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Old 07-12-2007
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Ten dead or dying computer skills
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Those in search of eternal life need look no further than the computer industry. Here, last gasps are rarely taken, as aging systems crank away in back rooms across the U.S. ...

as Stewart Padveen, Internet entrepreneur and currently founder of AdPickles Inc., says, "Obsolescence is a relative -- not absolute -- term in the world of technology."
I've primed this link to the two most relavent to this community; just under Continued ...
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Old 07-12-2007
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"floppy drive cleaner/demagnetizer skills"
i guess it is time to take these things off of my resume:

"floppy drive cleaner/demagnetizer skills"

"formatting floppy discs."

"wordperfect 5.1 for dos skills."

"press the turbo button skills."
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Old 07-17-2007
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Return with us now to the thriling days of yesteryear..
I guess this means nobody will be manufacturing a paddle controller for the PC so that I can play breakout the way it's meant to be played.
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