@mhoye
Do mainframes still eat data 80 columns at a time from a device that tells them it is a card reader?

And is the card reader still reading cards sideways, 80 wide, and telling the next layer it read them endways?

#SciFi #VernorVinge projected programmerarchaeologists into the future as a major job classification. #DeepnessInTheSky

@lproven the resurgent evil in the East is still interesting in LOTR, but I'm getting Verner Vinge universe flashes at present.

#Vinge #FireAcrossTheDeep #TheEmergency #DeepnessInTheSky