50 years ago in popular mechanics
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50 years ago in popular mechanics
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Scientists still look the same...
LOL. They thought Fortran would be used in 50 years. LOL
:lol: :lol: :lol:
What was the name of that scientist guy again, that calculated that the world would only need 3big computers....
mendhak ?Quote:
Originally posted by NoteMe
What was the name of that scientist guy again, that calculated that the world would only need 3big computers....
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Originally posted by kleinma
mendhak ?
He too probably...no it is true....50-60-70 years ago or so...not sure...I just found that realy amusing...
what about this one from gatesQuote:
Originally posted by NoteMe
He too probably...no it is true....50-60-70 years ago or so...not sure...I just found that realy amusing...
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"640K ought to be enough for anybody." - Bill Gates, 1981
He was the chairman of IBM, and I thought he said 7 . . .Quote:
Originally posted by NoteMe
What was the name of that scientist guy again, that calculated that the world would only need 3big computers....
We have made no progress at all: 40,000 years ago when men where still painting cartoons in caves in Lascaux they worked 2o hours a week to keep warm and fed, and had the rest of the time to do as they pleased: Most adults in the UK do 40+
Students aside, who here does a 20 hour week?
Money, and the things it can buy are an illusion. Efficiency through computing is also an illusion.
Working, per se, is the illusion that we must earn money: to buy houses, cars, and of course, beer. We need an expensive house because it's close to where we work. We need a car to drive ourselves to work, and we need beer to forget about work. Round and round in circles we go: we need work to buy the things that support our work . . .
Without workers (with their greed, and work illusion (aka work ethic)) governments would go bust so they perpetuate the workers myth - and provide negative incentives in order to enforce that myth upon every citizen - which keeps the cash rollin' on through.
I call that slavery.
Actually it seems Gates never said that or was misquoted. No one has ever been able to find anything as to where this quote came from.Quote:
Originally posted by kleinma
what about this one from gates
Maybe it was Gill Bates that said it then
I realize that most of the computer in the picture has been greatly improved over what they were anticipating, but I can't figure out what the double wheel is for. I use the larger wheel for turning the hard drive, but I can't understand the smaller wheel. Was that for some kind of anticipated low power mode?
Yeah that was the other one...when I wrote my first post I was sooooo sure there was an other quote I wanted to add....you found it...;)Quote:
Originally posted by kleinma
what about this one from gates
How do you think the processor fan's supposed to run? :afrog:Quote:
Originally posted by Shaggy Hiker
I use the larger wheel for turning the hard drive, but I can't understand the smaller wheel. Was that for some kind of anticipated low power mode?
Ohh yeah...that was the guy....and you are probably right about 7 too....at least that is about the ammount of computers I have had in my short life..:DQuote:
Originally posted by yrwyddfa
He was the chairman of IBM, and I thought he said 7 . . .
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Originally posted by yrwyddfa
Students aside, who here does a 20 hour week?
I am a student.
I do 20 hours a week at work.....but you have to add those 60hours a week at school too tho'....:D
With two feet, somewhat leaning forward, and moving very very quickly...
haha a little follow up
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp
So...does that mean that you guys....uh... DON't have a big wheel like that on your systems? The salesman told me that everyone had them, charged me extra for the extra big wheel. Said it would give me more leverage. You need it cause the speed of the computers these days causes the cursor to increase in weight due to relativistic effects....right?
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Originally posted by kleinma
haha a little follow up
snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp
Hehehe...well did you see the address.....;)
it's what you use to turn on the water in your bathtub, don't you know?
That's amazing, NoteMe! We wouldn't have seen it without you! :DQuote:
Originally posted by NoteMe
Hehehe...well did you see the address.....;)
Why do I feel that you guys are laughing at me now, and not the hoax...:(Quote:
Originally posted by mendhak
That's amazing, NoteMe! We wouldn't have seen it without you! :D
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Originally posted by NoteMe
Why do I feel that you guys are laughing at me now, and not the hoax...:(
Would I laugh at you, NoteMe?
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Originally posted by mendhak
Would I laugh at you, NoteMe?
Or rahter: Would you please be so kind to laugh me up my face Mendhak....:D