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  • G Graham Bradshaw

    See how many you can recognise... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7671677.stm[^]

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    BonshatS
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    4 correct guesses out of 10. Seriously though, how much time does a person spend looking at their hardware unless there's something wrong with it? I can barely tell you what my monitor looks like because unless there's smoke coming out, I'm only looking at the brightly lit part with the text and pictures.

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    • C ChandraRam

      9/10 :) Who are you calling an old timer? :mad: ;) ;P

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      Graham Bradshaw
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      ChandraRam wrote:

      Who are you calling an old timer?

      Anyone who reads the title of the post, and thinks it applies to them... :-D

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      • G Graham Bradshaw

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        whatUrunning com
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        7 / 10

        www.whatUrunning.com

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        • G Graham Bradshaw

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          Nagy Vilmos
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          6 from 10, started 4 from 4.


          Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.

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          • L Lost User

            Do you mean Equity. Only the Holy Book can solve it. Human Inteligence cannot because they differ.

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            Nagy Vilmos
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            'ere be trolls


            Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.

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            • M Maximilien

              8 is 10 in octal.

              This signature was proudly tested on animals.

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              no, it's not! :doh:

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              • L Lost User

                Do you mean Equity. Only the Holy Book can solve it. Human Inteligence cannot because they differ.

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                Pete OHanlon
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                By the Great Prophet Zarquon, you're right. Only the Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy can solve it. The answer's 42 dagnabit.

                Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

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                • G Graham Bradshaw

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                  John M Drescher
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                  6 out of 10. The first few were easy.

                  John

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                  • G Graham Bradshaw

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                    Dalek Dave
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                    8 out of 10! Called the IBM Portable the Compaq Portable and missed the Emac.

                    ------------------------------------ "October: This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks in." - Mark Twain

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                      By the Great Prophet Zarquon, you're right. Only the Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy can solve it. The answer's 42 dagnabit.

                      Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

                      My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys

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                      Dalek Dave
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                      Ay yes, the only holy book worth the name. All others are works of fiction written by shepherds on hills thousands of year ago, THHGTTG is the Ultimate Truth! (Written on a Lisa I believe!)

                      ------------------------------------ "October: This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks in." - Mark Twain

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                      • G Graham Bradshaw

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                        PIEBALDconsult
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                        I didn't recognize any of them, but I got 4 by random selection.

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                        • D Dalek Dave

                          8 out of 10! Called the IBM Portable the Compaq Portable and missed the Emac.

                          ------------------------------------ "October: This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks in." - Mark Twain

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                          John M Drescher
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                          I got both of those wrong as well. And also the 2 vintage gamer systems.

                          John

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                          • G Graham Bradshaw

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                            David Crow
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                            8 out of 10.

                            "Love people and use things, not love things and use people." - Unknown

                            "The brick walls are there for a reason...to stop the people who don't want it badly enough." - Randy Pausch

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                            • G Graham Bradshaw

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                              Stuart Jeffery
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                              8/10 at age 29, thats harsh :(

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                                6/10 - but I'm only 29....

                                It definitely isn't definatley

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                                6/10 here as well. I'm also 29, but many of them were unfamiliar due to them not being marketed in the United States (such as Amstrads, Acorns, and Sinclairs). The first one (which looked straight out of the original Star Trek series), I only knew from knowing the history of computer games.

                                I don't claim to be a know it all, for I know that I am not...

                                I usually have an answer though.

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                                  no, it's not! :doh:

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                                  Scott Barbour
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                                  Yes, it is:

                                  Dec | Oct
                                  0 | 0
                                  1 | 1
                                  2 | 2
                                  3 | 3
                                  4 | 4
                                  5 | 5
                                  6 | 6
                                  7 | 7
                                  8 | 10
                                  9 | 11
                                  10 | 12

                                  Classic joke (perhaps misquoted): Why do Unix sysadmins confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because Dec 25 = Oct 31

                                  I don't claim to be a know it all, for I know that I am not...

                                  I usually have an answer though.

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                                  • C ChandraRam

                                    9/10 :) Who are you calling an old timer? :mad: ;) ;P

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                                    Rajesh R Subramanian
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                                    Well, I scored a 5 so 9 should be OK for you. ;P

                                    Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal - Friedrich Nietzsche .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. [Microsoft MVP - Visual C++]

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                                    • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                                      Well, I scored a 5 so 9 should be OK for you. ;P

                                      Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal - Friedrich Nietzsche .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. [Microsoft MVP - Visual C++]

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                                      ChandraRam
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                                      Oh OK. I did not know we are supposed to compute on an inverse proportion. ;P :-D

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                                      • G Graham Bradshaw

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                                        Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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                                        7 out of 10 :-O

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                                        • G Graham Bradshaw

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                                          Member 96
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                                          3 out of 10 but I think you'd need to be British to do any good at that quiz and games consoles don't exactly fit in there. The Commodore PET was super easy because it's the first pc I cut my teeth on (though that was a SuperPET).


                                          "It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson

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