A friend of mine, "BUX", recounts a tale of mirth caused to by two bored
hackers on a PDP/11 running RSTS/E. They wrote a program which wandered
around the system looking for people in the editor. Once found they siezed
control of the terminal. On the bottom of the screen the program wrote
"I think there's a bug in your program!"
Then a cute little character'ature of a bug ran across the screen. Then
the screen was repainted and they relinquished control of the terminal.
Leaving the poor victim cleaning his glasses, checking his coke can, and
rubbing his eyes. This worked best late at night.
hackers on a PDP/11 running RSTS/E. They wrote a program which wandered
around the system looking for people in the editor. Once found they siezed
control of the terminal. On the bottom of the screen the program wrote
"I think there's a bug in your program!"
Then a cute little character'ature of a bug ran across the screen. Then
the screen was repainted and they relinquished control of the terminal.
Leaving the poor victim cleaning his glasses, checking his coke can, and
rubbing his eyes. This worked best late at night.
Related:
- 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... - 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... - 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... - Lesser Languages The Copier Circuit
Basic,
Fortran, Cobol : These programming languages are well... - 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
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1.
Any given program, when running, is obsolete. 2. If... - 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... - 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...
