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This code argument really gets old. I passed the General 13WPM code. Bidg
deal. Yeah, I like to use CW, but do I think people need to be tested on CW? Heck NO! Let's end this antiquated test. It's a modern era. If you want to learn it -fine, but don't push your old and outdated beliefs on anyone else. JDB wrote: On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 17:37:42 -0500, Glen Overby wrote: wrote: till you can explain what value knowing the name has you can begin to convince me that you went a through a test as realavant as mine The licensing hierarchy (and the morse code debate) isn't about value, it's about status. It's about having a chip on your shoulder that says "I'm better than you". well the procoders like to rpetend it is about value http://kb9rqz.blogspot.com/ |
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Chris wrote:
If you've never programmed in assembly language, don't talk to me about being a real programmer. Real programmers plugged diodes into a matrix to execute their programs. -- 73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com |
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![]() wrote in message ... On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 17:50:44 GMT, "Chris" wrote: On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 17:23:46 GMT, Cecil Moore wrote: Chris wrote: If you've never programmed in assembly language, don't talk to me about being a real programmer. Real programmers plugged diodes into a matrix to execute their programs. Nope. That's hardware manipulation, no that is prgraming indeed it is basis of all prgraming but you have to try and distrot and twist any line of logic till bleeds ....... So, Mark. Besides being a Colonel and a geophysicist, you are now an electronics engineer as well? |
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From: Chris on Sat, Oct 28 2006 9:51 am
Note: The author of this message requested that it not be archived. This message will be removed from Groups in 6 days (Nov 4, 9:51 am). [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? |
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On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 17:50:44 GMT, "Chris" wrote: On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 17:23:46 GMT, Cecil Moore wrote: Chris wrote: If you've never programmed in assembly language, don't talk to me about being a real programmer. Real programmers plugged diodes into a matrix to execute their programs. Nope. That's hardware manipulation, no that is prgraming indeed it is basis of all prgraming but you have to try and distrot and twist any line of logic till bleeds http://kb9rqz.blogspot.com/ If you want to get into esoteric terms consider: The man who uses a plotting board to calculate artillery elevations and azimuths is called a "COMPUTER". Dave N |
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Chris wrote:
... machines like the IBM 650 were considered to be a waste of valuable man hours to set up, ... Blasphemy! The IBM 650 was the first computer I ever programmed - in 1958 at Texas A&M. Bi-Quinary (like an abacus) with a magnetic drum and tons of air-conditioning to cool the hundreds of dual triodes. -- 73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com |
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On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 16:51:34 +0000 (UTC), "Chris"
spake thusly: 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. Code has nothing to do with "value". A recruit going thru boot camp is a laughable analogy. If you've never programmed in assembly language, don't talk to me about being a real programmer. If you've never passed a Morse code exam, don't talk to me about being a real ham. THAT is the snot-nosed attitude that I have been talking about. An attitude that makes ham worthless. (I see you like to "toppsot" -- something Mark Morgan doesn't like at all. Keep up the good work.) On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 14:35:19 GMT, JDB wrote: This code argument really gets old. I passed the General 13WPM code. Bidg deal. Yeah, I like to use CW, but do I think people need to be tested on CW? Heck NO! Let's end this antiquated test. It's a modern era. If you want to learn it -fine, but don't push your old and outdated beliefs on anyone else. |
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After Mark changed the Subject line again, he said....
"obviously moirse fails to improve your abilitesi as an all round comicator" As Roger would say, "Oh, the irony." |
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"Chris" wrote in
: On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 00:30:14 GMT, Opus- wrote: On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 16:51:34 +0000 (UTC), "Chris" spake thusly: 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. Code has nothing to do with "value". A recruit going thru boot camp is a laughable analogy. We're talking about U.S. regulations. It's kind of odd that a Canadian would worry that much about them. The Canadian's screwed up their country, now they're looking around for another one to screw up. SC |
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