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Article #625356Re: Microsoft's PDP-10s
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Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2018 19:18
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2018 19:18
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On 2018-08-03, JimP <solo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, 3 Aug 2018 06:02:12 -0400, Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > >>Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote: >>> On 2018-08-02, ma...@mail.com <ma...@mail.com> wrote: >>>> On 2018-08-02, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote: >>>>> On 2018-08-02, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, 1 Aug 2018 16:51:44 -0400 >>>>>> Michael Black <mbl...@pubnix.net> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> It may actually be the same thing, an expectation of centralized >>>>>>> computers taking care of everyone, instead of a whole lot of computers. >>>>>> >>>>>> That is certainly the picture that appears in every science fiction >>>>>> mention of computers pretty much right up until reality did something >>>>>> different. >>>>> >>>>> And now, under reality v2.0, the wheel is coming around again. >>>>> We're going back to centralized computers taking care of everyone >>>>> (FSVO "care"). There are still lots of computers everywhere, >>>>> but they're just being used as terminals. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Is Facebook the present reality of Eternal September (Not the site, the present >>>> reality of the mob of people who would discover the Internet in September.) >>> >>> Most of the people on FB make the "eternal September" crowd look like >>> intellectual giants. >>> >>> >> >>Look at the accusation that the Russians meddled in the election by posting >>bogus stuff on Favebook. Who the heck gets their political information from >>FB??? If there are many people doing this we have a lot more problems than >>just Russians! > > Apparently large numbers of people get their info only from FB. Titter... -- Ma...@ireland.com Will Rant For Food
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