If you enjoyed that, try this,
<https://annex.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/ladle/> apparently done in 1940.
Ron and Bob were something else. I recall Bob "running for DMTS" by handing
out dimes in the Murray Hill cafeteria.
On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 5:28 PM Mary Ann Horton <mah(a)mhorton.net> wrote:
I remember Ron! He was quite a character. And I
remember festoon.
Was it he, or Bob Flandrena, that gave us the holiday poetical and
phonetical treat:
Tweeze Denied Beef Workers Isthmus
(Say it out loud fast, with a pause in the middle of "Workers", to get it).
I think I have it on paper somewhere, but no soft copy.
Mary Ann
On 3/20/20 1:13 PM, Ed Bradford wrote:
When I left BTL in 1983, I made a tar tape. A number of years later I
translated the tape into a file. Only recently have I wandered through it.
I don't know how many people remember Ron Hardin in the Columbus BTL
location. He was one of the smartest guys I ever met. There are lot of Ron
Hardin stories. One of his creations (as far as I know he authored it) was
a program to create Memorandums For File -- technical memorandums. My tar
tape scooped up festoon. To this day it compiles and runs happily on
Windows 10. It was written in 1978 or thereabouts. Here is an example
output:
bin$ festoon.exe .TL No Worthynesses .AU "C. C. Festoon" CCF Headquarters
1584734291 .AS A restriction had been being amicated by a convenience at
the inclusion. .AE .MT "MEMORANDUM FOR COAT LOCKER" .hy 1 On this occasion,
no team responsibilities could have polyesced a renewed emphasis. A
friction had penated an activation. At the present moment in time, an undue
number of good progresses being collected together with the populations
were being proportionately fideated by the fact that there was a data
stream which was transenniesced by an issuance being joined together with
these team re sponsibilities, because natural basises have been veriating a
partitioning. The supplementary work should be conclusively quinquepolyated
by a well defined interfacing. A sophisticatedness by a schedule is
operated by a nature in conflict with a correspondence under some serious
discussi ons. It is within the realm of possibility that the effectiveness
had vicfacesced a schedule, but there was not a necessary background
information which is being testesced by a strong interest, and a
statistical accuracy was tempoesced by the preparation. It should be noted
that a joint partnership very repeatedly aidioated this publication of a
centralized organization. Due to the fact that there is a simplification
which simply enniesced a process, a new technology is fluxesced from
monorogatities. It is of the utmost importance that an insurance could be
putated by an assumption. A major advance centered about a deficiency
octocessates an important outcome. .P An effectation would extramicroate to
the situation. A complete revision gravated a direction. Inasmuch as there
was not a potential usefulness that cedeates by the timely delivery, a
consideration centered around a technique was monofortated by an
integration: .BL .LI There is a not unclear meterdom which had risiesced an
occasion. .LE .P A clamstress of this enclosedness is cludescing the
hemidormity. .P To arrive at an approximation, a large quantity had been
chromated by a strong feeling. Moreover, that idea sharing was lusated by a
current proposal. Anytime that the final outcomes had been very firmly
unpathesced by not unphilaible reasonable compromises, no serious concerns
might be being sacrated by internal establishments for the basic objectives
in back of a full utili zation. .P As a consequence of the fact that a
total effect might vacate an easily situational beneficial assistance, the
apparent provisioning being effectuated by a continuing difference can have
protenesced a realization of an underly ing purpose. A different doubtful
important outcome is cludated by a capkin. A rationale had fortated
attachments. Moreover, this assumption had nilcoresced the continuing
study. .P .H 1 "An Easily Added Basic Assumption Being Joined Together With
A Concept Stage" There is not an impediment which neoated a restriction,
therefore. A couple utilizations could morsate a great similarity at
considerable difficulties, but an input is primescing the concept
activities, and a growing importance was hemicisesced by that beneficial
assistance. In the same connection, these extremenesses are rather usefully
ultralucesced by directions. .SG .NS 0 C. R. Glitch S. A. Hobble R. S. Limn
M. Shayegan
.NE
Ed Bradford, Ph.D. Physics, retired from IBM
BTL 1976-1983
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Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.
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