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| Thread ID: 40198 | 2003-12-01 08:38:00 | how do they make it... | hazza (2704) | Press F1 |
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| 196125 | 2003-12-01 08:38:00 | hello im just curious, but how do they make like graphics cards and all that, no, im not talking about the factory process, but like when the first computer stuff was made, how did they know to put like a cylinder piece of plastic and a random bit of metal all that stuff and know that it would create a picture on a monitor and all that stuff. forgive me if this post makes no sense... |
hazza (2704) | ||
| 196126 | 2003-12-01 09:09:00 | Basically thru the entire history of mankind we had invented nothing but fancier ways to kill each other and....well,thats about it really. All that however changed due to an incident on Tuesday, July 1st 1947. On that fateful night a UFO plummeted to the earth in the spot known as Area 51.Yes it was suppressed, the official line is it never happened, but look at that date and what happened in the following years...Technology shot forward more in 2 decades then it had done it 50 000 years, We perfected flight, went to the moon, Wiped out disease, Nearly every house in the developed world is crammed full of these devices that have appeared in the following years, Iron Maiden became the greatest band to ever grace the planet, We live on genitcly modified food, We developed drugs to keep us sane, Methods to make us live longer, Bombs that can kill millions in an instant, and computers that run counter strike at 100 fps……All this happened after we found the ruined spacecraft…. That’s right; Your PC Company computer is based on alien technology found aboard the crashed spacecraft. (No wonder it crashed, bet it had a dodgy psu) Personally i believe the aliens deliberately scuttled the ship in order for us to learn, So that when they return and take us to their planet as pleasure slaves we wont be crippled by the culture shock. |
metla (154) | ||
| 196127 | 2003-12-01 09:20:00 | > > That’s right; Your PC Company computer is based on alien technology found aboard the crashed spacecraft. (No wonder it crashed, bet it had a dodgy psu) thats what i was thinking. > > Personally i believe the aliens deliberately scuttled the ship in order for us to learn, So that when they return and take us to their planet as pleasure slaves we wont be crippled by the culture shock. The aliens must of connected our brains to each other i was also thinking that aswell, spooky. |
hazza (2704) | ||
| 196128 | 2003-12-01 09:23:00 | ok so how did they come up with the name lemon computer???? and are you sure it was a space ship not a Tardis? or the Starship Enterprise? (sp?) ?:| :D beetle |
beetle (243) | ||
| 196129 | 2003-12-01 09:29:00 | Heck, spaceships huh? :D And here I was thinking that Aristotle invented the first graphic card with his camera obscura in 330 BC. |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 196130 | 2003-12-01 09:42:00 | The reason the tardis can be ruled out is because the BBC budget at the time didn’t cover the special effects needed to show a spacecraft in flight. Which is why the good Dr ended up in a telephone booth (which I can guarantee they had lying around the studio just waiting for someone to find a use for) that never actually flew, it just disappeared from one spot and appeared in another. They only way it could crash land would be if it apeared over a hole someone very cunningly dug moments before the tardis appeared. Having said that, My guess would be the computer that ran the tardis was so powerful it would anticipate such a move and shift its point-of-appearance 23.4 feet to the left in order to out-maneuver any cheeky natives. That computer was obviously uber powerful, it had rows and rows of colored lights and that center thinhgywhatsit that moved up and down like a hydraulic ram. And the reason the Starship Enterprise can be ruled out is because Star Trek is just a TV show. (And how was there budget, give a guy pointy ears and call him an alien indeed) |
metla (154) | ||
| 196131 | 2003-12-01 09:49:00 | My choice was Ozymandias, actually Now how does that go again...? Oh, yes. "Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair !." Just right for when the computer crashes, surely? |
Laura (43) | ||
| 196132 | 2003-12-01 10:57:00 | Well if you want to be fruity then let's not forget the Apple and Apricot. ;-) |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 196133 | 2003-12-01 11:03:00 | I always wondered about the Tardis and time travel. What say I materialise on a hill where a cow happens to be grazing? Worse than the woodchipper I would think. |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 196134 | 2003-12-01 11:07:00 | Isn't that a pub on a British towpath? Or perhaps you were thinking of the giant fruit at the entrance to Cromwell, Central Otago.? Now there's a thought...They're so large, I guess Metla's aliens must' ve dropped them on the way past.... |
Laura (43) | ||
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