On Friday 19 April 2013 22:16:18 Chris Angelico did opine: > On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Dennis Lee Bieber > > <wlfr...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > > On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:24:36 +1000, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> > > > > declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general: > >> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:57 AM, Walter Hurry <walterhu...@lavabit.com> wrote: > >> > On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:00:11 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > >> >> But 1 Corinthians 13:11 > >> > > >> > You are grown up now, I surmise. > >> : > >> :) Born in 1984, so that'll give you some idea where I was in the > >> :1990s. > >> : > > A puppy to be taught by greymuzzles (unfortunately, /this/ > > > > greymuzzle [1958] has reached the point of being an old dog that only > > learns new tricks with extreme difficulty <G>) > > Yep, taught by my Dad, who has often told the story of how he once > held a whole kilobyte of memory in his hands (something like a cubic > meter in size). He introduced me to programming, to fiddling with the > system configs (actually he forbade that, for ages - because he had to > clean up the mess if the system wouldn't boot), and to the joys of > networking. So in a large way he's why I'm a geek... and actually he > started that even earlier, when I was given the name Chris at birth. > That on its own probably is the biggest cause of my geekery, I think! > > ChrisA
Buncha spring chickens, the whole lot of you. Born in '34, I was a geek before the word was invented. But like some of you claim, I am now that old dog that doesn't learn new tricks easily. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! My views <http://www.armchairpatriot.com/What%20Has%20America%20Become.shtml> Mandrell: "You know what I think?" Doctor: "Ah, ah that's a catch question. With a brain your size you don't think, right?" -- Dr. Who A pen in the hand of this president is far more dangerous than a gun in the hands of 200 million law-abiding citizens. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
