One would think you wanted the best Minds doing the design work rather than just using the best tools. Give a chimp a plasma torch and a kiln...

It was possible to send man to the moon using slide rulers and calculators, and less power than a computer with a '286 had.

It sounds like they took the idea right out of the User Friendly comic. Next thing we'll hear, they'll rename the computer Erwin and have Dust Puppy sightings. http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20010611