Heh. Yeah, we still use several of those here in Los Alamos as part of the control system for our linear proton accelerator. They work and are pretty reliable, though I suspect we'll be up the creek if one of 'em goes bad.
... an Altair 8800 and an Intel 8080A data sheet. Make him learn Hex and how to flip switches. Keep some extra switches on hand for when the "Deposit Next" switch wears out.
Being from New Mexico, I gotta interject that there is a difference between Chili and Chile.
"Chili" is that soupy stuff that Texans like and often is mostly beans in a spicy sauce. ` "Chile" and the other hand is what grows on plants, and is a key ingredient of "chili."
> Guess what? It's not science. I hear that. Where I work, they insist on classifying me as a "scientist" because I have a degree in Computer "Science". No, I'm really an engineer of some sort. But what do the trained monkeys in Human Resources know?
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How do we know that this story is actually true, and not just some BS made up by someone who has an axe to grind with Amazon?
Alarmist = Marxist
How Orwellian.
Think of a square that's a little bit less than 12 miles on a side.
...and linear proton accelerators. Vacuum tubes are still used for particle accelerators.
Heh. Yeah, we still use several of those here in Los Alamos as part of the control system for our linear proton accelerator. They work and are pretty reliable, though I suspect we'll be up the creek if one of 'em goes bad.
... an Altair 8800 and an Intel 8080A data sheet. Make him learn Hex and how to flip switches. Keep some extra switches on hand for when the "Deposit Next" switch wears out.
Hear, hear!
Oh, come on. you know it. Are you ready for Winchell-Mahoney Time?
Yeah! That's the ticket...
Yeah. OMG!!! WE'RE GONNA FRY!!!! Wait. I mean, We are going to fry. (Thanks, Slashdot lameness filter)
You might as well tell people to stop driving cars.
Actually, it's spelled Flavor Aid.
> please bare with me ...
How 'bout dinner and a movie first?
Yeah, I know it was supposed to be a joke, but...
ctrl-alt-delete, then find the menu option for shutting down the computer.
,,, locks up the whole damn browser when negotiating certain downloads.
Why can't that be fixed??
Oh yeah, you're right. The stuff with beans is for mid-westerners.
Being from New Mexico, I gotta interject that there is a difference between Chili and Chile.
"Chili" is that soupy stuff that Texans like and often is mostly beans in a spicy sauce.
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"Chile" and the other hand is what grows on plants, and is a key ingredient of "chili."
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> Guess what? It's not science.
I hear that.
Where I work, they insist on classifying me as a "scientist" because I have a degree in Computer "Science". No, I'm really an engineer of some sort. But what do the trained monkeys in Human Resources know?
> And Congress won't act unless big stakeholders (read:
> Big Campaign Finance Contributors) make a stink."
There. I fixed it for you.
Geekoid was proving my point.That the apparent answer to every "crisis" (even when there isn't a real one) is more government regulation.
Meanwhile, ima stock up on some more 100 watt incandescents. They'll hafta pry 'em from my cold dead fingers.
Exactly.
And besides, the government isn't our mom. and we don't have to let it keep us in the basement forever.
Yeah. I thought so.
That reminds me.. I need to pick up some more packs of 100 Watt lightbulbs on the way home tonight.
... Norris joke in here somewhere...
Presumably, more government control of everything is the proper fix, right?