I received eBay Star Developer Award

[caroball]

Congrats from a long long ago COBAL programmer - we thought at that
time that we were the ultimate in programs, etc --- kinda like a
horse saying automobiles will never catch on

WHO put that A key over my O key?????

 

[Ignoramus19378]

That is just so very, very cool. Were you specifically invited to attend
the conference, or did you just happen to be there?

Yes, I was invited.

It looks to me like you're the only person there who actually isn't
affiliated with a company. I know you run Algebra.com, but that's not
really what drove you to the eBay programming, is it?

No, but on the other hand, I sell used stuff on eBay. It was just a
free software thing, done because, in my opinion, software wants to be
free.

i

 

[angrie.woman]

No, but on the other hand, I sell used stuff on eBay. It was just a
free software thing, done because, in my opinion, software wants to be
free.

That's what I thought. A *very* cool victory for freeware!

 

[Lumpy]

...software wants to be free.

Like "People everywhere just want to be..."


Lumpy

 

[LPV]

I sell used stuff on eBay. It was just a free software thing, done
because, in my opinion, software wants to be free.

You've earned one giant sized "attaboy" with that attitude.

Plus, of course, a "Congratulations" for the eBay recognition to go along
with it.

If you promise not to jump on the couch, I'll tell Oprah to book you on one
of her shows.

Loren

 

[redleg]

You should have the perl appraised by a licensed
perlologist.


Lumpy

You have Perl ? Try a colon flush.

 

[Chris Barts]

MAYBE that's why my stuff always got kicked out with 9000 error
messages - I did some FORTRAIN & AUTOMOBILECODDER too

Ha! Those are some good ones.

 

[Tad McClellan]

[ F'ups set to comp.lang.perl.misc ]

You have Perl ? Try a colon flush.

I knew that colons were buffered, so I tried:

$| = ':';

but that Doesn't Work.

(I can tell because my face is still wearing its irregular expression.)



I'm off to CPAN to see if Bioperl or one of the IO::* modules
can help with this urgent problem...

 

[redleg]

Ha! Those are some good ones.

COBOL, PASCAL, and FORTRAN. There's a Fortran street in Silicon
Valley, I think its in Santa Clara or Sunnyvale, north of Hwy 237.

 

[caroball]

COBOL, PASCAL, and FORTRAN. There's a Fortran street in Silicon
Valley, I think its in Santa Clara or Sunnyvale, north of Hwy 237.

GREAT Now all they need is streets or alleys named SPS - AUTOCODER -
In honor of us old farts ( maybe 30 or 40 ) who thought we knew it all
- then along came the young kids just out of High School who left us in
the dust - ASIDE - A couple of my old friends who kinda stayed in the
business made a ton of $$$$$ on the Y2K scare - the scare was there
because of dates but not that hard to correct - core storage back then
was so precious that not using the whole date was practical - like most
programmers, even those today, we never looked past next week

For you geeks - in 20 or 30 years you too will be the old dumb fogies

 

[robic0]

GREAT Now all they need is streets or alleys named SPS - AUTOCODER -
In honor of us old farts ( maybe 30 or 40 ) who thought we knew it all
- then along came the young kids just out of High School who left us in
the dust - ASIDE - A couple of my old friends who kinda stayed in the
business made a ton of $$$$$ on the Y2K scare - the scare was there
because of dates but not that hard to correct - core storage back then
was so precious that not using the whole date was practical - like most
programmers, even those today, we never looked past next week

For you geeks - in 20 or 30 years you too will be the old dumb fogies

I don't think so old fart. I think you were an old fart and loser when you
first started. You are repugnant and the asshole type that are there 2
weeks at the fortune 200 companies. You put a bad name on older folks with
your mother fuckin piss poor defeatists because of age attitude.

I spit, puke and piss on your type's.

Robic0
(god of porn && > 50 age)

 

[caroball]

I don't think so old fart. I think you were an old fart and loser when you
first started. You are repugnant and the asshole type that are there 2
weeks at the fortune 200 companies. You put a bad name on older folks with
your mother fuckin piss poor defeatists because of age attitude.

I spit, puke and piss on your type's.

Robic0
(god of porn && > 50 age)

I COMMEND YOU robic0 on your excellent command of the English language
and your ability to express yourself in good old Junior High Language
-- I think to find the person you described you might look in the
mirror

Age attitude ??? Just glad I got here