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1. pg+(OP)[view] [source] 2013-02-15 23:52:05
http://imgur.com/VuSH2j5
replies(7): >>Thun+F >>JoshTr+W >>ericHo+h5 >>melvin+Sa >>rayveg+Wc >>cubix+4d >>Mayson+Kg
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2. Thun+F[view] [source] 2013-02-16 00:01:41
>>pg+(OP)
Haha, epic response.
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3. JoshTr+W[view] [source] 2013-02-16 00:05:03
>>pg+(OP)
And the shiny new server replacing it: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Ibm_pc_51...
replies(2): >>Macsen+K2 >>d4vlx+j7
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4. Macsen+K2[view] [source] [discussion] 2013-02-16 00:28:42
>>JoshTr+W
My guess was this: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Com...
replies(2): >>d4vlx+t7 >>mindcr+Dc
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5. ericHo+h5[view] [source] 2013-02-16 01:18:09
>>pg+(OP)
I call foul. This doesn't even look like it's powered up.

Edit: Wow. 3.5 years on HN and my first down-voted post. I guess I should have added a sarcasm tag or stick with keeping comments "safe".

replies(1): >>gbog+vw
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6. d4vlx+j7[view] [source] [discussion] 2013-02-16 02:03:57
>>JoshTr+W
Ah the good old days, when computers were so simple and yet so mysterious and exciting at the same time.
replies(1): >>tomjen+io
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7. d4vlx+t7[view] [source] [discussion] 2013-02-16 02:06:45
>>Macsen+K2
What about http://imgur.com/BOaFPtn

So compact yet so powerful.

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8. melvin+Sa[view] [source] 2013-02-16 03:15:06
>>pg+(OP)
// 3 hours ago · 1,439 views

Impressive.

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9. mindcr+Dc[view] [source] [discussion] 2013-02-16 03:58:07
>>Macsen+K2
I was thinking one of these: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Bundesarc...
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10. rayveg+Wc[view] [source] 2013-02-16 04:06:43
>>pg+(OP)
Love the symmetry of the photo...triangle. (I suspect with the orange background that it was taken at the YC office? http://m.inc.com/?incid=96)
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11. cubix+4d[view] [source] 2013-02-16 04:08:49
>>pg+(OP)
I would have thought: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LISP_machine.jpg
replies(1): >>tomjen+jo
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12. Mayson+Kg[view] [source] 2013-02-16 05:57:54
>>pg+(OP)
Not one of these?

http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/vs-bendix-g15.jpg

[one of the first computer models I ever wrote for - a three address machine: first a source operand, second destination, third address of next instruction. The memory was a rotating drum]

replies(1): >>tomjen+Mo
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13. tomjen+io[view] [source] [discussion] 2013-02-16 09:49:15
>>d4vlx+j7
I don't know, I still find them exciting -- although PC hardware isn't as fun as it used to be.
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14. tomjen+jo[view] [source] [discussion] 2013-02-16 09:50:14
>>cubix+4d
That would have been really cool, and a true hackers machine, but I imagine that the days when LISP needs (or benefits from) custom hardware are long gone.
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15. tomjen+Mo[view] [source] [discussion] 2013-02-16 10:00:01
>>Mayson+Kg
Mel?
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16. gbog+vw[view] [source] [discussion] 2013-02-16 14:24:31
>>ericHo+h5
> 3.5 years on HN and my first down-voted post

Honest? Then, if I were you, I'd try to be a bit less consensual from time to time. I got plenty of downvotes. I would hope even pg get his share, that would show sane critical thinking.

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