tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7767918086420070312.post4938937093027099952..comments2023-12-14T17:43:04.484+00:00Comments on timbobig: Banking on Computers (Day 3)Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11201835677426254567noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7767918086420070312.post-79714858463130571612012-09-20T16:29:05.846+01:002012-09-20T16:29:05.846+01:00As we discussed, Mig, these things (careers, hobbi...As we discussed, Mig, these things (careers, hobbies etc.) start off interesting and end up boring, unless we're very lucky or careful or dedicated. Episode 4, if there is one, will have you reaching for the tablets.<br /><br />Hello, Zig, nice to 'meet' you. Happy days indeed! I'm assuming for some reason that you were in a branch - well, believe me, we 'clever sorts' had no real idea of what you front line folks did either!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201835677426254567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7767918086420070312.post-4860865258318426022012-09-20T04:19:09.958+01:002012-09-20T04:19:09.958+01:00Ah when life was simple and the pub was affordable...Ah when life was simple and the pub was affordable at lunchtime, working in a clearing bank in the late 70s-80s I remember the advent of SWIFT, or at least the acronym. Never gave a thought to you clever sorts behind the scenes, so a belated but in no way patronising, well done! <br />The first actual thought I gave to moving information digitally was the fax machine, I was simply astonished that a picture popped in one end could reappear on a desk elsewhere down a telephone wire, alchemy of the first order.Zighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14325808421083028026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7767918086420070312.post-5134447027555741052012-09-19T23:13:07.280+01:002012-09-19T23:13:07.280+01:00You make banking and computers sound almost as exc...You make banking and computers sound almost as exciting as music! mighttp://letouttoplay.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7767918086420070312.post-65504192123789856112012-09-19T20:30:04.538+01:002012-09-19T20:30:04.538+01:00Aw shucks, that's nothing. Tune in next week,...Aw shucks, that's nothing. Tune in next week, when I discover radium, solve Fermat's Last Theorem, find out how to work the Sky + HD box and invent the Collateralised Default Interest Rate Swap. (Oh all right, I made one of those up.)Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201835677426254567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7767918086420070312.post-80553090495728754052012-09-19T18:25:24.311+01:002012-09-19T18:25:24.311+01:00Oh, this is brilliant! Oh, this is brilliant! Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7767918086420070312.post-54929447836361018352012-09-19T08:20:37.281+01:002012-09-19T08:20:37.281+01:00Now is it a good thing or a bad thing that, instea...Now is it a good thing or a bad thing that, instead of the banks developing the internet in its infancy, it was the US military? Richard WalkLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12306430776956627549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7767918086420070312.post-2075044079582787932012-09-19T07:27:33.691+01:002012-09-19T07:27:33.691+01:00Wow! Not content with wowing Eric and Bob with you...Wow! Not content with wowing Eric and Bob with your blues licks, you went off and invented the Internet while Tim Berners- Lee was still on nappies! And you did it whilst pissed!<br /><br />I've always been in awe of banking computer staff as the worry and responsibility would have made my head explode.Roghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09430706557035189147noreply@blogger.com