We still hear a fair bit about Moore's Law, the principle that computer chips double in transistor count every two years or so. It was first published 61 years ago this week. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #computerhistory dfarq.homeip.net/gordon-moore...
When I wrote for a newspaper in the 90s, my editor said never, EVER use the word allegedly. If it happened, it happened. If someone said it happened, quote them. "Allegedly" gives no legal protection against libel and adds zero value to the story.
Yesterday a trumpy boomer tried to tell me it's all Democrats in the Epstein files so he doesn't need to see it. That's one reason it hasn't been released, people like Sean Hannity have convinced their followers it's all Democrats, and not knowing specifics means they can weaponize it.
Baseball role reversal: #AGoodPlace
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There was a store near me that opened up recently that I was looking forward to checking out and likely shopping at regularly. Then I saw one of those things parked in front of it with their name plastered all over it. So I just kept driving.
My kids and I play a game. We call it "Truck Boys Behaving Badly."
I didn't like driving a full-size truck back in 1990 when the full-size trucks were the size of today's mid-size trucks. I could lose cars in that truck's blind spot. Today's monstrosities are much worse.
What happened when the last MP3 patent expired 9 years ago? A dirty trick was what happened, that's what. The inventor tried to declare the format dead so they could sell something else. But you still listen to MP3s, even if you don't think about it much anymore. dfarq.homeip.net/mp3-is-dead-...
Same here, I can trace so much of what I know today to messing around with a 64 in my youth.
49 years ago today, the Apple II was announced. It was one of three pre-built computers to hit the market in the summer of 1977, making the home computer revolution truly possible. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing dfarq.homeip.net/apple-ii-ann...
I remember your program! And I thought the effect was really neat. Gazette had so many great type-ins.
28 years ago today, Intel released the first Celeron, the budget CPU with the funny name. Not only was the name weird, it performed really badly. AMD forced Intel into a rushed CPU that was only good for one thing. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing dfarq.homeip.net/intel-celero...
A photo of an RCA branded HDMI cable, hanging on display in a store.
"I picked up that RCA cable you asked for"
Dislike button! I hope you're able to be discharged soon.
I thought about saying this acquisition may have been the first step toward dropping the word "don't" from their corporate motto. I think the other strong candidate would be hiring Eric Schmidt.
When did Google go from being a search engine company to an online ads company? April 13, 2007 wasn't the day it made the shift, but it seems to me this was the day the shift became inevitable. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #dotcom dfarq.homeip.net/googles-acqu...
There are other benefits to the shingles virus that we don't understand yet, like lowered risk of heart attacks. I got one as soon as I was old enough, didn't even wait for my doctor to recommend it. It's a rough vaccine but worth it.
On April 13, 1992, Cyrix introduced its very confusing 486SLC chip. Half 386SX, half 486SX, it raised lots of questions when it was new, and it's still a confusing chip today. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing dfarq.homeip.net/cyrix-486slc...
I agree. I think the target market is people who move every few years, so when they fail in 10 or 15 years it's someone else's problem. But for people like you and me who like to stay put, a fixture that uses a changeable bulb is more practical, even if it doesn't look as sleek.
I like Libre Office's UI (it's like office suites used to be, pre-Office 2007). I don't like how it runs on Windows, but it runs extremely well on Linux.
I did get about 15 years out of those failed fixtures so I'm not complaining. But it seems wasteful to replace a whole fixture over a burned out bulb, so I'm glad this option exists now. (It didn't then.) 3/3
I also have two failed dusk to dawn fixtures, so I can replace them with any fixture I want, fit them with these bulbs, then replace just a $6 bulb when they fail. That's much more cost effective and convenient than buying dusk to dawn fixtures that don't have replaceable LEDs. 2/3
I did a home improvement project today. Menards (a home improvement chain in the USA) sells a $6 LED bulb with a dusk to dawn sensor in it. I hadn't replaced all my outdoor light fixtures with dusk to dawn fixtures yet. I tried the bulb in those fixtures and they work splendidly. 1/3
That record never, ever gets old. And now I wanna go listen to it.
Circa 2012, I was a government contractor, and found old Amiga file formats written into specifications for specialized IT systems. The possibility of needing to process old NASA data was my guess at the time.
I mean, we'll do anything in the US to find ways to get from one coast to another that doesn't involve trains.
37 years ago today, Intel announced its 486 processor. In this blog post, we go over analysts' reaction to it at the time. Some of the reactions seem surprising today. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing dfarq.homeip.net/intel-486-cp...
Half of the blog post is about the Osborne Effect. Including some details about the Osborne Executive that most accounts I've read miss.
Osborne Computer was a big, big deal in the early 1980s. Its founder even wrote a book called Hypergrowth. But by 1986, the hypergrowth was over and Osborne liquidated April 9, 1986. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing dfarq.homeip.net/osborne-comp...
I remember watching him in 1985. He was 40, a bench player for the Cubs, the Cubs were decimated with injuries so he played 99 games, only getting one inning at his natural position of 2B, and stole 47 bases.
