[FRIAM] Points for originality

[Don Begley]

On Jan 21, 2008, at 9:13 PM, Steve Smith wrote:

>
> On Jan 21, 2008, at 2:45 PM, Russell Standish wrote:
>
>> As I tell my son, you don't really know how to use your computer  
>> until
>> you've mastered the shell.
>
> You really haven't mastered a computer (or lived, really) until you've
> toggled programs directly in via register switches.
>
> Paper tape and card readers are new-fangled tools of the devil.
>
> -

Plus, it's a lot easier to find the bugs when switches are mechanical.

-d-