2 Oct
2010
2 Oct
'10
7:54 a.m.
On Fri, 2010-10-01 at 17:17 -0400, gene heskett wrote:
On Friday, October 01, 2010 05:12:54 pm Philipp
Überbacher did opine:
OT: I'll snitch on Gene. Secretly he's programming the Tandy CoCo.
Anyway, I'm amazed that people suspect people ex 60 or ex 70 or even ex
80 not to take part of modern technology, especially because a lot of
men are the pioneers for today technology.
I'm at the end of 43 and I won't do the tricks I did with my skateboard
20 years ago anymore and I won't recommend Gene to take a skateboard and
go to a high half-pipe. Resp. to climb a radio mast at nasty weather, as
he did in the past, but why should older people stop thinking?!
Excerpts from gene heskett's message of
2010-10-01 22:07:28 +0200:
Thanks for the flowers, and I do share a story now and then, based on 45+
years as a broadcast engineer, 25 of them as the Chief Engineer, spread
over 2 tv stations and a radio station. But I try to make the story's
related apply to the subject of the message here that got my attention. On
any mailing list, random data, no matter how good, is often considered as
noise.
> Regards,
> Philipp On Friday, October 01, 2010 04:05:37 pm Folderol
did opine:
I'm 26 now, and I think it's really great that people like you, 50 years
older and almost the age of my grandfather, take part in all of this
stuff. Everyone has his share of experience, and I believe every
generation can learn a bit from every other generation. Guys of your age
have a little more experience and stories to share, and I really
appreciate this. It's especially great that you manage to keep up with
technology and all of the related stuff. I know at least one person
who's 90+ and very healthy and active, but her understanding of
technology is near zero. For me, people that age taking part of all this
kind of stuff is incredible, and it's also highly appreciated. There are
plenty of things we young folks can learn. On Fri, 1 Oct 2010 09:51:29 +1000
Erik de Castro Lopo <mle+la(a)mega-nerd.com> wrote:
> Folderol wrote:
> > Also, he must be getting on a bit now ... at least in his
> > thirties
> >
> > :P
>
> Ageism lives I see.
>
> I'm in my mid 40s and I still have a passion for coding. I don't
> do as much audio coding as I used to but I am a significant
>
> contributor to the DDC compiler:
> http://trac.haskell.org/ddc/
>
> Erik
Did you not notice the ':P' ?
FWIW I'm in my 60's so lets have less lip from you young pups :)
And I have about a decade on you, I'll be 76 Monday. ;-)
Sheesh, no respect for the elders here. ;-P