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Ken Mayer [dBASE, Inc.]
there's one at:
http://www.goldenstag.net/players/CDA/TroupePhotos.htm
(There's also a photo of Tim Converse and Jeff Boylan, both of whom
work for dBASE ...)
This was from last summer, so it's relatively recent.
Ken
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Ken Mayer [dBASE, Inc.]
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Barbara
I got totally caught up reading everyone's bio because of the bits of humor
scattered throughout. Most interesting was that there was more humor in the
descriptions for the men than the women. Why is that?
I'm glad you minored in computer science. If you hadn't, all your wonderful
how-to articles wouldn't be helping me right now. On the other hand, I'll
bet people who've watched your troupe's performances have been pleased with
your major.
Which brings to mind something else I've noticed: Many of the people heavily
involved in one aspect or another of computers are often actually coming
from a completely different background. I wonder just how many of us here
ever studied computers in college at all. Now that I think of it, when I was
in college, there wasn't much computer science to study at all.
--Barbara
Ken Mayer [dBASE, Inc.]
>I got totally caught up reading everyone's bio because of the bits of humor
>scattered throughout. Most interesting was that there was more humor in the
>descriptions for the men than the women. Why is that?
I honestly don't know. How's that? <G> The troupe does comedy, but
sometimes it's hard to write something funny on demand, I guess.
>I'm glad you minored in computer science. If you hadn't, all your wonderful
>how-to articles wouldn't be helping me right now. On the other hand, I'll
>bet people who've watched your troupe's performances have been pleased with
>your major.
Well, I hope they have. It seems so -- at the last performance we did,
we were given some hefty awards ... (medieval re-creation group, and
the royalty awarded us as a troupe with an unusual award -- we're only
the 15th group to be so recognized, which was cool).
>Which brings to mind something else I've noticed: Many of the people heavily
>involved in one aspect or another of computers are often actually coming
>from a completely different background. I wonder just how many of us here
>ever studied computers in college at all. Now that I think of it, when I was
>in college, there wasn't much computer science to study at all.
These days I would say more folk have actual formal training than when
you (and I) started. On the other hand, a lot of folk can buy MS
Office and think themselves programmers because they can do something
with Access, so ... <G>
Ken Mayer [dBASE, Inc.]
>I got totally caught up reading everyone's bio because of the bits of humor
>scattered throughout. Most interesting was that there was more humor in the
>descriptions for the men than the women. Why is that?
The bios on the programs tend to be more funny. I think since we were
writing this for a real-world situation (not the SCA) we weren't
really sure how much humor to inject into them. Some of the folk that
were at the conference (Commedia dell'Austin) that we went to, and the
bios/photos were taken for are professionals, and we figured we didn't
know much about the folk in Austin ... whether or not our warped sense
of humor would really work there, that kind of thing.
To see more about the troupe:
http://www.goldenstag.net/players
The links for specific plays include details from the programs (bios,
etc.) and links to photos from the performances (where we have
photos).
Barbara
The plays aren't from old scripts? They're written specifically for/by
members of the group? (This from using your last link.) Is your troupe
unique or are there others like it around the country? Obviously, my
interest has been piqued and I'd love finding such a thing close to home--to
go see, that is. I'd be a disaster on any stage other than my back porch.
--Barbara
P.S. Having graduated from college in '67, I actually hadn't even heard of
computer science. (Why did I say this? Now everyone's going to stop
picturing me as a ripe young thing.)
Ken Mayer [dBASE, Inc.]
>The plays aren't from old scripts? They're written specifically for/by
>members of the group? (This from using your last link.) Is your troupe
Some of them are original medieval scripts, but many of them were
written either by us, or modified by us, or written by other SCA folk
and used by us.
>unique or are there others like it around the country? Obviously, my
>interest has been piqued and I'd love finding such a thing close to home--to
>go see, that is. I'd be a disaster on any stage other than my back porch.
The SCA can be found at http://www.sca.org ... (that's the medieval
organization we do this for) -- it's international with groups all
over the US, Canada, Europe, Australia, Asia (well, the coast).
Barbara
> organization we do this for) -- it's international with groups all
> over the US, Canada, Europe, Australia, Asia (well, the coast).
