12 May
1998
12 May
'98
4:53 a.m.
I am. In 7th grade. Still think that jr. high school's a COMPLETE waste of
time, especially for geeks (or people like me, who like to consider
themselves geeks, but probably couldn't make it...), at our school. No
UNIX, no programming, not even a 32 bit OS!!! (And that's even counting
Windows!!!!) All I really can do is do what I want in Computers... (but
with the software that they've got available, the most I can do is type a
word doc. instead of write an e-mail... TONS of freedom there...)
Ciao,
Tim D. Hotze
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From: Daniel A. Seagraves <DSEAGRAV(a)toad.xkl.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 7:14 PM
Subject: Re: Hello - I'm a new reader / STUDENTS
[Any students?]
I'm a high school student...
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12 May
12 May
3:42 p.m.
Hotze wrote:
I am. In 7th grade. Still think that jr. high school's a COMPLETE waste of
time, especially for geeks (or people like me, who like to consider
themselves geeks, but probably couldn't make it...), at our school. No
UNIX, no programming, not even a 32 bit OS!!! (And that's even counting
Windows!!!!) All I really can do is do what I want in Computers... (but
with the software that they've got available, the most I can do is type a
word doc. instead of write an e-mail... TONS of freedom there...)
Tim, when I was in the seventh grade, due to getting most of my _real_
education from the library at my own pace, I wasn't counting windows.
There weren't enough of them. I simply kept working out new patterns
for counting the holes in the acoustical ceilings, since the contractors
had installed them unevenly and that killed _some_ of the time until the
bell rang. Otherwise I let the teacher drone while I read something
useful or interesting and answered the questions it asked on automatic
pilot -- since I usually read the textbooks for the semester twice by
the third day of class.
Be warned -- if you go to a decent college that trick doesn't work. At
last.
--
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
13 May
13 May
12:48 a.m.
Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
Hotze wrote:
When I was in 7th grade I was pondering what the newest Terrahawks and
Thunderbirds episode would be and what I was going to do if the Vietnam
"conflict"
went on past when I graduated high school in 1974. The only "pooters" we had
then
were some networked (if you can call it that) typing equipment and teletype
terminals in the business classes.
High school has it's palce, just as college does. Of course if you look at the
high schools and many colleges now you'd have to wonder why they eeven bother
going to any classes other than home room for attendance check in.
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I am. In 7th grade. Still think that jr. high school's a COMPLETE waste of
time, especially for geeks (or people like me, who like to consider
themselves geeks, but probably couldn't make it...), at our school. No
UNIX, no programming, not even a 32 bit OS!!! (And that's even counting
Windows!!!!) All I really can do is do what I want in Computers... (but
with the software that they've got available, the most I can do is type a
word doc. instead of write an e-mail... TONS of freedom there...)
Tim, when I was in the seventh grade, due to getting most of my _real_
education from the library at my own pace, I wasn't counting windows.
There weren't enough of them. I simply kept working out new patterns
for counting the holes in the acoustical ceilings, since the contractors
had installed them unevenly and that killed _some_ of the time until the
bell rang. 
5:49 a.m.
Hmmmm....7th grade. I got my Atari 800xl in seventh grade. Not a single
computer in my school, and that was even in a rather large city
(Pasadena). We found a lot of other things to occupy us, though, like
finding creative ways to get over (and under) the 8 foot chain-link fence
around the school and over to taco bell or the Pac Man arcade. I spent all
of my "home" time drinking Tang, programming my Ataris, and listening to
Black Sabbath. Funny thing is I got all A's and B's in my classes, with an
attendance ratio of about 2/3 and a homework ratio of about 1/4. Does that
say anything about the quality of California's public education? I can
only imagine that it's even better now....
Aaron
On Wed, 13 May 1998, Russ Blakeman wrote:
Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
Hotze wrote:
When I was in 7th grade I was pondering what the newest Terrahawks and
Thunderbirds episode would be and what I was going to do if the Vietnam
"conflict"
went on past when I graduated high school in 1974. The only "pooters" we had
then
were some networked (if you can call it that) typing equipment and teletype
terminals in the business classes.
High school has it's palce, just as college does. Of course if you look at the
high schools and many colleges now you'd have to wonder why they eeven bother
going to any classes other than home room for attendance check in.
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Russ Blakeman
RB Custom Services / Rt. 1 Box 62E / Harned, KY USA 40144
Phone: (502) 756-1749 Data/Fax:(502) 756-6991
Email: rhblake(a)bbtel.com or rhblake(a)bigfoot.com
Website: http://members.tripod.com/~RHBLAKE/
ICQ UIN #1714857
AOL Instant Messenger "RHBLAKEMAN"
* Parts/Service/Upgrades and more for MOST Computers*
--------------------------------------------------------------------
I am. In 7th grade. Still think that jr. high school's a COMPLETE waste of
time, especially for geeks (or people like me, who like to consider
themselves geeks, but probably couldn't make it...), at our school. No
UNIX, no programming, not even a 32 bit OS!!! (And that's even counting
Windows!!!!) All I really can do is do what I want in Computers... (but
with the software that they've got available, the most I can do is type a
word doc. instead of write an e-mail... TONS of freedom there...)
Tim, when I was in the seventh grade, due to getting most of my _real_
education from the library at my own pace, I wasn't counting windows.
There weren't enough of them. I simply kept working out new patterns
for counting the holes in the acoustical ceilings, since the contractors
had installed them unevenly and that killed _some_ of the time until the
bell rang.
1:25 p.m.
Russ Blakeman wrote:
Tell me about it. Congress discontinued the draft in January 1973. I
turned 18 that May. I wound up in the USAF anyway in time to be a
"Vietnam Era Veteran" (as the Human Resources paperwork puts it) due
to financial situation (call it starvation -- the USAF fed me). The
only computers I heard of before I graduated HS were those that were
used to process the tests taken with soft pencil and those that
supposedly printed the report cards. The Altair was the next year,
right about the time I enlisted (as I learned afterward).
For some reason, I never had much use for puppet shows like the
Thunderbirds -- my main love was the early anime like Astroboy,
Gigantor and Eighth Man. And of course then and forever _real_
_printed_ science fiction by Heinlein and many others.
(This is not off-topic, folks. My love of science fiction coinceded
with my love of mathematics and got me into computers seriously with
the TRS-80 that wasn't yet called the Model One after I was discharged
Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
Tim, when I
was in the seventh grade, due to getting most of my _real_
education from the library at my own pace, I wasn't counting windows.
There weren't enough of them. I simply kept working out new patterns
for counting the holes in the acoustical ceilings, since the contractors
had installed them unevenly and that killed _some_ of the time until the
bell rang.
When I was in 7th grade I was pondering what the newest Terrahawks and
Thunderbirds episode would be and what I was going to do if the Vietnam
"conflict"
went on past when I graduated high school in 1974. The only "pooters" we had
then
were some networked (if you can call it that) typing equipment and teletype
terminals in the business classes. from the USAF [honorably after four years, the 20th
anniversary was
last Friday May 8th -- coincidentally the 10th anniversary of the
death of Robert A. Heinlein {who wrote about the most _likeable_
computer in all of science fiction, reality has a _long_ way to go}],
and set out on the path that led me [collapsed and dumped me] here).
High school has it's palce, just as college does. Of course if you look at the
high schools and many colleges now you'd have to wonder why they eeven bother
going to any classes other than home room for attendance check in.
That's why I went. Since there were legal things that could be done
to you (and/or your family) if you didn't show up. My real education
taking place elsewhere, I went to check in and look at girls -- the
fashions of the early Seventies being kind to a horny teenager.
--
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
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