Get off my lawn...
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Hi, I am working/contracting for a firm where most of the staff is still working from home. There are a lot of younger/graduates around. We had a major power cut on Thursday (build work next door managed to put it out). One of the test PC's on the shop floor died. I was the only technical person who knew what the 'odd' connects in the case were (ISA ports), the funky old version of Windows (2000) there was also whats that port (paraellel). The worst point was 'Win95? Old Skool' :omg: turns out the guy wasn't born until 1999. To all when do you start feeling old not experienced. :confused:
At the moment I am the "Builder Dinosaur" who still maintains the scripting written in DOS. I live in peaceful coexistence with some younger colleagues that love to use the latest web-technologies and know nothing about such arcane things. But often I scratch my head on how to deploy their stuff, that's something they don't even think about it seems, or only as a last-minute thought. In Dutch we have a saying "De jeugd van tegenwoordig" (the youths of nowadays) :-\
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At the moment I am the "Builder Dinosaur" who still maintains the scripting written in DOS. I live in peaceful coexistence with some younger colleagues that love to use the latest web-technologies and know nothing about such arcane things. But often I scratch my head on how to deploy their stuff, that's something they don't even think about it seems, or only as a last-minute thought. In Dutch we have a saying "De jeugd van tegenwoordig" (the youths of nowadays) :-\
RickZeeland wrote:
In Dutch we have a saying "De jeugd van tegenwoordig" (the youths of nowadays)
Even in ancient Greece, there were laments about how today's youth dressed strangely and didn't respect their elders. :-D
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Hi, I am working/contracting for a firm where most of the staff is still working from home. There are a lot of younger/graduates around. We had a major power cut on Thursday (build work next door managed to put it out). One of the test PC's on the shop floor died. I was the only technical person who knew what the 'odd' connects in the case were (ISA ports), the funky old version of Windows (2000) there was also whats that port (paraellel). The worst point was 'Win95? Old Skool' :omg: turns out the guy wasn't born until 1999. To all when do you start feeling old not experienced. :confused:
When I had to explain to the youngins that ASCII consists of codes below the value of 32 that originated from teletype machines, like BEL :laugh:
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The first time I worked for someone younger than me.
>64 If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Hi, I am working/contracting for a firm where most of the staff is still working from home. There are a lot of younger/graduates around. We had a major power cut on Thursday (build work next door managed to put it out). One of the test PC's on the shop floor died. I was the only technical person who knew what the 'odd' connects in the case were (ISA ports), the funky old version of Windows (2000) there was also whats that port (paraellel). The worst point was 'Win95? Old Skool' :omg: turns out the guy wasn't born until 1999. To all when do you start feeling old not experienced. :confused:
Every time I go to QA ... :sigh:
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RickZeeland wrote:
In Dutch we have a saying "De jeugd van tegenwoordig" (the youths of nowadays)
Even in ancient Greece, there were laments about how today's youth dressed strangely and didn't respect their elders. :-D
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.Greece, my next holiday destination! :-\
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Every time I go to QA ... :sigh:
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
It can be scary indeed: IT - YouTube[^] :-\
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Hi, I am working/contracting for a firm where most of the staff is still working from home. There are a lot of younger/graduates around. We had a major power cut on Thursday (build work next door managed to put it out). One of the test PC's on the shop floor died. I was the only technical person who knew what the 'odd' connects in the case were (ISA ports), the funky old version of Windows (2000) there was also whats that port (paraellel). The worst point was 'Win95? Old Skool' :omg: turns out the guy wasn't born until 1999. To all when do you start feeling old not experienced. :confused:
You have a pc yet with ISA ports!!?? Burn it with fire along with whatever peripheral requires it. :-D Hopefully the pointy haired boss doesn't know it stands for Industry Standard Architecture.
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You have a pc yet with ISA ports!!?? Burn it with fire along with whatever peripheral requires it. :-D Hopefully the pointy haired boss doesn't know it stands for Industry Standard Architecture.
The PC with ISA ports is used to interface to some temperature & pressure chambers...
