NOTE FROM KIM:

Which three celebrities share a birthday today?
Lee Harvey Oswald, Chuck Berry and Kim Moser.
Okay, so I’m not as famous as they are, but I’ll bet
I’ve been using computers longer than they have.

The Top 7 Signs You’ve Been
Using Computers a Long Time

7> Next to you, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are script kiddies.

6> While everyone else is busy accusing Microsoft of copying the Mac interface, you’re still bitter that Herman Hollerith copied Joseph-Marie Jacquard’s punch-card loom.

5> You *still* think 640K ought to be enough for anybody.

4> You maintain that assembler language is for wimps who are too lazy to learn machine language.

3> You remember the days when they only used zeros.

2> Your first job involved using a sharpened goose quill to cut the hanging chads from punch cards.

and the Number 1 Sign You’ve Been Using Computers a Long Time…

1> You often reminisce about that young upstart, Charl

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Credits:

Selected from 39 submissions from 14 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:

Kim Moser, New York, NY — 1, 4, List Moderator, Topic
Peter Casper, Brisbane, Australia — 2
Doug Crews, San Diego, CA — 3
Matt Van Opens, Kenosha, WI — 5
Bill Livingston, Decatur, AL — 6
Chuck Burke, Phoenix, NY — 7