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NASA seeks programmer for Voyager

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Wrote the following at Nov. 1, 2015, 11:39 p.m...
http://www.popularmechanics.com/space/a17991/voyager-1-voyager-2-retiring-engineer/

So, if anybody likes retro-computing *and* would like to get paid for it ... this is your opportunity of a life time. :-)
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ivelegacy
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CV already sent (a few photo of cave-office included), planning to roll my and their stones, completely unbiased :lol:
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tingo
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Wrote the following at Nov. 20, 2015, 10:45 a.m...
I know FORTRAN and assembly (probably for different machines than what they are looking for), but I'm too young for that job. :-)
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FORTRAN = Phillips G700 Programming Cartridge 37 9 ?
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uunix wrote: FORTRAN = Phillips G700 Programming Cartridge 37 9 ?

Oh, you mean this piece of trash? :
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I'm afraid it included only BASIC and Z80 machine code, no Fortran alas. Plus you had to be a buddhist Monk for the oodles of patience it required to program anything.

Ontopic, it looks like a serious nice job. I taught myself Z80 and 8086 machine code back in 1982, and got Fortran77 in University together with Pascal. Only old farts with grey hair can apply!!
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dexter1 wrote:
uunix wrote: FORTRAN = Phillips G700 Programming Cartridge 37 9 ?

Oh, you mean this piece of trash? :
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I'm afraid it included only BASIC and Z80 machine code, no Fortran alas. Plus you had to be a buddhist Monk for the oodles of patience it required to program anything.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Yes!! Trash???????????? :cry:
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I don't see how they can expect to be taken seriously in the modern software industry if they're still clinging to assembler and FORTRAN. Come back when you've got an enterprise solution leveraging SOAP, XML, PHP, and .NET, NASA!
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tingo
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Wrote the following at Jan. 2, 2016, 9:50 a.m...
Seriously?
Things doesn't have to be "new" to serious stuff.
Oh, and NASA is about serious stuff, too: http://www.nasa.gov/press/goddard/2015/ ... n-suite-to
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tingo wrote: Seriously?
Things doesn't have to be "new" to serious stuff.

(Psst, that was sarcasm and a joke.)
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commodorejohn wrote: I don't see how they can expect to be taken seriously in the modern software industry if they're still clinging to assembler and FORTRAN. Come back when you've got an enterprise solution leveraging SOAP, XML, PHP, and .NET, NASA!


This would be funnier if any of these buzzwords were relevant.
No SGIs here.
tingo
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Wrote the following at Jan. 30, 2016, 2:26 p.m...
commodorejohn wrote:
tingo wrote: Seriously?
Things doesn't have to be "new" to serious stuff.

(Psst, that was sarcasm and a joke.)

Well, at least it shows how well sarcasm comes across in forums. :^)
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Wrote the following at Jan. 30, 2016, 2:41 p.m...
I worked at the NASA Goddard Wallops Flight Facility during 1999 - 2000, the launch buildings were like museums of the early years of rocketry.
Project:
Temporarily lost at sea...
Plan:
World domination! Or something...
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