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Re: IBM's 96 column punch card (was System/3)?

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Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2016-04-23, Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 21 Apr 2016 16:25:14 -0400, Peter Flass
>> <peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>> Like everything else microsoft Excel thinks it knows what you want better
>>> than you do.  That's why I hate ll their stuff.  I spent a while some time
>>> ago turning off all the automatic stuff in word because it was driving my
>>> wife nuts.  I think OO has most of the same options, but they're _off_ by
>>> default.
>>
>>      I have that junk turned off in Word, too.  When I was working on
>> my degree, the uni systems would restore a standard image on startup.
>> This meant that I had to set Word's options to my reasonable values
>> every startup.  One time, I was in a hurry and skipped this.  I was
>> editing away and just happened to see a flash on the screen.  Word had
>> helpfully "corrected" my E-mail address on my resume.
>>
>>      Word is not called "Document".  Coincidence?
>
> Q: What does a word processor do?
> A: Well, you know what a food processor does...
>
Make hash.

/BAH

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