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Article #619719Re: 1956 -- circuit reliability book
From: Alfred Falk
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 21:12
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 21:12
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Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote in news:p4e01401mg5 @news6.newsguy.com: > 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. In 1986 you could get something like a QMS Kiss for a mere 7 or 8 thousand.
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