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JoePhilly

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33. In my early days, we got to use punch cards ... this was around 1980.

Mon Jan 23, 2012, 08:05 PM

Jan 2012

Punch cards were almost dead by then. But my high school had a system that still used them. And we had to write programs and do them with punch cards.

The idea was, using punch cards would force one to be extremely diligent in their coding. screw up one card and you might also screw up a larger part of the deck.

And God forbid if you dropped the stack of cards and had to get them back in the correct order!!!

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As Dr. Hubert Farnsworth would say... sakabatou Jan 2012 #20

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Data Ron Obvious Jan 2012 #32

In my early days, we got to use punch cards ... this was around 1980. JoePhilly Jan 2012 #33

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I have actually! Ron Obvious Jan 2012 #39

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Her acting is very obvious. Her dad should be ashamed of himself Liquorice Jan 2012 #25

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Video looks fake or staged to me. nt aaaaaa5a Jan 2012 #37

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yeah, faked, but the point is valid Spike89 Jan 2012 #63