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• While in grad school, I was an "assistant" in a lab which contained two pdp-11/23's running UNIX System 3.
  Much of my education came from jokes played on me by my more knowledgeable friends....
• These are computer-related practical jokes played by an old acquaintence years ago at a nameless university in Northern California.
  He wisened up and stopped playing them when the various administrations of the computer centers found out who it was....
• 1. This one happened impromptu. A group of us were novice UNIX hacks working for our department of computer science, all on similar terminals.
  I had written a small program that would transmit a single character at a time to another terminal....
• Lesser Languages The Copier Circuit Basic, Fortran, Cobol
  These programming languages are well known and (more or less) well loved throughout the computer industry....
• Murphy's Military Laws 1. You are not superman.
  2. If it's stupid but works, it isnt stupid. 3....
• Hinds' Law(s) of Computer Programming ===================================== 1.
  Any given program, when running, is obsolete. 2. If a program is useful, it will have to be changed....
• ENTER DATA, ENAMORATA Back into the fray. Thanks to all who sent along best wishes at the outset of my vacation.
  Now, as you rejoin the ranks and the column moves out into another fiscal front, let’s get those shoulders back, chests out, stomachs in and tongues in cheek....
• 1] 15 digits to dial a local number? He dials 15 digits to connect to his school computer.
  Sounds the recordings studio went a bit over board with the sound effects....