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When PC Still Means 'Punch Card'

Posted by michael on from the do-not-fold-spindle-or-mutilate dept.

ricst writes: "The New York Times reports that there are stll many applications that use punchcards. "Use what?", you say. Slashdotters not yet in their dotage may have never seen these 80 column Hollerith field cards, or the clunky machines that are still used to punch holes in them. And let's not forget the bizarre JCL (Job Control Language) that's needed to be at the front of the deck. Well... turns out many companies still use them, with slight modifications (like the airlines that print a magnetic strip on them)."

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  1. Re:Engineering uses by donglekey · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I remember when I got my ME degree

    Jesus, and I thought MSCE's were useless, what ever possesed you to go through that?

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  2. Re:this is one of my problems with 'geeks'. by GSloop · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Damn straight, and if you don't go out and CONSUME right now, I'll be forced to call Herr Ashcroft on you.

    [George says]
    Non consumers are EVIL, like that Al Keida guy or guys or something like that...Uhhh, where's Afgainistain again Dick? Nevermind, that stuff makes my head hurt. I'll just take another pretzel!

  3. Re:this is one of my problems with 'geeks'. by mrfiddlehead · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's funny who sickening that statement is, but beyond that I can't imagine what drugs the moderators were smoking who modded this pinhead all the way up to four. Shite, I hope he *was* kidding.

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  4. Re:this is one of my problems with 'geeks'. by GSloop · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yeah, I feel sorry for him...

    Did you hear that he lost ancestors in the death-camps during the holocaust?

    Yup, they fell out of the guard towers...

    No, I don't feel sorry for JH. He's just out to grab power for the Justice Dpt. Sure, he probably thinks he's right, but so did Hitler. Thinking you're right doesn't make it so.

    I'll be very glad when we're through with him.

    Cheers!