Maine's Own Off-Topic Thread! (condo, living in, beach)

[mollysmiles]

Zymer I think I got it!! I found a control, and adjusted it....I think it's going to be fine now....yea! thank you!

[Zymer]

Originally Posted by mollysmiles

Zymer I think I got it!! I found a control, and adjusted it....I think it's going to be fine now....yea! thank you!

Excellent!

[forest beekeeper]

Originally Posted by Zymer

Got started before the first "pocket" calculators came out, moved into radio and radar systems, made some detours into some completely unrelated fields, then got back into them around the time of the 286/386 machines and DOS. Most people may not realize it, but the old 486 machines had more computing power than NASA used to put men on the moon.

LOL

At one time, on one sub I served onboard we were wearing white lab coats. In school and at sea, we wore pocket protectors stuffed with pens, pencils, non-ferrous tweekers, and 3X5 note cards. At one time I had a leather slide rule holster on my belt, I was pretty handy with that old slide-rule too.

In college I did my A.S. work playing with 8086 chips.



Do you remember the FidoNet?

[Zymer]

Originally Posted by forest beekeeper

LOL

At one time, on one sub I served onboard we were wearing white lab coats. In school and at sea, we wore pocket protectors stuffed with pens, pencils, non-ferrous tweekers, and 3X5 note cards. At one time I had a leather slide rule holster on my belt, I was pretty handy with that old slide-rule too.

In college I did my A.S. work playing with 8086 chips.



Do you remember the FidoNet?

Absolutely, dialing into a BBS system and using Blue-something(?) as a mailer, or dialing up a Unix server on a C-SLIP connection and using Pine, Lynx and command-line IRC.

I used to have a slipstick but I've lost track of it. I wouldn't be able to remember how to use it now even if I *did* find it. Math has never been my strong point anyway.

[raygabs]

Originally Posted by Zymer

Absolutely, dialing into a BBS system and using Blue-something(?) as a mailer, or dialing up a Unix server on a C-SLIP connection and using Pine, Lynx and command-line IRC.

I used to have a slipstick but I've lost track of it. I wouldn't be able to remember how to use it now even if I *did* find it. Math has never been my strong point anyway.

How is it that your such a technical person but math..not your strong point? What is?

[Zymer]

Originally Posted by raygabs

How is it that your such a technical person but math..not your strong point? What is?

I read, a lot. A memory that allows me to remember seemingly insignificant details (but forget the name of someone I've known for years or the mathematical formula for determining the relationship of Watts/Amps/Volts). A curiosity to know how things work, to take them apart and (usually) put them back together again, sometimes make them work better. Add in a little bit of "intuition" where I can arrive at a corect assessment without knowing quite how, some good troubleshooting skills, and a good dose of "I don't need somebody to do it for me, I can learn how to do it myself." I figure stuff out, play detective.

But don't ask me to do any math in my head more complicated than adding up the spots on a pair of dice, and you have to give me a little extra time for *that*. I have no problem grasping the concept of an infinite Universe but don't even think about giving me an Algebra equation and asking me to "solve for X", I'll just sit there looking not unlike a chimpanzee (from whom you would probably get a better answer).

[mollysmiles]

so, since our fiasco a week or two ago, we don't seem to really be back in our "happy go lucky" stride here on the Maine forum....I was thinking it was just me that noticed this, but after a few DMs back and forth I've discovered that's not true. I have been doing a lot of reading, not a lot of posting.....just don't seem to have the heart for it that I did. I'm hoping that will change.....

I would like to share with all of you my dislike of something in particular that I've noticed. Sometimes, a person will post something that makes you go "what?", and for some reason you may not be able to explain, the pieces just don't seem to fit.....little things are said that make you realize, slowly, over the course of a few posts, that a person is not who they pretend to be. In the off-topic forum there was actually a thread about this, entitled something to the effect of "why do people lie on this forum".....so I'm sure it occurs in all the topics. I have to say, it's just sad when you realize that it's happening....simple little mistakes, simple things said, so that you know the person saying them is not being truthful. I don't really remember noticing this before on the Maine forum, and frankly, there's nothing we can do. It doesn't go against the TOS to pretend to be something you're not. And frankly, if one hasn't lived here for a long period of time, you may be less likely to notice the little things that just don't fit. I just wanted to take the chance to say "that's sad".

I'll try to get back to my easy-going self on here, and I know some of you are working on doing the same... KAF and Forest, I love reading the posts you guys have....it makes me smile

[forest beekeeper]

Originally Posted by mollysmiles

so, since our fiasco a week or two ago, we don't seem to really be back in our "happy go lucky" stride here on the Maine forum....I was thinking it was just me that noticed this, but after a few DMs back and forth I've discovered that's not true. I have been doing a lot of reading, not a lot of posting.....just don't seem to have the heart for it that I did. I'm hoping that will change.....

I would like to share with all of you my dislike of something in particular that I've noticed. Sometimes, a person will post something that makes you go "what?", and for some reason you may not be able to explain, the pieces just don't seem to fit.....little things are said that make you realize, slowly, over the course of a few posts, that a person is not who they pretend to be. In the off-topic forum there was actually a thread about this, entitled something to the effect of "why do people lie on this forum".....so I'm sure it occurs in all the topics. I have to say, it's just sad when you realize that it's happening....simple little mistakes, simple things said, so that you know the person saying them is not being truthful. I don't really remember noticing this before on the Maine forum, and frankly, there's nothing we can do. It doesn't go against the TOS to pretend to be something you're not. And frankly, if one hasn't lived here for a long period of time, you may be less likely to notice the little things that just don't fit. I just wanted to take the chance to say "that's sad".

I'll try to get back to my easy-going self on here, and I know some of you are working on doing the same... KAF and Forest, I love reading the posts you guys have....it makes me smile

Molly you really are sweat.

I think that folks get on the WWW, and they can live out fantasies.

I could be the mother of four, or a hooker, or I could be a cop [a pig, an oinker, da' fuzz]. I could 'be' anything and fool ya'll.

However anyone who spreads deception is going to have a difficult time maintaining that deception as time goes by. To play the troll, is easy. To put on a false persona and try to act within that character for months or years is more difficult.

I think that by posting daily over a period of months, it would become near impossible to completely maintain such a falsehood, such an illusion.

I also think that it is far easier to simply speak your mind and not to make junk up, it is just less work.

sigh.

[mollysmiles]

Bravo Forest....thanks so much for saying so! I agree completely

[Zymer]

Molly, another point for you. Sorry Forest, it won't let me do you again.