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IBM PC daddy: 'The PC era is over' Chucks own invention into vinyl record bin
"They're going the way of the vacuum tube, typewriter, vinyl records, CRT and incandescent light bulbs," writes IBM's Middle East and Africa CTO Mark Dean in a company blog post.
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Back in the late 1970s we used to go downtown on Saturday nights in Chicago and have street debates on various issues. One Saturday night this white guy joined the debate and claimed that his ancestors were black.
He noted that Blacks were creators and whites were inovators. He said that AAs invent things that whites later make preety (cheap) and become rich from selling to the world.
Now that whites have used rap to make AA youth believe they can only be 'gangsters'the USA is in decline. It is in decline because AA youth are no longer using our creativeness to make new inventions.
Scientific innovation has never been done at University. R&D in University has always been based on professors taking street inventions and making them better.
LOL. The European promotion of rap has led to the downfall of the USA dominance in science.
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Clyde you do realize that because a white man said it is so doesn’t make it so. Black people are definitely a lot more creative and innovative. Plus we are more logical. But there are smart white people out there also. CT is a good example of a creative white person. He comes up with some funny shyte.
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quote:Originally posted by xyyman: Clyde you do realize that because a white man said it is so doesn’t make it so. Black people are definitely a lot more creative and innovative. Plus we are more logical. But there are smart white people out there also. CT is a good example of a creative white person. He comes up with some funny shyte.
quote:Originally posted by xyyman: Clyde you do realize that because a white man said it is so doesn’t make it so. Black people are definitely a lot more creative and innovative. Plus we are more logical. But there are smart white people out there also. CT is a good example of a creative white person. He comes up with some funny shyte.
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quote:Originally posted by xyyman: Clyde you do realize that because a white man said it is so doesn’t make it so. Black people are definitely a lot more creative and innovative. Plus we are more logical. But there are smart white people out there also. CT is a good example of a creative white person. He comes up with some funny shyte.
This is true most are like CT. That is why behind every great invention of Europeans including the light bulb and telephone it takes an AA to make it work.
"They're going the way of the vacuum tube, typewriter, vinyl records, CRT and incandescent light bulbs," writes IBM's Middle East and Africa CTO Mark Dean in a company blog post.
And what is "replacing" the PC, according to Mark Dean?
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Convergence of PC, telephone, TV; Hand helds such as, PDA, MDA, Cellular, pads, slates, etc. His opinion is from the corporate perspective, meaning; PCs have become so much of a commodity, there is little profit for a company like IBM which needs a minimum of 40% profit margin for their products. This is what prompted IBM to sell off their PC divisions to china 8-10 years back.
Asian PC manufacturers typically get around 2-3% margins. Also note, a recent survey shows due to this inflection point, Microsoft Windows product usage is down 50%.
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quote:Originally posted by MelaninKing: Convergence of PC, telephone, TV; Hand helds such as, PDA, MDA, Cellular, pads, slates, etc. His opinion is from the corporate perspective, meaning; PCs have become so much of a commodity, there is little profit for a company like IBM which needs a minimum of 40% profit margin for their products. This is what prompted IBM to sell off their PC divisions to china 8-10 years back.
Asian PC manufacturers typically get around 2-3% margins. Also note, a recent survey shows due to this inflection point, Microsoft Windows product usage is down 50%.
Thanks for the answer MK.
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Ancient Egyptian Math Is Identical To Math Used In Modern Computers (VIDEO)
Ancient Egyptian Math Is Identical To Math Used In Modern Computers (VIDEO)
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In 2008 mathematician and author Michael S. Schneider put together this incredible video illustrating how the mathematics used by Ancient Egyptians is identical to that used in computers today.
Initially we shook our heads in confusion when Schneider said this, but it all becomes very clear as he takes you through the process, simply and elegantly demonstrated on his large notepad.
The Ancient Egyptians figured out how to do multiplication without memorizing times tables, and how to do long division without that horrible half box that was the bane of your early childhood.
We took their tricks and built computers with them. WHOA.
quote:Originally posted by MelaninKing: IBM PC daddy: 'The PC era is over' Chucks own invention into vinyl record bin
"They're going the way of the vacuum tube, typewriter, vinyl records, CRT and incandescent light bulbs," writes IBM's Middle East and Africa CTO Mark Dean in a company blog post.
Chuck Peddle:
Rather Jewish looking to me.
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Mark E. Dean is one of the top engineering minds at the International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation, and one of just fifty prestigious fellows at the legendary company. Dean's area of expertise lies in computer systems, and he made his first mark in the industry in the early 1980s, when he and a colleague developed one of the pieces of internal architecture that allows a computer to communicate with a printer and other devices. Of the nine patents for IBM's revolutionary personal computer (PC) introduced in the 1980s, Dean is the holder of three.
He is also the recipient of numerous honors and professional accolades, including a place in the National Inventors' Hall of Fame, but the Tennessee native only reluctantly participates in ceremonies and tributes. "I do it because I feel it's important, but I'd rather be in the lab debugging or writing code," he told Terry Costlow in an interview with Electronic Engineering Times.
Mark E. Dean is one of the top engineering minds at the International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation, and one of just fifty prestigious fellows at the legendary company. Dean's area of expertise lies in computer systems, and he made his first mark in the industry in the early 1980s, when he and a colleague developed one of the pieces of internal architecture that allows a computer to communicate with a printer and other devices. Of the nine patents for IBM's revolutionary personal computer (PC) introduced in the 1980s, Dean is the holder of three.
He is also the recipient of numerous honors and professional accolades, including a place in the National Inventors' Hall of Fame, but the Tennessee native only reluctantly participates in ceremonies and tributes. "I do it because I feel it's important, but I'd rather be in the lab debugging or writing code," he told Terry Costlow in an interview with Electronic Engineering Times.
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Chuck Peddle is considered the father of the PC.
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What about Charles Babbage or the team that included William Shockley? What about that gay guy Alan Turing? Could it be a combined effot of all these people?
You have to give Jerry Lawson his props because of him we can kill people without going to jail on Call of Duty!!!!!!!!
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quote:Originally posted by MelaninKing: IBM PC daddy: 'The PC era is over' Chucks own invention into vinyl record bin
"They're going the way of the vacuum tube, typewriter, vinyl records, CRT and incandescent light bulbs," writes IBM's Middle East and Africa CTO Mark Dean in a company blog post.
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