GostHacked Posted November 6, 2011 Report Posted November 6, 2011 Why would anyone answer "I refuse to answer" ? Isn't that a paradox right there ? Someome brought up Rush ... Even if you chose not to decide, you still have made a choice! Quote
cybercoma Posted November 6, 2011 Author Report Posted November 6, 2011 (edited) Interesting numbers. It seems to reflect the general distribution of those that are engaged in traditional politics and the population distribution more generally. I'm curious if this poll was taken at rabble, where they're proponents of activist politics, if the distribution would be different. To be honest, I'm surprised that there are so many people above the age of 45 using the forum on a regular basis (since the poll has only been up a couple days, I'll assume the responses that are in now are mostly regulars). Feel free not to answer because you'll be giving away your age and I made the poll anonymous for a reason, but were any of you in the above 45 group active users of BBS systems, HAM radio, or other forums of pre-internet mass communication? Forums like this were non-existent even 15 years ago (more or less), so this is a mode of communication that was created well into the time many of the posters here were adults. Does it still seem new or is it something you don't even think about anymore? Curiosity killed the cat. Edited November 6, 2011 by cybercoma Quote
Wild Bill Posted November 6, 2011 Report Posted November 6, 2011 Feel free not to answer because you'll be giving away your age and I made the poll anonymous for a reason, but were any of you in the above 45 group active users of BBS systems, HAM radio, or other forums of pre-internet mass communication? Forums like this were non-existent even 15 years ago (more or less), so this is a mode of communication that was created well into the time many of the posters here were adults. Does it still seem new or is it something you don't even think about anymore? Curiosity killed the cat. I've been a ham radio operator since the early 70's. Being in the high tech computer chip industry since its birth, I was there for the first true personal computer (Osbourne I), the rise of IBM and Apple, then sending files down telephone lines with acoustic coupled modems, local bulletin boards and then of course, the invention of the Internet. When you grow up with this you tend to become accustomed to change. You even take it for granted! Changes in the computer world started off as revolutionary but quickly became evolutionary. A modem was revolutionary - a faster one merely evolutionary. At first you were all caught up in having the latest and greatest. You couldn't wait to upgrade Win95 to Win98. After a while though things had progressed to the point where unless you were a gamer addict new upgrades no longer seemed necessary. Who needs a faster motherboard just to do word processing, spreadsheets or surf the Net? Cable and DSL were worthwhile but a faster computer or Win7 wasn't. Computer power has become "good enough" and what entices you are new features, like a video card with an HDMI output that will feed your flatscreen LED TV. The industry seems almost mature now! Quote "A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul." -- George Bernard Shaw "There is no point in being difficult when, with a little extra effort, you can be completely impossible."
wyly Posted December 3, 2011 Report Posted December 3, 2011 Feel free not to answer because you'll be giving away your age and I made the poll anonymous for a reason, but were any of you in the above 45 group active users of BBS systems, HAM radio, or other forums of pre-internet mass communication? Forums like this were non-existent even 15 years ago (more or less), so this is a mode of communication that was created well into the time many of the posters here were adults. Does it still seem new or is it something you don't even think about anymore? Curiosity killed the cat. BBS?...it's all normal now, it's hard even to recall a time when I never had a cell phone, couldn't see why I would need one when they first came out, i can't live without now... my first computers-commodore 64... Quote “Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.”- John Stuart Mill
Jack Weber Posted December 3, 2011 Report Posted December 3, 2011 Old enough to have seen Dr. Jellyfinger twice.... Quote The beatings will continue until morale improves!!!
Moonlight Graham Posted December 4, 2011 Report Posted December 4, 2011 Wow look at all you old spunkers. Quote "All generalizations are false, including this one." - Mark Twain Partisanship is a disease of the intellect.
