10 Nov
2005
10 Nov
'05
12:36 a.m.
On 11/9/05, Eric J Korpela <korpela at ssl.berkeley.edu> wrote:
On 11/9/05, Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote:
And as far as anglicised names go, if their owners want them, fine. If they
don't, that's their choice, too. If my name were really Erkki, I'd still
call myself Eric. Especially since I can't pronounce Erkki. Besides, there's
at least one other internetworked Erkki Korpela. I'm more unique as Eric.
Athough there's another Eric in Pennsylvania, he doesn't seem to have an
internet presence. (Eat your heart out Eric Smith. :) )
Eric
6+ years ago, he spelled it differently:
On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, Sam Ismail wrote:
I've only missed one (west coast) VCF. Sellam did a hell of a job again
this year. I'm sure I'll have time in the next 12 months to get an exhibit
together for next year. (I say that every year.)
Regarding names, I keep on half expecting Sellam start his VCF
presentation with "Call me Ishmael" or "Call me Sam". (Both are from
opening
lines of good books, one famous, one less so.) If I had his name, I couldn't
resist the joke. Unfortunately, no one would laugh at "Call me Eric." Until
they looked at me, that is.
straightforward. The simulator simply steps
through the code space you
give it based on simulated clocking and executes the instructions as
would the actual CPU.
However he wants to spell it, he does a hell of a job with VCF.
I'm unhappy about missing it again this year.
(may all college administrators get what they deserve)