Re: [Veritas-bu] Auburn vs. Netbackup forums- Was: sniff...bpgp isgone f

Good day all y'all,

Can someone please explain what am "old fart" is?

There are only 3 certainties in life, death, taxes and change. The last two we can control but death started the day we were born.

Those of you who used the term "Old Fart", just remember one day you will wake up and find yourself much older and then you too will be offended by being called an old fart!

The changes we have seen through the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and now the 21^st century has made us better people and most of all we (old farts) are disciplined. You needed to drop a try of cards once to understand discipline.

Will you be remembered when you are gone? The old farts Bill Gates, Dennis Ritchie, Ken Thompson and many others will be. Do you know why? Because they were the pioneers, because all we had was a pair of pliers and some wire.

We never had memory leaks because could not waste memory. Go and learn assembler and find out what a thrill it is to do so much with very little.

I just hope that you are fit in mind and body when it is your turn to be called an “old fart” so that you can ask yourself “did I leave any foot prints others can follow”?

I took offence, but now enjoy remembering the program sheets, the cards and ticker tape. The something we made from nothing. It is great to say we were part of the pioneers and just hope the pioneering spirit will continue.

Enjoy your life and have some compassion.

Regards,

Clem.

From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu on behalf of Haskins, Steve
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Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Auburn vs. Netbackup forums- Was: sniff...bpgp isgone from 6.5

And programming on punch cards…Oh, what FUN!

From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Ed Wilts
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 6:50 PM
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Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Auburn vs Netbackup forums- Was: sniff...bpgp is gone from 6.5

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Jeff Lightner <jlightner AT water DOT com> wrote:

We now prefer to be called Chronologically Mature Methane Producers or ChMMPs (NOT to be pronounced as Chimps so as not offend the Evolutinarilly Challenged…)

An old fart like me can't remember a name *that* long. I can remember paper tape though...

.../Ed (hiding out at SNW in the state that defines old)

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Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
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