Living Amongst the Wizards of Cray Research

Edward W. Barnard

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Table of Contents

Living Amongst the Wizards of Cray Research

Profile of the “Real Programmer”
Think Like a Computer
What Can the NSA Teach Us About Debugging?
- Digital Computers
- Intuition
- Superpowers
Problem in a Box
Software Development
- Vectorizing Software
- Seymour’s Memo
- On-Line Tape Software
My NSA Mug Shot
- But Where…?
- Safe Arrival
- Round Tapes
- Channel Extender
- Horseshoes
- Patterns in the Noise
- Channel Commands
- Spotting Weirdness
- Expressing Expertise
It Was Nothing, They Said
Ducky Day
The Transitive Property of Keeping Your Mouth Shut
- Minnesota
- Valley Girls
- Transitive Property
- 9-Track
- One More Play
- My Turn to Teach
- Equality
The Veil
Oil Across the Water
Desert Shield
- Eastern Province
- Notary Public
Remembering “Scuzzy”
- Pre-Release IBM Hardware
- Software Division
Gate Keeping
Imposter Syndrome
- Imposter Syndrome
- Different Way of Thinking
- Software Training
- Paying it Forward
- Wizard Thinking
- The Dark Side
- Shoulders of Giants
- The Gatekeeper
- Prohibition-Era John Scarne
- Resources
- What Do You Hear?

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9-Track

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My Turn to Teach

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Equality

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The Transitive Property of Keeping Your Mouth Shut
Minnesota
Valley Girls
Transitive Property
9-Track
One More Play
My Turn to Teach
Equality