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Article #619718Re: 1956 -- circuit reliability book
From: Charlie Gibbs
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 01:24
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 01:24
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On 2018-01-25, Andreas Kohlbach <a...@spamfence.net> wrote: > On Wed, 24 Jan 2018 23:21:56 +0000, Gareth's Downstairs Computer wrote: > >> On 24/01/2018 22:23, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 24 Jan 2018 11:00:33 -0800 >>> Gene Wirchenko <ge...@telus.net> wrote: >>> >>>> I have since switched to socks with a lifetime guarantee. >>> >>> Intrigued! >> >> I have a wristwatch with a lifetime guarantee, for when >> it malfunctions, the main spring jumps out and slashes >> your wrist > > When I read some 80s magazines, for example about dot-matrix printers, > the ads say "Has all you'll ever need". > > I mean back in 1986 to have a 24 needle printer must have been awesome > and you might have though, how could this can get any better. > > Well you didn't know about laser- or ink printers back then, although > technology existed already. ;-) Oh, we knew about laser printers - but we didn't want to spend a quarter of a million dollars on one, nor did we need to be able to print several thousand pages at 167 pages per minute. -- /~\ cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid (Charlie Gibbs) \ / I'm really at ac.dekanfrus if you read it the right way. X Top-posted messages will probably be ignored. See RFC1855. / \ HTML will DEFINITELY be ignored. Join the ASCII ribbon campaign!
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