[ale] notepad

Matthew Brown matthew.brown at cordata.net
Wed Jan 23 16:53:49 EST 2002


Switches!?  We used to DREEEAAAMM of having switches!!!  We used to run
around with aluminum foil, waving it 'round and screaming in the rain,
just hoping for a thunderstorm.  'Cuz that's the way it was, and we
LIKED it!


On Wed, 2002-01-23 at 16:41, Geoffrey wrote:
> Well, I really do remember throwing switches to reprogram an old pdp...
> 
> Jim wrote:
> 
> > Or, as the geezer-geek would say (in the voice of Dana Carvey's "angry 
> > old man):
> > 
> > "I can remember when we had to enter our commands in a stone tablet! in 
> > Cuneiform!! 'Cuz that's the way it was. And we LIKED it!!"
> > 
> > Geoffrey wrote:
> > 
> >>
> >>
> >> Swantje Willms wrote:
> >>
> >>> When was that? I've happily been using Emacs for more than 10 years ;-P
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 11 years ago.. :)
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Yeah, back when we were running 3b2s with 4 meg of memory, we used 
> >>>> to joke that EMACS stood for 'Eight Megs And Constantly Swapping.'  
> >>>> Funny that joke just doesn't carry the weight it once did....
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> 
> 
> -- 
> Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net
> 
> "...the system (Microsoft passport) carries significant risks to users that
> are not made adequately clear in the technical documentation available."
> - David P. Kormann and Aviel D. Rubin, AT&T Labs - Research
> - http://www.avirubin.com/passport.html
> 
> 
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Best regards,

-Matthew Brown
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