[OT] Hacker poetry (was: Freshmeat for Squeak)

Bert Freudenberg bert at isgnw.CS.Uni-Magdeburg.De
Mon May 8 13:57:28 UTC 2000


On Mon, 8 May 2000, Pennell, David wrote:

> Nice poem - but I wonder how many of the young folks on the list
> know what "Face down, nine-edge first" means...

Well, actually, I'm one of the "young folks" that didn't ever hear that
phrase before. I guess it has to do with punching cards? Because they had
10 rows on it? And this is how to insert them?

Here's another song using the same phrase:
http://thestarport.org/people/steve/Doc/Songs/oldtime.html

-- Bert





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