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You probably don't have much of a choice.
Charles Petzold
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Charles Petzold
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: February 2
Computer Scientist
Programmer
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New Brunswick
New Jersey
Choice
Probably
Choices
Much
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To a programmer, an operating system is defined by its API.
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In some far-off distant time, when the twentieth century history of primitive computing is just a murky memory, someone is likely to suppose that devices known as logic gates were named after the famous co-founder of Microsoft Corporation
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NOP stands for (and is pronounced) no op, as in no operation. The NOP causes the processor to do absolutely nothing. What's it good for? Filling space. The 8080 can usually execute a bunch of NOP instructions without anything bad happening
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Owning a computer without programming is like having a kitchen and using only the microwave oven
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Computer monitors can operate in many different video modes. In most cases, the decision about how many pixels and colors to display is yours - but not always.
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I felt more like a scientist exploring nature, and Windows was my environment. You dont pass judgment on nature you just explain how it works.
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