Author Topic: OT - How old are you? (Read 14611 times)

Calum · « **on:** January 09, 2007, 11:42:34 AM »

I do apologize if there is already a similar topic, I did search.
And I also apologize for the off topic, this is my second off topic in an hour or so.
Anyway, I just wanted to get a feel for how old people are on these forums.
If you prefer not to answer then don't answer.
I'm 15.

street1 (RIP) · « **Reply #1 on:** January 09, 2007, 03:55:57 PM »

I am 55 and PeckerWood is 105.I have learned a few thing from you
and Dilbert.So Calum,youth seems to be doing fine. :-?

fffreak · « **Reply #2 on:** January 09, 2007, 03:59:12 PM »

I'm 17. 2 more months til' I'm legal, then graduation in May. How time flies, I still remember going to class in Kindergarten.

2k_dummy · « **Reply #3 on:** January 09, 2007, 04:38:00 PM »

I'm to flippin' old. So old, in fact, that I remember talking to Methuselah, who died in the year of the great flood.

wayne425 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 09, 2007, 06:52:35 PM »

I am 16, it is good to see a range of ages in these forums

(that is one old bird, by the way)

soybean · « **Reply #5 on:** January 09, 2007, 07:09:06 PM »

Let me put it this way. I remember the first PC I used at work when I was working for a large organization back in 1984. It was an IBM PC with no hard drive. Had to boot from a 5.25 inch floppy disk, which loaded DOS into memory, then remove that disk and insert the LOTUS 1-2-3 disk, the only application software we had at the time. By this time, I had been out of high school for 20 years. I'll let you do the math.

JohnK · « **Reply #6 on:** January 09, 2007, 07:19:21 PM »

I'm 14, almost 15 (i'll be 15 on February 24th)

-John

street1 (RIP) · « **Reply #7 on:** January 09, 2007, 07:20:18 PM »

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Let me put it this way. I remember the first PC I used at work when I was working for a large organization back in 1984. It was an IBM PC with no hard drive. Had to boot from a 5.25 inch floppy disk, which loaded DOS into memory, then remove that disk and insert the LOTUS 1-2-3 disk, the only application software we had at the time. By this time, I had been out of high school for 20 years. I'll let you do the math.

I did the math.You will only buy bananas if they are ripe. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

soybean · « **Reply #8 on:** January 09, 2007, 07:40:41 PM »

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Let me put it this way. I remember the first PC I used at work when I was working for a large organization back in 1984. It was an IBM PC with no hard drive. Had to boot from a 5.25 inch floppy disk, which loaded DOS into memory, then remove that disk and insert the LOTUS 1-2-3 disk, the only application software we had at the time. By this time, I had been out of high school for 20 years. I'll let you do the math.

I did the math.You will only buy bananas if they are ripe. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

LOL. Well, I might buy them while they're still a little green but, if I do, I let them ripen more before I eat them. I always have liked the taste of them better when they're ripe enough to have lost all trace of green. Bananas with freckles are quite good.

SilentAssasin64 · « **Reply #9 on:** January 09, 2007, 08:05:53 PM »

16 here.

2k_dummy · « **Reply #10 on:** January 10, 2007, 12:35:01 AM »

Whippersnappers all. You to soybean.

1. Whats a Univac?
2. Whats a punch card?
3. Whats a paper tape?
4. Whats a mainframe?
5. What "home" computer came with a whopping 4k of memory, no disk drives, stored programs on an audio cassette, and you had to write your own programs?

Me and Methuselah might be the only ones who still remember.

Rob Pomeroy · « **Reply #11 on:** January 10, 2007, 02:24:16 AM »

I was rummaging around our workshop recently and I cam across an old teleprinter...

Hmm... Old "home" computers... The original ZX81 had 1K, so it's not that...!

Calum · « **Reply #12 on:** January 10, 2007, 08:59:13 AM »

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Whippersnappers all. You to soybean.

1. Whats a Univac?
2. Whats a punch card?
3. Whats a paper tape?
4. Whats a mainframe?
5. What "home" computer came with a whopping 4k of memory, no disk drives, stored programs on an audio cassette, and you had to write your own programs?

Me and Methuselah might be the only ones who still remember.

