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May 13, 2018, 07:34:15 PM
Never give your folks a hard time over BTC or computer technology: they taught you how to use a spoon.
Go, BTC!
Go, BTC!
May 13, 2018, 07:24:29 PM
It's funny guys.
My first "computer game" experience;
My dad brought a state of the art HP calculator home from work. This thing could read (and write) programs on small, like 10mmx40mm mag strips. you would feed the strip into a slot in one side and little rubberized feed wheels would spin up and spit it through and out the other side.
One of the program strips included when the unit was delivered was a "moon lander" game. It was turn based. It would briefly display your speed, range to the surface, and remaining fuel, then you would be prompted for a fuel burn input.
Yes, I did land it that night.
Yes...I am old.
My first "computer game" experience;
My dad brought a state of the art HP calculator home from work. This thing could read (and write) programs on small, like 10mmx40mm mag strips. you would feed the strip into a slot in one side and little rubberized feed wheels would spin up and spit it through and out the other side.
One of the program strips included when the unit was delivered was a "moon lander" game. It was turn based. It would briefly display your speed, range to the surface, and remaining fuel, then you would be prompted for a fuel burn input.
Yes, I did land it that night.
Yes...I am old.
Ha! That is epic! My father brought home a "talking typewriter" and a "talking page" from Responsive Environments Corp in early 1970.....something.
My dad taught me how to use a slide rule.
Speaking of dad, he used to be an awesome hockey player and I remember him coming home one night telling us that he got five goals in one game.
I said, "Wow! Can I see them?!" and he said,
"Well, you can't see them..." so I said
"Why not?"
Fast forward to 2013 on a visit to my dad and me saying,
"Hey dad! I just bought some Bitcoins!" and he said,
"What are Bitcoins?" and I said,
"It's a new form of digital currency!" to which he replied,
"Wow! Can I see them?" so I said,
"Well, you can't see them..." and he said,
"Why not?"
Guess I'm a chip off the old block.
May 13, 2018, 07:09:22 PM
It's funny guys.
My first "computer game" experience;
My dad brought a state of the art HP calculator home from work. This thing could read (and write) programs on small, like 10mmx40mm mag strips. you would feed the strip into a slot in one side and little rubberized feed wheels would spin up and spit it through and out the other side.
One of the program strips included when the unit was delivered was a "moon lander" game. It was turn based. It would briefly display your speed, range to the surface, and remaining fuel, then you would be prompted for a fuel burn input.
Yes, I did land it that night.
Yes...I am old.
My first "computer game" experience;
My dad brought a state of the art HP calculator home from work. This thing could read (and write) programs on small, like 10mmx40mm mag strips. you would feed the strip into a slot in one side and little rubberized feed wheels would spin up and spit it through and out the other side.
One of the program strips included when the unit was delivered was a "moon lander" game. It was turn based. It would briefly display your speed, range to the surface, and remaining fuel, then you would be prompted for a fuel burn input.
Yes, I did land it that night.
Yes...I am old.
Ha! That is epic! My father brought home a "talking typewriter" and a "talking page" from Responsive Environments Corp in early 1970.....something.
May 13, 2018, 06:45:31 PM
I began using computers when I bought my first ZX81 kit and built it.
It had a whopping 1K of RAM and programs could be saved and loaded to audio cassette tapes which was a real hit and miss affair.
Progression from there was the ZX spectrum, BBC micro, Commodore 64, Atari ST 400 (I think), Apple Macintosh....... modern day PCs.
Still, fun days.
It had a whopping 1K of RAM and programs could be saved and loaded to audio cassette tapes which was a real hit and miss affair.
Progression from there was the ZX spectrum, BBC micro, Commodore 64, Atari ST 400 (I think), Apple Macintosh....... modern day PCs.
Still, fun days.
had a timex-sinclair 1000 (basically a zx-81 that was prebuilt for usa market) with the 16k ram pack and that sparky printer. still have it somewhere. the sparky printer was pretty cool.
the ram pack connection was so wobbly (instant lockup if you even breathed on it) i wound up hot gluing the whole thing to a piece of wood.
ts1000 -> vic20 -> c64 -> columbia 8088 with (eventually) a 30 megabyte rll drive woot! (1st ibm pc clone) -> ibm at -> self built from there (386sx and onward).
also had a programmable hp calculator back around the late '70s but it didnt have the stripe reader, i had to code moon lander in by hand each time so i would never never turn it off rofl.
Wow the timex-Sinclair ! My first computer I think we paid around 50$
Wow. Is anyone in this thread younger than the Big Mac?
Probably, although I made my first PC rounds on a ZX81 as well.
I understand the Big Mac is from 1967, right?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Macintosh_128k_transparency.png/300px-Macintosh_128k_transparency.png
Big Mac.
January 24, 1984.
Big Mac.
1986
https://www.economist.com/content/big-mac-index
Quote
THE Big Mac index was invented by The Economist in 1986 as a lighthearted guide to whether currencies are at their “correct” level.
Is bitcoin at its “correct” level?
May 13, 2018, 06:34:26 PM
Wow. Is anyone in this thread younger than the Big Mac?
Probably, although I made my first PC rounds on a ZX81 as well.
