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Why oh why do I associate SDI with Strategic Defense Initiative??

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  • G glennPattonWork3

    Hi All, Being a child of the 80's I think SDI as Strategic Defense Initiative, or Star Wars (Space lasers taking out commie nukes). I am bothered by this please tell me I'm not alone... :((

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    k5054
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    You are not alone. I'd have to google what else SDI could refer to.

    Keep Calm and Carry On

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      You are not alone. I'd have to google what else SDI could refer to.

      Keep Calm and Carry On

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      Daniel Pfeffer
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      k5054 wrote:

      google what else SDI could refer to

      Slum Dwellers International? Serial Digital Interface? State Disability Insurance? ...

      Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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      • G glennPattonWork3

        Hi All, Being a child of the 80's I think SDI as Strategic Defense Initiative, or Star Wars (Space lasers taking out commie nukes). I am bothered by this please tell me I'm not alone... :((

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        Roger Wright
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        You are definitely not alone; what else could SDI mean? Don't panic! And don't forget to take your towel...

        Will Rogers never met me.

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          You are definitely not alone; what else could SDI mean? Don't panic! And don't forget to take your towel...

          Will Rogers never met me.

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          Daniel Pfeffer
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          Roger Wright wrote:

          what else could SDI mean?

          Software-Defined Infrastructure? Secure Digital Intercommunications? ...

          Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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            Roger Wright wrote:

            what else could SDI mean?

            Software-Defined Infrastructure? Secure Digital Intercommunications? ...

            Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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            glennPattonWork3
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            Serial Digital Interface ?

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            • R Roger Wright

              You are definitely not alone; what else could SDI mean? Don't panic! And don't forget to take your towel...

              Will Rogers never met me.

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              glennPattonWork3
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              Is there a Hitchhiker refernce I have missed?

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              • G glennPattonWork3

                Is there a Hitchhiker refernce I have missed?

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                Roger Wright
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                Not that I know of, just that when dealing with space lasers, I think it's a good idea to keep a towel handy. You never know... :suss:

                Will Rogers never met me.

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                • G glennPattonWork3

                  Hi All, Being a child of the 80's I think SDI as Strategic Defense Initiative, or Star Wars (Space lasers taking out commie nukes). I am bothered by this please tell me I'm not alone... :((

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                  PIEBALDconsult
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                  That's what it is.

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                  • G glennPattonWork3

                    Hi All, Being a child of the 80's I think SDI as Strategic Defense Initiative, or Star Wars (Space lasers taking out commie nukes). I am bothered by this please tell me I'm not alone... :((

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                    jmaida
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                    Strategic Defense Initiative is correct answer

                    "A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger

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                    • J jmaida

                      Strategic Defense Initiative is correct answer

                      "A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger

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                      glennPattonWork3
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                      Not according to Trinamic! :-D

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                      • G glennPattonWork3

                        Not according to Trinamic! :-D

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                        jmaida
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                        I don't get it. Trinamic?

                        "A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger

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                          I don't get it. Trinamic?

                          "A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger

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                          glennPattonWork3
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                          Sorry, a little contex the widget I was playing with that had the SDI bus which was the cause of the question was a Trinmaic stepper motor control board.

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                          • G glennPattonWork3

                            Hi All, Being a child of the 80's I think SDI as Strategic Defense Initiative, or Star Wars (Space lasers taking out commie nukes). I am bothered by this please tell me I'm not alone... :((

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                            Single Step Debugger
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                            For me SDI stands for Single Document Interface (the opposite of MDI). I blame it on my early days with Delphi.

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                            • G glennPattonWork3

                              Hi All, Being a child of the 80's I think SDI as Strategic Defense Initiative, or Star Wars (Space lasers taking out commie nukes). I am bothered by this please tell me I'm not alone... :((

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                              TNCaver
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                              I associate SDI with the name of a group of small, local convenience stores (long since closed): Super Drive In.

                              There are no solutions, only trade-offs.
                                 - Thomas Sowell

                              A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.
                                 - Calvin (Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes)

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                              • G glennPattonWork3

                                Hi All, Being a child of the 80's I think SDI as Strategic Defense Initiative, or Star Wars (Space lasers taking out commie nukes). I am bothered by this please tell me I'm not alone... :((

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                                Gary Wheeler
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                                I have a C++/MFC SDI application whose development started in 1999 and I'm still maintaining. It was never a candidate for MDI.

                                Software Zen: delete this;

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                                • G glennPattonWork3

                                  Hi All, Being a child of the 80's I think SDI as Strategic Defense Initiative, or Star Wars (Space lasers taking out commie nukes). I am bothered by this please tell me I'm not alone... :((

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                                  Bruce Patin
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                                  What else does SDI mean? SDI was an excuse to hide all sorts of secret projects and apparently still is.

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                                  • G glennPattonWork3

                                    Hi All, Being a child of the 80's I think SDI as Strategic Defense Initiative, or Star Wars (Space lasers taking out commie nukes). I am bothered by this please tell me I'm not alone... :((

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                                    markrlondon
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                                    Yup, me too.

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