Phoenix Network Forums

Hey folks.

My first post to the forum. I've been working with computers since 1967! Yeah, there were computers back in the dark ages too! Of course they were less powerful than most digital watches these days. Yet we were able to do some really amazing things with 4096 words of 12 bit memory. In those days, core really meant core! You could even see the little magnetic donuts.

I've been making my living writing software and developing computer systems ever since. Being from Oak Ridge my initial work was in the nuclear energy/research areas. In 1984 I joined a new startup company that developed and sold PET scanners - no not something for your cat or dog - Positron Emission Tomography. I also helped develop the first PET/CT scanner - a combination of a CT (X-Ray Computed Tomography) and PET scanner used for oncology (cancer) studies mostly. Since then, the applications of PET have really taken off.

I work as a self-employed consultant but mostly these days with only a few clients and mostly still in the medical imaging field.

My favorite pastime these days is helping to watch after my grandchildren. I have 2 that live closeby, a boy of 30 months and a girl of 6 months. I have another 18 month old grandson that lives in Augusta, Ga. They were all here for Christmas.

I'm interested in all sorts of things.

I plan to use the free shell account to tunnel through some of my clients firewalls so that I can carry on my email without having to resort to web based solutions.

So anyway, hello from Tennessee.

boomer_tn

Welcome. And I thought I had a lot of experience with 20 years under my belt!!!

CT Scanners are very cool. I had one done (sinus) last month and had a chat with the tech there about the technology. I laughed when I saw the name of the device (Marconi Multislice). (does it make coleslaw?)