On Tuesday 11 March 2008 03:18:48 am mike scott wrote: > On 11 Mar 2008 at 9:24, Harold Fuchs wrote: > ... > > > Gremlins need to be exorcised. Computers are supposed to be rational; I > > for one am far too simple minded to work with them if they weren't. > > Tee hee :-) One could, I suspect, get into quite an discussion about > complexity and rationality. Fortunately well OT for the list, so > let's not go that way. > > When I started work, btw, we had a PDP8 as one of our main computers. > My predecessor actually used to put cake inside to appease the > trolls. > Do you remember the PDP5, and PDP7's? Worked on them plus PDP9 serial #6
> But I do really prefer to know that the tin contains what it > says..... looks like this particular one's dented. Not that anyone > here can do anything about it, I guess. > > (BTW your email arrived from the list /minus/ the usual sub notices. > Again.) -- Russ Linux register user 441463 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
