Null references (oh no, not again!)

[Georg Wrede]

Walter Bright wrote:
> Georg Wrede wrote:
>> At my company we even had a data entry machine that used 8 inch 
>> floppies (and not the 5 1/4 ones). Bet not many of you guys have even 
>> touched one. :-)
> 
> I still have a box of them, for my long-gone PDP-11.
> 
> I saw "2001" when it first came out. I was in total awe.

Me too. I was under age, but Mom talked me into the theatre with her.

The coolest shot was of this guy walking in the round corridor, and then 
turning upside down to go in the next corridor. Of course it was obvious 
(to a technically minded geek, at least) how they shot it, but I really 
thought they were cool for having got the idea.

The ending was a bit too abstract for me at the time. But the opening 
scene with the apes and the monolith, it was actually religious.

I never got the technophobia that I believe the flick was trying to 
instill. Heh, I can stay up alone at night with only computers around.


I've got a box of original unused punch cards. Maybe I'll start selling 
them. $5 a piece, anyone? Or maybe $30 in 5 years. Better not sell them yet.