RE: End of an era...

2012-02-17 Thread Jacob
Not yet... They have to audition for the part... -Original Message- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 5:46 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: End of an era... So Jacob have anyone asked when your soon to be old company is going

End of an era...

2012-02-16 Thread Jacob
Well, Tomorrow is my last day here after 15 years. Start a new position on Tuesday. The next position does not use ColdFusion, but I will still subscribe to this list. I will rejoin next week. Catch you later... Jacob ~|

Re: End of an era...

2012-02-16 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Jacob ja...@excaliburfilms.com wrote: Well, Tomorrow is my last day here after 15 years. Start a new position on Tuesday. The next position does not use ColdFusion, but I will still subscribe to this list. I will rejoin next week. Catch you later... Jacob

Re: End of an era...

2012-02-16 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
WAIT Is it too late to hit you up for an employee discount? (just kidding. Congrats, and Good Luck) Jerry Milo Johnson On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Jacob ja...@excaliburfilms.com wrote: Well, Tomorrow is my last day here after 15 years. Start a new position on Tuesday. The next

Re: End of an era...

2012-02-16 Thread Dana
gluck On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson jmi...@gmail.comwrote: WAIT Is it too late to hit you up for an employee discount? (just kidding. Congrats, and Good Luck) Jerry Milo Johnson On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Jacob ja...@excaliburfilms.com wrote:

Re: End of an era...

2012-02-16 Thread Larry C. Lyons
I'm surprised none of the guys here asked for a few intros. On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Dana dana.tier...@gmail.com wrote: gluck On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson jmi...@gmail.comwrote: WAIT Is it too late to hit you up for an employee discount? (just

Re: End of an era...

2012-02-16 Thread Larry C. Lyons
So Jacob have anyone asked when your soon to be old company is going to be advertising for you replacement? On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Jacob ja...@excaliburfilms.com wrote: Well, Tomorrow is my last day here after 15 years. Start a new position on Tuesday. The next position does not use

Re: End of an era...

2012-02-16 Thread Tony
I never liked their work, I prefer kindgirls :) On Thursday, February 16, 2012, Larry C. Lyons larrycly...@gmail.com wrote: So Jacob have anyone asked when your soon to be old company is going to be advertising for you replacement? On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Jacob

RE: End of an era?

2009-07-07 Thread Scott Stewart
- From: Ras Tafari [mailto:rastaf...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 10:41 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: End of an era? mom is a teacher, we had univ. of maryland access wa back. like i always say, i started with netscape .99 on a 386. howevr, i really got my start on a trs80 (i

Re: End of an era?

2009-07-07 Thread G Money
(h) 919.874.6229 (c) 703.220.2835 -Original Message- From: Ras Tafari [mailto:rastaf...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 10:41 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: End of an era? mom is a teacher, we had univ. of maryland access wa back. like i always say, i started

End of an era?

2009-07-06 Thread Ian Skinner
CompuServe Classic laid to rest http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10280076-93.html Common, fess up all you other ancients (in Internet time any). For how many of us was CompuServe a way station on our road to the modern internet?

Re: End of an era?

2009-07-06 Thread Jerry Johnson
Sure. Timenet, Compuserve, Prodigy, AOL. All had a hand in my current addiction. On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Ian Skinner h...@ilsweb.com wrote: CompuServe Classic laid to rest http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10280076-93.html Common, fess up all you other ancients (in Internet time

Re: End of an era?

2009-07-06 Thread denstar
+1 Those were the days. Only procomm+ had what it took, too, neh? Yeah... blazing fast, that data went. Evolution freaking /kicks-ass/. -- Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct. Thomas Carlyle On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Jerry

Re: End of an era?

2009-07-06 Thread Cameron Childress
Wildcat 6 BBS software rocked the house. :) On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 5:25 PM, denstarvalliants...@gmail.com wrote: +1 Those were the days.  Only procomm+ had what it took, too, neh? Yeah... blazing fast, that data went. Evolution freaking /kicks-ass/

Re: End of an era?

2009-07-06 Thread Jerry Johnson
I eventually ran a fidonet board. Did anyone else ever spend time trying to mimic the sounds of an acoustic coupled 300 baud modem, trying to whistle the connect command? Or notch a floppy to use the back side of the disk? On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 7:35 PM, Cameron Childress

Re: End of an era?

2009-07-06 Thread Maureen
Youngster. Did my senior thesis on 9000 keypunch cards. My first modem was a Bell 103. I liked Fidonet. And PCBoard. Wasn't much of a fan of Wildcat. On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 5:46 PM, Jerry Johnsonjmi...@gmail.com wrote: I eventually ran a fidonet board. Did anyone else ever spend time

Re: End of an era?

2009-07-06 Thread Jerry Johnson
I spent my time on punch cards. I will never forget the need for the ; in the 72nd column of each row. Or the high cost of a typo. Or of dropping the card stack. And that pain taught me the benefits of social engineering, creative lock workarounds, and hacking, the combination of which got me

Re: End of an era?

