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What architecture won in your eyes?
Which age do you Wish you Were Born in?
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What architecture won in your eyes?
I think you're mistaking me for having a vast knowledge about micro processors, I don't... so I wouldn't be able to offer any intelligent debate on it
Ha - Aw shame. I'm spoiling for a good '70/'80s processor shoot out!
Maybe in another thread.
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I was born in 1978 and to be honest, I couldn't really get away with being born much earlier than that. That's because I have to wear hearing aids and they haven't been around for long at that point. Back then they were 2 boxes that you had to wear on your chest, one for each aid, both a little bit larger than a pack of cards. Then there were the operations like removal of my right eye and tonnes of laser surgery on the good eye, so again, I don't think that technology was around for long when I was born.
Why the soft spot for the BBC micro?
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It's the computer that I was brought up with buddy. It was my main until 1998 (I know late) and I still got it and still works. I also have the Raspberry Pi.
At least one other OcUKer has got a Beeb in their sig as well.
I'm really with you. I've got an issue 3, issue 7, 2 export versions - one is pristine.
My favourite is a US spec. fully loaded model.
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What, gay?
AGE OF EMPIRES! Some sort of mad dream about leading a nation of Europe to what Hilter or Napoleon never managed...
In reality I like being my era, its cool, remember when there wasn't tech, remembered it sucked, appreciate the modern but in the right way.
If I have to pick id be 10 years older to enjoy the 90's a bit more, end of the 90's were good at 9/10 so at 19/20 I would have had so much fun. Would like to be my half sisters gen so 15 years older (I am 23 now) as that also was amazing for music I like (lots of the jesus and mary chain and spacemen 3 along with other stuff).
Not sure I could take being an older adult right now though, being my sort of age now is horrible (job wise) but great fun from the deeply inbeaded cynic that comes to town most the time, can get away with a lot of rubbish without anyone noticing at the moment which I am all for!
In reality I like being my era, its cool, remember when there wasn't tech, remembered it sucked, appreciate the modern but in the right way.
If I have to pick id be 10 years older to enjoy the 90's a bit more, end of the 90's were good at 9/10 so at 19/20 I would have had so much fun. Would like to be my half sisters gen so 15 years older (I am 23 now) as that also was amazing for music I like (lots of the jesus and mary chain and spacemen 3 along with other stuff).
Not sure I could take being an older adult right now though, being my sort of age now is horrible (job wise) but great fun from the deeply inbeaded cynic that comes to town most the time, can get away with a lot of rubbish without anyone noticing at the moment which I am all for!
It's definitely the case that maybe I'm a bit too accustomed to tech. The way I see it, though, there are a couple of 'revolutions' (SPECULATION INCOMING) in terms of freedom of information in politics and the accessibility of reviewed scientific literature that could happen in my lifetime, which could make this one a pretty interesting era to be born into.
I'm happy where i was born, i've seen most of the technology being introduced, especially in the computing world and automotive world. I've got at least another 35 years of natural life* left in me yet to see so many more advances in technology. I wouldn't change my DOB by even a month.
*assuming i reach the average life span of 70 odd
*assuming i reach the average life span of 70 odd
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If you had been born in 1960 we would definitely see a man who could post without saying would have, could have, should have and must have - you would have (oops) had it beaten out of you in the early 70's.
