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moniss

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6. No the phrase was a famous
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 12:54 PM
Sep 10

cultural one from the beginning of the IBM punch cards. The cards used to have that warning printed on them because if you folded them, spindled them around a finger etc. they wouldn't work right in the computer. The phrase I referenced reflected concerns many in society had to the rush to accept the application of computer technology reducing people in society to mere data or a "number". It was like a protest of sorts. People had it on posters, shirts, buttons etc. Buttons used to be a big thing too. All kinds, sizes and colors saying all kinds of things. But sort of like the polka-dot shirt craze it lived and then died.

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