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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
04-03-2006, 10:35 AM
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
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Does grad school count? That was one of the more fun things they made me do. Did I ever tell you about the PDP-8 I made out of bitslice micros?
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No. Everybody did that in first grade!
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Thankfully, I didn't have to write my OS in MACRO-11. *Shudder*.
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Me too. Most of VMS was written in Bliss. Bliss is ignorance. Ignorance is Bliss. Any questions?
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
04-03-2006, 10:36 AM
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
I've been knee deep in UNIX/AIX stuff for the last several months. *Command line manuerving and long red fingernails just don't cut it. *I just want to simplify my life not complicate it with stuff like recursive commands that can potentially hose the system if you're not paying attention *
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
04-03-2006, 03:57 PM
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
RSTS, TOPS, TECO, Bliss, Eunice, GDOS...
It all seemed fun at the time.
I wouldn't want to go back.
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
04-03-2006, 04:14 PM
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
RSTS 4b took my computing virginity.
It'll always have a special place in my heart...*snifff*
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
04-03-2006, 04:43 PM
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
Took BASIC and FORTRAN in college; used them infrequently...
User of VAX/VMS, UNIX, DOS; learned enough to be dangerous...* :
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
04-04-2006, 07:53 AM
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
04-04-2006, 08:11 AM
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
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oooooh, it's been a while since I've seen the novel "Snowcrash" mentioned anywhere...
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
04-04-2006, 08:26 AM
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48. I got dinged a lot for not even having a cell-phone with a camera in it, and for having decent taste...
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
04-04-2006, 09:04 AM
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
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I think basing someones "geekiness" on their ability to take, email and post photos taken with a cell phone camera is pretty sad.
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
04-04-2006, 09:14 AM
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
As usual the MSM screws up
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
04-04-2006, 09:29 AM
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
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I think basing someones "geekiness" on their ability to take, email and post photos taken with a cell phone camera is pretty sad.
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Yep!* However, knowing about the book "snowcrash" edges on geekiness.
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
04-04-2006, 09:35 AM
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
I read it in ~1994 or 1995. Sucked.
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Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful. Just another form of "buy low, sell high" for those who have trouble with things. This rule is not universal. Do not buy a 1973 Pinto because everyone else is afraid of it.
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
04-04-2006, 09:49 AM
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
86 here. But I had to lie on a couple, because the questions sucked.
Last good SciFi / Fantasy stuff I read was the Hyperion series by Dan Simmons. Anybody know of some high caliber SciFi worth reading?
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
04-04-2006, 10:22 AM
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
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I read it in ~1994 or 1995.* Sucked.
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The fact that you read it proves once again, you're an uber-geek
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
04-04-2006, 10:29 AM
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
And I didnt even have to cheat by lying on the questions!
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
04-04-2006, 10:33 AM
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
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And I didnt even have to cheat by lying on the questions!
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Oh, I only lied in the spirit of geekiness. For example, I don't hook up with my guild at 1am, but I do enjoy a good fragfest with my BF2 clan around then.
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
04-04-2006, 10:37 AM
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
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Oh, I only lied in the spirit of geekiness.* *For example, I don't hook up with my guild at 1am, but I do enjoy a good fragfest with my BF2 clan around then.*
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Fragfest
Geek potty talk: frag you! go defrag yourself! frag me harder!...
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
04-04-2006, 10:42 AM
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
Well see, there ya go. No comparison between warcraft and bf2. Warcraft is for nerds. BF2 is for white collar soldier wannabees!
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
04-04-2006, 10:42 AM
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
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Fragfest
Geek potty talk: frag you! go defrag yourself! frag me harder!...
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Check out my eight inch floppy...
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
04-04-2006, 10:44 AM
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Re: Anyone a VAX/VMS administrator in a former life?
Come feel my *hard* drive
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