Hi Rich. Same here. I knew all the ins and outs of my old Dos machine. Then Winblows came along, and things got more complicated and nothing made sense. Now I use Linux, and things are falling back into place for me in terms of what I knew about working with Irix on a ppp connection back about 7-8 years ago. ----- Original Message ----- From: Rich Caloggero <rjc@xxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 7:56 AM Subject: Hackers > A resounding "me too". The old-style hacker is really going out of style it > seems. But maybe its more than that. Maybe things are just getting > exponentially more complex, while also becoming more commercialized. I > remember working on unix in the 80s on a network of Apollo workstations. It > seemed I knew everything about those machines and the OS, right down to the > system calls. Now, over 15 years later, I find myself fighting just to keep > up with the technology, and find I know very little about any one thing. > Now, is that because I'm not 20 something anymore, or because there's just > that much more to know, etc. Still hesitate to call myself a true hacker > though; I'm just not that smart! > > Rich > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kerry Hoath" <kerry at gotss.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: 20 May, 2002 3:27 AM > Subject: Re: interesting experiment. > > > awwwwwwww shucks :-) that at least cheers me up emensely. > It's not just this list; it seems that the new breed of IT people aren't > like us oldschool bunch. > I remember the net before the world wide web; when archie > was the search tool of choice. I don't want to go back > to those days; but it is interesting to reflect on. > > Regards, Kerry. > On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 02:41:59PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 05:59:58PM +0800, Kerry Hoath wrote: > > > > > > Maybe I am becoming disalusioned, but it seems so many people these > days have > > > > no desire to know how things work, I mean really work. > > > > Kerry: > > > > I suspect some of this desire to remain ignorant becomes more > > prevalent when something becomes more popular. But, please don't > > become disillusioned with us here on this list. I'm sure I'm not > > the only one that really appreciates your thoughtful and precise > > posts. Your name comes up frequently in my saved folders because > > of the knowledge and support you've provided here. I just want > > you know that I, for one, appreciate you. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > -- > Kerry Hoath: kerry at gotss.net kerry at gotss.eu.org or > kerry at gotss.spice.net.au > ICQ: 8226547 msn: kerry at gotss.net Yahoo: kerryhoath at yahoo.com.au > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
