28 Aug
2006
28 Aug
'06
1:22 p.m.
At the risk of being overly buzzword compliant, how about something along the lines of
"computing that differs materially from the current computing paradigm"? That
would allow
limited discussion of interesting O/S and other software on currentish computers or
"heavily microcoded" implementations of classic machines, whilst excluding
Windows 95 and
modernish hardware discussions.
28 Aug
28 Aug
1:34 p.m.
>> At the risk of being overly buzzword
compliant, how about something
along the lines of "computing that differs
materially from the current
computing paradigm"? That would allow limited discussion of interesting O/S
and other software on currentish computers or "heavily microcoded"
implementations of classic machines, whilst excluding Windows 95 and
modernish hardware discussions.
Or how about just "No beige boxes!" ;)
7:49 p.m.
Rumor has it that Tony Duell may have mentioned these words:
On the opposite end of the spectrum, my dual-core Athlon 4400+ Shuttle
system is black. Would that make it ontopic? ;-)
[[ Altho if I had time (which I don't) I'd like to pop DOS on it and see
how quickly it'd run Jeff Vavasour's CoCo3 emulator - IIRC it was like
3x-4x faster than original hardware on my old Cyrix 6x86-133. ]]
If I ever hafta reformat the hard drive I'll have to throw a small DOS
partition on 'er just for giggles.
Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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Or how about just "No beige boxes!" ;)
And what have you got against HP9000s ? 
8:17 p.m.
Or how about just "No beige boxes!" ;)
And what have you got against HP9000s ? 
11 p.m.
Tony wrote....
Tony's comment brings to light the obvious fact as to how difficult it is to
come up with a coherent definition of what's on-topic. No matter what you
come up with, someone can punch lots of holes in it. Of course, I've seen
many here (not referring to Tony) on the list jump in and suggest criteria
and then poke holes in their own suggestion themselves.
Seems like trolling to me... or perhaps just wanting to hear/see yourself
opine/type.
Or how about
just "No beige boxes!" ;)
And what have you got against HP9000s ? 
29 Aug
29 Aug
8:58 a.m.
Am 28 Aug 2006 22:00 meinte Jay West:
Tony wrote....
>> Or how about just "No beige boxes!" ;)
> And what have you got against HP9000s ?
Tony's comment brings to light the obvious fact as
to how difficult it is to
come up with a coherent definition of what's on-topic. No matter what you
come up with, someone can punch lots of holes in it.
Well, isn't that the best argumentation that it is
impossible to come up with a stone hard definition,
and that the old 10 year rule (with its first amandmend
of coolness) is a great guideline that gives a standard
but leaves all freedom to the people?
Gruss
H.
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30 Aug
30 Aug
9:34 a.m.
On 8/28/06 7:34 PM, Evan Koblentz wrote:
Or how about just "No beige boxes!" ;)
NetBEAST, my NetBSD-running Mac SE/30, is upset about that statement. I
would advise you not to upset NetBEAST any further.
,xtG
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