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Hi, I am working/contracting for a firm where most of the staff is still working from home. There are a lot of younger/graduates around. We had a major power cut on Thursday (build work next door managed to put it out). One of the test PC's on the shop floor died. I was the only technical person who knew what the 'odd' connects in the case were (ISA ports), the funky old version of Windows (2000) there was also whats that port (paraellel). The worst point was 'Win95? Old Skool' :omg: turns out the guy wasn't born until 1999. To all when do you start feeling old not experienced. :confused:
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Greece, my next holiday destination! :-\
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Hi, I am working/contracting for a firm where most of the staff is still working from home. There are a lot of younger/graduates around. We had a major power cut on Thursday (build work next door managed to put it out). One of the test PC's on the shop floor died. I was the only technical person who knew what the 'odd' connects in the case were (ISA ports), the funky old version of Windows (2000) there was also whats that port (paraellel). The worst point was 'Win95? Old Skool' :omg: turns out the guy wasn't born until 1999. To all when do you start feeling old not experienced. :confused:
When you realise that: * You not only know what 6502, 6809, 8080, 8085, 8086, (and many others) are, but you've written assembly-language code for each of them. * The IBM 360 is younger than you are. ... * (for some of us) ENIAC is younger than they are Is there someone here who was born before the [Mark I](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard\_Mark\_I)?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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The first time I worked for someone younger than me.
>64 If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
That doesn't bother me. I never wanted to go into Management (shudder) - not even as a lowly Team Leader. I have an "agreement" with my boss - he doesn't ask me to deal with political cr@p, thus freeing me to deal with the technical side. So far, it has worked quite well...
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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Hi, I am working/contracting for a firm where most of the staff is still working from home. There are a lot of younger/graduates around. We had a major power cut on Thursday (build work next door managed to put it out). One of the test PC's on the shop floor died. I was the only technical person who knew what the 'odd' connects in the case were (ISA ports), the funky old version of Windows (2000) there was also whats that port (paraellel). The worst point was 'Win95? Old Skool' :omg: turns out the guy wasn't born until 1999. To all when do you start feeling old not experienced. :confused:
I started to feel old when realized one of the newcomers don't even recognize a 1.44 FD...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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That doesn't bother me. I never wanted to go into Management (shudder) - not even as a lowly Team Leader. I have an "agreement" with my boss - he doesn't ask me to deal with political cr@p, thus freeing me to deal with the technical side. So far, it has worked quite well...
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
Daniel Pfeffer wrote:
I have an "agreement" with my boss - he doesn't ask me to deal with political cr@p, thus freeing me to deal with the technical side. So far, it has worked quite well...
I officially envy you :sigh:
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Hi, I am working/contracting for a firm where most of the staff is still working from home. There are a lot of younger/graduates around. We had a major power cut on Thursday (build work next door managed to put it out). One of the test PC's on the shop floor died. I was the only technical person who knew what the 'odd' connects in the case were (ISA ports), the funky old version of Windows (2000) there was also whats that port (paraellel). The worst point was 'Win95? Old Skool' :omg: turns out the guy wasn't born until 1999. To all when do you start feeling old not experienced. :confused:
In General: When walking by a school some kids threw a ball above the fence and then told me: "Excuse me, sir, would you mind to give us the ball?" (sir, but not in the UK "noble" meaning) At work: Having solved an overflow problem, explaining the new what happened by using the Y2K as example and seeing their "what the :elephant: is he talking about?" face
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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In General: When walking by a school some kids threw a ball above the fence and then told me: "Excuse me, sir, would you mind to give us the ball?" (sir, but not in the UK "noble" meaning) At work: Having solved an overflow problem, explaining the new what happened by using the Y2K as example and seeing their "what the :elephant: is he talking about?" face
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
Nelek wrote:
"Excuse me, sir, would you mind to give us the ball?" (sir, but not in the UK "noble" meaning)
I would just assume that these were properly raised kids, unlike many of the louts you see on the streets these days. :sigh:
Nelek wrote:
Having solved an overflow problem, explaining the new what happened by using the Y2K
That is so last millennium... :)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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Nelek wrote:
"Excuse me, sir, would you mind to give us the ball?" (sir, but not in the UK "noble" meaning)
I would just assume that these were properly raised kids, unlike many of the louts you see on the streets these days. :sigh:
Nelek wrote:
Having solved an overflow problem, explaining the new what happened by using the Y2K
That is so last millennium... :)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
Daniel Pfeffer wrote:
I would just assume that these were properly raised kids, unlike many of the louts you see on the streets these days.
They were... but still... to be called "sir" for the very first time was an eye-opener.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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That doesn't bother me. I never wanted to go into Management (shudder) - not even as a lowly Team Leader. I have an "agreement" with my boss - he doesn't ask me to deal with political cr@p, thus freeing me to deal with the technical side. So far, it has worked quite well...
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
Almost the same for me, thank goodness!
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I started to feel old when realized one of the newcomers don't even recognize a 1.44 FD...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
