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• APAD: Hunt and peck - 7grizzly - ♂ (15180 bytes) () 09/14/2025  08:55:02

• Hahaha, Hunt & Peck or not, U were lucky 2have anApple in HS - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2025  09:20:18

• I only made a radio in HS & touched computers@ Uni time:-)) - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2025  09:22:38

• What's the first computer that you came in contact with? - 7grizzly - ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2025  09:38:19

• an IBM with punch cards, then 8086 practising assembly ;-) - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2025  09:51:57

• Wow. Always wondered how punch cards worked. Assembly was - 7grizzly - ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2025  09:59:30

• fun and key to understanding the beast. - 7grizzly - ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2025  10:00:22

• VeryTrue & I even went down 2 machineCode (0/1) 2 debug then - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2025  10:06:47

• I like & always worked in realtime SW, eg. divce driver code - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2025  10:09:03

• it's such aMagical feeling whenMachine came2life underUrCode - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2025  10:12:46

• I made up mc at runtime and was booed out of the room :-) - 7grizzly - ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2025  10:12:40

• :-)))))) Sorry buddy ;-) - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2025  10:13:48

• they said my code was really a virus :-) - 7grizzly - ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2025  10:18:37

• ROFL！！！！！ - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2025  10:20:20

• But you didn't stay away,neither a non-coder like me:) - 暖冬cool夏 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2025  14:06:28

• None outruns fate:-) What computer did you first touch? - 7grizzly - ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2025  14:36:06

• No idea:)First touched in 1990, at my graduate school.老师发现教 - 暖冬cool夏 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2025  15:37:24

• 我们文科生，鸡同鸭讲：）太没有概念了：） - 暖冬cool夏 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2025  15:37:55

• 如果是叫微机，可能是Intel 80286 or 80386. - 7grizzly - ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2025  16:13:10

• 突然觉得有意思：3 APAD hosts r all工科出身 but were brought together by - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2025  16:53:29

• shared love of language :-) - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2025  16:54:34

• 花木兄也是理工科的？你们牛人！Tellingly,you guys are birds of a feather flo - 暖冬cool夏 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2025  17:34:17

• flock. Your love towards English is transcendent:) - 暖冬cool夏 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2025  17:36:06

• Yep. I think he is a P.Eng :-) - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2025  17:37:23

• 他超牛的，他在皇后大学（Elon Musk母校）博士毕业时代表研究生在毕业典礼发言，很为我们海外华人增光！：） - 妖妖灵 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2025  18:23:24

• Don't even remember if it‘s 大机or微机：） - 暖冬cool夏 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2025  17:38:36

• I touched computer at 初一. My classmate was a - 妖妖灵 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2025  17:12:13

• fast typer as her parents worked in the computer field. - 妖妖灵 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2025  17:13:37

• 初中时最好玩的是在外校参加数学计算机竞赛时，被别人在意料之外认出来：） - 妖妖灵 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2025  17:19:53

• An IBM PC? - 7grizzly - ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2025  17:16:27

• 搞不清～ 我自己的第一个电脑是联想～ - 妖妖灵 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2025  18:11:13

• Hahaha, that's me, on piano keyboard - 移花接木 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/15/2025  14:53:04

• APAD: Strike it rich - 移花接木 - ♂ (1482 bytes) () 09/13/2025  11:19:38

• remember 2 years after joined Cisco & watched my stock plan - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025  11:38:09

• value&felt striking it rich,then the dot-com bubble burst;-) - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025  11:47:51

• What if u cashed it out b4? - 移花接木 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/15/2025  14:56:09

• ($1M+, but) couldn't cash out, as most were unvested then. - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2025  06:20:39

• 一夜暴富？ - 硅谷居士 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025  12:07:12

• sounds right 2me. Wait, where’s winning lottery ticket? :-) - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025  12:15:29

• Think it agin, rich can b any good thing, not just 银子! - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025  16:23:05

• 大概从几秒钟到个把月的很短时间都算 - 移花接木 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/15/2025  14:57:23

• After gold was discovered in 1848 at Sutter Creek in Cal., - 7grizzly - ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025  13:20:40

• each generation dreams of striking it rich. - 7grizzly - ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025  13:21:37

• Ha,how could I forget the gold rush era! read some about it - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025  13:54:59

• Not only in CA, but the whole west coast (Victoria 2) then. - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025  13:56:08

• Victoria, really? Didn't know the vein stretched that far. - 7grizzly - ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025  14:15:17

• Yes, see below (can never under estimate human greed :-) - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (670 bytes) () 09/13/2025  14:30:00

• Can't blame them. Same here in Silicon Valley. - 7grizzly - ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025  15:45:17

• yep, 1 of dreams in hi-tech's to join a start-up to b bought - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025  16:00:21

• out. lots of my Cisco-Ottawa co-workers from Skystone were - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025  16:02:44

• millionaires inPaperOverNight whenCisco bought the start-up. - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025  16:06:02

• They did strike it rich & some chose to stay working even - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025  16:07:30

• after the stocks were all vested 4 years later. Nice folks. - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025  16:09:26

• Why Gambling stand on solid ground - 移花接木 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/15/2025  14:59:37

• I’m afraid of striking it rich， so never buy a lottery.怕中奖：） - 妖妖灵 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025  14:24:43

• I'm not. I'm ready for that calamity :-) - 7grizzly - ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025  15:46:01

• LOL. How much have you lost?:) - 妖妖灵 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025  16:05:06

• 1st time hear some1 never buy lotto bcoz afraid 2win - 移花接木 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/15/2025  15:02:23

• Never happened to me - 天边一片白云 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025  16:12:31

• hahaha, U ain't alone, same here & luck ain't on our side:-) - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025  16:14:46

• better 2 go&play badminton now 2 strike it rich in Health!! - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025  16:20:07

• 因为上帝需要你做更大贡献，不能让你一夜暴富 - 移花接木 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/15/2025  15:04:15

• but never say never - 移花接木 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/15/2025  15:06:28

• Good illustrations of the word “strike“! - 暖冬cool夏 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025  22:28:04

• "撞上"大运 - 移花接木 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/15/2025  15:05:15

• APAD: Neither fish nor fowl - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (5449 bytes) () 09/12/2025  08:35:33

• 不伦不类, defying classification. - 7grizzly - ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2025  09:20:28

• +1 & guilty as charged! ;-)) ever have the feeling? :-) - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2025  09:39:13

• Often and, most of the time, proud of it. - 7grizzly - ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2025  09:42:21

• Yeah! catch as catch can :-)) - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2025  09:57:47

• My dinner was neither fish nor fowl:)) - godog - ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2025  09:54:46

• Got ya! Might I ask, politely, what was it? ;-) - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2025  09:59:35

• It was either pork or sausage:) - godog - ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2025  10:07:02

• haha, "pigs in a blanket" :-) - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2025  10:12:28

• A square peg in a round hole:) - 暖冬cool夏 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2025  10:28:14

• Very much so, & an irregular square not fitting known holes~ - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2025  11:02:38

• I go for beef tonight. - 移花接木 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2025  14:36:43

• good 4 U! :-) Had leftover dumplings (veg+pork) 2day myself. - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2025  14:46:44

• The way I cook is either fish nor fowl, influenced - 天边一片白云 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025  16:04:14

• A lot by dish from other cultures - 天边一片白云 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025  16:05:02

• Sounds very good & can't wait to see more of them. Thx 白云 - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025  16:25:14

• It's an interesting post of yours. Thanks! - xanadu05 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025  20:06:46