Alexander Samad wrote:
..snip....
> > Basically looking back from the future our age will be an age that
> > archivists may call "The information dark age" - not because we were
> > un-enlightened but because the information never lasted.
>
> What about punch cards!
Hmm, guess who has never had the job of feeding punch cards through
again and again because they are not being read right? {:-).
A horribly complex machine that requires continuous maintenance.
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