Dear colleagues:
Your moderator is compelled to point out that in may parts of the globe,
it is now Tuesday. *cough*rampantlyofftopic*cough*
By dint of the ongoing ramblings of this thread, it is officially
confirmed: Many of us are older than dirt. Your humble moderator,
while perhaps not older than dirt, is sufficiently aged to remember when
much of what we now call "dirt" was shiny and new. In fact, some dirt
still had visible tool and die marks, and at that time one could still
find occasional remnants of the factory packaging -- though the warranty
period on dirt and dirt-like products had long since expired, and the
home office steadfastly refused to acknowledge questions regarding
maintenance and repairs.
For further readings on the specific topic of computing through the
ages, your moderator suggests:
http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/comphist/ -- Computer
History Collection,
Smithsonian National Museum of American History
http://www.computerhistory.org/ -- the Computer History Museum
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/today.cgi -- ComputerHope.com
"On this day in computer industry history"
For more information on the general theme of "Older Than Dirt", your
moderator recommends
http://www.olderthandirt.org/19_things_it_took_me_50_years_to.html --
but is compelled to point out that none of these pithy insights
specifically mention the declared subject of our cozy little nook of the
web.
-dan.
Daniel P. Martin - IBMVM List Janitor
[email protected] / [email protected]
