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To: Kurthend who wrote (148092)	1/11/2013 7:23:27 PM
From: Stock Puppy	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213176

:-) I took COBOL in college many moons ago and realized I am not the type to write code. I know my limitations. I killed many trees with the punch cards I had to throw away due to my stupidity:) I found that if when program didn't work, I would just shuffle the cards until some sort of equilibrium was obtained. That would guarantee that dS > 0, thermodynamic principals would be satisfied and I would then have a useful program that performed work. Oh wait - that was FORTRAN - does it count?

To: Kurthend who wrote (148092)	1/11/2013 7:28:02 PM
From: shlurker	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213176

Well, I had a great time of it. Since I seemed to be not too good at any ordinary work, I became a good software guy when startups in the early SV were desperate for help. I felt like the lone ranger going from place to place at nite while keeping a good day job too. I wrote lots of stuff, early operating systems, learned to tell good software from bad just by reading listings, etc. It was an exciting time, and good enough to finance a nice home, good marriage, and to put 6 kids thru college(10 grandkids) Finally, among other perks, i had enough luck to see - in the wake of Napster - the desperate need for legal downloads, and so became an early AAPL investor. I hate all the modern software, even Apple's - don't know how all those jumbled 'include' files ever hang together. I'd go broke and sour if I had to code today. God Bless the retirement years - I hope they never end….