Deutsch English Français Italiano |
<20250312090051.000067b9@gmail.com> View for Bookmarking (what is this?) Look up another Usenet article |
Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 09:00:51 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 17 Message-ID: <20250312090051.000067b9@gmail.com> References: <pan$96411$d204da43$cc34bb91$1fe98651@linux.rocks> <mddfrk08b0z.fsf@panix5.panix.com> <20250227080310.0000604d@gmail.com> <vqdtf3$3cfel$1@dont-email.me> <vqer0u$4v4$2@reader1.panix.com> <m30ve0FnaglU2@mid.individual.net> <arOcneLO8IpNTlb6nZ2dnZfqnPadnZ2d@giganews.com> <m32bvhFttl7U1@mid.individual.net> <CHYyP.193515$zz8b.191713@fx09.iad> <m33o3uF5o99U1@mid.individual.net> <vqifen$bd1g$3@dont-email.me> <k6WcnceGQYGFuFD6nZ2dnZfqnPSdnZ2d@giganews.com> <m34t11Fau7tU1@mid.individual.net> <A8idnQ0GwtcNylD6nZ2dnZfqn_ednZ2d@giganews.com> <mdda59tveb2.fsf@panix5.panix.com> <BcadnSDlNt6E9VP6nZ2dnZfqnPSdnZ2d@giganews.com> <m37a3aFm3r2U1@mid.individual.net> <whFzP.219349$FVcd.161034@fx10.iad> <eaSdnZFYbdMdyEz6nZ2dnZfqn_GdnZ2d@giganews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 17:00:55 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="486a67353bc0ecf66feb3ad3b8881de1"; logging-data="2811087"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+rZCeU3Nq3afrCNYWOnQnUtORgDXXsOvo=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:wUbO6JfvNnjFrVQRGcAGkuegl7c= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Bytes: 2463 On Wed, 12 Mar 2025 05:36:05 -0400 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote: > Hmmmmmm ... I tend to think I've led a very boring life, but, in > retrospect, I've done some VERY weird, edge, stuff without having any > of that double-alpha personality. Some breeds of geek are just like that - our lead developer is a gangly, soft-spoken motor-mouth of a guy, doesn't need any faux machismo to be the kind of person who's almost killed himself in cliff-scaling incidents multiple times, had more than one direct run-in with a bear, and regularly treks up into the mountains in one busted-ass Jeep or another for off-roading expeditions. We occasionally have to remind him that he's not allowed to die before the next ship date.