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  1. MeAgain

    MeAgain Dazed & Confused Lifetime Supporter Super Moderator

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    Yes it is, and I really can't remember.

    I used to know a few of these, but when I search on the net it seems they are different.
    Here's one that I don't remember, but I knew one for the same purpose that I also can't remember, dam.
    Although maybe it was the one below?


     
    MeAgain, Jul 9, 2015
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  3. Gyro Gearloose

    Gyro Gearloose Senior Member

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    Hello,

    off to the KIT now, listening to a talk of the Saint of the Church of Emacs ;).

    Regards
    Gyro
     
    Gyro Gearloose, Jul 10, 2015
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  5. AceK

    AceK Scientia Potentia Est

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    VI VI VI !!!
     
    AceK, Jul 10, 2015
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  7. Moonglow181

    Moonglow181 Lifetime Supporter Lifetime Supporter

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    X!
     
    Moonglow181, Jul 10, 2015
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  9. Gyro Gearloose

    Gyro Gearloose Senior Member

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    Hello,

    it's about decisions. You have to choose if you want to waste your time or not. I've chosen the latter and became a member of the church long ago ;).

    Regards
    Gyro

    PS: Listening to RMS for three hours is hard work. Really.
     
    Gyro Gearloose, Jul 10, 2015
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  11. Gyro Gearloose

    Gyro Gearloose Senior Member

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    Hello,

    I second that. Some don't like X, but I do. OK, remote windowing could be faster. NeWS wasn't bad either, at its time at least.

    Regards
    Gyro
     
    Gyro Gearloose, Jul 10, 2015
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  13. AceK

    AceK Scientia Potentia Est

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    Project Whirlwind - core memory, circa 1951, developed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts, USA. Museum sign describes capacity as 2Kb; I do not know if this means kilobytes or kilobits, and word size is not describe. Load rate was 40,000 instructions / second. In Charles River Museum of Industry, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, on loan from the MIT Museum.

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    this is magnetic core memory and is what is referred to by the dreaded "core dump" after an error such as segmentation fault. the term "core" as to refer to memory survives to this day.
     
    AceK, Jul 10, 2015
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  15. Gyro Gearloose

    Gyro Gearloose Senior Member

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    Hello,

    IIRC 2k words a 16 bit are meant.

    http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/mit/whirlwind/

    Regards
    Gyro
     
    Gyro Gearloose, Jul 10, 2015
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  17. Moonglow181

    Moonglow181 Lifetime Supporter Lifetime Supporter

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    People don't like the Roman numeral 10? surprised....It was the 10th yesterday.......
    X can mean a big kiss.....x marks the spot.....or it can mean the 24th letter of the alphabet.....24...or it can mean ex...I guess it is how one looks at it.... :)
     
    Moonglow181, Jul 11, 2015
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  19. Gyro Gearloose

    Gyro Gearloose Senior Member

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    Hello,

    X is quite universal as it seems. Also, x is the secret or the unknown.

    Regards
    Gyro
     
    Gyro Gearloose, Jul 11, 2015
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  21. AceK

    AceK Scientia Potentia Est

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7mtJ3ZV6xM
     
    AceK, Jul 12, 2015
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  23. Moonglow181

    Moonglow181 Lifetime Supporter Lifetime Supporter

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    X means the secret or unknown? I did not know that, Gyro.

    Cool video, Ace.......
     
    Moonglow181, Jul 12, 2015
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  25. Bilby

    Bilby Lifetime Supporter and Freerangertarian Super Moderator

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    I once took an online geek test. I scored 23/30. I was getting there but room for improvement.
     
    Bilby, Jul 13, 2015
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    suckling dick in a back alley for an 80G SD card..
     
    deleted, Jul 13, 2015
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  29. AceK

    AceK Scientia Potentia Est

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    X Window System ... I was practicing some math yesterday, factoring polynomials and quadratics, for a minute I felt like i had forgotten ALL math I had ever done but it returned to me pretty quickly ;) I do need to make a point though to get back up to speed on math since I see a good bit of advanced math in my future.
     
    AceK, Jul 17, 2015
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  31. Asmodean

    Asmodean Slo motion rider

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    MC2
     
    Asmodean, Jul 18, 2015
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  33. relaxxx

    relaxxx Senior Member

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    That sure is an odd number for SD memory...
    SD ram cums in 1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128 GB configs. Every geek knows that.
     
    relaxxx, Jul 20, 2015
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  35. Joshua Tree

    Joshua Tree Remain In Light

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    Joshua Tree, Jul 25, 2015
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  37. AceK

    AceK Scientia Potentia Est

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    you're dreams are completely expressed in code ...
     
    AceK, Jul 25, 2015
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  39. AceK

    AceK Scientia Potentia Est

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    yeah, 80 isn't a power of 2.
     
    AceK, Jul 25, 2015
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