3 Jul
2012
3 Jul
'12
1:14 p.m.
In article <4FF332D8.7050808 at bluewin.ch>,
Jos Dreesen <jdr_use at bluewin.ch> writes:
Agreed. HAving to 'unlearn' stuff is worse than never knowing it.
A rather more pleasant 'overheard on the bus' story. Some time back I was
(literally) 'Tha man on the Clapham omnibus' I overheard a gentleman
talking into his sellular phone (I don't make a habit of eavesdropping,
but soething he said made me sit up). He menitoend the name 'Maurice
Wilkes'. After he had finished, I said that I couldn't help overhearing
(I was sitting very close to him) and asked if it was the 'Maurice
WIlkes' that I was thinking of, involved with EDSAC and all that. It was.
It turned out said gentleman had worked one delay line stores at Plessey.
Alas the journey was not long enough for me to discuss all I wanted to....
-tony
I should probably be happy that they learn
*something* about tech history.
What good does it do if they learn the wrong things?