To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
I loved programming machine language by flipping the switches on the front - writing actual code is for sissies. /Just Kidding When I started coding, we had to code in 0s and 1s, and sometimes we didn't even have the 1s.
9 posted on
07/27/2011 8:51:49 AM PDT by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
To: dfwgator
shades of paper tape readers and a bucketful of bits
GIGO still applies.. :-]
28 posted on
07/27/2011 10:01:06 AM PDT by
NormsRevenge
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To: dfwgator
When I started coding, we had to code in 0s and 1s, and sometimes we didn't even have the 1s.
Yeah, when we were short of 1s, we'd take some 0s, bend them back and forth from top to bottom until they broke, then flatten the halves out. It was slow, deliberate work.
It was a great day when Microsoft was finally able to figure out how to mass-produce 1s.
30 posted on
07/27/2011 10:17:28 AM PDT by
Cheburashka
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To: dfwgator
When I started coding, we had to code in 0s and 1s, and sometimes we didn't even have the 1s.I realized that hard drives stored 0s and 1s. If 0 is nothing, why even bother? Now all my hard drives just keep track of how many 1s are written. They're a lot faster now. /grin
43 posted on
07/27/2011 11:16:20 AM PDT by
ken in texas
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