[Techtalk] What is "The Best NIC for Linux"?

[Sharon Stock]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jesika" <tx-kewtie at satx.rr.com>

<snip>does anyone know where they put out the list of things the incoming
> college freshman can relate to?  It had things like what presidents they
> would remember, what events they've lived through, what technologies are
too
> old for them to have seen first hand, and those such things.

The first 2005 version of that list arrived via an email joke list (see below
for text)... I went to the web site of the college it was supposed to be from
and their list was different:
http://www.beloit.edu/~pubaff/releases/mindset_2005.html

Here is the original:


> "Irene A. Mystery" wrote:
>
>       Joke du Jour (sm)  Set 1.  Volume 44; Issue 17.  Aug 17, 2001
>
>
>           Joke du Jour Table of Content
>
>   o       "The Class Of 2005"
>
>   Talk about making one feel old......
>
>   LadyHawke
>   ~*~*~*~*~*~*
>
>   "The Class Of 2005"
>
>   Just in case you weren't feeling too old today,
>   this will certainly change things. Each year the
>   staff at Beloit College in Wisconsin puts together
>   a list to try to give the Faculty a sense of the
>   mind set of this year's incoming freshmen.
>
>   Here is this year's list:
>
>   The people who are starting college this fall
>   across the nation were born in 1983.
>
>   They have no meaningful recollection of the
>   Reagan Era and probably did not know he
>   had ever been shot.
>
>   They were prepubescent when the Persian
>   Gulf War was waged.
>
>   Black Monday, 1987 is as significant to them
>   as the Great Depression.
>
>   There has been only one Pope.
>
>   They were 10 when the Soviet Union broke
>   apart and do not remember the Cold
>   War.
>
>   They have never feared a nuclear war.
>
>   They are too young to remember the space
>   shuttle blowing up.
>
>   Tianamen Square means nothing to them.
>
>   Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.
>
>   Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums.
>
>   The expression "You sound like a broken record"
>   means nothing to them.
>
>   They have never owned a record player.
>
>   They have likely never played Pac Man and have
>   never heard of Pong.
>
>   They may have never heard of an 8 track. The
>   Compact Disc was introduced when they were
>   born.
>
>   As far as they know, stamps have always cost
>   about 33 cents.
>
>   They have always had an answering machine.
>
>   Most have never seen a TV set with only 13
>   channels, nor have they seen a black & white TV.
>
>   They have always had cable.
>
>   There have always been VCRs, but they have
>   no idea what BETA was.
>
>   They cannot fathom not having a remote control.
>
>   They don't know what a cloth baby diaper is, or
>   know about the "Help me, I've fallen and I can't
>   get up" commercial.
>
>   Feeling old Yet? There's more:
>
>   They were born the year after Walkman were
>   introduced by Sony.
>
>   Roller skating has always meant inline for them.
>
>   Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
>
>   They have no idea when or why Jordache jeans
>   were cool.
>
>   Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.
>
>   They have never seen Larry Bird play.
>
>   They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
>
>   The Vietnam War is as ancient history to them as
>   WWI, WWII and the Civil War.
>
>   They have no idea that Americans were ever held
>   hostage in Iran.
>
>   They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.
>
>   They don't know who Mork was or where he was
>   from.
>
>   They never heard: "Where's the beef?", "I'd walk
>   a mile for a Camel," or "De plane, de plane!"
>
>   They do not care who shot J.R. and have no idea
>   who J.R. was.
>
>   The Titanic was found? They thought we always
>   knew.
>
>   Michael Jackson has always been white.
>
>   Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama
>   are places, not rock bands.
>
>   McDonalds never came in Styrofoam containers.
>
>   There has always been MTV.
>
>   They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
>
>   Do you feel old yet?  Sorry to burst your bubble...
>
>
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Take care all,
Sharon
--
Real programmers don't document. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to
understand.

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