50th anniversary of Porsche 911; btw, an age-mate w/personal computer sorta of
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Yup. I wouldn't fancy trying to cut the apex on the Nurburgring in a Mac Air.
I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.
CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easierPete O'Hanlon wrote:
Yup. I wouldn't fancy trying to cut the apex on the Nurburgring in a Mac Air.
Assuming you could get there in the first place using Apple Maps... :)
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
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Yup. I wouldn't fancy trying to cut the apex on the Nurburgring in a Mac Air.
I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.
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Interesting observation: in the year 1965 the first 911s priced about $6,500, while the first "desktop computer" by Olivetti at the same time was about half the price of 911, namely: $3,200. Currently, the high-end PC is about $1k, while Porshe 911 starts at $50k+ and goes up to about $180k. Any thoughts on that? More reading at: "NY International Auto Show 2013, 50th anniversary of Porsche 911" NY International Auto Show 2013, 50th anniversary of Porsche 911[^]
One positive conclusion is that the workers on the first 911s probably couldn't afford to own a computer, but current workers on 911s can! ;P Therefore the lifestyle of a 911-builder has drastically improved :-D
"For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza
CP article: SmartPager - a Flickr-style pager control with go-to-page popup layer.
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One positive conclusion is that the workers on the first 911s probably couldn't afford to own a computer, but current workers on 911s can! ;P Therefore the lifestyle of a 911-builder has drastically improved :-D
"For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza
CP article: SmartPager - a Flickr-style pager control with go-to-page popup layer.
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Interesting observation: in the year 1965 the first 911s priced about $6,500, while the first "desktop computer" by Olivetti at the same time was about half the price of 911, namely: $3,200. Currently, the high-end PC is about $1k, while Porshe 911 starts at $50k+ and goes up to about $180k. Any thoughts on that? More reading at: "NY International Auto Show 2013, 50th anniversary of Porsche 911" NY International Auto Show 2013, 50th anniversary of Porsche 911[^]
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Interesting observation: in the year 1965 the first 911s priced about $6,500, while the first "desktop computer" by Olivetti at the same time was about half the price of 911, namely: $3,200. Currently, the high-end PC is about $1k, while Porshe 911 starts at $50k+ and goes up to about $180k. Any thoughts on that? More reading at: "NY International Auto Show 2013, 50th anniversary of Porsche 911" NY International Auto Show 2013, 50th anniversary of Porsche 911[^]
The amazing thing is that the Porsche 911 is still very much like the original.
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The amazing thing is that the Porsche 911 is still very much like the original.
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Interesting observation: in the year 1965 the first 911s priced about $6,500, while the first "desktop computer" by Olivetti at the same time was about half the price of 911, namely: $3,200. Currently, the high-end PC is about $1k, while Porshe 911 starts at $50k+ and goes up to about $180k. Any thoughts on that? More reading at: "NY International Auto Show 2013, 50th anniversary of Porsche 911" NY International Auto Show 2013, 50th anniversary of Porsche 911[^]
DrABELL wrote:
in the year 1965 the first 911s priced about $6,500, while the first "desktop computer" by Olivetti at the same time was about half the price of 911, namely: $3,200. Currently, the high-end PC is about $1k, while Porshe 911 starts at $50k+ and goes up to about $180k. Any thoughts on that?
If only people crashed Porsches with their driving at the same rate as they crash computers with their programs, there will be fewer idiots on earth!
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I saw a slide show on cars that have a long history, and most look nothing like what they did when the model was initially introduced. The 911 was one. Interesetingly not the bettle, which has by far the longest history. It has the distictive look, but the engine has moved, so actually quite different. The 911 amazingly still has the horizontally opposed rear engine. Of course now it is water cooled instead of air cooled (I assume) since doubt could get an air cooled engine to meet emission standards, and also harder to get the fuel efficiency.
