31 Dec
2005
31 Dec
'05
11 p.m.
From: "Jim Leonard" <trixter at oldskool.org>
I have to ask all of the oldtimers here
"fortunate" enough to have
worked with punch-card systems: Even with rose-colored nostalgia
glasses at full intensity, would you ever in your life wish for a time
you could go *back* to *punch cards*?
To be honest, yes, with reservations.
Things were not so hectic in those days. In Denmark, it was a tight knit
community, everybody knew everybody else, and that gave a large network if
you wanted to change jobs. You could also see what you were doing, and
correct things on the fly.
I was in commerce and statistics, so things might be different for
scientific shops and/or others
Nico