From: "Hal E. Fulton" Date: 2003-07-03T23:39:18+09:00 Subject: Re: OT: It's that time of year again ... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Bates" To: "ruby-talk ML" Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 5:12 AM Subject: Re: OT: It's that time of year again ... > On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 01:40:57AM +0900, james_b wrote: > > Happy Birthmonth to all fellow Rubyists born in July! > > > > James > > 15 July > > I also was born on the 15th of July. This month is my 18th birthday. Not > all of you will care. ;) Actually it's mildly fascinating to me to find out people's ages, since I can't tell from their posts how old people are (unless perchance they give it away somehow). And I think it's great that we can meet as equals here without the prejudice of looking at someone and saying "dumb kid" or "outmoded dinosaur." I've noticed that some people here are college students and some are even high school students, I think. All I can say is: Take it and run with it. I didn't have Usenet access when I was in high school. Use what you've got. Sometimes I think this is the 21st century or something (but then I think: Where are all the flying cars?). On the Internet, nobody can tell you if you're a child prodigy or an octogenarian or a three-headed alien or a hyperintelligent eggplant. Yet another reason to give people slack. I don't want to find myself in a heated flamewar with a twelve-year-old. -- Hal Fulton hal9000@hypermetrics.com