On Sunday 18 March 2018 10:07:46 Mark wrote: > On 03/18/2018 09:05 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> Recursion was a terribly interesting concept when I was taking > >> programming classes for my comp sci degree. Had a lot of fun with > >> it once I understood how to use it. We all had t shirts made up > >> with that saying on it. ;-) > >> > >> > >> Mark > > > > A comp-sci degree? Nice! My "formal" education stops at the 8th > > grade, circa 1949 or so. Self taught from there. > > > > I'm fond of t-shirts that make a statement. The best one is "Don't > > rush me, I get paid by the hour." But the last time I kept a time > > card, was in the early 70's. Since, salaried, often at a tv station > > well above the going rate vs market size. > > Yeah, the comp sci was the second bachelors degree. I needed it for > the job I had when I was still working as a system and network admin > at the Naval Research Lab in Washington, DC. Sure was happy to leave > the DC Metro area for the wilds of Northern Michigan. > > Mark > Oh, a yooper now? I've spent some time in the Iron Mountain area. Winters are bad but its sure is pretty in greenup weather.
No poisonous snakes, but ticks by the ton in warmer weather. And since I've met most of the radio eng people up there, I could make a nice supplemental income keeping the local radio folks on the air. They are hurting for transmitter talent, badly. Because I knew something about tv transmitters, I was some sort of a $DIETY to them. :) -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
