From: "John Smith" on Fri 22 Jul 2005 21:08

Geesh...

You guys are for real huh?
You think code and a radio makes you special guys?

It does in their minds. They are the PCTA *Extras*!

Was the license really so difficult for you, you believe the rest of
us with much different opinions are stupid and find it that big a
challenge?

Yes they do. :-)

PCTA extras are the Gods of Radio! [amateur radio, that is]

I started building tesla coils at ~10, I got my novice ticket and
built my first single tube transmitter when I was 12, my first degree
was in electronic engineering in '72... I ate this chit up... I was
bored and didn't know what I wanted to be--until they invented the
computer... I returned to college in 1978 and got my BS in CS in 1981
along with a BA in journalism, I completed my MS in CS in '83...
since then I have always taught a night class at the local jr. college
and continue to take classes at the local university to stay current
and be with fresh young minds...

Careful, John, careful. Gonad the Librarian (K4YZ) will come
in here and totally denounce "night classes" as something for
immigrants or "stupids." :-)

Get real... lay down the opium pipe and step out of the gutter!

That be a bit strong, John. Tom/Garique is basically an OK
kind of guy. It's the OTHER PCTA extras in here who need
their hairy legs (covered by jackboots) shaved a bit (words
toned down considerably to be 'courteous' to the arrogant).

And, I just consider myself an average guy (you should see my sister,
she has all the brains in the family!)... of course, I do live in a
nice neighborhood and have nice neighbors...

Oh, no...another segue into Real Estate and Mortgages! :-)

That's even worse than "ham balloons reaching the threshold
of space!" [which others have already done but one in here
wants congratulatory messages praising him for announcing
he is "going to do it!"]

There can be NO controversial commentary on the code test
for radio amateurs in here. All MUST do it to show their
dedication and committment to the amateur community! It
has always been that way and it must always be! It is the
heart and soul of U.S. amateur radio! CW uber alles!!
Sieg heil!!!

Oops, got carried away with PCTA spirit words there... :-)

bit bit

Len:

Trust me, there are no "stupid people" in the class I will be
instructing this fall... "C++", well, they are all gone by the end of
the first quiz, at the latest...

John

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From: "John Smith" on Fri 22 Jul 2005 21:08

Geesh...

You guys are for real huh?
You think code and a radio makes you special guys?

It does in their minds. They are the PCTA *Extras*!

Was the license really so difficult for you, you believe the rest of
us with much different opinions are stupid and find it that big a
challenge?

Yes they do. :-)

PCTA extras are the Gods of Radio! [amateur radio, that is]

I started building tesla coils at ~10, I got my novice ticket and
built my first single tube transmitter when I was 12, my first
degree
was in electronic engineering in '72... I ate this chit up... I was
bored and didn't know what I wanted to be--until they invented the
computer... I returned to college in 1978 and got my BS in CS in
1981
along with a BA in journalism, I completed my MS in CS in '83...
since then I have always taught a night class at the local jr.
college
and continue to take classes at the local university to stay current
and be with fresh young minds...

Careful, John, careful. Gonad the Librarian (K4YZ) will come
in here and totally denounce "night classes" as something for
immigrants or "stupids." :-)

Get real... lay down the opium pipe and step out of the gutter!

That be a bit strong, John. Tom/Garique is basically an OK
kind of guy. It's the OTHER PCTA extras in here who need
their hairy legs (covered by jackboots) shaved a bit (words
toned down considerably to be 'courteous' to the arrogant).

And, I just consider myself an average guy (you should see my
sister,
she has all the brains in the family!)... of course, I do live in a
nice neighborhood and have nice neighbors...

Oh, no...another segue into Real Estate and Mortgages! :-)

That's even worse than "ham balloons reaching the threshold
of space!" [which others have already done but one in here
wants congratulatory messages praising him for announcing
he is "going to do it!"]

There can be NO controversial commentary on the code test
for radio amateurs in here. All MUST do it to show their
dedication and committment to the amateur community! It
has always been that way and it must always be! It is the
heart and soul of U.S. amateur radio! CW uber alles!!
Sieg heil!!!

Oops, got carried away with PCTA spirit words there... :-)

bit bit

From: John Smith on Jul 23, 11:38 am

[ on Night School ]

Trust me, there are no "stupid people" in the class I will be
instructing this fall... "C++", well, they are all gone by the end of
the first quiz, at the latest...

You are a TOUGH instructor! Not letting students get a B,
making them settle for a C++....... :-)

I think you should insert at least one class on the morse code.
That's the state-of-the-art communications code first used in
1844 and again in 1896 at the first demonstrations of radio as
a communications means! "Tradition" and all that... :-)

For the geeks, there is Fortran IV. For the get-ahead-in-
business types, Cobol. For the girlie-men, Lisp. :-)

Then there's Bentley's Commercial Codes, a superencipherment
on top of morse code, several editions...one of the bringers
of the "five-letter-group" concept for a telegraphic "word."

By the time you get to DES you will have everyone primed for
NSA and CIA and DIA. But, FIRST, they ALL have to do the
morse CODE! Muy importante!

bit bit


[a former voting member of the ACM]

Yep Len:

Bit tough here. Gawd, I was shocked last semester... thought a couple
of girly-men had snuck into my class... on closer inspection I found
it was just some very assertive women--I let 'em stay...

Lisp for girly-men? I love that idea! ROFLOL!
grin

John

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From: John Smith on Jul 23, 11:38 am

[ on Night School ]

Trust me, there are no "stupid people" in the class I will be
instructing this fall... "C++", well, they are all gone by the end
of
the first quiz, at the latest...

You are a TOUGH instructor! Not letting students get a B,
making them settle for a C++....... :-)

I think you should insert at least one class on the morse code.
That's the state-of-the-art communications code first used in
1844 and again in 1896 at the first demonstrations of radio as
a communications means! "Tradition" and all that... :-)

For the geeks, there is Fortran IV. For the get-ahead-in-
business types, Cobol. For the girlie-men, Lisp. :-)

Then there's Bentley's Commercial Codes, a superencipherment
on top of morse code, several editions...one of the bringers
of the "five-letter-group" concept for a telegraphic "word."

By the time you get to DES you will have everyone primed for
NSA and CIA and DIA. But, FIRST, they ALL have to do the
morse CODE! Muy importante!

bit bit


[a former voting member of the ACM]

That be a bit strong, John. Tom/Garique is basically an OK
kind of guy.

Gee Len ...thanks .... my wife tells me the same thing .....

I think that most of the people in here are OK .....just some more OK than
others ....


Have a good one Len ..take care .....

dit dit beep beep or brap brap .....whatever that means ....

Tom KI3R