gmail.com

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/05/us/obit-steve-jobs/?hpt%3DT1&ved=0CBYQqQI… that is all I have so far...

13 years, 2 months

Apple co-founder and Silicon Valley pioneer Steve Jobs has died

by glen.slick＠gmail.com

Just in case you're not connected to news, Steve Jobs died today. http://www.mercurynews.com/obituaries/ci_19048827

13 years, 2 months

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