My first assignment in the USAF was as a computer operator in a secure
computer room. The security officer made us bag the chad from the card
punches and burn it as classified waste. He said that someone could
determine information from the chad that was punched out and even know what
characters had been punched by how the chad fell in the bucket. He never
did make Lt. Colonel.
Kent
Kent Ramsay
Senior System Programmer, SRDC
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Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 5:00 PM
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Subject: Re: Vintage IBM Mainframe Stuff
...
I am sure that my first IT boss still has some chad.
...
We used to tape a bag full of it to the bottom of a door in university
residence and then drop a book on it.
It would blast all over the room.
We used to do it with shaving cream;
Chad was more 'effective'.
-teD
In God we Trust!
All others bring data!
--Deming
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