great moments in computer science (a.k.a. how man discovered p0rn)
from one of the comments in the slashdot article below:
solarrhino writes…
1) The first guy to think “I shouldn’t have to rewire, I should be able to write instructions that rewire it for me” - i.e., the assembler moment
2) The first guy to realize “I’m not just re-wiring this, I’m describing an procedure for it to use” - the FORTRAN moment
3) The first guy to ask “Why can’t I used the same procedure from different places in my code” - the subroutine moment
4) The first guy to say “I should be able to use the subroutine in the program it already knows” - the library moment
5) The first guy to ask “Why do I have to be the one writing down the results?” - the printer moment
6) The first guy to realize “This isn’t just a calculator, it’s also a controller!” - the embedded moment
7) The first guy to realize “This isn’t just a calculator, it’s also a storage system!” - the database moment
8) The first guy to realize “This isn’t just a calculator, it’s also a communication system!” - the network moment
9) The first guy to realize “I’m not just submitting instructions for it to process - it’s submiting instructions back for me to process!” - the interactive moment
10) The first guy to think “Why can’t it do something else while its waiting?” - the multitasking moment
11) The first guy to think “Why can’t it show me more context while I work?” - the full-screen moment
And finally…
12) The first guy to think “Man, why can’t this thing show me some chicks?” - the porn moment
