Word: hacker
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Happy Hacker hates making complicated decisions, such as deciding which computer to buy. Luckily, with computers, there are only two viable choices; IBM Compatible or Macintosh. But, after picking the computer, there are even tougher decisions. Especially complicated is choosing a printer...
...green-paneled, glass and steel home of the Office of Information Technology is as incongruous a place as any for the Happy Hacker to begin his search for term-paper heaven. But that's the campus mecca where papers written on computers get printed out in a high-quality, professional-looking style...
Sure, the building at 1730 Cambridge St. looks like something that ate Tokyo, but walk inside, and one is treated to less frightening surroundings. Turn right past the lobby, and ente: OIT's terminal room. It was here that the Hap. v Hacker encountered the Deity, found Nirvana, and found God in the form of an Apple Laserwriter printer...
There is also a laserwriter hooked up to the Science Center's system. Those feeling technically agile can transfer files from a personal computer onto the Harvard system and from there to the laserwriter. A note of warning: the Happy Hacker does not recommend this to beginners...
Actually after writing all about term-paper heaven, the Hacker better say heaven is more a state of mind than a physical location. True confession: with or without a laserwriter, none of the Happy Hacker's TFs have ever described his papers as heavenly...