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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?
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Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
How do computers work without Windows?
Better.
AT&ROFLMAO
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!