He insisted on using punch cards, even when everybody had computer screens. He gave two reasons for this: when you sit in front of a screen your ability to think clearly declines because you're distracted by irrelevancies, and when you store your data on magnetic media you can't be sure they're there permanently, you actually don't know where they are at all.
Simen Gaure, describing the work habits of mathematician Nils Barricelli
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Punch Cards
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It does take just one person who has the courage to say yes we can, take the risk, do the work, accept failure and learn. Others will follow and complain the whole time.
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