Very cool. I worked with keypunch cards in the banks data processing
center. A huge room full of computers in what would now be a very
small space. I had to correct the data.
At 09:07 PM 5/27/2008, you wrote:
>my dad ran a research project, and the computers he used took up two or thr=
>ee rooms in an office! the project was looking into the race riots in Watts=
>, (los Angeles), Newark, nj, and detroit, Mi......... they found the common=
> things to be; too many undereducated, underemployed, or unemployed young B=
>lack men and while we might say, uh, that's not surprising, that is a simpl=
>ifacation, =A0my dad's research as well as others, brought racism to the fo=
>re front and helped point the way for Lyndon Johnson to start his programs.=
> it took my dad and his team, ten years to sort all the data. =0A1950| =
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>he perception of police brutality in south central Los Angeles by Walter J =
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>956 and 1956 in English and held by 4 libraries worldwide =0A=0AThe dynamic=
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>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=0Ahttp://www.zazzle.com/TamarMag*=0ATamar Mag Raine=0ATamar=
>[log in to unmask]
>~~~~~=0A=0A=0A=0A----- Original Message ----=0AFrom: Virginia Perry <vlsper=
>[log in to unmask]>=0ATo: [log in to unmask]: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 =
>2:46:08 PM=0ASubject: Re: Computers=0A=0AAlthough it can't top the original=
>, I liked this version because it made me realize I hadn't considered how o=
>dd those terms would be to a true newb.=0A=0AOh, and I played with punch ca=
>rds as a child because my dad was in computers from the early '60s until he=
> retired.=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A> Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 09:51:40 -0600> From: k=
>[log in to unmask]> Subject: Fwd: Computers> To: [log in to unmask]
>RS.ORG> > Since there are several of us old enough to remember the "punchca=
>rd"> days, I thought this would amuse (or bemuse) the entire list ;-{)}> > =
> > Computers> > You have to be old enough to remember Abbott and Costello, a=
>nd too> old to REALLY understand computers, to fully appreciate this. For> =
>those of us who sometimes get flustered by our computers, please> read on..=
>.> > > > If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their infamous> s=
>ketch, 'Who's on First?' might have turned out something like this:> > > > =
>COSTELLO CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTT> > ABBOTT: Super Duper compute=
>r store. Can I help you?> > COSTELLO: Thanks. I'm setting up an office in m=
>y den and I'm thinking> about buying a computer.> > ABBOTT: Mac?> > COSTELL=
>O: No, the name's Lou.> > ABBOTT: Your computer?> > COSTELLO: I don't own a=
> computer. I want to
> buy one.> > ABBOTT : Mac?> > COSTELLO: I told you, my name's Lou.> > ABBOT=
>T: What about Windows?> > COSTELLO: Why? Will it get stuffy in here?> > ABB=
>OTT: Do you want a computer with Windows?> > COSTELLO: I don't know. What w=
>ill I see when I look at the windows?> > ABBOTT: Wallpaper.> > COSTELLO: Ne=
>ver mind the windows. I need a computer and software.> > ABBOTT: Software f=
>or Windows?> > COSTELLO: No. On the computer! I need something I can use to=
> write> proposals, track expenses and run my business. What do you have?> >=
> ABBOTT: Office.> > COSTELLO: Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anythi=
>ng?> > ABBOTT: I just did.> > COSTELLO: You just did what?> > ABBOTT: Recom=
>mend something.> > COSTELLO: You recommended something?> > ABBOTT: Yes.> > =
>COSTELLO: For my office?> > ABBOTT: Yes> > COSTELLO: OK, what did you recom=
>mend for my office?> > ABBOTT: Office.> > COSTELLO: Yes, for my office!> > =
>ABBOTT: I recommend Office with Window's.> > COSTELLO: I already
> have an office with windows! OK, let's just say> I'm sitting at my compute=
>r and I want to type a proposal. What do I> need?> > ABBOTT: Word.> > COSTE=
>LLO: What word?> > ABBOTT: Word in Office.> > COSTELLO: The only word in of=
>fice is office.> > ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.> > COSTELLO: Whi=
>ch word in office for windows?> > ABBOTT: The Word you get when you click t=
>he blue 'W'.> > COSTELLO: I'm going to click your blue 'w' if you don't sta=
>rt with> some straight answers. What about financial bookkeeping? You have>=
> anything I can track my money with?> > ABBOTT: Money.> > COSTELLO: That's =
>right What do you have?> > ABBOTT: Money> > COSTELLO: I need money to track=
> my money?> > ABBOTT: It comes bundled with your computer.> > COSTELLO: Wha=
>t's bundled with my computer?> > ABBOTT: Money.> > COSTELLO: Money comes wi=
>th my computer?> > ABBOTT: Yes. No extra charge.> > COSTELLO: I get a bundl=
>e of money with my computer? How much?> > ABBOTT: One copy.> >
> COSTELLO: Isn't it illegal to copy money?> > ABBOTT: Microsoft gave us a l=
>icense to copy Money.> > COSTELLO: They can give you a license to copy mone=
>y?> > ABBOTT: Why not? THEY OWN IT!> > (A few days later)> > ABBOTT: Super =
>Duper computer store. Can I help you?> > COSTELLO: How do I turn my compute=
>r off?> > ABBOTT: Click on 'START'> > -- > > Kendall> > An unreasonable man=
> (but my wife says that's redundant!)> > The reasonable man adapts himself =
>to the world; the unreasonable one> persists in trying to adapt the world t=
>o himself. Therefore, all> progress depends on the unreasonable man.> > -Ge=
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