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@Erica_Jane_MP that's a bit of cultural history, lore. But there are now too many of us worldwide to support invidious distinctions...
we older folk are interested in sharing why the tech works, where we've been and how we got here... not many have time to listen, I fear.
so many uses proliferating! communities organizing around interests and the tech part is just like dial tone... we expect it all to work...
@communicable thanks for the twitter fountain link!
@Erica_Jane_MP reminds me of the eternal september thing... http://www.catb.org/~esr...
Snowing here now. Black fur of the dog all sparkly and dotted with snowflakes. That's fur of the dog, not hair of the dog.
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@Erica_Jane_MP http://www.uh.edu/engines... ...this from 1992 makes me smile. History of org. dev & comp. sys. context interests me.
@Erica_Jane_MP I hadn't thought of that. I think tracing the path from mainframes to today's ubiquitous comp/net might provide context...
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@Erica_Jane_MP Do you think people might find "history lessons" useful? Is there any interest in the largely forgotten lore of infotech?
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Blacks hit hard by economy's punch - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...
betty jo shares her recollection of the "Stanford Indians" controversy... http://listics.com/2009112...
Twitter / jeremy scahill: I'm hearing 30k or more tr ... - http://twitter.com/jeremys...
@bpaynter good story!
@Erica_Jane_MP ...a second perspective might be that the person who lacks background isn't trammeled and channeled by preconceptions. Maybe?
Chase Kear Should Be Dead: Critical Eye: Details - http://www.details.com/culture...
Scahill on Blackwater's Secret War in Pakistan... http://www.thenation.com/doc...
@Erica_Jane_MP ...but while the question can be asked in 140 characters, it can't be asked with precision, nor can it be answered in 140.
@Erica_Jane_MP one perspective is that a foundation of experience permits a breadth of creativity unavailable to the neophyte, but...
http://www.details.com/culture... Ben Paynter in Details 12/2009
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RT @Erica_Jane_MP @euan what's a BBS? \\ question is at once charming and troubling. How important are net history and computer basics?
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Simultaneity, physics, and the higgs boson - http://listics.com/2009112...
Thought I ought to mention… - http://listics.com/2009112...
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