Sure, but at least your input device was the only one talking. Not entirely true for anyone working in TECO, where a bit of line noise on the modem connection would be executed as editor commands! -Tod Tod Olson <[log in to unmask]> Systems Librarian University of Chicago Library On Apr 3, 2008, at 10:54 AM, Jeremy Frumkin wrote: > ..- .-.. .-.. .. .----. -- --. --- .. -. --. - --- ... .- > -.-- .- > -... --- ..- - - .... .. ... - .... .-. . .- -.. .. ... > - .... .- - > -. --- -. . --- ..-. -.-- > --- ..- ... ..- ..-. ..-. . .-. ..-. .-. > --- -- .-. -- .. - .... . .-- .- -.-- .. -.. > --- .-- .... . -. > .. ..- ... . -- -.-- .--. .-. . ..-. . .-. .-. . -.. .. > -. .--. ..- > - -.. . ...- .. -.-. . .-.-.- .-.-.- .-.-.- > > -....- -....- .--- .- ..-. > > > On 4/3/08 6:51 AM, "Walter Lewis" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Sebastian Hammer wrote: >>>> A true hacker has no need for these crude tools. He waits for >>>> cosmic >>>> radiation to pummel the magnetic patterns on his drive into a >>>> pleasing >>>> and functional sequence of bits. >> Alas, having been doing this (along with my partners, the four >> Yorkshiremen) since the Stone Age ... >> >> We used to arrange pebbles in the middle of road into the relevant >> patterns (we *dreamed* of being able to afford the wire for an >> abacus). >> Passing carts would then help "crunch" the numbers. >> >> Walter >> for whom graph paper, templates, pencils, 80 column punchcards and >> IBM Assembler were formative experiences >> > > > > =============================================== > Jeremy Frumkin > Head, Emerging Technologies and Services > 121 The Valley Library, Oregon State University > Corvallis OR 97331-4501 > > [log in to unmask] > > 541.602.4905 > 541.737.3453 (Fax) > =============================================== > " Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes > nothing. " > - Emerson