Ladies & Gents - I Give You: THE HOME COMPUTER For 2004!!!

matcom

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Tue Nov-30-04 01:26 PM
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Ladies & Gents - I Give You: THE HOME COMPUTER For 2004!!!

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Goldmund

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Tue Nov-30-04 01:28 PM
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1. Wow, that's cool -- is it from 1954?

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matt819

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Tue Nov-30-04 01:28 PM
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2. What's with the steering wheel?

This must be a time travel computer.

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frylock

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Tue Nov-30-04 02:01 PM
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23. predecessor of the force feedback wheel?

Used for NASCAR Racing 1954, or early version of Need for Speed.

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Liberaltarian

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Tue Nov-30-04 02:10 PM
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26. it's actually a picture of a submarine control console, that's why...

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cabbage08

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Tue Nov-30-04 01:28 PM
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3. Is that a Mac?

:headbang:

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Phillycat

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Tue Nov-30-04 01:29 PM
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6. HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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meegbear

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Tue Nov-30-04 01:44 PM
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15. The new G5s with Tiger

Redmond, we have a problem.

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dolo amber

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Tue Nov-30-04 01:28 PM
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4. Awesome!

Now I don't have to spend my evenings getting drunk down at the airplane hanger where my old one is! :bounce:

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Bat Boy

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Tue Nov-30-04 01:29 PM
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5. Damn! My computer doesn't have a steering wheel!

Dammit, Gates! Where's my f***ing steering wheel?

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Jo March

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Tue Nov-30-04 01:50 PM
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20. ROFLMAO!

Can't breathe! This is too funny!

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Worst Username Ever

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Tue Nov-30-04 01:30 PM
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7. It is totally photoshopped

Edited on Tue Nov-30-04 01:31 PM by Worst Username Ever

But still funny. The TV is clearly not original adn does not match the shading of the rest of the pic, and the printer is made of plastic and push buttons where the other portion is all switches and knobs, for starters.

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Xithras

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Tue Nov-30-04 02:23 PM
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27. The FORTRAN reference gives it away

FYI, Fortran wasn't actually finished until '57 or '58. In '54 the foundations of Fortran were just being laid, and IBM hadn't even mentioned it publically.

The "keyboard" is actually an old 70's era teletype terminal...HP by the looks of it (we still have one in our datacenter storeroom...right next to the punchcard reader parts for our old Borroughs mainframe).

I have no clue about that steering wheel though.

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derrald

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Tue Nov-30-04 01:30 PM
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8. Someone's going to Snope you :P

eom

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lcordero

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Tue Nov-30-04 01:30 PM
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9. a cellular phone probably has more processing power

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meegbear

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Tue Nov-30-04 01:31 PM
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10. Does the old guy come with it?

Gonna need him if you gotta CTRL-ALT-DEL this thing.

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obreaslan

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Tue Nov-30-04 01:49 PM
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19. He is the computer....

Oh, you thought the thing in the background was the computer? Nah, that's the other part of the exhibit, The Home Pregnancy Test of the Future.

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meegbear

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Tue Nov-30-04 01:51 PM
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21. BWAH-HAHAHA!!

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skylarmae

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Tue Nov-30-04 01:31 PM
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11. I wonder what the big steering wheel is for?

What a pic. But what year was this taken? Trying to figure it out from the suit of clothes and the teletype machine...Late 60's? early 70's?

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benburch

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Tue Nov-30-04 01:32 PM
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12. This photo seems to be photoshopped..

The teletype we see there is not contemporary with the rest of the picture.

Also, what we are looking at on the wall is an powerplant control system of some sort.

The large wheel would actually have controlled a main steam valve.

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Jo March

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Tue Nov-30-04 01:46 PM
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17. Yes - but it's still funny. I liked the part about Fortran

I laughed my ass off at that!

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TwoHandedLayup

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Tue Nov-30-04 01:35 PM
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13. Snopes away

I had the same email and got snoped myself.

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp

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Bat Boy

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Tue Nov-30-04 02:05 PM
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25. I don't care....

I still want a damn steering wheel!

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haktar

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Tue Nov-30-04 01:41 PM
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14. something is missing

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underpants

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Tue Nov-30-04 01:45 PM
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16. TOM RIDGE RESIGNED!!!

There may be a thread about it.

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Jo March

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Tue Nov-30-04 01:46 PM
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18. Hey, stop spreading rumors! Tom wouldn't abandon Georgie

Tom is Georgie's distraction-maker.

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obreaslan

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Tue Nov-30-04 01:53 PM
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22. Tom Ridge is a Computer?!?!?!?!

I new it!

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GreenPartyVoter

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Tue Nov-30-04 02:03 PM
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24. TeeHee!

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