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Post by Ratty on Nov 11, 2019 3:36:01 GMT
We were from the stone age. We had reel to reel mag tape. .... and punched cards? My first (elementary) program was written using a punch card.
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Post by missouriboy on Nov 11, 2019 8:09:39 GMT
We were from the stone age. We had reel to reel mag tape. .... and punched cards? My first (elementary) program was written using a punch card. Yes ... we were creatures of the darkness. And then I spilled the cards.
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Post by missouriboy on Nov 11, 2019 8:10:54 GMT
We were from the stone age. We had reel to reel mag tape. .... and punched cards? My first (elementary) program was written using a punch card. Yes ... and then I spilled the cards.
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Post by nautonnier on Nov 11, 2019 11:01:35 GMT
.... and punched cards? My first (elementary) program was written using a punch card. Yes ... and then I spilled the cards. The schadenfreude of watching someone load around 400 punched cards into the reader and forgetting to set the 'stop' bracket on the reader and watching them shower all over the computer room
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Post by nautonnier on Nov 12, 2019 11:20:53 GMT
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Post by nautonnier on Nov 13, 2019 11:49:55 GMT
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Post by missouriboy on Nov 13, 2019 14:59:30 GMT
The Apple and the Tree Analogy comes to Mind
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Post by missouriboy on Nov 14, 2019 17:19:08 GMT
Perhaps unfair ... but ... There are shoes of many sizes. Some may chafe. Some can downright cripple you.
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Post by missouriboy on Nov 14, 2019 17:47:24 GMT
Here's one for you Ratty.
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Post by nautonnier on Nov 14, 2019 19:13:52 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on Nov 15, 2019 15:45:10 GMT
Not a surprise at all. Another area that Google carefully directs is "Climate Change ".
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Post by nautonnier on Nov 15, 2019 19:29:15 GMT
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Post by missouriboy on Nov 16, 2019 1:54:32 GMT
Complements of Ratty. USPS newspaper ad from 1900
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Post by nautonnier on Nov 16, 2019 12:03:26 GMT
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Post by missouriboy on Nov 19, 2019 3:25:50 GMT
Game of Thrones: Libertarian Edition
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