Re: "Attention, graying geeks: Send me your BASIC memories, as the language turns 50" -- David Brooks

2014-04-10 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
Ted Roche writes: > > http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1992-09-08/ http://dilbert.com/fast/1992-09-08/ :-) -- "'tis an ill wind that blows no minds." > On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Ted Roche wrote: > > David Brooks, the Granite Geek at the Nashua Telegraph, and an occasional > pro

Re: "Attention, graying geeks: Send me your BASIC memories, as the language turns 50" -- David Brooks

2014-04-10 Thread Ray Cote
you had 0s and 1s? All we had were ups and downs (toggle switches)... - Original Message - > From: "Joshua Judson Rosen" > To: "Ted Roche" > Cc: "Greater NH Linux User Group" > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 3:50:19 PM > Subject: Re: "Attention, graying geeks: Send me your BASIC memori

Re: "Attention, graying geeks: Send me your BASIC memories, as the language turns 50" -- David Brooks

2014-04-10 Thread Dan Jenkins
On 4/10/2014 4:42 PM, Ray Cote wrote: > you had 0s and 1s? All we had were ups and downs (toggle > switches)... I just had holes. (paper tape and punch cards) Yes, and up and down too. -- Dan Jenkins, Rastech Inc. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlu

Re: "Attention, graying geeks: Send me your BASIC memories, as the language turns 50" -- David Brooks

2014-04-10 Thread David Hardy
We only had sticks to scratch into mud bricks, but there were no trees so we had to organize caravans into the mountains and then carry the logs back ourselves in desert heat and sand. On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Dan Jenkins wrote: > On 4/10/2014 4:42 PM, Ray Cote wrote: > > you had 0s and

Re: "Attention, graying geeks: Send me your BASIC memories, as the language turns 50" -- David Brooks

2014-04-10 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 5:08 PM, David Hardy wrote: > We only had sticks to scratch into mud bricks, but there were no trees so we > had to organize caravans into the mountains and then carry the logs back > ourselves in desert heat and sand. ... uphill both ways. -- Ben

Re: "Attention, graying geeks: Send me your BASIC memories, as the language turns 50" -- David Brooks

2014-04-10 Thread David Hardy
...while blindfolded because IT security had it as a secret route. On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 6:56 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 5:08 PM, David Hardy > wrote: > > We only had sticks to scratch into mud bricks, but there were no trees > so we > > had to organize caravans into the

Max Wi-Fi connections question

2014-04-10 Thread Ed lawson
I'm sure someone in the group has a real world answer to this question. My local school is seeking to have Wi-Fi in every classroom with each classroom having up to 30 devices using the network simultaneously. I questioned this and was told the appropriate commercial grade router is capable of m

Re: "Attention, graying geeks: Send me your BASIC memories, as the language turns 50" -- David Brooks

2014-04-10 Thread Curt Howland
On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 7:07 PM, David Hardy wrote: > ...while blindfolded because IT security had it as a secret route. Too bad I don't live in Nashua. I learned basic from a book, Basic BASIC, a year before I had my first computer. -- The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of fre

Re: Max Wi-Fi connections question

2014-04-10 Thread Greg Rundlett (freephile)
It depends... At some point your wireless becomes wired, and so the maximum amount of throughput is going to depend on that infrastructure and your WAN link. On the wireless side, it depends on the number and types of clients and also the type of traffic (VOIP, video, data etc.) Suffice to say th

Re: "Attention, graying geeks: Send me your BASIC memories, as the language turns 50" -- David Brooks

2014-04-10 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
On 2014-04-10 22:52, Curt Howland wrote: > On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 7:07 PM, David Hardy > wrote: >> ...while blindfolded because IT security had it as a secret route. > > Too bad I don't live in Nashua. > > I learned basic from a book, Basic BASIC, a year before I had my first > computer. I h