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  1. we older folk are interested in sharing why the tech works, where we've been and how we got here... not many have time to listen, I fear.
  2. so many uses proliferating! communities organizing around interests and the tech part is just like dial tone... we expect it all to work...
  3. @Erica_Jane_MP that's a bit of cultural history, lore. But there are now too many of us worldwide to support invidious distinctions...
  4. @Erica_Jane_MP reminds me of the eternal september thing... http://www.catb.org/~esr/ja...
  5. @communicable thanks for the twitter fountain link!
  6. Snowing here now. Black fur of the dog all sparkly and dotted with snowflakes. That's fur of the dog, not hair of the dog.
  7. 16December in Toronto -- hohoTO is happening! http://hohoto.ca/ (How do they do that twitter fountain?)
  8. @Erica_Jane_MP http://www.uh.edu/engines/e... ...this from 1992 makes me smile. History of org. dev & comp. sys. context interests me.
  9. @Erica_Jane_MP I hadn't thought of that. I think tracing the path from mainframes to today's ubiquitous comp/net might provide context...
  10. follow the link,let it load, sit back and enjoy... http://producten.hema.nl/
  11. @Erica_Jane_MP Do you think people might find "history lessons" useful? Is there any interest in the largely forgotten lore of infotech?
  12. "...your email was among the 20 Lucky winners who won £800,000.00 each." Imagine that! Thank you Coca Cola! Thank you So. African Tobacco!
  13. @bpaynter good story!
  14. RT @jeremyscahill: I'm hearing 30k or more troops plus contractors in Afghanistan--announced early nxt week. Meeting was 2 hours tonight
  15. betty jo shares her recollection of the "Stanford Indians" controversy... http://listics.com/20091123...
  16. Scahill on Blackwater's Secret War in Pakistan... http://www.thenation.com/do...
  17. http://www.details.com/cult... Ben Paynter in Details 12/2009
  18. @Erica_Jane_MP ...but while the question can be asked in 140 characters, it can't be asked with precision, nor can it be answered in 140.
  19. @Erica_Jane_MP ...a second perspective might be that the person who lacks background isn't trammeled and channeled by preconceptions. Maybe?
  20. @Erica_Jane_MP one perspective is that a foundation of experience permits a breadth of creativity unavailable to the neophyte, but...