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On Friday, October 01, 2010 05:12:54 pm Philipp Überbacher did opine:
> Excerpts from gene heskett's message of 2010-10-01 22:07:28 +0200:

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> > On Friday, October 01, 2010 04:05:37 pm Folderol did opine:

> > > On Fri, 1 Oct 2010 09:51:29 +1000

> > >

> > > Erik de Castro Lopo  wrote:

> > > > Folderol wrote:

> > > > > Also, he must be getting on a bit now ... at least in his

> > > > > thirties

> > > > >

> > > > > :P

> > > >

> > > > Ageism lives I see.

> > > >

> > > > I'm in my mid 40s and I still have a passion for coding. I don't

> > > > do as much audio coding as I used to but I am a significant

> > > >

> > > > contributor to the DDC compiler:

> > > >    http://trac.haskell.org/ddc/

> > > >

> > > > Erik

> > >

> > > Did you not notice the ':P' ?

> > > FWIW I'm in my 60's so lets have less lip from you young pups :)

> >

> > And I have about a decade on you, I'll be 76 Monday. ;-)

> >

> > Sheesh, no respect for the elders here. ;-P

>

> I'm 26 now, and I think it's really great that people like you, 50 years

> older and almost the age of my grandfather, take part in all of this

> stuff. Everyone has his share of experience, and I believe every

> generation can learn a bit from every other generation. Guys of your age

> have a little more experience and stories to share, and I really

> appreciate this. It's especially great that you manage to keep up with

> technology and all of the related stuff. I know at least one person

> who's 90+ and very healthy and active, but her understanding of

> technology is near zero. For me, people that age taking part of all this

> kind of stuff is incredible, and it's also highly appreciated. There are

> plenty of things we young folks can learn.

Thanks for the flowers, and I do share a story now and then, based on 45+

years as a broadcast engineer, 25 of them as the Chief Engineer, spread

over 2 tv stations and a radio station.  But I try to make the story's

related apply to the subject of the message here that got my attention.  On

any mailing list, random data, no matter how good, is often considered as

noise.
> Regards,

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> Philipp

>

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