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<DIV>Paul<BR><BR>--- On <B>Tue, 1/27/09, Martin X. Moleski, SJ <I><moleski@canisius.edu></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: Martin X. Moleski, SJ <moleski@canisius.edu><BR>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Experimenting with new forum software<BR>To: jpavlick@idseng.com, "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><BR>Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 8:59 AM<BR><BR><PRE>John Pavlick wrote:
> Excellent. Sounds like we're in good hands ...
Some days are better than others. :o(
> ... Hey, you have to try new stuff otherwise we'd all still be
> running DOS. Not that that would necessarily be a BAD thing. :)
I thought I was good with DOS.
Peak achievement: disassembling a device driver for HD, finding
one (1) bad byte, and reassembling it so that it would work
with DOS 2. I was also pretty proud of linking some
graphics ASM from one source into FORTRAN for some Navy folks.
I stayed in DOS as long as I could stand. I had to switch
to W95 eventually.
DOS is like a backyard garden plot.
linux is like a tropical rainforest filled with poisonous
critters.
Did I mention that I said for the first time in my life
yesterday, "I love linux"? I never thought those words
would come to mind. I've been playing with linux for
a couple of years on obsolete PCs. Configuring linux
for one user (me) doesn't show what it can do. I can
get it set up for me in a half-hour or forty-five
minutes. Setting up a server that anyone can use from
all around the world is a different kettle of fish,
especially working from a remote terminal.
The neat thing about climbing the learning curve
is the view you get as you go up. :o)
Marty
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