Post #175,072
9/19/04 3:33:51 PM
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I have been robbed. ROBBED.
First the flying cars have failed to transpire. Then the base on the Moon didn't show up. I don't appear to have a teleporter in my house.
And now this.
[image|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org/tmp/home_computer.jpg||||]
Peter
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Post #175,073
9/19/04 3:42:58 PM
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Neato steering wheel. It needs nixies though. Lots of 'em.
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Post #175,074
9/19/04 3:46:11 PM
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Avast ye!
CD-ROM off the starboard prow, matey!
FORTRAN. Easy to use. Woot!
So what is the purpose of the giant wheel? Loading tapes?
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #175,075
9/19/04 3:58:32 PM
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That's the mouse wheel.
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Post #175,084
9/19/04 6:31:35 PM
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Wheels! One for X axis and for Y axis. :)
Alex
"If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." -- Philip K. Dick, US science fiction writer
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Post #175,095
9/19/04 9:23:13 PM
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Is Gartner Group a division of RAND Corp.?
Or vice versa?
This is about the funniest thing I've seen all week - and I bet the guys at RAND have spent the last 30 years thinking, "I hope nobody ever finds that picture; I hope nobody ever finds that picture; I hope nobody . . . ".
[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]
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Post #175,127
9/20/04 9:28:07 AM
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It would need an operator
Johnny Quest?
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It is much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why?
Because it is easier to give someone the finger than it is to give them a helping hand.
Mike Royko
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Post #175,134
9/20/04 9:48:01 AM
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Well, unlike the others...
You could make that a reality. It would take up a lot of space, and probably cost a bit for the parts (i.e. the not economically feasible for the average home part). I don't know where you'd get the teletype printer though.
~~~)-Steven----
"I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.
He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country..."
General George S. Patton
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Post #175,167
9/20/04 11:49:08 AM
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I still can get them, complete.
There is a company that still uses the Teletypes only becuase they work very very well in the impact form printing business. Basically using them as a hammer printer without the huge cost to purchase them. The hammer printers are virtually the same hardware as some old teletypes.
Now, it has been a while since I visited this guy who maintains them for the coupla companies still using them... so I am say this from /dev/ass.
-- [link|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net|greg], [link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ iwetheyNo matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp|source]Here is an example: [link|http://www.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm001-ie/|Executing arbitrary commands without Active Scripting or ActiveX when using Windows]
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Post #175,168
9/20/04 11:51:37 AM
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On eBay, of course
All the teletype machines up today are way too old, but I'm sure you could get a newer one within a month or so.
[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]
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Post #175,237
9/20/04 4:15:48 PM
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It's a trap! err ... a Hoax!
[link|http://home.att.net/~jeff1_satobserve/photo17.htm|http://home.att.net/...serve/photo17.htm]
[link|http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/la36.html|http://www.columbia....history/la36.html]
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Chris Altmann
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Post #175,270
9/20/04 5:23:02 PM
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Drats! You've spoiled all the fun! ;-)
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Post #175,271
9/20/04 5:25:28 PM
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I STILL WANT ONE
Peter
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