Ken--
Thank you for that link. It turns out there are, not one, but two groups
right next door to me here in the capital region of NYS. There's one in
Albany and one in Troy, both of them a 15-minute drive away.
--Barbara
David Stone
<blacktryD...@nycap.rr.com> wrote:
> I wonder just how many of us here ever studied computers in college at all.
Ah, but that's exactly why we're here <g>. The CS majors are working
at MS and elsewhere writing C++ code and making a fortune!
David
Barbara
--Barbara
Jean
"Which brings to mind something else I've noticed: Many of the people
heavily
involved in one aspect or another of computers are often actually coming
from a completely different background. I wonder just how many of us here
ever studied computers in college at all. Now that I think of it, when I was
in college, there wasn't much computer science to study at all."
Barbara:
How true!!! My major was teaching math......By the way some of us (yours
truly included) are too OLD to have studied computers in
college.......didn't have them....!!! St John's University 1963 ED
Jean
>Which brings to mind something else I've noticed: Many of the people
heavily
involved in one aspect or another of computers are often actually coming
from a completely different background. I wonder just how many of us here
ever studied computers in college at all. Now that I think of it, when I was
in college, there wasn't much computer science to study at all.>
Barbara
How true!! I was a math/education major. By the way some of us are too
OLD to have studied computers in college...they did not have them.(!).....St
John's University 1963...we're talking OLD here....Still kicking tho'
Thanks,
Jean
Jean
"Jean" <je...@larrysflying.com> wrote in message
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Tim Converse
>your major.
>
had a great deal of theatrical training and experience when we came
into this thing just over ten years ago.
I have been involved in the theater for most of my life (as you can
see from my bio <G>), and of all the troupes I've worked with over the
years, the GSP is the most self sustaining I've ever worked with.
We all work together well and sustain each other really well. It's
pretty cool actually.
Tim
Marilyn Price
Another math major! My first bachelor's degree was in Math (1971). But I
took every computer course I could find - all three of them.....
My second bachelor's is in Computer Science (1984).
Marilyn Price
M. P. Data
Richard Gearardo
for the prior 12 years.
Rick
"David Stone" <dls...@wholegrain.com> wrote in message
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Christopher F. Neumann
all.
A raise of hands from all the graduates from SA University!!
SA = State of the Art
--
Christopher F. Neumann
[dBASE Charter Member]
Blue Star Visual dBASE graduate
ICCP certified TCP/IP Network Analyst
http://members.aol.com/noahcneumann
"Just hanging out on the Sagittarian arm of the Milky Way"
Barbara
(1) Jean is older than I am.
(2) Jean is older than I am.
--Barbara, who doesn't repeat herself
Ken Mayer [dBASE, Inc.]
>Thank you for that link. It turns out there are, not one, but two groups
>right next door to me here in the capital region of NYS. There's one in
>Albany and one in Troy, both of them a 15-minute drive away.
Cool. It's a fun (but time sucking) organization. I've put 25 years
into it, and still enjoy it ...
Dave Sanderson
> the people heavily involved in one aspect or another of
> computers are often actually coming from a completely different
> background. I wonder just how many of us here ever studied
> computers in college at all. Now that I think of it, when I was
> in college, there wasn't much computer science to study at all.
Well my degree was in photography. I remember using a key punch machine
to feed a main frame, for an accounting course in my Freshman year, and
building my first computer from a kit in my senior year. Some years
later, I took my only college computer class, at a local community
college (Pascal). I was using an Apple IIe at that time. I'm now in
charge of everything computer related in the Visual Information
department at a US Army base. Visual Information includes the
photography department, which I used to be head of. Other than an
occasional seminar and that one Pascal course, I'm self taught. I doubt
I could get my foot in the door today, with that background.
Dave
Barbara
Long after the fact, I realized my little repeating joke might not have
seemed all that humorous to you. You deserve a public apology for it, and so
here it is:
I meant no harm though I was certainly stupid. I'm really sorry if I upset
you in any way at all.
--Barbara
Barbara
because, by the time I realized I hated it, I was a senior. So, I figured,
why not make a career out of what I'd always loved? Thus, I tried to support
myself with my writing. That's almost as difficult as trying to make a
living doing water colors. I'm still writing, still not making piles of
money at it, but I love it.
