31 Dec
2020
31 Dec
'20
9:05 p.m.
I'll be (G-d willing) 79 then; I hope around, but
I also hope not
overly involved with computers.
From the vantage point of 88, I can attest to the
permanence of
computing's grip. I guess the key word is "overly".
The only code
I've written in the last couple of weeks is a few lines of PostScript
to touch up my seasonal map/greeting card, the creative part of
which is at www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~doug/2020map.pdf.
Doug
31 Dec
31 Dec
10:51 p.m.
New subject: The 2038 bug...
I wrote:
> I'll be (G-d willing) 79 then; I hope
around, but I also hope not
> overly involved with computers.
M Douglas McIlroy <m.douglas.mcilroy(a)dartmouth.edu> wrote:
From the vantage point of 88, I can attest to the
permanence of
computing's grip.
I admire and am continually amazed at how acive you are; I hope
I will still have all my faculties at 88 as you do.
Best wishes to you and all the list for a Happy New Year!
Arnold
1 Jan
1 Jan
5:31 a.m.
New subject: The 2038 bug...
arnold(a)skeeve.com wrote in
<202012311651.0BVGpY4Y016626(a)freefriends.org>:
|>> I'll be (G-d willing) 79 then; I hope around, but I also hope not
|>> overly involved with computers.
|
|M Douglas McIlroy <m.douglas.mcilroy(a)dartmouth.edu> wrote:
|
|> From the vantage point of 88, I can attest to the permanence of
|> computing's grip.
|
|I admire and am continually amazed at how acive you are; I hope
|I will still have all my faculties at 88 as you do.
I became a bit frightened by the sheer size of the icy ground.
|Best wishes to you and all the list for a Happy New Year!
A happy and healthy 2021 everybody!
Greetings and Ciao from Germany,
--steffen
|
|Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear,
|der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one
|einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off
|(By Robert Gernhardt)
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