9 Aug
2012
9 Aug
'12
9:38 p.m.
On 10 Aug 2012 at 0:15, Paul Anderson wrote:
Simulating everything for a computer museum is like a
regular museum
having nothing but reproduction artifacts. It doesn't work well.
I agree. The young 'uns should experience firsthand the joy of
picking the shredded remains of a ribbon out of the print train of a
CDC 512 line printer. Or the ear-piercing scream of one operating
with the cover open. Trying to sort the remains of your card deck
after it has been mangled and accordion-pleated by the card reader.
I rank those right up there with changing a thermocouple in the oil
sump of an operating rolling mill...
Kidney stones are great fun also.
--Chuck