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Comment Re:Return of the acoustic modem (Score 3, Interesting) 180

...If you dropped your punch card deck it could get scrambled.

For me it was when you dropped your punch card deck, it would be scrambled.

That's why I always punched sequence numbers in col 73-80. If the deck is dropped, a few minutes in the card sorter and the problem is fixed.

Comment Re:Rural internet at its best (Score 1) 162

true a lot of the navajo res don't even have runny water

Indeed. The government built some nice houses for the Navajos on the reservation and they lived in them for a bit but then moved back out to their hogans (pronounced ho-gones) because that is where they were most comfortable. The left the houses open and sheep/dogs/etc. wandered in and out.

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