Richard Hamming:
I had computing in research and for 10 years I kept telling my management, ``
Get that !&@#% machine out of research. We are being forced to run problems
all the time. We can't do research because were too busy operating and running
the computing machines.'' Finally the message got through. They were going to
move computing out of research to someplace else. I was persona non grata to
say the least and I was surprised that people didn't kick my shins because
everybody was having
