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Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

Platystemon posted:

More weird old calculators:

When the first electronic calculators were being developed, not everyone got the memo about the standardisation of seven‐segment displays.

The Ise Electronics Corporation in particular had this interesting arrangment:

Which results in numerals like this:

Zeros were half height, which improves readability when the machine does not suppress leading zeroes:

Here�s a video of an Itron‐equipped calculator in action:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF6a5_koxog&t=493s

The cascade as it displays intermediate results is tres magnifique.

That is extremely attractive and I wish that design were still around.

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Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

The Zune loving owned. :colbert:

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Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

Kelp Me! posted:

Caldor or Bradlees

sup MA goon

Iron Crowned posted:

In other words Microcenter rules

# ¿ Mar 20, 2017 20:56

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

Pham Nuwen posted:

For some goddamn reason, work's voicemail now wants you to control it with voice commands, which is obviously better than pressing buttons

There isn't much better a sign of upperclass cluelessness than the people who invented voice-powered phone systems. They couldn't conceive of any situations where a person wouldn't have privacy.

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Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

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Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

Grassy Knowles posted:

I hated every single one of these fuckin things

Okay I loved them but I dont ever want to touch one again, we�ve advanced

Okay gently caress where can I find one

Thread motto

# ¿ Mar 4, 2023 00:06

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

Killingyouguy! posted:

Oh it sucks? Even more reason to buy it

# ¿ Mar 22, 2023 17:28

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

Dick Trauma posted:

I had a pair of the originals. I loved them but within a short period of time the little black plastic sliders snapped off. I exchanged them for a new pair that did the same not long after and that was the end of my first pair of headphones. I've always listened to my music primarily on headphones and will never forget those Koss ones.

They have an unlimited lifetime warranty. I bought mine 20+ years ago and have had them replaced 5 times.

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Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

OCEANS ARE NOW BATTLEFIELDS

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Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

A spoonful of slurry will cure what ails you

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Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

Pham Nuwen posted:

We talking Usenet? Click through the quotes below to see the articles I quoted, because it's a ride

And yes, he's still at it, posting dozens of times per day. One of his favorite things is to post that he's just rendered avian flu virus harmless, so if any bird farmers could just post a reply confirming the result for him...

Chaos sex magic rituals about Ursula K. LeGuin, she�d be �proud? :confused:

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Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

Holy poo poo it�s James Burke!!! :allears:

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