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The Bulova Accutron

Posted by michael on from the takes-a-licking-keeps-on-humming dept.

warewolfsmith writes "The Bulova Accutron. Introduced in 1961, it was the first successful transistorized watch, far more accurate than any other watch then on the market and a major advance in timekeeping technology. Prior to reading this article I had never heard of it. Interesting history." There are a number of websites devoted to it.

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  1. Accurate time bla bla by Foxman98 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Who cares how accurately it kept time? The more important issue at hand is.... Does it run Linux?
    I'm sure NetBSD's already working on a port ;-)

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  2. Slow news day? by sawilson · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I have an old toothbrush you can do a story on. I might have a pair of transistorized crotchless panties also, but don't hold me to that.

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  3. Can you imagine... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    ... a Beowulf cluster of these?

    Thank you.

  4. Manta Ray by YourMissionForToday by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    All in a day
    All for me
    Trek across the space
    It'll be just like they say
    Ooh ooh ooh ooh yeah

    Since I've been told
    I'm from the three
    He has no memories
    Of lights in the night
    Ooh ooh ooh ooh yeah

    They went away
    They went away
    My manta ray is alright
    My manta ray is alright
    My manta ray is alright
    My manta ray is alright

    There is they say
    My mother too
    A fish from God has filled
    Above hy head at night
    Ooh ooh ooh ooh yeah

    There is a way
    There is a way
    My manta ray is alright
    My manta ray is alright
    My manta ray is alright
    My manta ray is alright

  5. Prediction for tomorrow's Slashdot front page by wackybrit · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    somebozo writes "The facsimile machine, introduced in 1966, is an amazing device that sends images through a phone line! It's far quicker than sending something in the mail and a real advancement in communications technology! Prior to learning about the fax machine, I had never learned about it before. Very interesting." Gee, we are really running short on stories today.

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  6. Re:How is this news? by DrVxD · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm glad you aren't important enough to warrant your own name

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  7. No MORE NYTIMES links PLEASE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    PLEASE, PLEASE stop posting links to registration pages!

    If there is no way to post a link that goes directly to the story without checking cookies or registration or other nonsense - FIND ANOTHER STORY or another site with the same story.

    There have been so many posts with links to NYTimes stor^H^H^H^Hregistration pages, I'm beginning to wonder if /. is getting a kickback from them.. If that is the case, the least you guys could do is be honest about it..

  8. Re:I need to take a DUMP!!! by ramzak2k · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ok come back after lunch...

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  9. Re:How is this news? by DrVxD · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I've made more than 2 posts today. And if I wanted to troll like you do, I'd make more than 10. What are you gibbering about?

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  10. Re:How is this news? by DrVxD · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This will be my 13th post today.

    I'll help u (sic) with this one.
    13 > 10

    So take your randomly capitalised Insignificance and shove it up your ass.
    no-one is your fsckin friend

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  11. Has anybody noticed.... by josh+crawley · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Has anybody noticed that MANY of SLashdot's articles are getting progressively worse? I remember, that a few months ago, that many, if not all articles, had about 400 minimum (-1 t o 5). Now, an article is lucky to break the 100 post mark.

    WHat I see, unlike the lies of "bad is dying", is that Slashdot is dying. The evidence to prove that Slashdot is, in fact, dying, is the following:

    1: The Censoring (and deletion) of posts. MS claimed that /. had propeirty material that posters posted. Slashdot, instead, backed down from the 'policy'

    "All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective companies. Comments are owned by the Poster."

    Deleting posts set a precident on /. that said "Comments are owned by Editor". The article still exists in Slashdot archives, but as SLashdot's search does not work (half-assed), I am not able to find it.

    2: The INFAMOUS bitchslapping (applying -1 modpoints to a whole thread) of the The first Slashdot troll post investigation. And as said on Kuro5hin, "The editors of slashdot seem to be hell-bent on censoring the comment."


    However, posts still flourished in slashdot, even though all other "article sites" watched while Slashdot editors made blunder after blunder. However, point 3 is what is burying Slashdot...

    3: Bans of known "Trolls", ip bans on "abusive users", and only 10 Anonymous Coward posts from each class C subnet. Slashdot is CENSORING the same group that they compalin to when the big media censors all of us. The sad part is that this act is running off more legitimate users than trolls. Wait 10 minutes after an article has been posted and read at -1... All the trolls use http proxies and post anonomously to avoid Slashdot's censoring attacks.



    Now ask yourself..... Why has the amount of posts dropped from 300 per artcile to 100 per article? And no, there wasn't 200 troll posts per article.

    1. Re:Has anybody noticed.... by joshua404 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Weekends are much slower than weekdays for postings on Slashdot unless something very big is reported.

    2. Re:Has anybody noticed.... by caferace · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      Once the number of UID's got over 500,000 postings went downhill.

      Now go play in your own sandbox, off-topic troll.

    3. Re:Has anybody noticed.... by josh+crawley · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Too true. Weekends are usually slower news days (given that most businesses-tech related-) are closed then. Still, there are much less posts now than there were say... 6 months ago.

      I guess I look at kuro5hin and the way they pull in news. Everything's self moderated-and easily accountable for. As long as you're loggged in, each person has exactly 1 vote for an article. I also look at their moderation system for articles... You can see what users voted on your post. Simply, there is nothing hidden.

      However, this seems to be the exact reason why Slashdot won't implement this. Editors simply abuse their power. Still, Slashdot will die if they do not, as better news sites are forming with the user in mind.

      I was in haste saying that Slashdot is Dying. What I mean is "Slashdot Will Die" if we continue on the same way of hidden moderation, IP bans, bitchslapping, censoring and other Editor abuses. .... And sadly, the only moderator who seem to give a damn is ChrisD.

  12. MOD UP: Interesting! by mangu · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Once the number of UID's got over 500,000 postings went downhill.

    So, the more users, the less postings? That's weird...

  13. Re:All the clich�d posts into one. by micahjd · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Now that slashdot has over 500000 UIDs and everyone has "Excellent" karma and posts useless crap like this at +2, slashdot can't help from sucking.

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