Farm Arithmetic (1913)

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MELT DUCK WITH POEM

I do like the versitiltiy from the Speccy not having sprites: the bit-bashed monochrome objects always looked crisper, larger than on the C64

OPEN DUCK WITH SCROLL

When games were on ROM cartridges it was essential they were rock-solid and free from any major issues. Of course, obscure bugs could slip through the net. This is before the internet and patching a ROM was not an option. Here's a non-approval we received from NOA for Ken Griffey Jr. presents MLB.

Pat has always been popular with the ladies. Some say it's the nose.

Every now and then I think of that woman a friend knew from a ferret owner’s group who said that her ferret loved it when she blew raspberries on his bellybutton, only to discover that wasn’t a bellybutton and that he *really* enjoyed it

Agreed. I'm pulling plugs of clay out of my lawn today.

".... and there's nothing you can do about it"

At least they didn't lie with ".... in safe hands"

Yes it can run a Minecraft server and a RiscV emulator: but then it's Turing Complete, so why should this be a suprise?

The Angle Computer is a complicated electromechanical system with gears, motors, and bundles of wires. It has a grey metal shell that includes a half sphere. Inside this sphere, arms move a star pointer to indicate the position of a star. Other gears and mechanisms read out the position.

In the 1960s, the B-52 bomber could navigate by the stars. Celestial navigation requires spherical trigonometry, so an analog Angle Computer solved these equations electromechanically. Let's look inside...

You must have angst for some time about how to reply

I'm journeying through your tech posts now!

Can't help you, but I'm aware of these beauties. Had no idea you were invested in their archaeology.

Hang on, so now the BBC is far right? I was told last week it was socialist. Maybe it's actually just reporting with every effort to be neutral, which is insanely difficult with an increasingly polarised society.

1. stop drinking soda. shit eats you alive. switch to seltzer. you get the fizzy, but none of the corrosiveness.
2. delete fb, insta, twitter. shit eats you alive. switch to bsky. you get the fizzy, but none of the corrosiveness.

I was put off the 8bit Gun Guy. Can't remember why.

Unsure if returns go back to the contract manufacturer: and if so, and it isn't a warranty defect, whether Commodore are then charged for inspection or return post to the customer. Agree they could have a fuse of which the status could be checked & emailed in a log file before return authorisation.

You are still entitled to "do as you wish" with defeating the lock, but agree there is probably a better way to do it with a fuse with which the status can be interrogated and provide by email with a log file before sending the unit back

The firmware is freely and widely available for the C64 so the risks are greater, with a small company focussed on getting orders out distracted by avoidable returns. I'm just trying to present the contrary view and avoid the temptation to rage

So they send the C64 back to the customer and who is responsible for paying the investigation/return fees if the warranty is deemed invalidated? I'm struggling to understand why they would otherwise care about what firmware you install except for the demand it may place on support function.

In order to prevent excessive returns. I stand by my assertion that there is no financial motivation other than minimising returns

I hate these free-to-use services not having 100% availability, causing me to do worthwhile and productive things instead. My toe nails have never had so much attention.

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I kind of understand it - there is no obvious financial motivation here besides reducing returns costs: once you've bought the hardware they don't actually care what firmware you run, as long as you don't expect product support.

The C64 was VR in comparison! 🤣

You wouldn't like me when I'm buffering