I recall standing waiting for the elevator (in the World Trade Center, where he worked at the time) about 30 years ago. He showed us the fire escape route posted in all office buildings. "See," he said, pointing at the red-lined escape route, "everyone will be following this route here. So, if there's fire, we'll go the other way to this OTHER door over here." We learned how right he was in the recent nightclub fire. Not everyone could get out the front door they rushed towards but three other doors stood unlocked and largely unused.
Posted by Justene Adamec at February 22, 2003 01:59 PMNo plain fanfold paper could hold that fractal Puff --
He grew so fast no plotting pack could shrink him far enough.
Compiles and simulations grew so quickly tame
And swapped out all their data space when Puff pushed his stack frame.
CHORUS:
Puff the fractal dragon was written in C,
And frolicked while processes switched in mainframe memory.
Puff the fractal dragon was written in C,
And frolicked while processes switched in mainframe memory.
Puff, he grew so quickly, while others moved like snails
And mini-Puffs would perch themselves on his gigantic tail.
All the student hackers loved that fractal Puff
But DCS did not like Puff, and finally said, Enough!
(chorus)
Puff used more resources than DCS could spare.
The operator killed Puff's job -- he didn't seem to care.
A gloom fell on the hackers; it seemed to be the end,
But Puff trapped the exception, and grew from naught again!
(chorus)
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