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Well, there's nothing as important as reliable backups. Including, but not limited to, your wrist, evidently. -Ross. On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 2:49 PM, Genny Engel <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Actually, the whole reason my wrist is so bad is the stress on it from > writing out code -- wouldn't be so bad except for having to press down > hard to write it in triplicate through all that carbon paper. > > Genny > > > >>> [log in to unmask] 04/03/08 08:54AM >>> > ..- .-.. .-.. .. .----. -- --. --- .. -. --. - --- ... .- -.-- > .- > -... --- ..- - - .... .. ... - .... .-. . .- -.. .. ... - .... > .- - > -. --- -. . --- ..-. -.-- --- ..- ... ..- ..-. ..-. . .-. ..-. > .-. > --- -- .-. -- .. - .... . .-- .- -.-- .. -.. --- .-- .... . > -. > .. ..- ... . -- -.-- .--. .-. . ..-. . .-. .-. . -.. .. -. .--. > > > ..- > - -.. . ...- .. -.-. . .-.-.- .-.-.- .-.-.- > > -....- -....- .--- .- ..-. > > > 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 >