From: Chris on Sat, Oct 28 2006 9:51 am

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[Hmmm...its as if "Chris" doesn't want to be identified as
"Slow Code"...can't say I blame him]

It's all about proving that you value a ham license so much that
you'll do some hard work to get it, much like a recruit going through
boot camp.

I never took "boot camp." I took BASIC TRAINING in the Army.
There we learned how to "close with the enemy and destroy him."

Does that mean you think a ham license is some permission to
go out and destroy others?

If you've never programmed in assembly language, don't talk to me
about being a real programmer.

Ah, but *I* have done working Assembler for 6800s, 6502s,
8051s, and, lately, some Microchip PICs...in addition to
FORTRAN 77 and various dialects of BASIC, ADA (the
government's Pascal).

The "real" programmers I know can do high-level and well
as low-level programming. None of them can design and
build a working computer, though. I have.

If you've never passed a Morse code
exam, don't talk to me about being a real ham.

Wouldn't dream of it. :-)

A ham is defined as "the butchered meat of swine." :-)

Ah, but YOU 'define' a "real ham" as one who does
morse code radiotelegraphy!

Strange, but the FCC (the agency that grants those licenses)
doesn't think so. In fact, Part 97 Title 47 C.F.R. doesn't
even mention the word "ham." But, YOU are a "real" one?

If you are a "real" ham, WHAT IS YOUR CALL?