1. Univac is a computer of some sort, ac stands for analogue computer.
2. Punch card is what you used to use instead of disks? They had programs and data on them, I think.
3. Paper tape was used for storage too?
4. Mainframe is the equivalent of a server nowadays, and they could be used by many people at once through dumb terminals, like timesharing, saving the costs of lots of computers.
5. Was it an Atari of some sort?
And no, I didn't look these up on the internet. Honestly.

dl65 · « **Reply #13 on:** January 10, 2007, 10:57:56 AM »

LOL ........ How old am I ........... let's put it this way , when I was a young-un,
I signed on as the navigator on a vessel skippered by some guy called Noah....
and ....................... when I plugged in the co-ordinates he gave me we ended up on the side of some mountain.

dl65

Dilbert · « **Reply #14 on:** January 10, 2007, 04:32:34 PM »

I'll be 16 in a week.

baller123 · « **Reply #15 on:** January 10, 2007, 04:57:02 PM »

im 13 but really into computers

M1CH431 · « **Reply #16 on:** January 10, 2007, 04:58:55 PM »

homer · « **Reply #17 on:** January 10, 2007, 05:03:20 PM »

calum did you really need to include 100+? lol.

p.s. im 19

stones · « **Reply #18 on:** January 10, 2007, 05:15:12 PM »

Im 29 and 3 quarters, I remember the Commador 64, pong on the ol Coleco and Donkey Kong on the Atari.

homer · « **Reply #19 on:** January 10, 2007, 05:22:21 PM »

i used to own an atari. i had about 6 games for it.

street1 (RIP) · « **Reply #20 on:** January 10, 2007, 06:57:11 PM »

Mayhap,How old has life made you.

My oldest grandchild is 16.

My daughter is 36.

My son is 26.

Me and the boss are 55.

PeckerWood is one reason why the forum needed
room for people over 105.

Since he is only a figment of you folks imagination,
maybe he shouldn't count.

2k_dummy · « **Reply #21 on:** January 11, 2007, 05:10:51 AM »

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Since he is only a figment

And all this time I thought he was a fragment.

Neil · « **Reply #22 on:** January 11, 2007, 06:39:41 AM »

I am 18. All you below me are hereby officially owned.

Calum, the poll might have been more useful if there is less range in the earlier ages, eg 10-12, 12-14.

Calum · « **Reply #23 on:** January 11, 2007, 10:15:11 AM »

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I am 18. All you below me are hereby officially owned.

Calum, the poll might have been more useful if there is less range in the earlier ages, eg 10-12, 12-14.

A good point.
I'll change it in a bit, maybe.

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calum did you really need to include 100+? lol.

p.s. im 19

Yes I did need to.
Don't know why, but it was necessary.
Believe me.

Calum · « **Reply #24 on:** January 11, 2007, 10:39:21 AM »

Poll deleted and recreated with better options.
Vote again?

PeckerWood · « **Reply #25 on:** January 11, 2007, 04:41:40 PM »

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Poll deleted and recreated with better options.
Vote again?

Nobody moves,or I'll shoot!

Thanks for not forgetting me Calum. :-?

homer · « **Reply #26 on:** January 11, 2007, 05:05:40 PM »

oh come on! who voted for 91+??

street1 (RIP) · « **Reply #27 on:** January 11, 2007, 07:36:49 PM »

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oh come on! who voted for 91+??

PeckerWood is 105. :-?

Neil · « **Reply #28 on:** January 12, 2007, 07:37:30 AM »

Ok now you have 1-13 lol.

Calum · « **Reply #29 on:** January 12, 2007, 09:18:19 AM »

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Ok now you have 1-13 lol.

Missed a zero.
Thanks for that.

fffreak · « **Reply #30 on:** January 12, 2007, 03:58:12 PM »

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Poll deleted and recreated with better options.
Vote again?

Nobody moves,or I'll shoot!

Thanks for not forgetting me Calum. :-?

Stop fooling street1, we know it is you. LOL

patio · « **Reply #31 on:** January 13, 2007, 09:53:20 AM »

Oh Joy....another Poll....

Calum · « **Reply #32 on:** January 13, 2007, 11:11:17 AM »

COL.
Did you vote in this one?

patio · « **Reply #33 on:** January 13, 2007, 01:01:45 PM »

I voted.

Zylstra · « **Reply #34 on:** January 13, 2007, 11:57:05 PM »

I am 15, and I ask that my age will not reflect my posts.

I work for my school fixing computers, and consider it fun, especially for a grade.

Calum · « **Reply #35 on:** January 14, 2007, 03:41:00 AM »

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I am 15, and I ask that my age will not reflect my posts.

I work for my school fixing computers, and consider it fun, especially for a grade.

I ask that my age will not reflect my posts too.
Mostly I find that it doesn't though, as everyone's great here and not prejudiced against younger folks.
Wish I could fix PCs at my school, especially for a grade.
But my school sucks, and the technicians are useless.

street1 (RIP) · « **Reply #36 on:** January 14, 2007, 04:38:11 PM »

I also ask that my age and PeckerWoods age not reflect on us.

In May my son gets his degree in CS and IT and will start his
Masters in CS this summer.He is now working an internship with
ProLogic.He will not help me without much begging.He tells me
I can do it myself if I try.

Now,it is son telling daddy what to do.

I am amazed at the ability of todays youths.

