finally i thought i should say hello to all. first, i've to admit i am a european journalist. anyhow, i would conclude the only thing one can learn from the article is: at stanford you could find followers of the grateful dead, at cern some liked "les horribles cernettes". however, i am still wondering the following, simply out of curiosity: as it appeared as suspicious "in the old days" if computer scientists didn't play in a band or an instrument, what did the networking people sing or play? asking around a little bit it seems they didn't even whistle. computer companies as ibm at least had a band and songbooks, and others had anthems ... (list of dead links: http://www.zdnet.com/it-anthems-the-stuff-of-dreams-and-fantasies-3002122414...) mariann netaffair.org On Jul 11, 2012, at 10:15 PM, Janet Abbate wrote:

More computer trivia: If you watch the "Collider" video included in the article, you can see a retro girl group from CERN singing around a Cray "loveseat" computer.

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