Snap quiz: desk stuff

On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 05:07:02PM +0000, the hatter wrote:
[...]
> If it's making you money, I'm sure the collective
hardware graveyard of
> l.pm could find a suitable replacement to keep in
stock.

Ah, yes, I must get round to starting to move stuff from my
flat to the bins
out back. The dumb terminals first, I think.

> Which reminds me... [SFX: 'sbus' being typed into ebay]

I've got a fairly pristine Ultra 30 knocking about doing
nothing...

>> If it's making you money, I'm sure the collective
hardware  
>> graveyard of
>> l.pm could find a suitable replacement to keep in
stock.
>
> Ah, yes, I must get round to starting to move stuff
from my flat to  
> the bins
> out back. The dumb terminals first, I think.

Perfection is achieved when there is nothing left to take
away. I'm  
on the right way; I don't actually own any computing device
more  
powerful than a TI-89 calculator...

Stig

On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 05:49:42PM +0000, Stig Brautaset
wrote:
[...]
> Perfection is achieved when there is nothing left to
take away. I'm on the
> right way; I don't actually own any computing device
more powerful than a
> TI-89 calculator...

If you have any sort of consumer electronics produced in the
last five or so
years, it will have a CPU in it more powerful than that old
thing.

This includes stuff like radios and telephones.

On Thu, 23 Nov 2006, Stig Brautaset wrote:

> Perfection is achieved when there is nothing left to
take away. I'm
> on the right way; I don't actually own any computing
device more
> powerful than a TI-89 calculator...

That could still mean you have a basement heaving with PDPs,
or shelves
full of vintage micros.


the hatter (who owns several computers less powerful than a
TI-89)

On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 06:00:05PM +0000, Peter Corlett
wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 05:49:42PM +0000, Stig
Brautaset wrote:
> [...]
> > Perfection is achieved when there is nothing left
to take away. I'm on the
> > right way; I don't actually own any computing
device more powerful than a
> > TI-89 calculator...
> If you have any sort of consumer electronics produced
in the last five or so
> years, it will have a CPU in it more powerful than that
old thing.
> This includes stuff like radios and telephones.

I'd not be surprised if my bloody *fridge* did.

When it broke shortly after I bought it, the technician who
came to fix
it just did a firmware upgrade.

-- 
David Cantrell | bond Perl Mongers Deputy Chief Heretic

Computer Science is about lofty design goals and careful
algorithmic
optimisation.  Sysadminning is about cleaning up the
resulting mess.

On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 05:12:37PM +0000, Peter Corlett
wrote:

> Ah, yes, I must get round to starting to move stuff
from my flat to the bins
> out back. The dumb terminals first, I think.

Wotchoo got?  I broke one of the connectors on my VT320 and
would quite
like another one.

-- 
David Cantrell | Nth greatest programmer in the world

" In My Egotistical Opinion, most people's ... programs
should be
  indented six feet downward and covered with dirt. "
      --Blair P. Houghton

On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 08:31:04PM +0000, David Cantrell
wrote:
[...]
> I'd not be surprised if my bloody *fridge* did. When it
broke shortly
> after I bought it, the technician who came to fix it
just did a firmware
> upgrade.

You want my landlord. The only microcontroller I found in
what is laughingly
called a furnished flat was in the electricity meter. All
the stuff came
pre-broke, and he's not seen fit to repair or replace any of
it.

The level of technology was dragged forwards about four
decades when I moved
in.

On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 08:25:55PM +0000, David Cantrell
wrote:
[...]
> Wotchoo got? I broke one of the connectors on my VT320
and would quite
> like another one.

Two VT520s and a Wyse 50.

On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 08:31:04PM +0000, David Cantrell
wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 06:00:05PM +0000, Peter Corlett
wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 05:49:42PM +0000, Stig
Brautaset wrote:
> > [...]
> > > Perfection is achieved when there is nothing
left to take away. I'm on the
> > > right way; I don't actually own any computing
device more powerful than a
> > > TI-89 calculator...
> > If you have any sort of consumer electronics
produced in the last five or so
> > years, it will have a CPU in it more powerful than
that old thing.
> > This includes stuff like radios and telephones.
> 
> I'd not be surprised if my bloody *fridge* did.
> 
> When it broke shortly after I bought it, the technician
who came to fix
> it just did a firmware upgrade.

Not long now until the events described in One of Us will
occur..
start being nice to your alarm clock and coffee machine,
now..

tjc

-- 
Turning and turning in the widening gyre/The falcon cannot
hear the falconer;
Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold/Mere anarchy is
loosed upon the world
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On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 11:51:21AM +0000, Peter Corlett
wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 08:31:04PM +0000, David
Cantrell wrote:
> [...]
> > I'd not be surprised if my bloody *fridge* did.
When it broke shortly
> > after I bought it, the technician who came to fix
it just did a firmware
> > upgrade.
> 
> You want my landlord. The only microcontroller I found
in what is laughingly
> called a furnished flat was in the electricity meter.
All the stuff came
> pre-broke, and he's not seen fit to repair or replace
any of it.

His name isn't Syed, by some chance?

tjc

-- 
Turning and turning in the widening gyre/The falcon cannot
hear the falconer;
Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold/Mere anarchy is
loosed upon the world
(gpg --keyserver www.co.uk.pgp.net --recv-key B1CCF88E)