i programmed in assymber langaged until the GSA put a stop to anyone other than their systems programmers using it. went to fortan,and cobol and at the very last visual basic and html. lots of stuff in between.
--- On Wed, 5/28/08, Linda Walker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Linda Walker <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Computers
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2008, 11:07 PM
> 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| =
> >
> |1980 =0AKey=0A =
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> >=0A =0AMost widely held works by Walter J Raine=0ALos
> Angeles riot study; t=
> >he ghetto merchant survey by Walter J Raine( Book )=0A1
> editions published =
> >between 1967 and 1967 in English and held by 73
> libraries worldwide =0A=0AT=
> >he perception of police brutality in south central Los
> Angeles by Walter J =
> >Raine( Book )=0A1 editions published between 1967 and
> 1967 in English and h=
> >eld by 54 libraries worldwide =0A=0ALos Angeles riot
> study : the perception=
> > of police brutality in south central Los Angeles by
> Walter J Raine( Book )=
> >=0A1 editions published between 1967 and 1967 in
> English and held by 7 libr=
> >aries worldwide =0A=0AThe relationship between
> character structure and acad=
> >emic achievement by Walter J Raine( Book )=0A3 editions
> published between 1=
> >956 and 1956 in English and held by 4 libraries
> worldwide =0A=0AThe dynamic=
> >s of riot growth : an epidemiological approach by
> Stephen L Burbeck( Book )=
> >=0A1 editions published between 1976 and 1976 in
> English and held by 3 libr=
> >aries worldwide =0A=0ALos Angeles riot study; the
> ghetto merchant survey by=
> > Walter Jerome Raine( Book )=0A1 editions published
> between 1967 and 1967 i=
> >n English and held by 1 library
> worldwide=A0=0A=0A=A0=0A~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=
> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=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=
> >orge Bernard Shaw 1856-1950> >
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