Re: Only Programmers May Join This Thread

[gareth@vcn.bc.ca (Gareth Jones)]

Sam Ismail (dastar@crl.com) wrote:
: Deven D. Atkinson (technoid@prairienet.org) wrote:
: 
: : Sam Ismail (dastar@crl.com) wrote:
: : >
: : > WHAT HAVE YOU CONTRIBUTED TO THE APPLE ][???
: : >
: :  
: : Hmmm....
: : Other questions to consider are:
: : <*> WHAT DO YOU WANT? <*> and
: : <*> WHO ARE YOU? <*>
: 
: IDIOT!  WHAT HAVE ***YOU*** CONTRIBUTED TO THE APPLE ][??? HOW DARE YOU
: QUESTION ME BACK YOU SCUM!!!
: 
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: 
: Sam
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: Computer Historian, Programmer, Musician, Philosopher, Athlete, Writer, Jackass


OK, I guess it's time for everyone who frequents this newsgroup to tell
all. What have I contributed?

I do a monthly newsletter for a Mac user group, on an Apple II.
I write HyperCard GS stacks, and share them.
I write a monthly article on Apple II topics, and share those.
I have created a couple of mini-FAQs on Apple II topics and e-mail them to
people who post appropriate questions.
I help new Apple II users who are referred to me with problems by local
dealers.
I have been working on, and am getting close to finishing (close by my
non-professional and entirely untrained standards) statistical analysis
software for any ProDOS-capable Apple II. This is the program that I
taught myself programming in order to write.

In addition to this, I maintain a job, a life, a relationship, and a sense
of humour. I contribute not just to the Apple II, but to the happiness and
good feeling of those about me. In this Christmas season, I think that you
should be thinking of contributing a little more to _that_.

-Gareth