Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian (was Re: Introduction)
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On 02/21/07 00:15, Kevin Mark wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 12:05:24AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
>>
>> On 02/20/07 23:52, Kevin Mark wrote:
>>> On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 11:24:52PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 02/20/07 15:45, Alan Chandler wrote:
>>>>> On Tuesday 13 February 2007 16:29, Miles Fidelman wrote:
>>>> [snip]
>>>>> in about 1982 I was in the market for a line printer so that my team
>>>>> could print out their software listings and was pursuaded by the our HP
>>>>> account manager to take a look at their new product - the HP Laserjet.
>>>>> I was sold on the fact that we could get our printouts in A4 form for
>>>>> the first time.
>>>> I've *never* understood why developers like laser printers. Green
>>>> bar line printers are so much more useful.
>>> I recall they are huge, requiring a lot of floor space and required a
>>> noise cover otherwise you'd hear ear-splitting, griding noise. X-(
>> That's what insulated hoods and data centers are for! ;)
>>
>> Actually, I'm serious about the utility of big line printers. The
>> large print and *wide*, lined paper made it easy to step thru your
>> program, making notes, side calculations, etc. Think of them as
>> magic whiteboards that you could lay on your desk and didn't need
>> thick, stinky, messy markers to write with.
>>
> You certainly are correct in that the wide paper left sufficient room to
> make notes, etc. I'd use the side for comments and corrections and the
> back for flow charts and such.
That's exactly right.
IMNSHO, the Personal Computer mindset has seriously retarded IT.
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