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that's a bit of cultural history, lore. But there are now too many of us worldwide to support invidious distinctions...
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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.
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so many uses proliferating! communities organizing around interests and the tech part is just like dial tone... we expect it all to work...
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thanks for the twitter fountain link!
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reminds me of the eternal september thing...
http://www.catb.org/~esr...
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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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16December in Toronto -- hohoTO is happening!
http://hohoto.ca/
(How do they do that twitter fountain?)
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...this from 1992 makes me smile. History of org. dev & comp. sys. context interests me.
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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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follow the link,let it load, sit back and enjoy...
http://producten.hema.nl/
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Do you think people might find "history lessons" useful? Is there any interest in the largely forgotten lore of infotech?
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"...your email was among the 20 Lucky winners who won £800,000.00 each." Imagine that! Thank you Coca Cola! Thank you So. African Tobacco!
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Blacks hit hard by economy's punch -
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betty jo shares her recollection of the "Stanford Indians" controversy...
http://listics.com/2009112...
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good story!
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Alcatraz -
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...a second perspective might be that the person who lacks background isn't trammeled and channeled by preconceptions. Maybe?
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Chase Kear Should Be Dead: Critical Eye: Details -
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Scahill on Blackwater's Secret War in Pakistan...
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...but while the question can be asked in 140 characters, it can't be asked with precision, nor can it be answered in 140.
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one perspective is that a foundation of experience permits a breadth of creativity unavailable to the neophyte, but...
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Ben Paynter in Details 12/2009
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The “end” of the Mayan calendar is like the end of your calendar. Go buy a new one and you’re fine.
http://www.skepchick.org/
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Ewww unfollow YOU
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what's a BBS? \\ question is at once charming and troubling. How important are net history and computer basics?
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garlic, the universe, and everything
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Simultaneity, physics, and the higgs boson -
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Thought I ought to mention… -
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The chuck wagon, the cattle drive, the great plains, cookie and his Sioux chef...
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