2009-07-06 Thread Gruss Gott
JJ wrote: I spent my time on punch cards. I will never forget the need for the ; in the 72nd column of each row. Or the high cost of a typo. Or of dropping the card stack. I took a punch card class in college - they wanted us to understand the technology so we had to write a program using

Re: End of an era?

2009-07-06 Thread Ras Tafari
mom is a teacher, we had univ. of maryland access wa back. like i always say, i started with netscape .99 on a 386. howevr, i really got my start on a trs80 (i know, youngn) On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Gruss Gottgrussg...@gmail.com wrote: JJ wrote: I spent my time on punch cards. I

Total bummer - the end of an era.

2006-11-12 Thread Paul Vernon
One of the most famous rock/alt/goth/industrual clubs in the UK burnt down last night :( I've spent many happy times in there as I studied in Brum and I was the secretary of the Rock Soc I even dated one of the staff for a while :). I was in there only a couple of weeks ago... Nearly went this

Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-16 Thread Russel Madere
So who is going to architect crappy software for us? Who is Ray Ozzie? http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/15/gates.ap/index.html Bill Gates to step down from Microsoft ~| Message:

Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-16 Thread Chesty Puller
Stepping Down - End of an Era? So who is going to architect crappy software for us? Who is Ray Ozzie? http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/15/gates.ap/index.html Bill Gates to step down from Microsoft ~| Message: http

Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-16 Thread G Money
-community@houseoffusion.com Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 9:09 AM Subject: Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era? So who is going to architect crappy software for us? Who is Ray Ozzie? http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/15/gates.ap/index.html Bill Gates to step down from Microsoft

RE: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-16 Thread John Galt
/me hearts M$. Well some days. I mean seriously, most of us wouldn't have jobs without that behemoth. -Original Message- From: Chesty Puller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 10:23 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era? I've got

RE: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-16 Thread Duane
16, 2006 11:23 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era? I've got to tell you... since I've been here at Microsoft, I've seen nothing but problems with other software trying to run on Windows. MS puts out terrific software that is heavily tested, and they give out APIs

Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-16 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
-community@houseoffusion.com Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 9:09 AM Subject: Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era? So who is going to architect crappy software for us? Who is Ray Ozzie? http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/15/gates.ap/index.html Bill Gates to step down from Microsoft

Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-16 Thread Russel Madere
Mea Culpa. But you are preaching at a Windows 2.9 to present user. Windows has gotten better, but it got ALOT worse before it did. I also used Word for DOS and still think it is superior, for what I need, to the current version of Word.

Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-16 Thread G Money
2.9? Was that like the beta version for 3.0? I know i'm young and all, but i'd never heard of 2.9. On 6/16/06, Russel Madere [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mea Culpa. But you are preaching at a Windows 2.9 to present user. Windows has gotten better, but it got ALOT worse before it did. I

Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-16 Thread Jerry Johnson
I'm going to sound like an old fart, but I wsa using Windows before it had a number. IIRC, it replaced geoWindows as my gui. I also remember the wonderful upgrade from 2.5 to 2.6 (multimedia anyone?) On 6/16/06, G Money [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2.9? Was that like the beta version for 3.0? I

Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-16 Thread Jerry Johnson
So sad. Windows 3.0 and 3.1 was the upgrades. 1.5 was Foxpro. *back to my shuffelboard* On 6/16/06, Jerry Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm going to sound like an old fart, but I wsa using Windows before it had a number. IIRC, it replaced geoWindows as my gui. I also remember the

RE: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-16 Thread John Galt
I used DOS until 3.1.1 for workgroups. First GUI install I ever did. -Original Message- From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 11:33 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era? I'm going to sound like an old fart, but I

Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-16 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
was that GEOS? I used to love that. I felt like I was going backwards with windows. I remember the publisher program was awesome, you could name files upto 128 characters long, it didn't crash and it was very responsive. On 6/16/06, Jerry Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm going to sound

Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-16 Thread Russel Madere
OK, now I feel really old. But I did get to generation gap one of my coworker's daughter. She was grooving to ACDC's Back In Black and thought it was a new album. I told her I bought it on vinyl before her mother was in high school. I even sang some lyrics for her and she really got mad

Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-16 Thread Jerry Johnson
That was it. GEOS. And did you also run dr-dos at any point? I also remember feeling like I slid backwards when I shut down Frameworks and moved to windows, office and excel. ~| Message:

Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-16 Thread G Money
She must have been pretty young. I can't imagine even vapid teenie boppers who wouldn't have heard of AC/DC On 6/16/06, Russel Madere [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, now I feel really old. But I did get to generation gap one of my coworker's daughter. She was grooving to ACDC's Back In

Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-16 Thread Crow T. Robot
It's the dumbing down of America, dude. Happening right in front of your face. G Money wrote: She must have been pretty young. I can't imagine even vapid teenie boppers who wouldn't have heard of AC/DC On 6/16/06, Russel Madere [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, now I feel really old. But

Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-16 Thread Russel Madere
12 or so. She heard of them, but thought they were new. She must have been pretty young. I can't imagine even vapid teenie boppers who wouldn't have heard of AC/DC On 6/16/06, Russel Madere [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ~|

Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-16 Thread Robert Munn
Ray Ozzie, inventor of Lotus Notes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Ozzie On 6/16/06, Russel Madere [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So who is going to architect crappy software for us? Who is Ray Ozzie? http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/15/gates.ap/index.html Bill Gates to step down from

Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-16 Thread G Money
Gotta blame the parents, right? I mean, what self-respecting father hasn't introduced his children to AC/DC by the time they are 12 On 6/16/06, Russel Madere [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 12 or so. She heard of them, but thought they were new. She must have been pretty young. I can't imagine

Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-16 Thread William Bowen
OK, now I feel really old. But I did get to generation gap one of my coworker's daughter. hehe One of my son's favorite bands right now is Audioslave... he started listening to it because he was riffling through my CD collection looking for something to listen to. he liked the cover of the

Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-16 Thread William Bowen
Ray Ozzie, inventor of Lotus Notes. Holy SH!T He must be stopped! Don't let him do to windows what he did to e-mail! Bloatus is the bane of my daily existence! -- will If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable. - Carrie Fisher

Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-16 Thread Russel Madere
I don't know. I'm childless. Plus I think Warren Zevon is more age appropriate for 12 ;) Gotta blame the parents, right? I mean, what self-respecting father hasn't introduced his children to AC/DC by the time they are 12 On 6/16/06, Russel Madere [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-16 Thread William Bowen
I don't know. I'm childless. Plus I think Warren Zevon is more age appropriate for 12 ;) LOL! *now off to find cleaning supplies for _my_ monitor... -- will If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable. - Carrie Fisher

RE: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-16 Thread John Galt
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 12:07 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era? Gotta blame the parents, right? I mean, what self-respecting father hasn't introduced his children to AC/DC by the time they are 12 On 6/16/06, Russel

Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-16 Thread Jerry Johnson
My 6 your old nephew loves Slipnot (the songs without bad words), kottonmouth kings, prodigy, and all the old-school metal (his term) like Metallica, Judas Priest, etc. But to my brother-in-law's horror, his favorite song is I ran by A Flock of Seagulls. Then Cars by Gary Newman. (I gave him a

Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-16 Thread Robert Munn
I love old-school punk, and I love the way newer bands like Dropkick Murphys created the next generation of punk with their own influences. I have a whole collection of 80's hardcore punk/post-punk stuff like Naked Raygun, Big Black (both Steve Albini-produced bands), Husker Du, Marginal Man, and

Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-16 Thread Jerry Johnson
Try the pretenders, the blackhearts, the waitresses, x-ray spex or a little harder, the plasmatics for groups with a strong front woman. Or maybe heart. Something might click. On 6/16/06, Robert Munn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I love old-school punk, and I love the way newer bands like Dropkick

Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-16 Thread Robert Munn
Good bands, esp Pretenders and Plasmatics. I'm going to try Avril Lavigne (new school) and maybe Throwing Muses, which was one of my favorite chick-singer bands of the 80's. Maybe Veruca Salt. Heard of the Chubbies? Great stuff. On 6/16/06, Jerry Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try the

Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-16 Thread Jerry Johnson
That is a word I hope to never hear in the plural again. (and no) On 6/16/06, Robert Munn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Heard of the Chubbies? Great stuff. ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:209610

Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-16 Thread Sam
Any relation to Poppa Chubby? On 6/16/06, Robert Munn wrote: Heard of the Chubbies? Great stuff. ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:209611 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5

Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-16 Thread Robert Munn
apparently there is a pop culture reference to chubbies as overweight gay men, at least that's what google says. this is the band: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofilefriendid=29625151 On 6/16/06, Jerry Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That is a word I hope to

Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-15 Thread Sandra Clark
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/15/gates.ap/index.html Bill Gates to step down from Microsoft Thursday, June 15, 2006; Posted: 4:53 p.m. EDT (20:53 GMT) REDMOND, Washington (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said Thursday he will transition out of a day-to-day role at the company he

Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-15 Thread Charlie Griefer
I don't think it'll be any different. same era :) Nothing really changed when he stepped down as CEO and ballmer took on the role. On 6/15/06, Sandra Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/15/gates.ap/index.html Bill Gates to step down from Microsoft Thursday, June

Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era?

2006-06-15 Thread Jerry Johnson
Same day that Dan Abrams is stepping down from the Abrams Report on MSNBC? Spooky Could it be that Bill and Dan want to sail off into the sunset together? I'm just saying... On 6/15/06, Charlie Griefer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think it'll be any different. same era :) Nothing

End of an Era... I dropped my AOL account.

2003-03-29 Thread Jim Davis
A decade of AOL has ended for us. The account we've had since 1992 was cancelled yesterday. A moment of silence please... Although only used for my wife's email for the past several years it feels weird not to have an AOL account for some reason. Even tho' we had to call to cancel since I

RE: End of an Era... I dropped my AOL account.

2003-03-29 Thread Dan Phillips
So I guess you wont need this anymore http://albinoblacksheep.com/text/aoler.php -Original Message- From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 1:37 PM To: CF-Community Subject: End of an Era... I dropped my AOL account. A decade of AOL has ended for us