I read a book recently called Marcus Aurelius Meditations
When I describe the book, I tell people that he was about 2000 years ago and about 2000 years ahead of where most people are today.
Determine that for yourselves
It's like $4 on amazon
When I describe the book, I tell people that he was about 2000 years ago and about 2000 years ahead of where most people are today.
Determine that for yourselves
It's like $4 on amazon
I have spent some useful time on Marcus Aurelius myself. All about Stoicism.
It's still alive and well as a goodish idea.
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Well, we don't have a better one.
It's still alive and well as a goodish idea.
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Well, we don't have a better one.
What happened? Mine was the last post before the pandemic shutdown, then yesterday we decided to start this up again? Strange.
For me computer programing was 1974 (DEC) and online ~1986 (Minitel) I didn't find either very inspiring. 😀
For me computer programing was 1974 (DEC) and online ~1986 (Minitel) I didn't find either very inspiring. 😀
For me, it was MBASIC on a Z80 CP/M80 computer from Xerox called the Xerox 16/8
My father worked for Xerox from the 70's... in the 80's, we moved up north, so they gave my dad one of these computers so he could dial in at 1200 baud and fix mainframe scheduling issues essentially. He started at Canada Permanent with punched cards and the like but took a pay cut for the career opportunity at Xerox. It paid off 🙂 He's retired now.
Xerox 820 computer
I got to learn about computers since we had one at home - nobody else did at the time. There were even some crappy games to play like Catchem and Breakout (but they called it pong). There was even a golf game LOL but my favourite was Ladder...
Somebody even wrote a version in Java! Ladder
When we moved to the city, I could call BBSs since they were now a local call.
Fast forward ten years and I ran my own BBS called psychedelic evolution 😀
Now, this forum is as close as we get to a BBS but it's a great place to be. There is so much knowledge in one place!
My father worked for Xerox from the 70's... in the 80's, we moved up north, so they gave my dad one of these computers so he could dial in at 1200 baud and fix mainframe scheduling issues essentially. He started at Canada Permanent with punched cards and the like but took a pay cut for the career opportunity at Xerox. It paid off 🙂 He's retired now.
Xerox 820 computer
I got to learn about computers since we had one at home - nobody else did at the time. There were even some crappy games to play like Catchem and Breakout (but they called it pong). There was even a golf game LOL but my favourite was Ladder...
Somebody even wrote a version in Java! Ladder
When we moved to the city, I could call BBSs since they were now a local call.
Fast forward ten years and I ran my own BBS called psychedelic evolution 😀
Now, this forum is as close as we get to a BBS but it's a great place to be. There is so much knowledge in one place!
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I love Xerox PARC and the Alto. My favourite exhibit at the science Museum in London. It had a mouse. It had WYSIWYG.
But what a pile of poo was Woz's Apple 1 computer?
Personal Computer, model Apple I | Science Museum Group Collection
A high voltage accident waiting to happen. You'd naturally put your coffee down by the 15kV Anode Cap. Then you'd knock it over. 😱
But what a pile of poo was Woz's Apple 1 computer?
Personal Computer, model Apple I | Science Museum Group Collection
A high voltage accident waiting to happen. You'd naturally put your coffee down by the 15kV Anode Cap. Then you'd knock it over. 😱
I found these pictures...you know the pieces of paper you got when you took that roll out of the camera and brought it to the corner drug store......
This was my desk when I worked at an off campus think tank in 1993. This is the place that had good internet access. Note that high tech computer screen in the upper center of my desk. It was made by Digital Equipment (DEC), and without opening the case it would run Windows, albeit rather slowly. HOW?
It was a VaxMate which was an 80286 PC compatible with no hard disk, just a 1.2 Meg floppy. It was intended for use as a smart terminal on one of their larger minicomputer systems. We ran DOS 3.2 on them for running test equipment. Some we opened up and install hard drives so they would run more software.
Yes, I drove this 500 HP beast to work once or twice a week. At least once I did a giant smoky burnout in the IBM parking lot across the street.
