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Re: The Tyranny of the Hollerith Punched Card

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In article <ln0ua6$ajo$1@dont-email.me>, Rich <rich@example.invalid>
wrote:

> http://pub.gajendra.net/2012/09/hollerith_tyranny
> 
>    ...
> 
>    "Now fast-forward to the 21st century; a mere couple of thousand
>     years after Caesar. Look at your screen. How wide is your terminal
>     window or the text window of your editor? 80 columns? Yeah, I
>     thought so. Most people's are.

Mine is close to 200.

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with what Bob in accounting bought last year. Trace it back - they buy
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The Tyranny of the Hollerith Punched Card Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-06-08 06:02 +0000
  Re: The Tyranny of the Hollerith Punched Card Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-06-08 10:46 +0300
  Re: The Tyranny of the Hollerith Punched Card polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-06-08 09:19 +0100
  Re: The Tyranny of the Hollerith Punched Card Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2014-06-08 09:34 +0100
  Re: The Tyranny of the Hollerith Punched Card Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-06-08 14:11 +0100
    Re: The Tyranny of the Hollerith Punched Card Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-06-08 16:44 +0100
      Re: The Tyranny of the Hollerith Punched Card Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-06-08 17:01 +0100
        Re: The Tyranny of the Hollerith Punched Card Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2014-06-08 16:44 -0300
          Re: The Tyranny of the Hollerith Punched Card arnold@skeeve.com (Aharon Robbins) - 2014-06-08 20:04 +0000
            Re: The Tyranny of the Hollerith Punched Card Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-06-08 20:20 +0000
              Re: The Tyranny of the Hollerith Punched Card Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-06-09 04:14 +0100
          Re: The Tyranny of the Hollerith Punched Card Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2014-06-09 01:01 -0600
            Re: The Tyranny of the Hollerith Punched Card Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2014-06-10 15:40 -0300
          Re: The Tyranny of the Hollerith Punched Card Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-06-09 19:17 +0200
        Re: The Tyranny of the Hollerith Punched Card Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-06-09 04:09 +0100
          Re: The Tyranny of the Hollerith Punched Card Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-06-09 10:39 +0100
  Re: The Tyranny of the Hollerith Punched Card RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-06-09 10:15 +0000
    Re: The Tyranny of the Hollerith Punched Card Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-06-09 13:45 +0300
      Re: The Tyranny of the Hollerith Punched Card RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-06-09 13:38 +0000
  Re: The Tyranny of the Hollerith Punched Card mick <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-06-13 08:09 +0000
    Re: The Tyranny of the Hollerith Punched Card "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-06-13 09:45 +0100
    Re: The Tyranny of the Hollerith Punched Card Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-06-13 10:18 +0000
      Re: The Tyranny of the Hollerith Punched Card "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-06-13 14:29 +0100
      Re: The Tyranny of the Hollerith Punched Card scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-06-13 21:07 +0000

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