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08-02-22, 07:39 PM
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one of the first systems I was on was a PDP something ... maybe PDP11 ... then maybe VAX 11 / 780 or something like that (?) ... Prime ... 750 (?) ...
this was prior to IBM mainframe ... although we still had DEC machines at locations
guy I worked with was going for PhD at the time - he was on a Cray ... XMP ... YMP ... something like that (?) ... it was the fastest computer on the earth at the time ... there were two in existence
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08-02-22, 08:20 PM
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When I started at Genentech in 1982, they had a Vax, what kind I don't know, running Unix. We were using CRT "dumb terminals" and doing a lot of hand-annotation of sequences on those big green-and-beige fanfold lineprinter printouts. Everything was command line, because back then everything WAS command line.
We had a programmer who was really into finding all the algorithms people were developing for DNA sequence analysis, and adapt them for our use. You'd say, "Hey, Colin! I could really use a program that does (insert idea here)." and he'd say, "You know, I was just reading about something that might work. Gimme a week."
A week later, he'd give you a slip of paper with the pathname to the new program, and the syntax, and say, "Try it and let me know!" And then as you worked with it and reported back to him he'd refine it till it was what you wanted. Then he'd let others know it was there. By 1991, when I left Genentech, we had a whole suite of proprietary sequence analysis programs, which was WAY better and more user friendly than anything else I used for at least another 5-8 years.
These days I'm working in R on a virtual machine, analyzing sequences on a scale we couldn't even dream of then. And once again, everything is command line. And I'm still a crappy typist.
We had a programmer who was really into finding all the algorithms people were developing for DNA sequence analysis, and adapt them for our use. You'd say, "Hey, Colin! I could really use a program that does (insert idea here)." and he'd say, "You know, I was just reading about something that might work. Gimme a week."
A week later, he'd give you a slip of paper with the pathname to the new program, and the syntax, and say, "Try it and let me know!" And then as you worked with it and reported back to him he'd refine it till it was what you wanted. Then he'd let others know it was there. By 1991, when I left Genentech, we had a whole suite of proprietary sequence analysis programs, which was WAY better and more user friendly than anything else I used for at least another 5-8 years.
These days I'm working in R on a virtual machine, analyzing sequences on a scale we couldn't even dream of then. And once again, everything is command line. And I'm still a crappy typist.
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08-02-22, 08:24 PM
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I took the Ritchey out for tonight's ride and once again marveled at how "at one" with the bike I felt. Also had one of those "Cycling Gods" days, and tied my best time on the 22 mile route but with significantly lower HR and RPE. Every time I think, "Why do I have so many bikes? Am I insane?" I have one of these experiences where I end up thinking, "Oh, yeah! THAT'S why I have this bike!"
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08-02-22, 08:51 PM
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08-02-22, 11:00 PM
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R.I.P. Vin Scully.
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08-02-22, 11:27 PM
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08-02-22, 11:29 PM
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New trail runners came in today.
They didn't come with speed laces tho. #sad
Thickest soles I've ever had, trail trials on Thursday probably.
They didn't come with speed laces tho. #sad
Thickest soles I've ever had, trail trials on Thursday probably.
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08-03-22, 03:33 AM
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08-03-22, 03:34 AM
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Happy Hump Day.
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08-03-22, 03:39 AM
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08-03-22, 04:55 AM
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08-03-22, 04:59 AM
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My user name on the first mainframe I was on was... wait for it... trsnrtr.
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08-03-22, 05:41 AM
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Wordle 410 5/6
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08-03-22, 05:48 AM
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We had thunder last night but no rain. The catch up weed eating has begun.
08-03-22, 07:31 AM
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My first memories of baseball were Vin on the radio. Even after I stopped following baseball if I heard his voice it made me think of summer. He's one of those things that have been around my whole life.
08-03-22, 07:52 AM
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Same. I remember him from the Winter Olympics , probably in the sixties.
08-03-22, 07:55 AM
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Wordle 410 4/6 The promise of a 2.
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08-03-22, 08:25 AM
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08-03-22, 08:30 AM
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When I was voluntarily downsized in '99 I lost my only email access, which was through work. I had no idea you could get a free email address through places like Yahoo! and Hotmail. Someone on my cross country tour that summer clued me in. When I got home I went to the public library and created a Yahoo! account. I was such a newb when it came to that type of thing that I simply picked the first letter of my first name underscore my last name. How boring.
08-03-22, 09:11 AM
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08-03-22, 09:11 AM
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08-03-22, 09:18 AM
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When I was voluntarily downsized in '99 I lost my only email access, which was through work. I had no idea you could get a free email address through places like Yahoo! and Hotmail. Someone on my cross country tour that summer clued me in. When I got home I went to the public library and created a Yahoo! account. I was such a newb when it came to that type of thing that I simply picked the first letter of my first name underscore my last name. How boring.
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