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Compared to modern computers, ENIAC is leagues above them despite being invented in 19 loving 40. It led to a major breakthrough in atomic research (what was the last time your PC did something like that?), was one of a kind, could do all sorts of things that no other machine at that time could do - complex calculations, scientific simulations, and more. It never crashed, BSODd, or had someone use it to post rape jokes on the internet. Compared to it, your 1000 dollar apple store PC is yawns-ville. People like Jobs and Gates did the world a disservice by 'improving' computers. We already had a design that did everything you need a complex machine to do, and didn't steal your personal information whenever you logged on. There's no argument you can make that excuses the computers we have today. They're unnecessary, expensive, destroy ceeativity, and shelter mentally ill people that need help. (Btw, if you're going to troll with some boring comment like 'BUT IT WAS BIG HURR', please just go back to the Xbox megathread) E: Forgot to add, there's nothing a modern computer can that my phone cant also do, and I can use it on the go, clubbing, exercising, etc. curious lump fucked around with this message at 04:24 on Nov 18, 2014 |
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# ? Apr 28, 2024 22:26 |
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didnt read
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 04:25 |
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its not the size it's the 100,000:1 lower power requirements. Sadly the boomer shitheads got scared of nuke power so it wouldn't be feasible. otherwise i'm with you OP
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 04:26 |
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pram posted:didnt read I'm sorry, maybe I should have thrown in a non-functional language joke.
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 04:30 |
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YOUR MOM WAS THE ONLY GOOD COMPUTER
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 04:34 |
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Stymie posted:YOUR MOM WAS THE ONLY GOOD COMPUTER please dont use gendered insults.
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 04:35 |
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the ENIAC caused the atomic bomb which killed millions
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 04:35 |
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curious lump posted:I'm sorry, maybe I should have thrown in a non-functional language joke. its worth a shot imo
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 04:37 |
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LP0 ON FIRE posted:the ENIAC caused the atomic bomb which killed millions Counter point: Had ENIAC not allowed for the creation of the atomic bomb, then there would be no anime, and Japan would still be chopping off chink's heads with katana swords.
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 04:37 |
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who says you're not unfunny?
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 04:41 |
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can it even play crysis?
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 04:41 |
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that poo poo cray
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 04:44 |
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 04:44 |
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:that poo poo cray
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 04:45 |
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pram posted:didnt read epic thattery
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 04:47 |
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lazy replyery
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 04:48 |
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The Management posted:can it even play crysis? How about you go outside instead of playing computer games
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 04:51 |
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what os did the eniac run and was it a pos (trick question: it was)
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 04:56 |
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LP0 ON FIRE posted:who says you're not unfunny? Yeah, because Im trying to have a serious discussion thread, not make programming jokes. Retard.
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 04:57 |
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crysis 3 multiplayer is still the slickest game produced since it came out and that alone is worthy of respect
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 04:59 |
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pram posted:what os did the eniac run and was it a pos (trick question: it was) Yeah, no. It was better than needing an OS, and calling it a pos is like calling Nosferatu a bad movie.
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 05:00 |
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stfu about ghames bitch this is a thread about fyad reject effort post re: some old computer
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 05:00 |
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pram posted:stfu about ghames bitch this is a thread about fyad reject effort post re: some old computer Thanks but I dont need help moderating a thread from someone named after a baby carriage. Re crisis chat: Eniac was used for actual warfare, not playing Mass Murder Simulater #753
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 05:04 |
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it ran no os & it was a better age
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theadder posted:it ran no os & it was a better age The greatest generation
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 05:06 |
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curious lump posted:Counter point: Had ENIAC not allowed for the creation of the atomic bomb, then there would be no anime, and Japan would still be chopping off chink's heads with katana swords. dont need eniac to find teh racsim here OP
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 05:20 |
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curious lump posted:The greatest generation and yet we experience os x op
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 05:22 |
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bobbilljim posted:dont need eniac to find teh racsim here OP yeah no poo poo. imperial japan was racist as gently caress
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 05:22 |
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wrong, OP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8K-xbx7jBM
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 05:27 |
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:that poo poo cray
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 05:40 |
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just wanted to say that your claim that eniac never crashed is bogus, dude vacuum tubes have a limited life with a somewhat random distribution and eniac had so many vacuum tubes that iirc its mean time between failures was like 1 hour.
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 07:27 |
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Sagebrush posted:just wanted to say that your claim that eniac never crashed is bogus, dude I wouldn't consider that 'crashing'. More of a problem with faulty materials. Modern computers not only have to worry about hardware failure, but also programs and the OS crashing the computer, whereas ENIAC only had to deal with the first.
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 07:28 |
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fuckin' lmao at that rationalization. imagine if you had to replace chips on your motherboard every hour
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 07:30 |
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curious lump posted:I wouldn't consider that 'crashing'. More of a problem with faulty materials. Modern computers not only have to worry about hardware failure, but also programs and the OS crashing the computer, whereas ENIAC only had to deal with the first. i don't think you fully understand what it's like when the term "one hour average uptime" is involved relative to that, no. modern computesr do not have to worry about hardware failure
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 07:31 |
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my computar has been up 8 hours
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 07:39 |
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what would your ideal modern computer world look like op?
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 07:47 |
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:that poo poo cray
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 07:48 |
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Linux Pirate posted:what would your ideal modern computer world look like op? Large. Takes up lots of power. Only used for essential problems, like killing browns. This way, people are forced to go out and make their own entertainment. Feeling like this would solve a lot of societal ills if ppl just interacted + understood each other.
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 07:53 |
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curious lump posted:This way, people are forced to go out and make their own entertainment.
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# ? Nov 18, 2014 07:57 |
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curious lump posted:I wouldn't consider that 'crashing'. More of a problem with faulty materials. Modern computers not only have to worry about hardware failure, but also programs and the OS crashing the computer, whereas ENIAC only had to deal with the first. no, ENIAC had to deal with program bugs too. all ENIAC programs were written in machine code.
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