In the late 60s, while doing nuclear physics research, I had a program that, when you made a fatal error, wrote "your program has bombed" followed by a mushroom shaped cloud. The lab I was at is one of the places the Manhattan project was done.
Our greatest danger in life is in permitting the urgent things to crowd out the important. - Charles E. Hummel Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. - John F. Kennedy The probably of error in a change is inversely proportional to the size of the change. - B.I Kahn's First Law The probably of error in a one character change is approximately 100%. If the possibility of collateral damage exists, the probably of error can appear to exceed 100%. - corollary to B.I Kahn's First Law IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on 11/02/2011 05:34:10 PM: > From: Ed Finnell <[email protected]> > > Early on(mid sixties) there was a 'Blue Fortran'(not IBM) that cursed > diagnostics at you then would printout a 'one finger salute' at the end. > It was humorous for awhile... > > In a message dated 11/2/2011 3:56:54 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Sorry, you are an idiot. Compilation aborted." ----------------------------------------- The information contained in this communication (including any attachments hereto) is confidential and is intended solely for the personal and confidential use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or unauthorized use of this information, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. Thank you ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
