tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post1794355292821278775..comments2023-10-17T16:44:08.588+03:00Comments on Fake Plastic Souks: AncientAlexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14141884153180374138noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-22136226940376984212008-02-29T01:10:00.000+03:002008-02-29T01:10:00.000+03:00you do remember every computer you used! wow!you do remember every computer you used! wow!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-80241550456422646652008-02-28T15:15:00.000+03:002008-02-28T15:15:00.000+03:00OK, so it's "Remembrance Alley" here ?Here's anoth...OK, so it's "Remembrance Alley" here ?<BR/><BR/>Here's another story.<BR/><BR/>As a junior systems engineer at IBM, the only computer I had seen during the 5 months induction course were true computers: Series /370 behemoths with millions of switches and generally speaking the whole <A HREF="http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/B/blinkenlights.html" REL="nofollow">blinkelights</A> treatment.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, once I was hired, in perfect IBM style, I was introduced to my first client as a true DB/DC expert for a project; so I am trying to look like the real expert I am, and during the lunch break I loiter in the cold room and chatting with the operator I say: "...and the CPU, I suppose it's in the other room, right ?"<BR/><BR/>The guy looks at me, as if trying to figure out whether I am testing him and says with a subdued voice: "No sir, you're sitting on it, sir".<BR/><BR/>How the hell was I supposed to know that in the transition from the S/370 to the 43xx the lights and switches were all gone?<BR/><BR/>Experts, experts !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com