[ale] #OT HUMOR: The "home computer of 2004" (as envisioned circa 1954)...

[Paul Manno]

At one point, a wise military-type told me that steering wheel and console 
are a part of a submarine's control system.  I'd think that would make it 
one of the first FORTRAN sub-routines.

  (ow)  <-- sound of harsh functions being flung in my direction

Cheers!
- Paul

On Mon, 15 Oct 2007, Jon Reagan wrote:

> Oh... now I see.  A photoshop... or should I say a GIMP? :P
> 
> Jon
> 
> On 10/15/07, Jon Reagan <jreagan1990 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > haha!  wow.  That is special.  Especially the part about the teletype
> > interface and fortran -- being easy to use.
> >
> > Thanks for the link! :)
> >
> > Jon
> >
> > On 10/15/07, Jim Popovitch <yahoo at jimpop.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 19:57 -0400, Marvin, International Martian of
> > > Mystery wrote:
> > > > http://lyst.org/Crap/rand_computer.jpg
> > >
> > > Heh. I've seen that picture before, anyone know what the steering wheel
> > > on the left is for?
> > >
> > > -Jim P.
> > >
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