22 Oct
2005
22 Oct
'05
12:12 p.m.
We have to get way more sophisticated about this:
"Use the SMIMS SX-5000 power cord with your computer monitor to improve the
Howzbout: also mention that viruses will not be transmitted through this
cord
Lame attempt to make this on-topic: As far as silly
marketing hyperbole goes, I
remember in the late 70s when "Turbo PASCAL" and "Turbo BASIC" were
released
and thinking "Oh, geez, the stupidity of macho car marketing comes to the world
of computing". Then there were those insipid "Turbo Mode" switches on
late-80-early-90s PCs. And the attached numeric LED clock rate displays, which
were nothing but numerals hard-wired to the switch.
Exam question: what is actually measured by those numeric displays?
For a while, Subaru had a model called "Turbo XT 16"!