From: Clem Kruger
[mailto:Clem AT re-thinking-it DOT com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008
1:58 AM
To: Haskins, Steve; Ed Wilts; Jeff
Lightner
Cc: Rusty.Major AT sungard DOT com; Jim
Horalek; VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Auburn
vs. Netbackup forums- Was: sniff...bpgp isgone from 6.5
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 21st
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
Sent: Wed 2008/04/09 05:19 AM
To: Ed Wilts; Jeff Lightner
Cc: Rusty.Major AT sungard DOT com; Jim
Horalek; VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
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
To: Jeff Lightner
Cc: Rusty.Major AT sungard DOT com; Jim
Horalek; VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
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)