-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/21/07 12:05, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 08:51:40AM -0800, Michael M. wrote: >> On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 01:15 -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: >>> On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 12:05:24AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >>>> Actually, I'm serious about the utility of big line printers. The >>>> large print and *wide*, lined paper made it easy to step thru your >>>> program, making notes, side calculations, etc. Think of them as >>>> magic whiteboards that you could lay on your desk and didn't need >>>> thick, stinky, messy markers to write with. >>> You certainly are correct in that the wide paper left sufficient room to >>> make notes, etc. I'd use the side for comments and corrections and the >>> back for flow charts and such. >> And here I thought the whole point of computerizing was to save the >> trees. My illusions are shattered! >> >> So much for the mythical "paperless office."
Paper is a useful medium of transportation. > Indeed. *thinking about my printer at home, which hasn't even been > connected to anything since I last moved 2.5 years ago* > > As a company that a friend worked at for a couple years said, "You can't > grep a dead tree." There's no Law Of Nature that says you can't have your greenbar printout next to your terminal. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF3J3JS9HxQb37XmcRAmCbAJ4kjEnbEJ/MgXnU598mLCTwnP6fqgCbB9Y9 fHPE3uXkp0r+h6nZbS6AiUg= =ccjT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
