Another pointless thread
Posted 20/03/2011 - 09:35
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Oggy my husband has a binary clock - without numbers, just lights. He glances at it and can tell the time .
A real computer geek. But then he used to program PDPs by flicking switches on them back in the dawn of time.
A real computer geek. But then he used to program PDPs by flicking switches on them back in the dawn of time.
Posted 20/03/2011 - 11:25
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Gwyn wrote:
...A real computer geek. But then he used to program PDPs by flicking switches on them back in the dawn of time.
My first digital computer was the 11/45....A real computer geek. But then he used to program PDPs by flicking switches on them back in the dawn of time.
The sad thing is that I used to like the colours.
Posted 20/03/2011 - 12:05
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Britain's satellites - Ariel 5 and 6 at least, were controlled by PDP8s and later by 11s.
My husband was even on Tomorrow's World flicking switches on the PDP8 - just to make a nice light show for them in their bit about Ariel 5, but he was responsible for a good bit of the onboard software for said satellite.
If I hadn't been ill the day they were filming I would have been on it too!
My husband was even on Tomorrow's World flicking switches on the PDP8 - just to make a nice light show for them in their bit about Ariel 5, but he was responsible for a good bit of the onboard software for said satellite.
If I hadn't been ill the day they were filming I would have been on it too!
Posted 20/03/2011 - 12:10
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Oh and happy birthday to this thread too!
Posted 20/03/2011 - 15:31
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Happy Birthday
(I can't believe it's half three and only two Happy Birthdays so far. The thread will be feeling very put out!)
(I can't believe it's half three and only two Happy Birthdays so far. The thread will be feeling very put out!)
Posted 20/03/2011 - 15:43
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Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear thread
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear thread
Happy birthday to you
Barrie - Too Old To Die Young
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Posted 20/03/2011 - 16:05
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Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear thread
Happy birthday to you
And so say all of us
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear thread
Happy birthday to you
And so say all of us
Colin
“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.”
Edmund Burke (1729 – 1797)
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“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.”
Edmund Burke (1729 – 1797)
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Posted 20/03/2011 - 17:21
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Agreed
Happy birthday thread - and many many more of them
Cheers
Happy birthday thread - and many many more of them
Cheers
let the education continue
proud owner of a couple of cameras and a few bits and bobs
proud owner of a couple of cameras and a few bits and bobs
Posted 20/03/2011 - 17:43
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Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear thread
Happy birthday to you
And so say all of us
Tony & Jo
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I am now on Flickr which is nice !
Posted 20/03/2011 - 23:03
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As an asside to the reality of world events, I went to see Billy Connolly last night in Perth, excellent show. Never laughed so hard for quite some time.
Best regards
Best regards
Too far from a shore.
Posted 21/03/2011 - 07:41
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Glad you enjoyed the show K10D. He's easier to understand now that he's lost his strong Glaswegian accent.
As a birthday treat (for me not the thread!) my better half bought me tickets to see Mike Harding in Lancaster next Sunday.
Must say I'm looking forward to seeing him live. I missed his shows in the 70s and 80s when he visited Bradford. Shortage of cash was the problem in those days.
As a birthday treat (for me not the thread!) my better half bought me tickets to see Mike Harding in Lancaster next Sunday.
Must say I'm looking forward to seeing him live. I missed his shows in the 70s and 80s when he visited Bradford. Shortage of cash was the problem in those days.
Cheers, HG
K110+DA40, K200+DA35, K3 and a bag of lenses, bodies and other bits.
Mustn't forget the Zenits, or folders, or...
PPG entries.
K110+DA40, K200+DA35, K3 and a bag of lenses, bodies and other bits.
Mustn't forget the Zenits, or folders, or...
PPG entries.
Posted 21/03/2011 - 08:11
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The Rochdale Cowboy! Have fun. You will make Matt (Dangermouse) jealous - Mike Harding wrote the music for Dangermouse .
I would love to See Billy Connolly live, but can't see him ever making it to the Netherlands.
I would love to See Billy Connolly live, but can't see him ever making it to the Netherlands.
Posted 21/03/2011 - 08:20
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Just for you DM, check the lins bellow.
Aint gonna drink..
Ackroyds funeral
Rosy cheeked girls.
Enjoy!
Aint gonna drink..
Ackroyds funeral
Rosy cheeked girls.
Enjoy!
Cheers, HG
K110+DA40, K200+DA35, K3 and a bag of lenses, bodies and other bits.
Mustn't forget the Zenits, or folders, or...
PPG entries.
K110+DA40, K200+DA35, K3 and a bag of lenses, bodies and other bits.
Mustn't forget the Zenits, or folders, or...
PPG entries.
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