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Lawrence D'Oliveiro
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      09-19-2008
I wouldn't say things were slower back in the old days, but instead of
over-clocking, we had over-calendaring...
 
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Enkidu
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      09-19-2008
Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
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> I wouldn't say things were slower back in the old days, but instead of
> over-clocking, we had over-calendaring...
>

We didn't type our programs, we engraved them on granite.

Cheers,

Cliff

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Jasen Betts
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      09-20-2008
On 2008-09-19, Enkidu <> wrote:
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
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>> I wouldn't say things were slower back in the old days, but instead of
>> over-clocking, we had over-calendaring...
> >

> We didn't type our programs, we engraved them on granite.
>


Cardboard, I could believe, but granite?




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Gordon
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      09-20-2008
On 2008-09-19, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <_zealand> wrote:
> I wouldn't say things were slower back in the old days, but instead of
> over-clocking, we had over-calendaring...


Oh the wit
 
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Nicolaas Hawkins
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      09-20-2008
On 20 Sep 2008 06:42:29 GMT, Gordon <> wrote in
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> On 2008-09-19, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <_zealand> wrote:
>> I wouldn't say things were slower back in the old days, but instead of
>> over-clocking, we had over-calendaring...

>
> Oh the wit


Pity the vocabularily bereft.

OMGAWGTHTGTATA?

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Lawrence D'Oliveiro
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      09-20-2008
Gordon wrote:

> On 2008-09-19, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <_zealand>
> wrote:
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>> I wouldn't say things were slower back in the old days, but instead of
>> over-clocking, we had over-calendaring...

>
> Oh the wit


I knew a family named De Witt.
 
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Nicolaas Hawkins
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      09-20-2008
On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:09:26 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro
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> Gordon wrote:
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>> On 2008-09-19, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <_zealand>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I wouldn't say things were slower back in the old days, but instead of
>>> over-clocking, we had over-calendaring...

>>
>> Oh the wit

>
> I knew a family named De Witt.


Their pills turned your pee bright green.

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