9/26    Is it just me, or it seems like Professors (and especially
        Professors) enjoy talking about the "good ol days when bytes and
        bits were THIS big and it's enough to get the job done" crap?
        \_ Whatever. When I was a kid we used to walk in 2 feet of snow
           to school uphills both ways.
           \_ Only 2 feet, what a wuss. I had to walk 10 miles uphill
              both ways in 6 ft of blizzard conditions just to go from
                                   \_ Playing Warcraft in the labs again?
                                      \_ I used computers to compute,
                                         not to play mindless games. Zork
                                         was new when I was old.
                                         was new when I was old.  And its
                                         Tiberian Sun not WarCraft.
                                         \_ It was a spelling flame.
              the classrooms to the labs.
                \_ Wow... you had schools?  Labs?  When I was a kid we used to
                   hear about kids that had the opportunity to walk to school
                   10 miles uphill both ways in the snow but never met any.
                   \_ I feel your pain.
        \_ people in every line of work do this.  i've seen old fisherman
           do exactly this on comercial fishing boats, and fishing is older
           than written history. "what are you whining about, kid? you think
           they always had refrigerated seawater on boats!?"
        \_ why would fishermen whine about the old days, when they hadn't
           yet caught all the fish?
           \_ And this is likely exacerbated by the fact that CS is a
              relatively young field.  A number of the Professors here today
              had a significant hand in shaping it.  They probably remember
              a time when it was possible to know EVERYTHING in the field.
              Wouldn't you miss that? -dans
              \_ Do you miss knowing something dans?  - dans' #1 fan
              \_ Quake 1 single player is a solved problem now.  Have you
                 seen Quake done Quickly?
        \_ Actually, Professors are mainly talking about making the BIG
           INTERNET BUX.
        \_ That's what happens when you get old and things change.
           \_ I'm starting to do that and I'm only 30.
              \_ I'm 30 and *not* doing that.  Try a new job.  Stay young.