9 Dec
2000
9 Dec
'00
8:07 a.m.
On December 9, Gene Ehrich wrote:
This is probably off topic and it may be old but I
never heard it before:
Why do nerds confuse Halloween and Christmas?
Because Oct31 = Dec25
*GROAN!!* :)
-Dave McGuire
9 Dec
9 Dec
6:07 p.m.
On Sat, 9 Dec 2000, Dave McGuire wrote:
That's actually quite clever.
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Why do nerds
confuse Halloween and Christmas?
Because Oct31 = Dec25
*GROAN!!* :) 
10 Dec
10 Dec
2:07 a.m.
You know I've seen that since it came out and it JUST dawned on me that the
OCT is octal and that DEC is decimal. NOW it makes perfecr sense. Guess I've
been out of the programming world too long.
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On Sat, 9 Dec 2000, Dave McGuire wrote:
That's actually quite clever.
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Why do nerds
confuse Halloween and Christmas?
Because Oct31 = Dec25
*GROAN!!* :) 
2:38 a.m.
At 07:07 AM 12/10/00 -0600, Russ Blakeman wrote:
You know I've seen that since it came out and it
JUST dawned on me that the
OCT is octal and that DEC is decimal. NOW it makes perfecr sense. Guess I've
been out of the programming world too long.
And this joke certainly qualifies for the 10-year-rule,
I'm surprised there were some on this list that hadn't
heard it before!
Then again, I recall the story of talking to a guy at
a convention, and he became so excited when I mentioned
a C-64 game I'd worked on... he said "Wow, I used to
play that on my dad's old Commodore when I was little!".
- John
5:35 a.m.
And this joke certainly qualifies for the
10-year-rule,
I'm surprised there were some on this list that hadn't
heard it before!
Sssh, you'll just encourage him! :-)
Then again, I recall the story of talking to a guy at
a convention, and he became so excited when I mentioned
a C-64 game I'd worked on... he said "Wow, I used to
play that on my dad's old Commodore when I was little!".
Which game was that? I play games on the 128 and I'm still little. :-P
(Well, 24 is little on this list. ;-)
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11:25 a.m.
Yeah really, I still have a 64 and a 128D around for entertainment and
testing use....
Then again, I recall the story of talking to a guy at
a convention, and he became so excited when I mentioned
a C-64 game I'd worked on... he said "Wow, I used to
play that on my dad's old Commodore when I was little!".
Which game was that? I play games on the 128 and I'm still little. :-P
(Well, 24 is little on this list. ;-)
12:11 p.m.
At 08:35 AM 12/10/00 -0800, you wrote:
Which game was that? I play games on the 128 and
I'm still little. :-P
(Well, 24 is little on this list. ;-)
In college and afterward, I worked at Sight and Sound
Music Software, which had titles like Kawasaki Music
Synthesizer and Kawasaki Rhythm Rocker, among others.
Obscure enough or CP-ed such that they don't show up
in warez lists on the web today, but once upon a time,
they were sold through K-Mart.
- John
12:53 p.m.
Which game was
that? I play games on the 128 and I'm still little. :-P
(Well, 24 is little on this list. ;-)
In college and afterward, I worked at Sight and Sound
Music Software, which had titles like Kawasaki Music
Synthesizer and Kawasaki Rhythm Rocker, among others.
Obscure enough or CP-ed such that they don't show up
in warez lists on the web today, but once upon a time,
they were sold through K-Mart.
11 Dec
11 Dec
3:17 p.m.
At 03:53 PM 12/10/00 -0800, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
Hah! I have an Incredible Music Keyboard, so it's
not *that* obscure. :-)
Is it true that the IMK was somehow related to the Commodore SFX Music Maker
overlay? They are very suspiciously similar (see
http://www.retrobits.com/ckb/secret/sfx.html
Oh yeah, we made the very popular IMK, too! Offhand,
I don't remember a CBM version. Where did the retrobits.com
site determine that S&S had licensed the design?
- John
8:35 p.m.
Hah! I have an
Incredible Music Keyboard, so it's not *that* obscure. :-)
Is it true that the IMK was somehow related to the Commodore SFX Music Maker
overlay? They are very suspiciously similar (see
http://www.retrobits.com/ckb/secret/sfx.html
Oh yeah, we made the very popular IMK, too! Offhand,
I don't remember a CBM version. Where did the retrobits.com
site determine that S&S had licensed the design? 
5:41 a.m.
New subject: Wang t-shirt (humor?)
Anyone know where I might find a t-shirt with the WANG name on it? I'm sure
you can all appreciate the potential humor value (especially if you have ever
seen a particular episode of The Simpsons, where Martin has one).
Seriously, if there is no source, would it be worth running a few :) ? Didn't
Wang get bought by Getronics in the last few years?
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6:20 a.m.
New subject: Wang t-shirt (humor?)
Anyone know where I might find a t-shirt with the WANG
name on it? I'm
sure you can all appreciate the potential humor value (especially if
you have ever seen a particular episode of The Simpsons, where Martin
has one).
Seriously, if there is no source, would it be worth running a few :) ?
Didn't Wang get bought by Getronics in the last few years?
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Bill Layer
Sales Technician
<b.layer(a)vikingelectronics.com>
ISTR that there was a humorous T-shirt made by Wang
employees years back. Something like "my Wang is bigger and
better than your PC."
I'd buy a Wang T-shirt in a flash. Can't remember who bought them
out but there are still a few Wang enthusiasts sites out there.
ciao larry
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12 Dec
12 Dec
6:25 a.m.
New subject: Wang t-shirt (humor?)
Bill Layer skrev:
Anyone know where I might find a t-shirt with the WANG
name on it? I'm sure
you can all appreciate the potential humor value (especially if you have ever
seen a particular episode of The Simpsons, where Martin has one).
I don't know about T-shirts, but I've got a nifty shirt pin with a flashing
LED in it and the words "WANG knows LANs". =)
Seriously, if there is no source, would it be worth
running a few :) ? Didn't
Wang get bought by Getronics in the last few years?
Now, where can I get my "I'm a SORD hacker" shirt?
BTW, what's wrong with Wang, and why did Martin get scoffed at for wearing
such a shirt?
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