The only info there was about that image:
The Cray-2 supercomputer circa 1987. Packs about all the computing power of a modern iPad.
The Random Image Thread (keeping it PG-13 at the worst)
You know what most people had in 1987? Probably a DOS system running on a 286 or 386. An iPad is would have been a supercomputer then. Also, that machine had an absurd amount of memory bandwidth for the era. That is one reason why it could probably still beat an iPad on most workloads.
What can I say? I like this a LOT:
Apparently made by the drinker (so not a product to be purchased yet).
Apparently made by the drinker (so not a product to be purchased yet).
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ukimalefu
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TOS wrote: was hoping t the playstation 3 that was barred from export to some countries because it was considered a supercomputer? some macs too?
yes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5jEYbWLl60
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maurvir wrote: You know what most people had in 1987? Probably a DOS system running on a 286 or 386. An iPad is would have been a supercomputer then.
I had an Amiga 1000. And it was better than anything we have today.
Remember, people, to forgive is divine. In other words, it ain't human.
ukimalefu wrote: there were video game arcades with headphone jacks?
I don't think I ever saw one
i can't imagine the agony of having those beeps and boops in my goddam ear
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TOS wrote:ukimalefu wrote: there were video game arcades with headphone jacks?
I don't think I ever saw one
i can't imagine the agony of having those beeps and boops in my goddam ear
Well, in arcade you heard all the games going on at once, plus some background music, plus the people.
Oh, well the top may say Centuri Phoenix, but clearly that guy is actually playing some pornography-related game.TOS wrote:ukimalefu wrote: there were video game arcades with headphone jacks?
I don't think I ever saw one
i can't imagine the agony of having those beeps and boops in my goddam ear
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ukimalefu wrote: there were video game arcades with headphone jacks?
I don't think I ever saw one
Dude is totally rockin' out to Def Leppard on his Walkman.
And Proteus brought the upright beast into the garden and chained him to a tree and the children did make sport of him.
ukimalefu wrote:TOS wrote:ukimalefu wrote: there were video game arcades with headphone jacks?
I don't think I ever saw one
i can't imagine the agony of having those beeps and boops in my goddam ear
Well, in arcade you heard all the games going on at once, plus some background music, plus the people.
that was fine, i enjoyed that crazy symphony
"TOS ain’t havin no horserace round here. “Policies” is the coin of the realm." -- iDaemon
On Windows 10 machines, the installation of Chrome or Firefox may get interrupted by "warning" from Microsoft:
Only on the recent build of version 1809 of Win10 which hasn't been formally released.
Only on the recent build of version 1809 of Win10 which hasn't been formally released.
Aw, he's no fun, he fell right over.
Science is Truth for Life. In FORTRAN tongue the Answer.
...so I'm supposed to find the Shadow King from inside a daiquiri?
Science is Truth for Life. In FORTRAN tongue the Answer.
...so I'm supposed to find the Shadow King from inside a daiquiri?
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DEyncourt wrote: On Windows 10 machines, the installation of Chrome or Firefox may get interrupted by "warning" from Microsoft:
Only on the recent build of version 1809 of Win10 which hasn't been formally released.
And the setting to stop that behavior has not been added to preferences yet.
dv wrote:TOS wrote: bunch of bozos, they don't give up, do they?
who even cares about browsers anymore? is it some big money-making product?
It integrates with your ad services, drives search traffic, etc.
ah, so it's about data as usual ...?
"TOS ain’t havin no horserace round here. “Policies” is the coin of the realm." -- iDaemon
ukimalefu wrote: I only added the combadge
"TOS ain’t havin no horserace round here. “Policies” is the coin of the realm." -- iDaemon
TOS wrote:dv wrote:TOS wrote: bunch of bozos, they don't give up, do they?
who even cares about browsers anymore? is it some big money-making product?
It integrates with your ad services, drives search traffic, etc.
ah, so it's about data as usual ...?
Well, it's about money. But yes. "You are the product" as it were.
dv wrote:TOS wrote:dv wrote:TOS wrote: bunch of bozos, they don't give up, do they?
who even cares about browsers anymore? is it some big money-making product?
It integrates with your ad services, drives search traffic, etc.
ah, so it's about data as usual ...?
Well, it's about money. But yes. "You are the product" as it were.
i don't wanna be a product
"TOS ain’t havin no horserace round here. “Policies” is the coin of the realm." -- iDaemon
neither did they
Aw, he's no fun, he fell right over.
Science is Truth for Life. In FORTRAN tongue the Answer.
...so I'm supposed to find the Shadow King from inside a daiquiri?
Science is Truth for Life. In FORTRAN tongue the Answer.
...so I'm supposed to find the Shadow King from inside a daiquiri?