Shwa Posted December 4, 2011 Report Posted December 4, 2011 Wow look at all you old spunkers. By "old spunkers" you mean wiser and more mature right? Quote
wyly Posted December 6, 2011 Report Posted December 6, 2011 By "old spunkers" you mean wiser and more mature right? does spunk mean the same thing now as when I was young? Quote “Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.”- John Stuart Mill
Shakeyhands Posted December 6, 2011 Report Posted December 6, 2011 does spunk mean the same thing now as when I was young? Oh My!!!!!!!!!! Quote "They muddy the water, to make it seem deep." - Friedrich Nietzsche
wyly Posted December 7, 2011 Report Posted December 7, 2011 Oh My!!!!!!!!!! I was thinking that would be a good thing, there's still lead in the pencil! Quote “Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.”- John Stuart Mill
cybercoma Posted December 7, 2011 Author Report Posted December 7, 2011 I was thinking the same thing, but didn't want to mention it. Quote
BC_chick Posted December 9, 2011 Report Posted December 9, 2011 (edited) I'm old enough that I should really pick a different handle. BC_Woman would be a little too in-between BC_2004 and American Woman. I can't do BC_bud because that's too close to bud, so I don't know. I'm thinking BCC for Beautiful British Columbia. The acronym would allude to my former handle and others can think of driving behind me. Or being blind-carbon-copied, whichever they prefer. Edited December 9, 2011 by BC_chick Quote It's kind of the worst thing that any humans could be doing at this time in human history. Other than that, it's fine." Bill Nye on Alberta Oil Sands
Bryan Posted December 9, 2011 Report Posted December 9, 2011 (edited) When I was a kid I lived in a cabin in the woods (north of 53º) that has no electricity, no running waster, no insulation. Lived in it all winter Hauled water from a hand operated pump well, cut our own wood, and had to build a fire every morning in the cast-iron stove that served as the only heat source, because it was below zero inside! As ancient as that story sounds, it's not nearly as long ago as some of you are probably thinking. No, it wasn't in Attawapiskat! Edited December 9, 2011 by Bryan Quote
wyly Posted December 9, 2011 Report Posted December 9, 2011 When I was a kid I lived in a cabin in the woods (north of 53º) that has no electricity, no running waster, no insulation. Lived in it all winter Hauled water from a hand operated pump well, cut our own wood, and had to build a fire every morning in the cast-iron stove that served as the only heat source, because it was below zero inside! As ancient as that story sounds, it's not nearly as long ago as some of you are probably thinking. No, it wasn't in Attawapiskat! I remember using an outhouse when I was kid, and I lived in the city...dropping your drawers mid winter in saskatchewan yikes! Quote “Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.”- John Stuart Mill
Bryan Posted December 10, 2011 Report Posted December 10, 2011 I remember using an outhouse when I was kid, and I lived in the city...dropping your drawers mid winter in saskatchewan yikes! Man, I had blocked out the memories of the outhouse. It's all rushing back now!! Lying in bed in the middle of a northern Manitoba winter, the fire having burned out hours ago, and the house already cooled down to well below zero. Those layered blankets pulled right up over your head, and the sudden realization that you have to go to the bathroom. It's too cold to even pull the covers back, never mind get your boots and coat on. When you finally realize that you're not going to be able to hold it any longer, you suit up and trudge through the snow to the outhouse in that vicious -45 windchill, quickly drop drawers and sit on the coldest toilet seat in the word. For those still thinking that this must have been back in frontier days or something... we are talking about the mid-1980's. Quote
Michael Hardner Posted December 10, 2011 Report Posted December 10, 2011 I'm glad we had this poll. It shows more age distribution here than I had thought. Cheers to MLW old, wise, young & sharp... Quote Click to learn why Climate Change is caused by HUMANS Michael Hardner
Guest Manny Posted December 10, 2011 Report Posted December 10, 2011 I'm old enough that I should really pick a different handle. BC_Woman would be a little too in-between BC_2004 and American Woman. I can't do BC_bud because that's too close to bud, so I don't know. I'm thinking BCC for Beautiful British Columbia. The acronym would allude to my former handle and others can think of driving behind me. Or being blind-carbon-copied, whichever they prefer. Old girls are still chicks, in my book... Quote
Guest Manny Posted December 10, 2011 Report Posted December 10, 2011 When I was a kid I lived in a cabin in the woods (north of 53º) that has no electricity, no running waster, no insulation. Lived in it all winter Hauled water from a hand operated pump well, cut our own wood, and had to build a fire every morning in the cast-iron stove that served as the only heat source, because it was below zero inside! As ancient as that story sounds, it's not nearly as long ago as some of you are probably thinking. No, it wasn't in Attawapiskat! We used to have to walk to school ten miles in de snowstorm, and I had only paper shoes, when I was a kid back in Guadalajara. Quote
WLDB Posted March 17, 2012 Report Posted March 17, 2012 24 Quote "History doesn't repeat itself-at best it sometimes rhymes"-Mark Twain
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