Always remember, the geeks at school when I
went, are the guys in the Yachts today.

You can use your brain and drive a Rolls,or use
your back and drive a PORK 'N BEAN Can.

Dilbert · « **Reply #37 on:** January 14, 2007, 05:45:24 PM »

Age doesn't matter. On the Internet, your personality dictates your "age". For example, GX1_Man is "5000" years old because he's smart, polite and to-the-point. Mac is "3" for obvious reasons.

As far as I'm concerned, street1, you're "20" -- not a sage from experience yet, but lacking the childishness of an adolescent.

GX1_Man · « **Reply #38 on:** January 14, 2007, 06:04:13 PM »

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Age doesn't matter. On the Internet, your personality dictates your "age". For example, GX1_Man is "5000" years old because he's [highlight]smart, polite and to-the-point[/highlight]. Mac is "3" for obvious reasons.

Just to let you know Dilbert that I have been accused of "jackassery"

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GX please don't come back here to this topic again I've just met you and already had enough of your jackassery. If I hadn't already read instruction manuals and tutorials AND searched the site here; using the faulty search tool, I wouldn't be here. And I find it insulting that you would even suggest google.

http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1168711268

Dilbert · « **Reply #39 on:** January 14, 2007, 07:57:43 PM »

Ah, another 3-year-old.

street1 (RIP) · « **Reply #40 on:** January 15, 2007, 03:55:21 PM »

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Age doesn't matter. On the Internet, your personality dictates your "age". For example, GX1_Man is "5000" years old because he's smart, polite and to-the-point. Mac is "3" for obvious reasons.

As far as I'm concerned, street1, you're "20" -- not a sage from experience yet, but lacking the childishness of an adolescent.

My God! Dilbert.When you are 20 you'll be a grandfather.By the way Dilbert
Happy Birthday to you!I know it is soon.

M1CH431 · « **Reply #41 on:** January 15, 2007, 04:24:45 PM »

Gx you forgot to add this reply

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Sorry for bitting your head off bro. I've looked through google page after google page you'll find that half the links in your suggested search are already clicked looking at my screen. It's just very frustratig because I know something is not working the way it is supposed to. but I don't know it its my MOBO or the HD's I've done everything that has been suggested by google pages (as you can see by the original post I am having an error not an "I'm stuck") and I've fallowed the steps exactly in the Nvidia tutorial and its getting to the point where I just wanna go buy 4 brand new SATA drives just for this cause I can get it to work that way. Anyways if someone does know someone that is a server/RAID expert please to ask them or tell them to check this out for me. it would be much appreaciated.

GX1_Man · « **Reply #42 on:** January 16, 2007, 05:42:18 AM »

Well that came much later.

Zylstra · « **Reply #43 on:** January 17, 2007, 12:50:32 PM »

I guess being around 54 years old gives you a lot to know, and its probably worth it, isnt it GX1_Man?

GX1_Man · « **Reply #44 on:** January 17, 2007, 08:21:23 PM »

I wish I knew as much at 16 as I thought I did.

I got smarter as I got older. Experience is a good teacher.

2k_dummy · « **Reply #45 on:** January 18, 2007, 06:44:06 AM »

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Experience is a good teacher

The only problem is, she gives the test first, and teaches the lesson afterward.

honvetops · « **Reply #46 on:** January 18, 2007, 07:02:50 AM »

[highlight]41[/highlight] but I swear I feel like 30 !!! < lol "still old as crap hey " ?

MsTameBeast · « **Reply #47 on:** January 20, 2007, 02:14:15 PM »

Univac, punch cards, blah blah.

I had to take my state civil service test on a manual typewriter.

street1 (RIP) · « **Reply #48 on:** January 20, 2007, 04:22:55 PM »

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Experience is a good teacher

The only problem is, she gives the test first, and teaches the lesson afterward.

I always thought experience was a female.

You know,the old toilet seat routine.

Calum · « **Reply #49 on:** January 21, 2007, 04:10:33 AM »

So anyway, what are the answers to the questions I answered?
I want to see how wrong I went.

2k_dummy · « **Reply #50 on:** January 21, 2007, 05:37:40 AM »

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So anyway, what are the answers to the questions I answered?
I want to see how wrong I went.

You did well. The computer you didn't know about was the original TRS-80.

Posted by: MsTameBeast Posted on: Yesterday at 4:14pm
Univac, punch cards, blah blah.

I had to take my state civil service test on a manual typewriter.

When I was Calum's age, manual typewriters were all that existed. We made copies with a mimeograph. Copy machines weren't invented yet.

street1 (RIP) · « **Reply #51 on:** January 21, 2007, 06:44:46 AM »

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So anyway, what are the answers to the questions I answered?
I want to see how wrong I went.

You did well. The computer you didn't know about was the original TRS-80.

