Frank and Ernest by Thaves for August 28, 2009
August 27, 2009
August 29, 2009
Transcript:
Computers Monitors - Laptops New Frank says, "I heard this is the fastest computer ever." Ernest says, "I'll say! It's obsolete already!"
tbree over 15 years ago
Every computer is obsolete by the time you get it out the door. The only non-obsolete computer is breadboarded in a lab somewhere.
AddADadaAdDad over 15 years ago
…the 5 second rule is overtaking the 3 year rule…
bald over 15 years ago
technology is so advanced, they are obsolete before we look at the computer in the store
Saucy1121 Premium Member over 15 years ago
Hi Maresha/EMET. Been wondering where you were hiding. Good to see you back.
alviebird over 15 years ago
I’m going to go out on a limb here and comment on something I know nothing about. It seems to me that if it does everything you want it to do, it’s not obsolete.
bmonk over 15 years ago
Given how fast the technology is advancing, it is interesting that the basic computer design (memory, processing unit, input and output peripherals) has not changed in at least 60 years, and more like from the origins of the design in the 1800s. Is it really the best way to do things??
bmonk over 15 years ago
@Joe Allen Doty, because computers are, by definition, Chaotic Systems, and because they are always changing and being updated, and because no two are ever exactly identical, it would be impossible to get them perfect.
fredbuhl over 15 years ago
How did we get to the moon with a slide rule?
bald over 15 years ago
the slide rule was used for space travel, but so were computers, unfortunately the computers from back then were about the size of my apartment
tbree over 15 years ago
Hey, if you want to read up on the computer that actually flew in the Apollo command capsule, read this:
http://www.galaxiki.org/web/main/_blog/all/build-your-own-nasa-apollo-landing-computer-no-kidding.shtml
And for some history on it: http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/news.php?id=248