18 Nov
1997
18 Nov
'97
2:14 p.m.
From: bill_r(a)inetnebr.com (Bill Richman)
<How about making the rule something to the effect of "Systems older
<than 20 years, or which were actively produced for less than _x_ (2?)
<years running" ? Too complicated? At least it would cover almost all
<of the "unique" machines. If they were made for more than 2 years,
Really. Lets see the LINC was over twenty years ago and made for more
than two years. There are very few of them. Back then (64-66ish) a
couple dozen were a lot of any machine! It would also eliminate the
Altair, Imsai, KIM-1, PDP-8 and a few others.
It doesn't work.
Allison
18 Nov
18 Nov
4:21 p.m.
It was a _suggestion_. That's why I said "something to the effect of"
and " _x_ (2?) years". I never implied the definition was perfect as
it stood. Besides, I said "OR which were actively produced for less
than (2) years", not "AND". So if the LINC is over 20 years old, it's
in, regardless of how long it was produced. Were the others you
mentioned all produced for more than 2 years running? Sometimes I
"Really" think that the only place you'd find more attitude than in
this group would be in a flock of "Valley Girls".
On Tue, 18 Nov 1997 23:14:37 -0500, you wrote:
From: bill_r(a)inetnebr.com (Bill Richman)
<How about making the rule something to the effect of "Systems older
<than 20 years, or which were actively produced for less than _x_ (2?)
<years running" ? Too complicated? At least it would cover almost all
<of the "unique" machines. If they were made for more than 2 years,
Really. Lets see the LINC was over twenty years ago and made for more
than two years. There are very few of them. Back then (64-66ish) a
couple dozen were a lot of any machine! It would also eliminate the
Altair, Imsai, KIM-1, PDP-8 and a few others.
It doesn't work.
Allison
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11:07 p.m.
On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, Bill Richman wrote:
mentioned all produced for more than 2 years running?
Sometimes I
"Really" think that the only place you'd find more attitude than in
this group would be in a flock of "Valley Girls".
Ok, I think the point is that the current rule works amazingly well and
that no matter of tinkering will make it any better. Its bendable, the
exceptions are tolerable, and everyone is happy.
Time to drop it.
And Bill, don't take any offense. People were just expressing what
they thought of your proposal. You'll know when you should be offended.
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