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Beve Stuscemi posted:That’s somehow even worse IT is something a musk talks about. ADP is what runs a society.
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jeffrey watching over the forums
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Jul 27, 2023 13:14
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the rugged forums user returning from the lab with the perfect post
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Jul 27, 2023 13:20
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That swanky woodgrain veneer
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3D Megadoodoo posted:IT is something a musk talks about. ADP is what runs a society. I assume this is a moon language variant of EDB?
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Jul 27, 2023 13:39
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Gravid Topiary posted:the rugged forums user returning from the lab with the perfect post  
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Computer viking posted:I assume this is a moon language variant of EDB? Automatic/automated Data Processing.
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Gravid Topiary posted:jeffrey watching over the forums Not one! Not two! But three! THREE Shugart floppy drives! 
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Jul 27, 2023 22:10
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Dick Trauma posted:Not one! Not two! But three! THREE Shugart floppy drives! That's what signals that you are at Pro level computer use.
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Jul 27, 2023 22:15
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Probably single-sided, and in some ancient FM format that stores ~80K per disk.
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What sort of lunatic would need more than 80k storage?
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Dick Trauma posted:Not one! Not two! But three! THREE Shugart floppy drives! Looks like it came with a macro assembler and system level support for floating and fixed point BCD math as well. Groovy. e: lookit THIS beastie 
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Automatic/automated Data Processing. Ah, I didn't find that in a cursory search, so I guessed it was a Finnish parallel to the Norwegian EDB: Elektronisk Data-Behandling ("electronic data processing").
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gaping slots waiting to be filled call toll-free 1-888-RAM-HARD ext. 69
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Hell with tech relics, I am fascinated by why people used to look like that
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Gravid Topiary posted:gaping slots waiting to be filled call toll-free 1-888-RAM-HARD ext. 69 Is that a young Sebastian Gorka lmao.
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Gravid Topiary posted:gaping slots waiting to be filled call toll-free 1-888-RAM-HARD ext. 69 IM TELLIN ALL YALL ITS A SABOTAAAAAGE
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Data Graham posted:Hell with tech relics, I am fascinated by why people used to look like that Cocaine was cheaper when Pablo Escobar was at his peak.
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Jul 27, 2023 23:29
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Data Graham posted:Hell with tech relics, I am fascinated by why people used to look like that People have gotten less cool as time goes by
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Data Graham posted:Hell with tech relics, I am fascinated by why people used to look like that You don't??? Turn off your monitor.
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monolithburger posted:They don't make moustaches like that anymore Have you ever been to Chicago?
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A Pack of Kobolds posted:Have you ever been to Chicago? No, but the city I was born in was partially designed there.
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Dick Trauma posted:What sort of lunatic would need more than 80k storage? I remember a youtube video about someone who had an early-80s photo-typesetter (a very high quality printer that used all kinds of nasty chemicals to basically develop pages like photographs). it had a cut-down version of a minicomputer in it, and you had to babysit it non-stop because the thing ran entirely from floppy so there was one floppy for the control program and a separate floppy for each font, and sometimes special functions you needed were on another floppy, so printing might mean sitting there and swapping 8" disks 5 or 6 times per page.
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QDP 100 is standing behind you right now i don't need another z-80 or s-100 computer in my life (they're boring) but man you could do so many lines of good peruvian flake off that solid walnut case while you're waiting for your fart app to compile
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Gravid Topiary posted:QDP 100 is standing behind you right now For $21,970.66 in 2023 dollars the case had better be solid walnut
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Is that what the richies were buying while the plebs enjoyed their ZX80s?
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snorch posted:Is that what the richies were buying while the plebs enjoyed their ZX80s? No, this was the generation before that. Rich people were buying PETs/Apple IIs/TRS-80s at the same time as the ZX80.
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Gravid Topiary posted:QDP 100 is standing behind you right now poo poo, that reminds me that I wanted to build something like that a long while ago. The only question is whether I spring for Peruvian
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Technically, it's for a hybrid of old + new tech, so a plastic woodgrain sticker would actually be somewhat appropriate. But yes, I probably will. It's just that hardwood got and stayed real expensive. I'm making a 16" vase now and it's going to end up costing me about $120. That's even using Peruvian walnut rather than American black walnut or something else more figured. poo poo's crazy.
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Trabant posted:Technically, it's for a hybrid of old + new tech, so a plastic woodgrain sticker would actually be somewhat appropriate. Is planting trees and waiting years to cut them down to make things a tech relic? Is wood in general? We have plastic now. Wood degrades and pollutes the enviroment eventually. Plastic is forever.
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I don't think I'd like a book printed on plastic, even though Babylon 5 does feature a lot of cool alien documents on transparent plastic foils.
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Desert Bus posted:Is planting trees and waiting years to cut them down to make things a tech relic? Is wood in general? We have plastic now. Wood degrades and pollutes the enviroment eventually. Plastic is forever. You've got it backwards, plastic degrades and pollutes the environment... forever. Wood will last multiple lifetimes, provided you take the absolute minimum of care to avoid the same sort of weathering that would also damage plastic -- hell, most wood probably stands up to prolonged sun better than a lot of plastics. Planting trees and cutting them down is carbon sequestration. Make everything out of wood, to save the planet. Christ, I hate plastic.
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Can we make plastic from tree oils instead of having to use old gross underground oil?
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We'd probably be better off in many ways by first trying to recycle the literal islands of plastic waste polluting the oceans and killing countless wildlife. But  , so maybe your tree oil plastic start-up will make billions!
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Tea tree oil is very popular and maple syrup is basically maple tree oil. I think if we cut down all the trees and use big machines to grind them to dust and use other machines to force out the oil... ? Maybe Black Oak oil is amazing and we just haven't discovered that yet? I do agree that we need to deal with the whole plastic pollution in the ocean problem. If we scoop it all up we can dig really deep holes and drop it in and the earth will eventually turn it back into usable oil.
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Desert Bus posted:I think if we cut down all the trees and use big machines to grind them to dust and use other machines to force out the oil... ? Saruman, your plans will end poorly for you 
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