2014-04-26 10:52:28 -04:00
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Get a real computer!
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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imp. In 1996 when this entry first entered the File, it was the typical
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hacker response to news that somebody is having trouble getting work done on
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a system that (a) was single-tasking, (b) had no hard disk, or (c) had an
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address space smaller than 16 megabytes. In 2003 anything less powerful than
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a 500MHz Pentium with a multi-gigabyte hard disk would probably be similarly
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written off. The threshold for real computer rises with time. See bitty box
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and toy.
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