Welcome

[GianGielett]

Greetings to the whole community from an old Proton Compiler user.
Have a nice day
 Gianluca

Be greeted earthling !

Which galaxies have you been to recently ?

I write from Andromeda, only since this year our scientists have developed an ultra-light communication system, my messages reach earth in real time, your replies are still too slow.     

[Fanie]

I write from Andromeda, only since this year our scientists have developed an ultra-light communication system, my messages reach earth in real time, your replies are still too slow.

Your scientists discovered a little black hole where your messages fit through.

Andromeda was a princess in Greek mythology, the daughter of King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia.
She was chained to a rock as a sacrifice to a sea monster, Cetus, to appease the gods after her mother boasted about her beauty. Andromeda was saved by Perseus, who killed the sea monster and married her. The story of Andromeda is a classic example of a princess and a dragon narrative.

The Andromeda constellation is a grouping of stars in the night sky.  It's named after the mythological princess Andromeda. The constellation includes the bright stars Alpheratz, Mirach, and Upsilon Andromedae. The Andromeda Galaxy is located within the Andromeda constellation

The Andromeda Galaxy is a spiral galaxy located approximately 2.5 million light-years from Earth. It's the nearest major galaxy to our own Milky Way. The Milky Way and Andromeda are predicted to collide in about 4.5 billion years.
The Andromeda Galaxy is significantly larger than the Milky Way. It's visible to the naked eye from dark sites as a faint smudge of light.

I have some serious question for you 
Are you related to Andromeda or to Perseus ?

If you can believe any of the rubbish AI produce, who the hell measured the distance from earth ?  2.5 million light years means we are only seeing now what happened there 2,5 million years ago.  The place may not even exist any more, and who the hell cares if it will collide with anything in 4,5 billion years from now.  For all we know the dinosaurs will be back by then.

[charliecoutas]

Welcome back Gianluca. I think it was the 1960's when I saw a TV series called "A for Andromeda". I was in my teens and fell hopelessly in love with the alien, Julie Christie. She came from your galaxy and was the reason a "computer" was built. I forget how it ended. What's the weather like over your way?

The new compiler is brilliant (but then so was the old one).

Best regards
Charlie

[Fanie]

I forget how it ended.

Obviously the relationship didn't end in your favour   
Sorry to remind you 

[charliecoutas]

That's her! And thank you very much Fanie, much appreciated. I'm now a 15 boy again dreaming of .........

Charlie

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Julie Christie was also in one of my favourite films called "Far from the Madding Crowd". A beautiful film based upon Thomas Hardy's book, that is both joyful and sad, and has so much charm.

She was also in a film, in the mid 1970s, that is not really known now, but is quite relevant these days. It is called "Demon Seed". At the time, as a young-un, it was quite scary when I saw it on TV. It is a Sci-Fi horror based upon AI.

[Fanie]

Yes well Charlie, this thing that there is only one of each is nonsense.  Imagine they can be mass produced like pics and you can get your own.  You may even be able to program them  (without the word NO of course).

You can have a whole collection of all your favorites.

The way things are currently, if I want that much more trouble I would rather buy an Alfa.

[Fanie]

Julie Christie was also in one of my favourite films called "Far from the Madding Crowd". A beautiful film based upon Thomas Hardy's book, that is both joyful and sad, and has so much charm.

There are two versions on youtube, a 1998 and 1967.  I downloaded both, I think the wife will like it.  Nothing to watch on TV and the adverts are sickening.

There;s an 8 hour version too  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgI2wci-mGA

[top204]

Julie Christie was in the beautiful 1967 version of "Far From the Madding Crowd".

It is one of those films that cannot be bettered, no matter how many times they try. It has many familiar british faces in it, and is wonderfully cast and acted.

Just like the film: "The Railway Children", made in 1969/1970, with Jenny Agutter, Sally Thomsett, Dinah Sheridan, and the wonderful Bernard Cribbins as the train station porter. As well as many, many familiar british faces. A beautifully wonderful film, that cannot, ever, be bettered, no matter how many times they keep trying, and failing.

I know it is silly, but it still brings a tear to my eyes when Jenny Agutter's character is standing at the train station and shouts: "My Daddy!", through the train's steam. :-)

[Fanie]

I found The Railway Children, but it refuses to download 

The welcome message for new guys should be something like - Welcome to the place where you can become a god, here we create new life for many applications from otherwise dead (and useless) earthly metals, and your creations are limited only by yourself.