Posted by: MsTameBeast Posted on: Yesterday at 4:14pm
Univac, punch cards, blah blah.

I had to take my state civil service test on a manual typewriter.

When I was Calum's age, manual typewriters were all that existed. We made copies with a mimeograph. [highlight]Copy machines weren't invented yet.[/[/highlight]quote]

Neither were cave dwellings.

Calum · « **Reply #52 on:** January 21, 2007, 06:46:48 AM »

Chortles.

2k_dummy · « **Reply #53 on:** January 21, 2007, 08:42:19 AM »

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Neither were cave dwellings.

But we had wheels and fire and walked upright.

Calum · « **Reply #54 on:** January 21, 2007, 08:49:25 AM »

Congrats on your 1000th post, 2k.
Did you by any chance invent the wheel? Or just re-invent it?
COL.

street1 (RIP) · « **Reply #55 on:** January 21, 2007, 09:01:08 AM »

2k_Dummy and Calum,I have just been reminded of a picture
I have that PeckerWood thinks fits with this post.It's the story
of street1's journey through life.Every picture tells a story.

BwaHaHaHa!

More history at below website and the cursor is LOL.

http://www.yeoldouthouse.com/ohlink.html

In Germany if you take a Fahrt...It's a trip'

2k_dummy · « **Reply #56 on:** January 21, 2007, 09:11:27 AM »

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Congrats on your 1000th post, 2k.
Did you by any chance invent the wheel? Or just re-invent it?
COL.

My post count is actually much higher. Before all the board changes were made I posted as a guest because the password thingy screwed up and I was not (officially) a member. Next to admin, I may well be the oldest current member of this forum. And yes, I did invent the wheel. I was also the first person to put cogs on the wheel.

street1 (RIP) · « **Reply #57 on:** January 21, 2007, 09:17:47 AM »

Then you really are an old cogger 2k.........

How did y'all ever get the idea to roll
on the wheel instead of in it?I know
you have been 'barrel rolling' before.

Ahhhh..The good old days.

2k_dummy · « **Reply #58 on:** January 21, 2007, 09:23:50 AM »

That came after I invented the scotch and hoop.

Calum · « **Reply #59 on:** January 21, 2007, 09:45:32 AM »

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Congrats on your 1000th post, 2k.
Did you by any chance invent the wheel? Or just re-invent it?
COL.

My post count is actually much higher. Before all the board changes were made I posted as a guest because the password thingy screwed up and I was not (officially) a member. Next to admin, I may well be the oldest current member of this forum. And yes, I did invent the wheel. I was also the first person to put cogs on the wheel.

I did see some of your guest posts.
I thought it was before you became a proper member.
Apparently not.
More forum history I don't know about.

ale52 · « **Reply #60 on:** January 21, 2007, 08:27:57 PM »

Hit the big 55 on the 19th

Woo-hoo! Senior discounts abound

Alan <><

street1 (RIP) · « **Reply #61 on:** January 23, 2007, 05:20:39 PM »

Wonder who else on the poll was an old codger like
my pet PeckerWood?

Good to have another 55
ale52.

2k_dummy · « **Reply #62 on:** January 24, 2007, 07:08:54 AM »

Hmmmph! You guys are just whippersnappers.

street1 (RIP) · « **Reply #63 on:** January 24, 2007, 03:22:32 PM »

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Hmmmph! You guys are just whippersnappers.

Are you the other person that is old as PeckerWood?

Are you the Rock Of Ages? :-?

2k_dummy · « **Reply #64 on:** January 24, 2007, 04:08:35 PM »

click

street1 (RIP) · « **Reply #65 on:** January 24, 2007, 07:30:58 PM »

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The year of Noah. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

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Author Topic: OT - How old are you? (Read 14611 times)

Calum

street1 (RIP)

fffreak

2k_dummy

wayne425

soybean

JohnK

street1 (RIP)

soybean

SilentAssasin64

2k_dummy

Rob Pomeroy

Calum

dl65

Dilbert

baller123

M1CH431

homer

stones

homer

street1 (RIP)

2k_dummy

Neil

Calum

Calum

PeckerWood

homer

street1 (RIP)

Neil

Calum

fffreak

patio

Calum

patio

Zylstra

Calum

street1 (RIP)

Dilbert

GX1_Man

Dilbert

street1 (RIP)

M1CH431

GX1_Man

Zylstra

GX1_Man

2k_dummy

honvetops

MsTameBeast

street1 (RIP)

Calum

2k_dummy

street1 (RIP)

Calum

2k_dummy

Calum

street1 (RIP)

2k_dummy

street1 (RIP)

2k_dummy

Calum

ale52

street1 (RIP)

2k_dummy

street1 (RIP)

2k_dummy

street1 (RIP)