This was my desk when I worked at an off campus think tank in 1993. This is the place that had good internet access. Note that high tech computer screen in the upper center of my desk. It was made by Digital Equipment (DEC), and without opening the case it would run Windows, albeit rather slowly. HOW?
It was a VaxMate which was an 80286 PC compatible with no hard disk, just a 1.2 Meg floppy. It was intended for use as a smart terminal on one of their larger minicomputer systems. We ran DOS 3.2 on them for running test equipment. Some we opened up and install hard drives so they would run more software.
Yes, I drove this 500 HP beast to work once or twice a week. At least once I did a giant smoky burnout in the IBM parking lot across the street.
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What is that thing? I am a bit weak on American Hot Rods.
But looks more looks more fun than a box of frogs. 😀
But looks more looks more fun than a box of frogs. 😀
This thing is a 1973 Dodge Challenger. It was originally painted a dull grey and equipped with a rather anemic 318 Cubic inch (5.1L) V8 engine. I removed that and stuffed in a 440 cubic inch (7.1L) V8 that I had modified Tubelab style with aluminum cylinder heads and other goodies for about 500 HP (373kW).
Here are a few pictures of the assembly and testing process.
Here are a few pictures of the assembly and testing process.
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We do ramble, but Thanks for clearing it up:
FORD v FERRARI | Official Trailer 2 [HD] | 20th Century FOX - YouTube
I've always been more the two-wheel man:
It's just more intense, IMO.
FORD v FERRARI | Official Trailer 2 [HD] | 20th Century FOX - YouTube
I've always been more the two-wheel man:
It's just more intense, IMO.
It's not the worst thing I've ever seen in an Engineering sense. 🙂
But certainly kinda dull:
Needs a better grille and the bulge of a V8 or V12 engine on the bonnet.
Looks like it was designed by accountants.
But certainly kinda dull:
Needs a better grille and the bulge of a V8 or V12 engine on the bonnet.
Looks like it was designed by accountants.
I think it looks like it was designed by a blind man... Then again I don't like American pony cars. I like my cars to turn corners.
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1974? Anyone remember ALGOL and FORTRAN?😀😉 I was writing code (we called them punch cards) back in 1969, solving problems numerically like "lattice energy of crystal argon", then confirming that in P-Chem lab with high vacuum cryogenic equipment.
Some of us oldsters do know a thing or two.
1974? Anyone remember ALGOL and FORTRAN?😀😉 I was writing code (we called them punch cards) back in 1969, solving problems numerically like "lattice energy of crystal argon", then confirming that in P-Chem lab with high vacuum cryogenic equipment.
Some of us oldsters do know a thing or two.
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We wrote programs i FORTRAN in '73 as a part of my studies at the Tech College of Linköping, Sweden. Punched cards that were handed over to some operators and the result could be picked up the next day.
Six years later another class at the university of Stokholm we were to write programs in SIMULA, a dialect of ALGOL. But this time we sat at computer terminals.
Six years later another class at the university of Stokholm we were to write programs in SIMULA, a dialect of ALGOL. But this time we sat at computer terminals.
For those who don't know, FORTRAN stood for FORmula TRANslation.
Honestly I speak better Swedish and French than FORTRAN.
Back to Cars, the Ford Crown Victoria was The US Cop car, par excellence.
Came mainly in Black. If one of these babies was on your tail, you might as well just give up. Nobody argues with the FEDs.
But still a bit of a sqaure car, IMO.
Honestly I speak better Swedish and French than FORTRAN.
Back to Cars, the Ford Crown Victoria was The US Cop car, par excellence.
Came mainly in Black. If one of these babies was on your tail, you might as well just give up. Nobody argues with the FEDs.
But still a bit of a sqaure car, IMO.
The 2011 Crown Vic interceptor did 0-60MPH in 9 seconds. My car does it in 6 seconds and it's just a 328...
Back in the day, Toronto had a couple of Police Camaros though... Being GM garbage, they were broken after 2 years.
They also used to have a VW Beetle to take to schools for learning about the cops.
Back in the day, Toronto had a couple of Police Camaros though... Being GM garbage, they were broken after 2 years.
They also used to have a VW Beetle to take to schools for learning about the cops.
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