I had occasion a few minutes ago to note to myself, in a non-computer context, that twice 66 is 132. "How" (an imaginary grandchild asked in my head) "did you know that so fast?" The answer, of course, is that if a computer programmer is old enough he knows 132 characters is the usual width of the old greenbar paper, and 66 is half of that.
But it led me to wonder. Punch cards are now an expensive antique. Do they even make greenbar paper any more? Does anyone know? Just curious. --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* ...The New York Times Sunday magazine ran a cover story headlined, Can Miami Save Itself? The story went on for many words, but it boiled down to one: "No". ΒΆ We at Tropic were, naturally, grateful to The Times for going to the trouble of coming here and discovering that our city had problems. In an effort to return the favor, we sent me and photographer Chuck Fadely up to New York on an objective fact-finding trip to see if New York was a rude, filthy, overpriced hellhole or what. -from _He's Not Making This Up_ by Dave Barry */ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
