> The big danger with card decks was that you’d drop the deck and the cards would get out of order At my first job, my boss told me the story of a colleague wh

> The big danger with card decks was that you’d drop the deck and the cards would get out of order At my first job, my boss told me the story of a colleague who was taking a box of cards out to the car. You had to drive your program to The Computer, of course, because this was back when there was a The Computer. It was out by the airport. They took one step out the door, and just at that moment a foot of snow decided to let go and slide off the roof. Oof.