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 = >Publications about Walter J Raine=0A Publications by Walter J Raine=0A=0A19= >50-1950=0A 0 Publications by Walter J Raine=0A=0A1951-1951=0A 0 Publication= >s by Walter J Raine=0A=0A1952-1952=0A 0 Publications by Walter J Raine=0A= >=0A1953-1953=0A 0 Publications by Walter J Raine=0A=0A1954-1954=0A 1 Public= >ation by Walter J Raine=0A=0A1955-1955=0A 0 Publications by Walter J Raine= >=0A=0A1956-1956=0A 3 Publications by Walter J Raine=0A=0A1957-1957=0A 0 Pub= >lications by Walter J Raine=0A=0A1958-1958=0A 0 Publications by Walter J Ra= >ine=0A=0A1959-1959=0A 0 Publications by Walter J Raine=0A=0A1960-1960=0A 0 = >Publications by Walter J Raine=0A=0A1961-1961=0A 0 Publications by Walter J= > Raine=0A=0A1962-1962=0A 0 Publications by Walter J Raine=0A=0A1963-1963=0A= > 0 Publications by Walter J Raine=0A=0A1964-1964=0A 0 Publications by Walte= >r J Raine=0A=0A1965-1965=0A 0 Publications by Walter J Raine=0A=0A1966-1966= >=0A 0 Publications by Walter J Raine=0A=0A1967-1967=0A 4 Publications by Wa= >lter J Raine=0A=0A1968-1968=0A 0 Publications by Walter J Raine=0A=0A1969-1= >969=0A 0 Publications by Walter J Raine=0A=0A1970-1970=0A 0 Publications by= > Walter J Raine=0A=0A1971-1971=0A 0 Publications by Walter J Raine=0A=0A197= >2-1972=0A 0 Publications by Walter J Raine=0A=0A1973-1973=0A 0 Publications= > by Walter J Raine=0A=0A1974-1974=0A 0 Publications by Walter J Raine=0A=0A= >1975-1975=0A 0 Publications by Walter J Raine=0A=0A1976-1976=0A 1 Publicati= >on by Walter J Raine=0A=0A1977-1977=0A 0 Publications by Walter J Raine=0A= >=0A1978-1978=0A 0 Publications by Walter J Raine=0A=0A1979-1979=0A 0 Public= >ations by Walter J Raine=0A=0A1980-1980=0A 0 Publications by Walter J Raine= >=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> > -----------------------> > To change your ma= >il settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here:> > http://listserv.icors.or= >g/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=3Dc-palsy> =0A_______________________________= >__________________________________=0AMake every e-mail and IM count. 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