I understand the Big Mac is from 1967, right?
Big Mac.
January 24, 1984.
I'm just barely younger than when the Bic Mac sandwich was introduced and was a sophomore in High School when the computer came out. My first computer was a TI-99/4A.
X2, First thing I coded on and saved onto cassette.
Picked up the Mac SE just to play one game. Imperium Galactica .
May 13, 2018, 06:10:56 PM
https://blog.sia.tech/the-state-of-cryptocurrency-mining-538004a37f9b
Lots here on mining centralisation and lots on Bitmain.
Lots here on mining centralisation and lots on Bitmain.
Excellent read imo, thanx for sharing.
Quote from: David Vorick, The State of Cryptocurrency Mining
At the end of the day, cryptocurrency miner manufacturers are selling money printing machines.
A well-funded profit maximizing entity is only going to sell a money printing machine for more money than
they expect they could get it to print themselves. The buyer needs to understand why the manufacturer is
selling the units instead of keeping them for themselves.
A well-funded profit maximizing entity is only going to sell a money printing machine for more money than
they expect they could get it to print themselves. The buyer needs to understand why the manufacturer is
selling the units instead of keeping them for themselves.
from a logical perspective, obvious really...
May 13, 2018, 06:02:17 PM
May 13, 2018, 05:47:05 PM
Are alt coins allowed in this thread? GitHub released a great list of the projects:
https://i.redditmedia.com/XjfGTvK7m7viSsgXUUu4QcIh1-az1_DhvusF7Rw1b04.jpg?s=7f9c395b1773972140db787a1f8bb5a3
https://i.redditmedia.com/XjfGTvK7m7viSsgXUUu4QcIh1-az1_DhvusF7Rw1b04.jpg?s=7f9c395b1773972140db787a1f8bb5a3
May 13, 2018, 05:24:14 PM
bull logic. every tiny down move is the bottom (or manipulation). every tiny up move is the super bullish recovery and wall street stepping in, with a near term target of ATH. over and over hundreds of times this year ever since 20K ad nauseum
moon then?
May 13, 2018, 05:22:57 PM
When police finally caught up with her, TERA's only statement was, "I got sick of the bulls."
May 13, 2018, 05:14:01 PM
bull logic. every tiny down move is the bottom (or manipulation). every tiny up move is the super bullish recovery and wall street stepping in, with a near term target of ATH. over and over hundreds of times this year ever since 20K ad nauseum
May 13, 2018, 04:23:57 PM
They say sell in May and go away. I bought (quite a lot) and I am here to stay: always the sum I am not afraid to lose. We will see how this unfolds: still bullish
I panic-bought TFD at $8340 so I can sleep better this weekend. Not that it matters a year from now.I think I found the bottom!
May 13, 2018, 04:14:13 PM
They say sell in May and go away. I bought (quite a lot) and I am here to stay: always the sum I am not afraid to lose. We will see how this unfolds: still bullish
I panic-bought TFD at $8340 so I can sleep better this weekend. Not that it matters a year from now.
May 13, 2018, 03:59:27 PM
Is that Jimbo with his new teeth and slimmer fashion?
May 13, 2018, 03:58:35 PM
Bitcoin is going to reverse bart during the next week
May 13, 2018, 03:52:17 PM
https://blog.sia.tech/the-state-of-cryptocurrency-mining-538004a37f9b
Lots here on mining centralisation and lots on Bitmain.
Lots here on mining centralisation and lots on Bitmain.
May 13, 2018, 03:06:49 PM
Wow. Is anyone in this thread younger than the Big Mac?
Probably, although I made my first PC rounds on a ZX81 as well.
I understand the Big Mac is from 1967, right?
Big Mac.
January 24, 1984.
I'm just barely younger than when the Bic Mac sandwich was introduced and was a sophomore in High School when the computer came out. My first computer was a TI-99/4A.
I guess I don't blow my opsec saying I am somewhere in the middle of both of the "Big Macs". My first "real" computer was a 1982 Spectrum 48K... which I still HODL
Before that I remember I had a Philips game cartridge console but I guess that doesn't count. And I don't even remember much about it... except it had a "flat membrane" integrated keyboard or something like that.
*rest of pc hardware not included....
May 13, 2018, 03:01:32 PM
ETH .085
wow
wow
yeah :|
Everything is in green against BTC, wtf is that?
I'm all for it.
Totally talking my book here. I (foolishly) got into most of my ETH position around 0.1, before I understood what a train wreck it really was.
So, if it could get back to there one more time before imploding...that would be great.
May 13, 2018, 02:37:16 PM
I feel like the big whales left this market some time ago, and now the bots are just trading on algos alone. We're going basically sideways now on wash trading.
There's some smaller guppies still trying to push the market up and down, but alas I think they realize that they're not getting any help. They will tire and lose interest. Within 2-3 more months I think we will have bottomed.
There's some smaller guppies still trying to push the market up and down, but alas I think they realize that they're not getting any help. They will tire and lose interest. Within 2-3 more months I think we will have bottomed.
Again ?
May 13, 2018, 02:35:31 PM
ETH .085
wow
wow
yeah :|
Everything is in green against BTC, wtf is that?
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