What's the "point"?

[Original katomi]

And I did not even know there were points.......
A long time ago I was on a chat group that gave points and awards for the number of posts in the end peeps were bumping posts with nonsense just to get the next award

 

[snowbear]

Sounds like the Leader Board thread

 

[Pixeldawg1]

Leonora,

If you really and truly want one, let me know... I see them all the time and can hook you up.

 

[limr]

Leonora,

If you really and truly want one, let me know... I see them all the time and can hook you up.

I might take you up on that If I do, then let me know what you might want me to send back from the States!

 

[RVT1K]

Keyboards? I recall an early computer (I believe carried by Heathkit) that used a keypad, not unlike a phone keypad, to enter commands. Come to think of it, some of the work-County's PBX machines (ATT System 85) used a terminal with the same type of keypad (mid to late 1980s).

BAH! No one's serious unless they remember punch cards! And room-sized processors!

I had a FORTRAN class in college and we did use punch cards. What mostly learned from that class was that I hated programming.

Over my career, there has always been conflict between the hardware groups and the software groups.

Being primarily from the hardware side I have always maintained that there is something inherently wrong with people who start counting at zero...

 

[snowbear]

Keyboards? I recall an early computer (I believe carried by Heathkit) that used a keypad, not unlike a phone keypad, to enter commands. Come to think of it, some of the work-County's PBX machines (ATT System 85) used a terminal with the same type of keypad (mid to late 1980s).

BAH! No one's serious unless they remember punch cards! And room-sized processors!

I had a FORTRAN class in college and we did use punch cards. What mostly learned from that class was that I hated programming.

Over my career, there has always been conflict between the hardware groups and the software groups.

Being primarily from the hardware side I have always maintained that there is something inherently wrong with people who start counting at zero...

Years ago, the work county took over a warehouse, in which our group got space. The previous occupants left a keypunch machine behind. I grabbed it, but MLW said "No."