I'm not blind so I never turned in an illegible paper because I couldn't tell the ribbon wasn't working, but all this reminds me of when I first learned computer programming. Back then we used a machine like a typewriter that punched holes in cards about 6 inches by 2 inches long. It was also supposed to type the information at the top of the card as well as punching holes. But the school didn't like to pay for all the ribbons for the typed part and changing them in these machines was a difficult process anyway. So, all you could do was type along, and then send it off to the computer and it would print out your program and any errors it found. Then when the program didn't work you compared what you intended to type with what the computer printed, then found the card with the typo, re-punched it and tried again.
But there is more to the story. The year before, a graduate student had written a program that would evaluate our programs from the class and print out the next assignment based on what kind of errors we made. Well, without the printing at the top os the cards, I made so many typos that by about the fourth assignment. the evaluation program was trying to get me to type more carefully by putting letters that look similar into the names I was supposed to use for the mathematical symbold in the program. So, they would be things like s5l1o0. Now for someone listening to that or reading in braille, you won't know the problems it gave me.
Misha siss52 wrote:
Hi CindyWe typed on the same kind of typewriter you would use in those days. And no, there would not have been a "braille typewriter". I never heard of a Braille typewriter. <smile>Sue S. ,----- Original Message ----- From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 11:18 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT: Old-time typing papers Oh, my. What happened? Did the teacher or professor laugh? I gather that in those days you had to type on a regular typewriter and there was no Braille typewriter or you didn't have someone to type for you? G.Cindy --- Bob <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Exactly. I once turned in a four page essay that was illegible because there was no ribbon in my typewriter. Yuck. The pages felt fine (with all the dots (periods) in the right places. Just no ink.----- Original Message ----- From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 11:43 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: good weather to stay home and validate booksHi Bob, I remember it, and also remember how much moredifficult it was to correcterrors on a manual typewriter. If you reallygoofed, you had to startover. <smiling> Sue S.----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob" <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 11:11 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: good weather to stayhome and validate booksIf anyone besides me can remember this, you'llidentify with it.There's nothing more painful than typing on aclunky manual typewriter ona cold winter's day. Bob----- Original Message ----- From: "Jill O'Connell" <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 10:29 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: good weather to stayhome and validate booksI do the same and have decided that computerkeyboards are simply not likeelectric typewriters in that they have a tendencyto sneak in extraletters that our finger grazes over without realizing it.Jill----- Original Message ----- From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 4:41 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: good weather tostay home and validatebooksI spell fine. I type fast. So I make typos unlessI check things over.E. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Emailtobksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in thesubject line. To get a listof available commands, put the word 'help' byitself in the subjectline. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.503 / VirusDatabase: 269.16.17/1179 -Release Date: 12/9/2007 11:06 AMTo unsubscribe from this list send a blank Emailtobksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in thesubject line. To get a listof available commands, put the word 'help' byitself in the subject line.-- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 /Virus Database:269.16.17/1178 - Release Date: 12/8/2007 11:59 AMTo unsubscribe from this list send a blank Emailtobksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in thesubject line. To get a listof available commands, put the word 'help' by itselfin the subject line.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Emailtobksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in thesubject line. To get a listof available commands, put the word 'help' byitself in the subject line.-- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.1/1182 -Release Date:12/12/2007 11:29 AMTo unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.WISH LIST (called Requested Additions To The Bookshare Collection)is available athttp://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/Book_Requests.htm http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/ http://studentpages.alma.edu/~07jmyate/book_requests.htm www.jbrownell.com for miscellaneous and useful threads ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals?Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shoppingTo unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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