The AI-generated cat pictures thread
09-26-2012, 09:23 PM
There was a person on the miata forum thread that was saying they will be looking for boost.. you might want to toss them a message.
New 2001 Owner...craving boostage - MX-5 Miata Forum
New 2001 Owner...craving boostage - MX-5 Miata Forum
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09-26-2012, 10:34 PM
Boost Pope
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Just ran across an old favorite of mine. The Vannevar Shrubbery, located inside the Vannevar Shrubbery Room:
Bonus geek points to anyone who can, without using any search engine, convincingly describe to me the significance of this along all three vectors. (One should be exceedingly obvious. The other two involve heavy geekery.)
Bonus geek points to anyone who can, without using any search engine, convincingly describe to me the significance of this along all three vectors. (One should be exceedingly obvious. The other two involve heavy geekery.)
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09-26-2012, 10:47 PM
A Vannevar Bush reference Joe? That's not something most (any?) would get on here.
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09-26-2012, 11:26 PM
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Somebody knows their early IS history well. 
From whence Ted Nelson labored once, amid the ivy vines,
across the Charles River lies the answer you'll divine.
A building cold and grey, a monument to he who dared
to set his aim upon the way that data are compared.
(The room itself is the key. Notice the number on the door: 10-105½. Who on earth would build a fractional room?)
From whence Ted Nelson labored once, amid the ivy vines,
across the Charles River lies the answer you'll divine.
A building cold and grey, a monument to he who dared
to set his aim upon the way that data are compared.
(The room itself is the key. Notice the number on the door: 10-105½. Who on earth would build a fractional room?)
Last edited by Joe Perez; 09-27-2012 at 01:30 AM. Reason: Y is no I spell gud?
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09-27-2012, 12:12 AM
Somebody knows their early IS history well.
From whence Ted Nelson labored once, amid the ivy vines,
across the Charles River lies the answer you'll divine.
A building cold and grey, a monument to he who dared
to set his aim upon the way that data are compared.
(The room itself is the key. Notice the number on the door: 10-105½. Who on earth would build a fractional room?)
From whence Ted Nelson labored once, amid the ivy vines,
across the Charles River lies the answer you'll divine.
A building cold and grey, a monument to he who dared
to set his aim upon the way that data are compared.
(The room itself is the key. Notice the number on the door: 10-105½. Who on earth would build a fractional room?)
Last edited by Joe Perez; 09-27-2012 at 01:31 AM. Reason: Corrected my egregious spelling error in your quote
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09-27-2012, 01:23 AM
Boost Pope
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I doubt that anyone familiar with Xanadu (in this context) without googling it would be UNfamiliar with Ted Nelson, Vannevar Busch, Alan Kay or Dynabook, and would therefor be pretty close to knowing The Third Vector.
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- we just a Monty Python party - including the coconut shells - talk about geekery.
