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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>pencil and paper</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../P.html" title="P"/><link rel="previous" href="peek.html" title="peek"/><link rel="next" href="Pentagram-Pro.html" title="Pentagram Pro"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">pencil and paper</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="peek.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">P</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="Pentagram-Pro.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="pencil-and-paper"/><dt xmlns="" id="pencil-and-paper"><b>pencil and paper</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> An archaic information storage and transmission device that works by
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depositing smears of graphite on bleached wood pulp. More recent
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developments in paper-based technology include improved
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‘write-once’ update devices which use tiny rolling heads
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similar to mouse balls to deposit colored pigment. All these devices
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require an operator skilled at so-called ‘handwriting’
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technique. These technologies are ubiquitous outside hackerdom, but nearly
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forgotten inside it. Most hackers had terrible handwriting to begin with,
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and years of keyboarding tend to have encouraged it to degrade further.
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Perhaps for this reason, hackers deprecate pencil-and-paper technology and
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often resist using it in any but the most trivial contexts.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="peek.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../P.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="Pentagram-Pro.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">peek<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>Pentagram Pro</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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