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  1. Nov 30th, 2004, 12:00 PM #1
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    have we made progress?

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  2. Nov 30th, 2004, 12:02 PM #2
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    Scientists still look the same...
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    LOL. They thought Fortran would be used in 50 years. LOL

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    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 NoteMe
    What was the name of that scientist guy again, that calculated that the world would only need 3big computers....
    mendhak ?
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  7. Nov 30th, 2004, 12:08 PM #6
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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...
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    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...
    what about this one from gates

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  9. Nov 30th, 2004, 12:26 PM #8
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    Originally posted by NoteMe
    What was the name of that scientist guy again, that calculated that the world would only need 3big computers....
    He was the chairman of IBM, and I thought he said 7 . . .

    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.
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    Originally posted by kleinma
    what about this one from gates
    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.
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  12. Nov 30th, 2004, 12:35 PM #10
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    Maybe it was Gill Bates that said it then
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    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?
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  14. Nov 30th, 2004, 12:54 PM #12
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    Originally posted by kleinma
    what about this one from gates
    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...
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  15. Nov 30th, 2004, 12:55 PM #13
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    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?
    How do you think the processor fan's supposed to run?
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    Originally posted by yrwyddfa
    He was the chairman of IBM, and I thought he said 7 . . .
    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..

    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'....
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  18. Nov 30th, 2004, 02:52 PM #16
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    haha a little follow up

    http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp
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    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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  20. Nov 30th, 2004, 06:53 PM #18
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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.....
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    it's what you use to turn on the water in your bathtub, don't you know?
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    Originally posted by NoteMe
    Hehehe...well did you see the address.....
    That's amazing, NoteMe! We wouldn't have seen it without you!
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    Originally posted by mendhak
    That's amazing, NoteMe! We wouldn't have seen it without you!
    Why do I feel that you guys are laughing at me now, and not the hoax...
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  24. Nov 30th, 2004, 11:01 PM #22
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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....
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