From: MassiveProng on 4 Feb 2007 19:06 On Sun, 04 Feb 2007 18:00:27 -0600, unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> Gave us: >"Horizontal-retrace signals to tell the TV when to move >the beam back at the end of each line > >"Vertical-retrace signals 60 times per second to move >the beam from bottom-right to top-left" Is there ANYTHING that you actually KNOW without going through a webtard search? Do you even know where retrace signals are applied? Are you aware that "60 times per second" is also WRONG? Do you KNOW anything about ANYTHING?
From: Eeyore on 4 Feb 2007 19:08 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > > > >I am not sure where this mini-rant is going, but I think you are (once more) > >either missing the point or trying to re-direct. > > > >*You* said that the existence of Israel prevented the nations in the middle > >east from attacking each other. We now have two examples of when they did > >attack each other and Israel was certainly in existence at the time. > > Let try to do a rewrite so you understand...If there was no Israel, > the Muslim countries would be spending all their time and resources > fighting each other. On what basis do you allege that ? Graham
From: Eeyore on 4 Feb 2007 19:10 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > I *finally* got to use my expensive VRRROOOMMM machine. Then > spent the rest of my energy chipping ice with what was left. > I only had two inches to blow. It must have rained a some > point. More riddles. Graham
From: Eeyore on 4 Feb 2007 19:12 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote: > >Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > >>I suggest you consider the difference between general purpose and embedded. > >> > >>Can BAH's stove print "Hello world" for example ? > > > >Could Colossus? > > <GRIN> He's young. By asking the question, he showed what he > thought was an old program. Duh ! I gave a well known example. My own early experience of computers was with paper tape I/O FWIW. Graham
From: Eeyore on 4 Feb 2007 19:13
jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > >I expect a computer to have some decent input and output devices / ports. A > >few buttons and a 4 character display don't cut it for example. > > Son, that's a computer system. No, that's a micro something. Graham |