(Scott Lurndal) wrote:
>Gene Wirchenko
ocis.net> writes:>> It is not that that I am concerned about. It is the
>>signal-to-noise ratio. Too much noise, I killfile. There are enough
>>other people saying sensible things that I find enough diamonds
>>without using desperate means.
>
>Eugene's SN ratio is several orders of magnitude higher than
>BAH's, particularly in respect to the purported topic of this
>newsgroup, i.e. computer folklore. Barb has very little
>exposure (if any) to the industry outside of the DEC world.
Scott, I appreciate the defense.
>Eugene's
>contribution to actual folklore is considerable and wide-ranging.
Well, not really. While I do what I can, my exposure to the field tends
to be limited to the high end: very few vendors, tough problems, small
customer base, security, etc. It is not the normal computer scene, it
has pluses and minuses. I have built up trust in certain communities.
I've had considerable luck being born in California, moving to the Bay
Area, working closely with Stanford, having the CHM move locally,
getting my management to sign off spending time with them, etc.
I have far less experience and knowledge in area where you don't see me
comment like personal computers and PC software (compared a bit to
personal workstations), databases, non mainstream mainframes, Midis like
10s, 20s, and 6s. And I have a day job, some of which is not for
discussion for various reasons of trust. I still have to catch up from
the last trips to DC and Pasadena, etc.
For instance, I might not like working on Unisys systems, but I
recognize that they have an important history independent of what I
think, and they have to be protected from short sighted PC and mini people.
They are merely short signed.
>I'm not sure Barb has done a folklore post for the last year or
>so, most of her posts are either bitching about the democrats,
>or glad-handing the bush administration; neither of which has much
>to do with the history of the computer business (when she's not
>expounding on the perfection of the PDP-10).
Well the joke with the CHM staff who lurk with Al's exception are
health, immigration, etc. It's an unmoderated alt.* group, and Barb
won't sustain foot into the real *.politics.* groups. You guys are an
easy audience.
The so-called perfection of the 10 got taken to LISP machines (3 different
vendors) and likely performance-wise to the LLNL S-1 which was never
finished.
>Barb seems to have no ability to recognize that she is sometimes wrong,
>or that her opinions are just opinions, not fact. Eugene recognizes an
>opinion as an opinion.
I try.
>scott
I am amused that your net post to Barb was:
>Why? Why can't you just say what you mean? Are you saying
>that farmers need not 'grow crops' in order to 'grow meat'?
I get that, too.
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