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Old Jun 30, 2016 | 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by y8s
**** that's some erotic nerd **** / movie nerd ****.
What I find especially interesting, in the context of the AN/FSQ-7 being such an amazingly massive computer (the largest, most expensive, and power-hungriest computer ever built, by far) is that it wasn't a one-off deal. They built twenty-four of them, all paid for courtesy of Mr. & Mrs. Taxpayer, as part of the SAGE air defense system.











And nearly as powerful as an 80s vintage HP pocket calculator.


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Old Jun 30, 2016 | 09:48 PM
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Just looked it up on wikipedia. 3 MEGAWATTS to run that thing! Holy ****!

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Old Jun 30, 2016 | 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
They built twenty-four of them, all paid for courtesy of Mr. & Mrs. Taxpayer, as part of the SAGE air defense system.
Compared to letting the Russians turn New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and a bunch of other American cities into radioactive smoking craters, that's pretty cheap. The cold war was a strange time.



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Old Jun 30, 2016 | 11:20 PM
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It is done. Eli is 8 weeks old.

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Old Jul 1, 2016 | 08:00 AM
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So that thing on the last page we were discussing, regarding the plastic.
I got in trouble for my response yesterday, this morning.
Old Jul 1, 2016 | 08:13 AM
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lol wut
Old Jul 1, 2016 | 08:25 AM
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Kids these days can't take criticism. If I suggest that their theory may be wrong(and prove my own theory) then I end up hurting their feelings.
This is the world we live in now.
Old Jul 1, 2016 | 09:47 AM
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proper response is: great. Since you are the one who found this issue, please devise an experiment based on your best hypothesis and test it. i.e. remove the shield and see if hte problem persists.
Old Jul 1, 2016 | 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by y8s
proper response is: great. Since you are the one who found this issue, please devise an experiment based on your best hypothesis and test it. i.e. remove the shield and see if hte problem persists.
Unfortunately with pencil pushers, they will make someone else do the work.
Old Jul 1, 2016 | 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by triple88a
Unfortunately with pencil pushers, they will tell you exactly what to do and how to do your job.
Fixed*
Old Jul 1, 2016 | 03:56 PM
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Im not allowed to fix this. Last time i tried i was yelled at... And it hurt my feelings.
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Old Jul 1, 2016 | 04:12 PM
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Forgot I had this saved

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Old Jul 1, 2016 | 04:20 PM
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SOLID post, bro. Props to you!
Old Jul 3, 2016 | 12:36 PM
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I don't want to start a thread on this, but I need some help.
I want to buy oversized oem pistons from mazdaspeed.
They will only sell me the pistons and not the rings, because I'm not a racerboi.
Does anyone know of a source for .030 over oem rings or have a suggestion for an alternative?
Old Jul 3, 2016 | 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Monk
I don't want to start a thread on this, but I need some help.
I want to buy oversized oem pistons from mazdaspeed.
They will only sell me the pistons and not the rings, because I'm not a racerboi.
Does anyone know of a source for .030 over oem rings or have a suggestion for an alternative?
Text me
PayPal me monies
Receive rings in mail.
Old Jul 3, 2016 | 03:00 PM
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I love that hour of the day when you wake up in a friend's basement out in the burbs, two hours outside the city, and realize it's time to reset the house for day 2 of the party.
Old Jul 3, 2016 | 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
I love that hour of the day when you wake up in a friend's basement out in the burbs, two hours outside the city, and realize it's time to reset the house for day 2 of the party.
Party stage, ROUND 2... FIGHT


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Old Jul 4, 2016 | 03:47 PM
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Backup drive just died. Now I need a 3.5" 2TB+ hard drive for cheap. But also reliable, because backup.

Currently choosing between these two.

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Deskt...1&keywords=2tb

https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Desktop-...2&keywords=2tb
Old Jul 4, 2016 | 05:24 PM
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Truth:

All hard drives are the same, in that you can't reliably predict whether any one specific unit will fail during any specific timeframe.
Old Jul 4, 2016 | 06:26 PM
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Cool. Picked one out on amazon. I'll have it in a few days.



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