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    Guess What This Is? And don't cheat!! (try and not look below the hint)



    Hint: picture was taken in 1956...

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    It's a hard disk drive back in 1956... with 5 MB of storage.

    In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first 'SUPER' computer with a hard disk drive (HDD). The HDD weighed over a ton and stored a 'whopping' 5 MB of data.

    Do you appreciate your 8 GB memory stick now, or a 3GS iPhone with 32 GB of memory?


    An example of a technological singularity event ??
    I would doubt if those guys could ever perceive that 55 years in their future many passengers would be boarding onto planes with laptops in their hand-luggage x200,000 more powerful than that machine they were struggling with to put on that plane.
    Last edited by Hoop; 13-06-2010 at 10:23 AM.

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    its getting so bad in spain that this year there having the running of the bears

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    Default "Damn..Did I write this sign?"

    A touch of Irony


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    Only in America?

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    What do you call an Arab with a piece of bacon on his head?
    Hamed
    And with 2 pieces of bacon?
    Mohamed
    And with a vibrator in his back pocket.
    Sheik Mohamed.

    Too racist?
    What do you call a Scotsman in a raincoat?
    Mac
    2 Scotsmen in raincoats?
    Max
    2 Scotsmen in raincoats in a cemetery?
    Max Bygraves.

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    Please help ban fox hunting in Great Britain ~

    THIS MADNESS MUST STOP!!
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    Signed,
    Peter Cottontail

    Bugs Bunny

    The Easter Bunny

    Thumper


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    Default Hmmm.. Hamilton's latest tourist attraction??


    A screen grab from this mornings Waikato Times front page website...

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    Q: Who was the best financier in the Bible?
    A: Noah...He floated his stock while the whole world was in liquidation

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    Keep them coming Hoop! ;-)
    You forgot to mention that Noah took them in two by two so I'm sure their was some offspring, so a growth stock to!
    Bi product of fertilizer, carbon emissions (animal farts) captured & used for propulsion & heating !
    I could go on... But I'll leave the funny stuff to you!
    Hopefully you find my posts helpful, but in no way should they be construed as advice. Make your own decision.

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