[PD] Gem: can't load library

padawan12 padawan12 at obiwannabe.co.uk
Wed Dec 6 08:49:58 CET 2006


On Mon, 4 Dec 2006 11:03:39 -0500 (EST)
Mathieu Bouchard <matju at artengine.ca> wrote:


> When I was born, "manual" was all about punching holes in cardboard and 
> feeding it to the card-reader. However, when I actually started 
> programming, "manual" was about having to press Play at the same time and 
> listen to the sound of files recorded at 600 bauds, and pressing 
> Fast-Forward to skip over them, and having to listen to the files to count 
> how many had been skipped over and reading the sleeve to make sure I got 
> to the right file. It was not as manual as splicing tapes though.
> 
> I mean, one should marvel at how much something like dpkg is automatic :)


You lucky bastard. We had suck the air out of vacuum tubes using our own breath.
And we were grateful!

:)




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