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How Computers Work -- Circa 1979
Guinnessy writes "In a younger, more innocent time, Ladybird Books came out with a series of children's books called "How things work." Someone has put the 1971 and 1979 versions of How Computers Work onto the web. It's a fascinating glance at how much computers have advanced since the silicon chip was introduced. State-of-the-art in 1971 consisted of fitting thirty components into a 1 cm3 volume."
I feel it being /.'d like now... Although I know why my computer room sucks now, our tiles are not orange... :|
Dibs on dupe!!
Do I get a prize?
Watch the Teaser Trailer for "The Lightning Thief" Her
[insert joke about how fascinating it is looking back at what links from two+ years ago were like here]
-- 'The' Lord and Master Bitman On High, Master Of All
Check out those pictures of hot data-processing chixors! Man, 70s era DP babes. Be still, my heart.
Wanted to get the link to the old article, only to realizs just HOW RETARTED ./s search fuction really is. My guess is it doesnt actually search, but randomly choses articles, and the search term seeds the rendom number generator
HI O WISE PRINCE. WHT TOOK U SO DAM LONG?
If I went back in time with my old 266 laptop and spoke leet speak... I'd get all the compu-hotties.
10 STORY = "How Computers Work -- Circa 1979"
20 POST STORY
30 SLEEP RAND(TIME)
40 GOTO 20
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
Considering that Taco's original department was "doomed-to-repeat-ourselves dept" it only seems appropriate that they would rerun this one...
There's no mention of Windows(tm) anywhere! How do computers work without Windows?
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
It is fascinating to see how Slashdot editing has advanced over time.
Back in November 2004 dupes were occuring only a few days apart. In July 2005 they are taking 8 months to occur!
Man, 70s era DP babes. Be still, my heart.
Brother, double-penetration is hot, no matter what the era.
The only thing missing from this manual is the picture of a crying/screaming user standing in a pile of unlabelled cards that he just spilled on the floor.
I Am My Own Worst Enemy
Well, technically it's a repost from 1979, but...
In Soviet Russia, Computers understand how you work. In Soviet Russia, Cards punch you.
Your a geek.
What about my a geek?
(I'm a grammar nazi, too.)
Was there a "How it Works... The Woman" version of those books too?
No, there are some mysteries of the universe that cannot be explained.
24 beers in a case, 24 hours in a day. Coincidence? I think not!