If I recall correctly, at one time, the US government set the price of gold at $35 per ounce. They also had laws on the book which prevented ordinary citizens from buying and selling gold, except in jewelry, and other items. Don't recall all the ins and outs of this.

Later versions of the F4 did have a gun. Because of this experience, the F15 air superiority was designed with a gun.

I still have my slide rule that I used in high school... Oh, wait... I feel so old now

Prior to 1980, I worked in a shop that ran DOS/VSE on a VM/CMS machine, can't remember which model of IBM 360 it was though. Under VM/CMS, you could do time sharing. No need for punching up cards.

For some reason, as I read another article on the judge's comments, all I could think of was that court room scene in Ghostbuster's II.

Stories (plural) of users folding 5.25 floppies to fit into 3.5 in drives? I haven't seen a 3.5 inch floppy in years, much less a 5.25 inch floppy. I am sure there are still some in use, but not enough to be a significant source of stories for IT people. Makes me wonder about the source of these statistics. I don't doubt that many IT people feel stress, just wondering where the authors of this study got their information. I didn't read the actual study, so maybe it was the author of the story just throwing some stuff in?

I refuse to answer on the grounds that my draft board may still be after me.

Thank you for doing this. Not sure of the accuracy of the calculations, but it was interesting to see this.

OK, the Zombies were a different group, and were never with the Beatles. So, they could not reunite.

My punch card deck doesn't have a time stamp, darn it.