KDE4.3 beta issues <OT>

[Gene Heskett]

On Saturday 23 May 2009, Bruce Marshall wrote:
>On Saturday 23 May 2009, Ric Moore wrote:
>> Well then, anyone claiming to be an older fart than Gene, please step
>> forward. Otherwise, Gene will be the defacto "Old Fart" curmudgeon of
>> the List. Ric
>
>I resemble that remark but not sure I want to lay claim.
>
Aww, Gee Bruce, why not?  Now 74, I gave the bashful bit some time back.  
Unforch, its a little like Rodney Dangerfield, though.

>Started out on an IBM computer in 1962.  A 650 model where the 'memory' was
>'contained' on a rotating drum and the assembler optimized its code by
> placing it at points on the drum where it would be fetched fastest as the
> drum rotated.

Got me beat.  I have heard of that technique though.

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