https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41U78QP8nBk 1961 IBM 7094 sings Daisy.
On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 9:30 PM, Phil Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Steve Marak wrote: >>It would all be a lot funnier to me if I didn't frequently run into people >>who *believe* Hollywood's conception of computers, computer security, >>hacking, etc. Apparently it is so far out of their wheelhouse that they have >>no way to engage the skepticism that would save them if someone offered to >>sell them the Brooklyn Bridge. Makes me wonder in which areas that is true of >>me. > > The summer of '75, after my 8th grade, I sat in on my dad's PL/I class at > University of Waterloo. This was sort of a big deal, of course-back then, > middle school kids didn't have access to computers! A good friend, who was > far from dumb or sheltered, asked me what "the computer's voice" sounded > like. I was gobsmacked then, and, as you note, things haven't gotten a lot > better! > > (ISTR not even bothering to explain punched cards to him...) > > ...phsiii > -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
