From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Aug 6 8:21:42 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from exegrnnts001.seattleu.edu (exegrnnts001.seattleu.edu [206.81.198.91]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30B00155E5 for ; Fri, 6 Aug 1999 08:21:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hodeleri@seattleu.edu) Received: from seattleu.edu (ppp29.pm2a.wport.com [206.129.99.78]) by exegrnnts001.seattleu.edu with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2448.0) id PKDHW620; Fri, 6 Aug 1999 08:18:50 -0700 Message-ID: <37AAFD4F.3AFF2557@seattleu.edu> Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 08:20:47 -0700 From: Eric Hodel Organization: Dis X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: W Gerald Hicks Cc: FreeBSD-chat Subject: Re: FreeBSD cures RSI References: <199908060440.AAA08382@bellsouth.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org W Gerald Hicks wrote: > > > All of this younger people can't type bullshit is mostly a bunch of > > phogies trying to feel good about themselves. They should stick to > > stories about being forced to program their Altairs through toggle > > switches and how we have it so good these days with structured > > languages. > > Bah, I had a paper tape reader on my ASR33 teletype. There was a > very small loader we entered through the front panel but the biggest > problem was avoiding inevitable tears of the tape. > > You weenie whippersnappers can handle electronics fine but let's see > you fix something with the mechanical complexity of a teletype, or > even change the oil in your (imported) car. Build your own big-block > Chevy musclecar? Forget it :P My parents only by American cars. Oil changes are just look for the bolt in the bottom of the oil pan, drain oil into receptacle, restore plug, remove oil-filter, replace, refil. As for mechanical devices, how about disassembling a Horse-drawn, rusted-beyond-all-hell corn binder? Maybe not as fancy as a teletype, but twice as tough to get apart. -- Eric Hodel hodeleri@seattleu.edu "They cook your gonies" -Terry Lambert's uncle on why he doesn't have a microwave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message