Hackers

[Igor Gueths]

Hi Rich. Same here. I knew all the ins and outs of my old Dos machine. Then Winblows came along, and things got more complicated and nothing made sense. Now I use Linux, and things are falling back into place for me in terms of what I knew about working with Irix on a ppp connection back about 7-8 years ago. 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Rich Caloggero <rjc at MIT.EDU>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 7:56 AM
Subject: Hackers


> A resounding "me too". The old-style hacker is really going out of style it
> seems. But maybe its more than that. Maybe things are just getting
> exponentially more complex, while also becoming more commercialized. I
> remember working on unix in the 80s on a network of Apollo workstations. It
> seemed I knew everything about those machines and the OS, right down to the
> system calls. Now, over 15 years later, I find myself fighting just to keep
> up with the technology, and find I know very little about any one thing.
> Now, is that because I'm not 20 something anymore, or because there's just
> that much more to know, etc. Still hesitate to call myself a true hacker
> though; I'm just not that smart!
> 
>                     Rich
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kerry Hoath" <kerry at gotss.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: 20 May, 2002 3:27 AM
> Subject: Re: interesting experiment.
> 
> 
> awwwwwwww shucks :-) that at least cheers me up emensely.
> It's not just this list; it seems that the new breed of IT people aren't
> like us oldschool bunch.
> I remember the net before the world wide web; when archie
> was the search tool of choice. I don't want to go back
> to those days; but it is interesting to reflect on.
> 
> Regards, Kerry.
> On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 02:41:59PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > > On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 05:59:58PM +0800, Kerry Hoath wrote:
> >
> > > > Maybe I am becoming disalusioned, but it seems so many people these
> days have
> > > > no desire to know how things work, I mean really work.
> >
> > Kerry:
> >
> > I suspect some of this desire to remain ignorant becomes more
> > prevalent when something becomes more popular. But, please don't
> > become disillusioned with us here on this list. I'm sure I'm not
> > the only one that really appreciates your thoughtful and precise
> > posts. Your name comes up frequently in my saved folders because
> > of the knowledge and support you've provided here. I just want
> > you know that I, for one, appreciate you.
> >
> >
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