And computer skills? The only connection I can make is from way back in high
school when they gave tests that were supposed to show where your career
abilities might lie. My test said I'd make a bang-up file clerk. That's
related to computers, isn't it?
--Barbara
Jean
I only sent that because I realized I had sent the same message twice...had
not even seen your repeating.....It WAS funny tho'!! There aren't too many
of us older than I am......
Every one in awhile Outllook Express gets away from me...
Have a great weekend,
Jean
"Barbara" <blacktryD...@nycap.rr.com> wrote in message
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Barbara
I'm glad you understood. Sometimes my mouth takes off before I can catch up,
and the older I get, the worse it gets. Eventually, I'll be placed in
solitary confinement.
--Barbara
John L. Creed
looking lot.
You do not look like I imagined though ;-)
However I am biased in that dBASE would only have such people in their
midst :-)
Thanks for sharing :-)
--
Regards,
John L. Creed
pcExpressWay Consulting
dBASE Gold Charter Member 210
http://www.pcexpressway.com
Ken Mayer [dBASE, Inc.]
>Hello Ken, I must say, you guys (dBASE) are a handsome and sophisticated
>looking lot.
Snort, heh. Yeah ... thanks, I think. <G>
>You do not look like I imagined though ;-)
Removed the horns digitally, you see. <G>
John L. Creed
"Ken Mayer [dBASE, Inc.]" wrote:
> Snort, heh. Yeah ... thanks, I think. <G>
you're welcome :-)
>
> >You do not look like I imagined though ;-)
>
> Removed the horns digitally, you see. <G>
LOL!!!
Bud Fugate
"John L. Creed" wrote:
>
> Hello Ken, I must say, you guys (dBASE) are a handsome and sophisticated
> looking lot.
> You do not look like I imagined though ;-)
>
> However I am biased in that dBASE would only have such people in their
> midst :-)
>
> Thanks for sharing :-)
>
> --
John L. Creed
about for years.
Remember Uncle Bud ;-)
I figured you to be about 7 foot tall and mean as hell, and as it turns
out <g>
so how ya been? about 2?
:-)
Bud Fugate wrote:
>
> OK JOHN, quit sucking up!
>
--
Bud Fugate
You'd be amazed how much cute has been uncovered since that fat has gone
away.
I have to carry my wife bout half the time cuz when she forgets herself
and looks at me with both eyes open she swoons dead away.
(hey! its my story and i can tell it any way i want to.)
John L. Creed
I on the other hand, am trying to GAIN, but to no avail :-)
Bud Fugate wrote:
>
> HEY, as it turns out I've lost bout 80 lbs. since you saw me.
--
O. D. Williams
Thanks for sharing that. Computer Science was a minor for me, too.
The major was Nuclear Physics and Math. I work in computers, I can
almost balance my checkbook, and I've never seen an electron or a
proton in person, so I'm not entirely sure of their existance. The
guy in the next office majored in Spanish. Our operations manager
majored in Home Economics and Child Development. Does ANYBODY work in
their major (outside medicine)? We've had precisely TWO computer
science majors working here in our entire 21 year history!
Note: Our code must be OK or we wouldn't have *BEEN* here for 21
years.
-O. D.-
On Thu, 16 May 2002 14:15:42 -0700, "Ken Mayer [dBASE, Inc.]"
<kma...@dbase.com> wrote:
>For those interested in seeing a photo of me (I know some have asked),
>there's one at:
>
>http://www.goldenstag.net/players/CDA/TroupePhotos.htm
>
The O. D. Williams philosophy of programming.
Why there is ALWAYS one more bug.
1. Debuging code is always much harder than writing it.
2. Therefore, if your code is as clever as you are capable of
making it, you are, by definition, inadequate to debug it.
AGF friesland
I like the head of Bowen the most
He is artistique
He is honest,
But more over that, he is a fighter.
Ronald
Bowen Moursund [dBASE Inc.]
My wife likes it too <BFG>!
Alan took that photo at a TeamB conference in 1997. I'm sure your comments
will please him.
--
Bowen Moursund (dBASE Inc.)
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Eric B.
>> I like the head of Bowen the most
>
>My wife likes it too <BFG>!
<Snort>
Now THAT is a provocative message!
bye
eric