Age...Can you admit it?

Sure, but I didn't force anyone to give their personal info. I would never do that.
Besides, I think what I think.

I find that hiding your age is useless. If you think otherwise, then you simply do. And then you keep that info to yourself. I won't cry over it.

But anyone may know my age. Because I personally don't care about that number.

And yes, I keep to it that shame is the real problem. Or privacy? well, I can stalk you if I know how hold you are? So Privacy isn't it.

Principles? If you had principles you wouldn't even reply to my ramblings.
So yeah, let's move on. This discussion is not worth battering out like this.

You like to hide your age, just, because you can and allowed to, And I don't.
So, can I have cake now?

Choosing not to reveal something is not necessarily hiding.

Choosing not to reveal something is not necessarily hiding.

Age is a fashion statement. I'm 26, and I don't care.
If you hide your age, you are ashamed of it.

DEC PDP-8.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-8

And evidently the 3-bit year was added to 1965 or so, not 1960.

My logic is pretty simple. You hide something because you are ashamed of it. Not true?

Choosing not to reveal something is not necessarily hiding.

Ohh, ok. Thanks

When I went to training school (sent by the manager who opened the franchise to sell the first IBM PC's) we worked on DEC's but last night I couldn't recall the name of that computer. For some reason they didn't have IBM's yet to train us on, but used the DEC's to introduce us to data base, spreadsheet and word processing software.

Actually, there were some things about the DEC I liked better than the IBM...which now I know had to do with the OS. I'll have to read that article. Always wondered what happened to the DECs.

No I won't admit it but safe to say that,I have seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.All those moments will be lost in time,like tears in the rain.......................Time to put the kettle on........

DEC Rainbow. Killed by the people in DEC that didnt see a future in personal computers as well as because they used dual processor proprietary architecture and had a native VT100 mode which meant that they did everything anyone could want badly. Good riddance.

Was this before java?

*whistles innocently*

Is that where coffee was invented? *continues innocent whistling*

I understand and respect your attitude but I prefer not to waste time trying to explain my cultural allusions to people who probably wont understand them. What is the point of making jokes about Tinky Winkys sexuality when the person who I am talking to wants to talk about the symbology involved in the colour and size of James.

Age is a fashion statement. I'm 26, and I don't care.
If you hide your age, you are ashamed of it.

I am 39 going on 40 in May.

And beware of who you admit your age to- some of us dirty old men prefer dating younger women

For the computer folks who remember:

LOAD "*",8,1

Blame THAT machine on my lack of a social life in HS

Now THAT brings back memories.

True, to a limit... Considering the global aspect of SL, the same could apply if you're dealing with someone from another country. Another detail I choose not to openly reveal. When you meet me inworld, you meet "Immy", my own ideal person who knows very little about the outside world or what goes on beyond the keyboard. From there on, we learn about each other. (^_^)

Things like age, place, gender, race are things I prefer to avoid when meeting people. You meet "me" as who I am, not what I am. That, to me, is true adventure in socializing. When someone comes to me while I'm mentoring and asks "Where can I find the [insert narrow-minded community expectation here] places?" I really lose the will to help them. Not only because I don't actually really know the places. But, also because I wonder why someone would choose to focus so tightly when they have the entire world offered to them on a silicon platter. (O.o)

I DO get to know people after a while. My friends know my age, location, some even have RL pictures of me... But that was well after I got to know them. They span from 18 (Fresh from the teen grid) to over 65. They live in Europe, Canada, America, UK, Japan, The Philippines, Australia, Brazil, ... you name it. Our differences are the most entertaining parts of our relationships. We have all our little *isms we talk about. Sure, sometimes they take explanation... But, that's the joy. In some ways, I understand my Japanese friends better than my next door neighbors. At the same time, I get along better with the people far and beyond my age group. (^_^)

So... I have my reasons for being un-revealing. I don't want my friendships to be sycophantic gatherings. Meet me first, talk to me, decide on friendships based on conversation... We can work out the details later... Avoid the walls and enjoy the crowd. =^-^=

It is not true to a limit. It is true. I feel the same way about communicating with people from significantly different cultures different religions different intellectual capabilities and so on. Perhaps you have more time to waste than I have trying to understand things that perhaps you never will. I prefer to talk to people that might understand me without a dictionary or checking imdb or a TV Guide and that I have a good chance of understanding in return. By your argument someone who only spoke Japanese could spend a lifetime trying to understand someone in SL who only spoke Hungarian and still get nothing much from it. As I originally said that is up to you and I was not critical of you for your preference as you seem to have been of me. I prefer to use my time more efficiently discussing more interesting concepts than what other people have for breakfast and I get little joy in spending excessive amounts of time attempting to eliminate verbal misunderstandings. I also take exception to you suggesting that there is anything sycophantic about people of the same age culture etc talking to each other. Maybe you dont spend enough time looking in a dictionary before you write.

But not necessarily good ones.

This is why our memories fade with age - who really wants to remember that stuff?

I DO!

And mine still works! All 400+ Floppy disks still in their case.

I still remember spending a weekend typing in PEEK and POKE statements just to see Alfred E. Neuman's face move across the screen.

All points... Apparently so. (^_^)y

Edit:: Ooh.. I may have missed an "n". (o.o) ... =^-^=

Edit:: Edit:: Yeah... "synchophantic"... Darn that "n"... though... The "ic" seems to eject the word from common dictionaries. Oh well. =^-^=