> On Jan 7, 2008 7:22 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Back in my day, we didn't have ones. We just had zeros. If we > wanted > > >ones, we had to get a hammer and squish 'em flat. Dadburned kids > and > > >your premade ones. No appreciation for old-time craftsmanship. > > > > > >--BenD > > > > 0's are for kids and amateurs. In my day we didn't have numbers, > we'd use wires and patch cords to program the computers. HMMPH! no > danged respect. > > And boy! were your arms tired! > > Take my Z1... please! LOL. >
Actually this is no joke. My first job as an undergrad was with the University of Winnipeg's Psych department working in the behavioral research lab. They had an ancient PDP-1 that they used for programming Skinner boxes. My job, aside from taking care of the rats, was to program this thing. To program this fossil you had to run wires on a patch panel following a diagram of each reinforcement schedule. Really nuts. It was far worse than coding punch cards. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:250156 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
