Text 7850, 31 rader
Skriven 2006-11-04 02:06:16 av Maurice Kinal (1:140/13.1)
   Kommentar till text 7847 av James Bradley (1:134/77.0)
Ärende: You gotta smile
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Hey James!

Nov 03 15:25 06, James Bradley wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 JB> Not so fast, oh wize-guy. <G+D> If your VCR can record a program 
 JB> unattended, it *definitely* has a brain,

I suppose.  Never used that function and don't have any tapes anyhow.

 JB> and I think even those old 
 JB> monitors used all *sorts* of VLSI logic, and switching, which may or 
 JB> may not include a read from a PROM. If your VCR was built after a 
 JB> date, (Mid to late nineties seem to ring a bell.) it likely uses an 
 JB> embedded Linux kernel.

I suppose.  I just use the on/off and channel changer and that requires either
a remote or me pusing the right buttons.  The rest is unused since day one.  I
often wonder why I bothered buying it in the first place but since it works it
survives.  I haven't been tempted to replace it with a DVD player seeing it
would probably end up being used in the same way.  Most of this type of
technology is wasted on me.  If the TV card hadn't been sitting there
collecting dust I probably wouldn't have bothered with it, but it sat there
challenging me to try it in the new fangled 64-bit guy so I couldn't resist.  I
am still surprised it worked.  Still does too but I haven't actually used it
now that the thrill is gone.  Go figure eh?

Life is good,
Maurice

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