On Jan 21, 2008, at 2:45 PM, Russell Standish wrote:

> As I tell my son, you don't really know how to use your computer until
> you've mastered the shell.

You really haven't mastered a computer (or lived, really) until you've  
toggled programs directly in via register switches.

Paper tape and card readers are new-fangled tools of the devil.

- Steve

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