1969 and 1970 at Bell Labs

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Post by colinprince » Thu, Apr 04, 2019, 9:56 PM UTC

1969 and 1970 at Bell Labs
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Re: 1969 and 1970 at Bell Labs

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Post by delish » Thu, Apr 04, 2019, 10:26 PM UTC

Great pictures! As a remote developer for SaaS company, and as someone who does both commercialized-work and commercialized-play on his laptop, I now see that I enjoy looking at people contributing to research by working on computers, back when computers were a subject of research.

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Post by dm8 » Thu, Apr 04, 2019, 11:00 PM UTC

Great pictures. In one picture there is some flowchart on chalkboard. I'm always curious on how did flowchart symbols came to be. For example I'm pleasantly surprised that the disk plate/drum symbol (used to signify databases) that is drawn on chalkboard, which is prevalent nowadays is also used in 60s.

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Post by greggyb » Thu, Apr 04, 2019, 11:10 PM UTC

What happened to all the women? This office would make diversity/inclusion officers salivate.

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Post by newprint » Thu, Apr 04, 2019, 11:11 PM UTC

Notice interesting thing - a lot of women in the pictures. My mom worked with a large mainframe in early 80's and from what she told me, majority of employees were women. They had just few guys, they quickly got taken out of dating pool.

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Post by nine_k » Thu, Apr 04, 2019, 11:13 PM UTC

dm8 wrote: post #3

Great pictures. In one picture there is some flowchart on chalkboard. I'm always curious on how did flowchart symbols came to be. For example I'm pleasantly surprised that the disk plate/drum symbol (used to signify databases) that is drawn on chalkboard, which is prevalent nowadays is also used in 60s.

Back then it made literal sense. Now it's as symbolic as a floppy disk icon.

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Post by reaperducer » Thu, Apr 04, 2019, 11:16 PM UTC

greggyb wrote: post #4

What happened to all the women? This office would make diversity/inclusion officers salivate.

What happened to all the women? This office would make diversity/inclusion officers salivate.

I don't know what slideshow you're looking at, but the vast majority of the pictures I see are women.

http://www.larryluckham.com/1969%20&%2070%20-%20Bell%20Labs/...

The real horror is how that page hijacks keypresses and touch gestures. It's unusable with Javascript on.

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Apr 04, 2019, 11:17 PM UTC

greggyb wrote: post #4

What happened to all the women? This office would make diversity/inclusion officers salivate.

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Post by greggyb » Thu, Apr 04, 2019, 11:17 PM UTC

reaperducer wrote: post #7

greggyb wrote: post #4

What happened to all the women? This office would make diversity/inclusion officers salivate.

What happened to all the women? This office would make diversity/inclusion officers salivate. I don't know what slideshow you're looking at, but the vast majority of the pictures I see are women. http://www.larryluckham.com/1969%20&%2070%20-%20Bell%20Labs/... http://www.larryluckham.com/1969%20&%2070%20-%20Bell%20Labs/... http://www.larryluckham.com/1969%20&%2070%20-%20Bell%20Labs/... http://www.larryluckham.com/1969…

We are agreeing. To expand:

What happened to all the women in tech fields? This office would make diversity/inclusion officers (who are modern additions to organizations) salivate, because current workplaces do not look like this slideshow.

Re: 1969 and 1970 at Bell Labs

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Post by delish » Thu, Apr 04, 2019, 11:18 PM UTC

reaperducer wrote: post #7

greggyb wrote: post #4

What happened to all the women? This office would make diversity/inclusion officers salivate.

What happened to all the women? This office would make diversity/inclusion officers salivate. I don't know what slideshow you're looking at, but the vast majority of the pictures I see are women. http://www.larryluckham.com/1969%20&%2070%20-%20Bell%20Labs/... http://www.larryluckham.com/1969%20&%2070%20-%20Bell%20Labs/... http://www.larryluckham.com/1969%20&%2070%20-%20Bell%20Labs/... http://www.larryluckham.com/1969…

The GP may have been saying, "What happened [recently] to all the women [that they're not around any more]?"