On Wed, 8 Oct 1997, John Payson wrote:

> > Ok, I am looking into the world of electronics and I really like doing
> > this sort of stuff.  Let me warn you...I'm only 16 and you're probably
> > thinking I should have some socializing to do or something, but...well you
> > get the point.
>
> Yeah, I get the point.  I should have had some socializing to do when _I_
> was 16, but the Commodore 64 seemed like so much more fun...  My advice:
> do the socializing now, otherwise you'll get too hooked on micros/comp-
> uters and never figure out girls/women.  [half-kidding]

        Yeah, but IMNSHO, it's better to do the larval hacker thing when
you're 16 and your brain still can form all those nifty pathways that let
you think like a computer. That sex stuff? It's hard-coded in, man... you
don't need to worry about it :). And besides, when you are an adult
hacker, pulling down 6 figures, you will find women to be a breeze :).
<1/2 j/k>

>
> >                 I have purchased a basic stamp and constructed the
> > programming mechanism for it and have built several of the application
> > note projects as well as some of my own.  This included the serial A/D
> > which I was very proud of because I interfaced it to my calculator (HP
> > 48G) (sorry about that, I just had to tell someone about that who might
> > somewhat appreciate it).
>

        Very cool. Did you have to write yr own driver for the HP? If so,
could you post it?

        Pierce Nichols