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Comment Re:Another job is lost. (Score 1) 138

YES! I want two TV cameras with the integrated Alcohol Measuring / Intoxication System scanning my every sip with a clock and my weight stats then calling the cops as soon as I rise to take a piss?
  Will the robot continually check your eye reflex, looking for that little JERK!

Interesting fact: Idiot =Jerk = Yank = Northern USA native.

Sign me up! I'm into bars and gray bars and penis flavored pina-colada shaped glasses.

Comment Re:Make yourself be part of "the solution" (Score 1) 429

You can run a Cray, a cyber, all the DEC, General data machines, big IBM iron, most of the 70's era
mini-computers and almost every home computer and "entertainment system" built.
There are other obscure machine architectures that will disappear into the ether.
The OSU nebula, Computer automation naked Mini. The advanced Symbolics systems and Xerox Machines?
I don't know if that is important.Is it the hardware? or the software?

Comment Re:Make yourself be part of "the solution" (Score 1) 429

I'm 57 and worked as an operator on Portland State's IBM 1130 system in 1975.
The 1130 I worked on had 16 KW of core and two 5 MB disk drives.
I ran APL from the console, breaking the selectric mechanism with a broken type ball and pissing off the CE.
FORTRAN, RATFOR and applications on 80 Col cards in batch mode were the style of the day.
If you had UNIX running on an 16 bit 64KW 1130, I'd love to see any proof.

I also collect and restore antique computers.
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Roku Finally Gets a 2D Menu System 80

DeviceGuru writes "Many of us have griped for years about Roku's retro one-dimensional user interface. Finally, in conjunction with the release of the new Roku 3 model, the Linux-based media streaming player is getting a two-dimensional facelift, making it quicker and easier to access favorite channels and find new ones. Current Roku users, who will now begin suffering from UI-envy, will be glad to learn that Roku plans to push out a firmware update next month to many earlier models, including the Roku LT, Roku HD (model 2500R), Roku 2 HD, Roku 2 XD, Roku 2 XS, and Roku Streaming Stick. A short demo of the new 2D Roku menu system is available in this YouTube video."

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