Re: [amsat-bb] digitial/non-digital debate

["Jim Shorney" <jshorney@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Sat, 14 Oct 2000 13:09:24 +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote:

>You're mistaking old with obselete. Rocket boosters may be old,
>but they are not obselete. (I'll have to take your word for it that
>they're old, because I don't know anything about them.) SSB/CW/etc
>are obselete in most applications, not just old.


Main Entry: 1obùsoùlete
                 Pronunciation: "„b-s&-'lEt, '„b-s&-"
                 Function: adjective
                 Etymology: Latin obsoletus, from past participle of
                 obsolescere to grow old, become disused, perhaps from
                 ob- toward + solEre to be accustomed
                 Date: 1579
                 1 a : no longer in use or no longer useful b : of a
kind or
                 style no longer current : OLD-FASHIONED


Obsolescence is relative.  I have some 'obsolete' IBM servers running
APRS just dandy under Linux.  It's not obsolete if it serves a useful
purpose.  Most of my HF equipment is considered 'obsolete', but funny,
I can still talk to people on it...

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Ham Radio NU0C
Lincoln, NE, USA
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http://incolor.inetnebr.com/jshorney/


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