I remember the computer wars of the mid 80's through 90's (Amiga, Windows, Atari, Mac) and couldn't believe the bumbling of so many people and companies. It was hard to be too critical of the winners, especially when you were rooting for the other guy who had better technology while all they kept doing is screwing themselves at eve possible decision. Seriously, OS/2 losing to win3.0? It was hard to believe that some companies wanted to win.
With so many losers it has to take some kind of genius, however trivial, not to fail.
I watched my very first real time video on the NeXT sometime in the late 80's. It was a 3x3" window of the Lunar lander coming up to a rendezvousing with the CM. Up until this time, the only graphics I'd ever seen on a computer were 16 color images that took a few seconds to draw on screen. The next also had mathematica which was an amazing tool for solving semi impossible integrals at the time. I felt like I'd just wasted $40 on Gradshteyn and Ryzhik.
I had a business in college and never made any money until I hired a salesperson. After which I made a lot of money. But most of it went to pay him (I'm a tech guy).
Did Woz design the Apple II without hardware app notes? I've never read any reference designs from the 70's (or even know if there was such a thing back then), but how close would an apple be to a basic 6502 reference design?
It's been a while. I always wanted an Apple (my grade school music teacher had a very early one and it played music which blew me away plus it had graphics - the possibilities of what you could do with a machine like that..), but they were too expensive and I had to settle for something cheaper.
From my grade school impressions, the apple had slightly better specs and more importantly, was more open and hackable. I recall people making specialty hardware boards for them (almost non existent or possible with something like a C64). It also held a higher mindset. The ][ was seen as somewhat of a serious business machine (pre IBM PC), while the other were more of glorified game consoles. The ][ had visicalc (excel before excel).
My biggest bike injury was on a bike path when the school decided to place an 8" barricade in the center of the path in a dark spot. Fortunately I was wearing sacrificial backpack.
I think ST VI (maybe XII, I stopped counting after II) was all about nuclear power. IIRC, at the time, it was a nod to Chernobyl and the end of the Soviet Union.
I got that cheese too I didn't think it was that awful (tasted like toned down velveeta to me). I had to look it up a few years ago to see what happened to it.
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What is it with that, can anyone explain to me?
Who doesn't want to shave with their phone?
America used to lead in science in technology, but the rest of the world catches up quickly
Is this a bad thing? Or any different from the last thousand years?
but why not notpirate?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Most techy nerd hings have already been invented, At least until a next evolutionary breakthough. Pepare for a long stagnation.
Steve Jobs
Operating systems used to be called GUIs.
that could be bad.
With so many losers it has to take some kind of genius, however trivial, not to fail.
I watched my very first real time video on the NeXT sometime in the late 80's. It was a 3x3" window of the Lunar lander coming up to a rendezvousing with the CM. Up until this time, the only graphics I'd ever seen on a computer were 16 color images that took a few seconds to draw on screen. The next also had mathematica which was an amazing tool for solving semi impossible integrals at the time. I felt like I'd just wasted $40 on Gradshteyn and Ryzhik.
I had a business in college and never made any money until I hired a salesperson. After which I made a lot of money. But most of it went to pay him (I'm a tech guy).
Did Woz design the Apple II without hardware app notes? I've never read any reference designs from the 70's (or even know if there was such a thing back then), but how close would an apple be to a basic 6502 reference design?
From my grade school impressions, the apple had slightly better specs and more importantly, was more open and hackable. I recall people making specialty hardware boards for them (almost non existent or possible with something like a C64). It also held a higher mindset. The ][ was seen as somewhat of a serious business machine (pre IBM PC), while the other were more of glorified game consoles. The ][ had visicalc (excel before excel).
I've collected a few pre-apple computers and can confirm they had no cases much like the raspberry pi has no case.
My biggest bike injury was on a bike path when the school decided to place an 8" barricade in the center of the path in a dark spot. Fortunately I was wearing sacrificial backpack.
I took up running when someone tole my bike. I then broke my ankle and now I'm a fat slob.
An important lesson I learned while biking: There is right and there is dead right.
Reminded me of Chip Morningstar... http://www.fudco.com/chip/deco...
What automation do you not own today? A cnc mill and lathe cost less than a new car and are capable of producing anything produce-able.
I think ST VI (maybe XII, I stopped counting after II) was all about nuclear power. IIRC, at the time, it was a nod to Chernobyl and the end of the Soviet Union.
General Relativity in theory allows
Newtonian physics allows for objects that travel faster than light.
Not just 1:1 relationship of starships to adults, but a 1:1 relationship of starship to fleets adults
Not if we have stim tanks and holo decks.
I got that cheese too I didn't think it was that awful (tasted like toned down velveeta to me). I had to look it up a few years ago to see what happened to it.