staceysgrrl
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« on: February 07, 2012, 02:44:48 PM » |
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Hello, everyone. I'm not really new to the forum, but it's been over a year, so I figured I'd reintroduce myself. I'm Robyn, a typical old-school geek girl from (now, anyway) the Great Lakes region of New York State. I live just below Lake Ontario, on the Erie Canal.
How "old-school"? Well, let's just say I learned programming under CP/M on a Kaypro 2X and let it go at that. (Anyone remember WordStar?)
I used to be a systems engineer for unix, Windows, and Mac OS-based systems. After a major Windows catastrophe last week on my laptop, and two unsuccessful attempts to recover (it seems my backup files had all disappeared from my Seagate external drive), I downloaded and installed PCLOS 11 as a last-ditch effort to recover them. After the installation, I plugged in the Seagate, and lo and behold, all of my files were there! This, after Windows saying there was nothing on the drive.
See you around the boards!
Robyn Jane
To make a long story even longer, I then downloaded and install the Full Monty, and my system is back up and running once more.
I'm currently attending Monroe Community College and working towards my degree in Entrepreneurial Business Skills, so that my wife and I can begin our own business.
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« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2012, 02:49:05 PM » |
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staceysgrrl,
Welcome (back) home to PCLinuxOS!
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« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2012, 03:04:07 PM » |
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Yay!!! another lady!!!! Welcome, staceysgrrl!!!! There are only a few ladies here, so we're glad to see someone new! Hope you stay a while!!! (I don't know about old school, but a couple of us are old-er! I tried to learn Fortran in college but the computer was down... one of those big monster things with the punch cards!!!)  |
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« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2012, 06:27:38 PM » |
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staceysgrrl,
A warm welcome to you, from New Zealand.
You have found the right place here.
Jim
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PCLinuxOS 2012.02 KDE (2 desktop computers)
PCLinuxOS 2012.02 KDE, 2012.01 LXDE, 2011.07 XFCE, 2011.08 Open Box all on Asus laptop
Windows free since 2005
Our house has windows: our computers have no Windoze!
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muungwana
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« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2012, 06:39:12 PM » |
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greetings from syracuse, NY.
Glad to see a fellow central new yorker in house, looking forward to seeing you around the forum.
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.. 3 things are certain in life : death, taxes and software bloat ..
.. tell me something i don't know, something i can use as i struggle to reason with the world around me ..
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staceysgrrl
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« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2012, 09:53:06 PM » |
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greetings from syracuse, NY.
Go Big Orange! |
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« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2012, 11:32:38 PM » |
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greetings from syracuse, NY.
Go Big Orange! staceysgrrl, I'm so close, you can almost touch me, live near RIT. |
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muungwana
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« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2012, 03:05:49 PM » |
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greetings from syracuse, NY.
Go Big Orange!.. just saw orange game vs uconn and all i can say is "Go Big Orange!!", all the the way to the final 4, wont mind two more steps though  while still on new york, why not go knicks!!! |
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.. 3 things are certain in life : death, taxes and software bloat ..
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« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2012, 04:44:10 AM » |
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Another warm welcome, this time from Germany, staceysgrrl! Seems the ladies are starting to gain momentum here |
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« Reply #9 on: February 12, 2012, 09:06:20 AM » |
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Another warm welcome, this time from Germany, staceysgrrl! Seems the ladies are starting to gain momentum here Ladies?  I'm currently attending Monroe Community College and working towards my degree in Entrepreneurial Business Skills, so that my wife and I can begin our own business.
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« Reply #10 on: February 12, 2012, 11:50:45 AM » |
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Hello, so I figured I'd reintroduce myself. I'm Robyn, a typical old-school geek girl from (now, anyway)
I'm currently attending Monroe Community College and working towards my degree in Entrepreneurial Business Skills, so that my wife and I can begin our own business. Nice catch Archie |
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muungwana
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« Reply #11 on: February 12, 2012, 12:30:16 PM » |
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Another warm welcome, this time from Germany, staceysgrrl! Seems the ladies are starting to gain momentum here Ladies? Hello, everyone. I'm not really new to the forum, but it's been over a year, so I figured I'd reintroduce myself. I'm Robyn, a typical old-school geek girl from (now, anyway) the Great Lakes region of New York State. I live just below Lake Ontario, on the Erie Canal.
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.. 3 things are certain in life : death, taxes and software bloat ..
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staceysgrrl
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« Reply #12 on: February 12, 2012, 02:51:05 PM » |
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I don't mind being called a lady, since that's generally how I try to act. I prefer "woman," but have pretty much been called everything. I'm sure when I act like one, someone will call me a b*tch. Still, your definition of that term and mine may not be the same: B (Babe) I (In) T (Total) C (Control) H (of Herself).
Besides, I find it amusing that most men in my experience tend to use that word as an epithet, mostly when I am doing something of which they disapprove.
Happy days, everyone!
Robyn Jane
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