by Chacal » Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:01 pm
I remember...
Working until midnight punching cards.
Bringing the stack to the data center service window in another building on the campus.
Waiting 3 hours for the job to reach the top of the queue (actually sleeping under a desk with an alarm clock).
Walking to the data center again to retrieve the 200-page output on paper.
Job didn't run: there was a comma instead of a period in column 17 on card 271.
Punch a new card, bring the stack to the...
The mistakes haven't changed, only it's a little less painful now!
Chacal
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is an attribute of the strong."
-- Mahatma Gandhi