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Great Moments in Microprocessor History

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it-ain't-no-abacus dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The microprocessor changed the world: how did we get from the first 4-bit models in the 1970s to today's 64-bit multicore monsters? This article covers the history of the micro from the vacuum tube to today's dual-core multithreaded madnes."

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  1. lightning rods by nizo · · Score: 5, Funny
    Thus spake the article:

    ...the lightning rod, which was invented independently by two different people in two different places.

    I am guessing lightning rods have been around since people first created metal rods and stood out in fields during lightning storms. The hard part isn't making a lightning rod, but staying alive long enough to claim to be the inventor.

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    1. Re:lightning rods by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I am guessing lightning rods have been around since people first created metal rods and stood out in fields during lightning storms.

      Or people standing outdoors yelling "All gods are bastards." (With apologies to Terry Pratchett.)

  2. Obligatory Back to the Future joke by kryogen1x · · Score: 2, Funny
    The hard part isn't making a lightning rod, but staying alive long enough to claim to be the inventor.

    Yeah, who could withstand the 1.21 jigowatts?

  3. Great moments indeed by prisoner-of-enigma · · Score: 3, Funny

    It appears the server was alive for mere moments before being slashdotted to death. With only 9 comments the site is completely dead.

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  4. Re:Performance by DrEldarion · · Score: 3, Funny

    This post brought to you by Apple. Think different.

  5. Re:In a nutshell... by RJabelman · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd like to know why you consider the P4 to be the most innovative of the Pentium line since the original?

    It's because its NetBurst architecture makes for a faster internet browsing experience!

    *ducks*