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High School Dropout, Self-Taught Chip Designer
circletimessquare writes "The QVC television shopping network has recently found a hit in its product the C64, which emulates the classic Commodore 64 in a small form factor, a joystick. But the story of the designer of the product is more interesting than the product. Meet Jeri Ellsworth [NYTimes. You know what that means], whose life story emulates the golden age of garage-based computer design. She is proof that the passion of the homebrew electronic hobbyist is still a viable force in an age when well-funded and well-staffed corporate design teams dominate chip design."
is she HOT?
Maybe in 20 years she can design a P75. That will show those corparte giants who is boss.
keep your pants on boys ... she's kind of cute
vodka, straight up, thank you!
damnit - i really did mean to post as AC ...
We've covered this before, and everyone debated the included game list. But, it does pose the question...what sounds does an army of salivating nerds make? ;-)
Start rolling out the "She is hot" and "I'd like her to play with my joystick" comments.
One more thing, can Slashdot's editors please stop whining about NYT's registration? To read their news for free just for filling in some info seems like a generous trade.
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and see what all of the fuss was about.
I hate stupid rules... Rules that make sense I don't mind... But the stupid ones just really bug me!
When will someone create a 'joystick' with 30 different kinds of porn, instead of having to use that old 'internet' thing.
Oh, wrong site.. Sorry.
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She looks like a conniving elf in the picture. So in Slashdot terms, yes she's hot.
[NYTimes. You know what that means]
That they're just making shit up?
Dont you hate it when you're looking for -1 Martyr and you get Funny?
from the lack of the ring... i believe she is...
but you missed the more important question first:
is she straight?
(of course, i assumed the question to the question that comes before that: are you a male?
I think "Scion" is Japanese for "butt-ugly".
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With all the girl-geek comments going around, has anyone checked to see if Stroker is on the C64 joystick?
Even if she wasn't a 30 yr old high school dropout self-taught chip designer and was just a normal person I'd still consider her cute.
my karma will be here long after I'm gone
No, but they had the resources of the US government and their academic institution to back them up. Chip fabrication is not cheap, therefore it really is difficult to get into the chip design field.
On the contrary, I made an advanced chip fab in my kitchen using only twine, sticks, matches and an old pair of reading glasses. Of course I had an outside contractor (MacGuyver) help me.
why aren't you modded as funny?
You were just being funny...right?
So .8333 out of 10? Dude that's harsh.
she really is pretty cute... but look at all the stiff competition you'd find if you tried to pick her up at a hobby show: http://home.earthlink.net/~randy128/expo2002/pix5/ MVC-304S.JPG
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I'm halfway through the responses and haven't yet encountered a single comment about the greatness of this project!
So, is the project HOT?
Mod Karma -1: I sed bad wurds. If I cep my mouf shut, I wud be at riyses.
My question is which one of us is gonna be nerdy enough to collect all the pics of her and make a fan site?
I'll bet she even does wire-wrap.
I see even classic Slashdot is now pretty much unusable on dial up anymore.