Most of us have grown so blase about computer developments and capabilities - even some that are spectacular - that it is difficult to believe or imagine there was a time when we suffered the noisy, painstakingly slow, electromechanical devices that chomped away on punched cards. (Nicholas Metropolis)

Most of us have grown so blase about computer developments and capabilities - even some that are spectacular - that it is difficult to believe or imagine there was a time when we suffered the noisy, painstakingly slow, electromechanical devices that chomped away on punched cards.

Nicholas Metropolis

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