Well Guy, Pam is quite correct, I celebrated my 84th birthday on 08 November 2004 :-) and so long as Janet doesn't stick any pins in that effigy of mine that she intends to knit ... I might make it to my 85th, with or without the aid of acupuncture!
Charlie said : What has shopping and patterns got to do with tech support? Well Charlie, Mrs Bear and I do a lot of internet shopping these days to save our old legs, so this is definitely a support topic of the future. Now patterns is indeed an interesting subject because Mrs Bear has a knitting machine that is programmed by a card with holes punched in it. Depending on the pattern of holes, the machine will knit up various styles. You see modern computers were invented for several types of applications, some of them born during the Second World War -such as radar or cryptography, but some dating back to the 19th century during the industrial revolution. In the 19th century, the first industrial revolution is based on mechanical energy, generally powered by steam engines. One of the most sophisticated industries of the time was the textile industry. The Jacquard weaving loom is the first digital process control application. The automation of a loom requires: the recording of a sequence of commands and the subsequent re-reading of that sequence. Another contemporary application of a similar technology used by quite different entrepreneurs are the street barrel organ and entertainment automata. Technology: Commands are recorded as one or several holes in a relatively resilient, however disposable, media; each hole carries a precise meaning according its position. The media is usually a tape or, more often, a loop of cardboard. The reading mechanism is either mechanical (a point falls in a cavity when there is a hole in the cardboard) or pneumatic (the hole allows the airflow to perform a mechanical action). Much later, in the 20th century, the reader will be electrical (the hole in the cardboard will allow a source of electrical current to power an electromagnet performing the mechanical action). Sorry to bore you all with this old fashioned 'elderly' information but we have come a long way in a short time and we didn't always have to rely upon Mr Gates. I wonder what 2005 will bring? Reminiscing 'old' Rupert A bit of a card today :-) >>>>>>>>>> original message or part thereof <<<<<<<<<< Pam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are many elderly people who join these lists for the info and > for the companionship. > There you are Rupert, Pam is talking about you again :)) GR ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $4.98 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Q7_YsB/neXJAA/yQLSAA/67folB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
