Obsolete skills
Discussion
PorkRind said:
Yeah, and setting of the irq's dmas for sound/graphis cards. Sounds a bit tossy, but i miss all that stuff in windows - stop making it so damned easy. I suppose i could just install unix?!
I was good at "Adapter Tetris" - finding addresses for adapter ROMs so there was still a contiguous 64K page frame slot for expanded memory.brickwall said:
This was true for me at prep school, but I carried on using a fountain pen at secondary school (as did many others).
The favourite childhood trick was how a Lamy Safari pen would go 'head-over-heels' when toppled over thanks to the shape of the clip.
Fountain Pens are compulsory at my daughter's school from yr 5 (age 9) onward. So still in use!The favourite childhood trick was how a Lamy Safari pen would go 'head-over-heels' when toppled over thanks to the shape of the clip.
mostly computer based....
6502 assembler
BASIC
COBOL
PASCAL
Being able to read an EAN barcode without needing a scanner
Knowing the connection speed of a MODEM just by listening to the sound
Knowing the country codes on barcodes that tell you the country of origin of anything you buy
The pinout of an RS232 25 pin to 9 pin cable
Being able to identify the make of car just by the headlights in a dipped rear view mirror
6502 assembler
BASIC
COBOL
PASCAL
Being able to read an EAN barcode without needing a scanner
Knowing the connection speed of a MODEM just by listening to the sound
Knowing the country codes on barcodes that tell you the country of origin of anything you buy
The pinout of an RS232 25 pin to 9 pin cable
Being able to identify the make of car just by the headlights in a dipped rear view mirror
R39S1 said:
brickwall said:
This was true for me at prep school, but I carried on using a fountain pen at secondary school (as did many others).
The favourite childhood trick was how a Lamy Safari pen would go 'head-over-heels' when toppled over thanks to the shape of the clip.
Fountain Pens are compulsory at my daughter's school from yr 5 (age 9) onward. So still in use!The favourite childhood trick was how a Lamy Safari pen would go 'head-over-heels' when toppled over thanks to the shape of the clip.
However, a lot of people in here are mistaking "obsolete" for "bloody useless", "very niche" or "something you don't use personally any more".
doogz said:
Fishtigua said:
had ham said:
Fishtigua said:
- Reading a Prop. A fast boat's prop size, pitch, blade is a black art, not many people have it.
Genuine question, not trying to be arsey...
With marine race props, only the lower half is in the water doing work, the top half is just spinning in air and putting up a roostertail.
Finding a balance between the two in a certain rev range/sea conditions is a real black art.
Very, very simplified.
Edited by Fishtigua on Sunday 30th August 09:10
Brother D said:
Surface piercing props never seem to make much logical sense to me, having half the screw out of the water not 'pushing' against the water. I appreciate there are pro's and con's (pro being they look cool, plus the other many benefits). But still just seems at first glance an illogical method of propulsion.
I am puzzled too.motco said:
Brother D said:
Surface piercing props never seem to make much logical sense to me, having half the screw out of the water not 'pushing' against the water. I appreciate there are pro's and con's (pro being they look cool, plus the other many benefits). But still just seems at first glance an illogical method of propulsion.
I am puzzled too.Still seems illogical to me though
An explanation would be welcome
Some interesting stuff on surface drives on Arnesons website.
http://www.arneson-industries.com/page.php?type=pr...
http://www.arneson-industries.com/page.php?type=pr...
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