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Monday, 15 October 2018

Thought For The Day

    The Prisoner is hospitalized after having had a very nasty experience with the Guardian. Then he’s invited by a doctor to have a medical, after all the after effects of being suffocated into unconsciousness can be pretty nasty. The Prisoner is strongly advised to have a medical, after all it’s for his own good. But what kind of medical is it, when all the doctor does it check the man’s heart? It’s not a thorough medical at all. The doctor then programmes the computer probably with some basic fact’s, and out pops a computer printout card diagnosing that the patient is absolutely fit! How is the doctor able to read, or at least interpret the content of that printout card?


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2 comments:

  1. It's just a matter of practice, David. Each character consists of a combination of punched holes. Usually, the characters are printed in the top line of the punched card as can be seen here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_card#/media/File:Blue-punch-card-front-horiz.png
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    Michael (113b)

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    1. Hello Michael {113b}

      I should think it would take a great deal of practice! I still don't see how he did it, unless it was interpretation!

      Thank you for the link.

      David

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