On Jan 21, 2008, at 9:13 PM, Steve Smith wrote: > > 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. > > -
Plus, it's a lot easier to find the bugs when switches are mechanical. -d- ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
