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schestowitz Future of home computing http://img.telecomix.org/confuseday/src/12671889783.png     Sep 11 02:25
TechrightsBotTitle: Not a web page! Aborting image/png type .::. Size~: 0 KBSep 11 02:25
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cubevectorschestowitz, old and fake :)Sep 11 09:03
cubevectorthat panel is from a submarineSep 11 09:03
cubevectorif you want to see what a true old computer looks like check out IBM 701Sep 11 09:04
cubevectorhttp://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/701/701_intro.htmlSep 11 09:05
TechrightsBotTitle: IBM  - United States .::. Size~: 36.31 KBSep 11 09:05
oiaohmReally comes down to what you call a computer.  cubevectorSep 11 09:11
cubevectorfirst commerical scientific computer...Sep 11 09:11
cubevectorfairly significantSep 11 09:12
cubevectorof course they are no working IBM 701's nowSep 11 09:12
oiaohmRealy it is not the first commerical scientific computer.Sep 11 09:13
oiaohmIts the first commerical digital scientific computer. cubevectorSep 11 09:14
oiaohmThere were analog ones before it.  Sep 11 09:14
cubevectorok, well it was IBM's first I should have saidSep 11 09:14
cubevectoryeahSep 11 09:14
oiaohmThe analog age a lot want to forget it ever happened.Sep 11 09:14
oiaohmOne of the first analogs was more than strange.Sep 11 09:16
oiaohmliquid based.  cubevectorSep 11 09:16
cubevectorwhat was it called?Sep 11 09:17
cubevectordo you mean stuff like mercury line delay?Sep 11 09:19
oiaohmIt was used for predicting the effects on the stock markets.  cubevectorSep 11 09:30
oiaohmAnd the fluid was water.Sep 11 09:30
oiaohmAs I said warped.Sep 11 09:30
oiaohmLot of analog computers were wire up/pipe up add current/fluid then get result.  cubevectorSep 11 09:31
oiaohmhttp://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Evolution_of_Technology/Computers/Tech37G1.htm  Darn I can only find the run of mill electric analogs. at the moment cubevectorSep 11 09:34
schestowitzhttp://searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid201_gci1519899,00.htmlSep 11 09:51
schestowitz"This competes favorably with Rackspace's ultra-low powered instances types, which are only offered in Linux and sell at $0.015 per hour for 256 MB of RAM or $0.03 per hour for 512 MB of RAM."Sep 11 09:51
TechrightsBotTitle:      Amazon Web Services offers new Micro instances  .::. Size~: 55.19 KBSep 11 09:51
schestowitzhttp://www.maximumpc.com/article/home/look_some_our_favorite_hollywood_computersSep 11 11:35
TechrightsBotTitle: A Look at Some of Our Favorite Hollywood Computers  | Maximum PC .::. Size~: 104.83 KBSep 11 11:36
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schestowitzhttp://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/epic-failures-11-infamous-software-bugs-891 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/10/the_first_all_klingon_opera_on_earth/Sep 11 13:22
TechrightsBotTitle: Epic failures: 11 infamous software bugs | Security Central - InfoWorld .::. Size~: 95.75 KBSep 11 13:22
TechrightsBotTitle: Earth's first all Klingon opera debuts • The Register .::. Size~: 22.84 KBSep 11 13:22
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Shadowwwsup Python1320Sep 11 14:39
Shadowwwand sup Kuifje111Sep 11 14:39
Kuifje111hi.Sep 11 14:40
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schestowitzRMS links to this: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/sep/09/war-on-drugs-legalisationSep 11 22:45
schestowitz_Goblin: pingSep 11 22:45
TechrightsBotTitle:  Our 'war on drugs' has been an abysmal failure. Just look at Mexico | Simon Jenkins | Comment is free | The Guardian  .::. Size~: 213.57 KBSep 11 22:45
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