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Q: Why didn't the Brits ever develop a computer?
A: They couldn't figure out how to get it to leak oil!!
A: They couldn't figure out how to get it to leak oil!!
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Hey, Donny! We got us a German who wants to die for his country... Oblige him. - Lt. Aldo Raine -
ROFL!“Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get outâ€
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... and you wonder why all those talking about Oil cooling their PC's instead of using water are Brits.
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." -- Dr. Seuss
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So along those lines, is that why I remember seeing a bunch of Canadians working on using alcohol rather than water?Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.Comment
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Oi! My car's british, and it don't leak oil.
And anyway, computer and britain - first thing to enter my head is ARM - they're based in Cambridge so
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Ah yes, but the engine in your car was developed in conjuction with Honda.
My car's French, it leaks hydraulic fluid, but it does it stylishly..
My other car is a Vauxhall. That leaks money from my wallet.Athlon XP-64/3200, 1gb PC3200, 512mb Radeon X1950Pro AGP, Dell 2005fwp, Logitech G5, IBM model M.Comment
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See, us Canadians, we'll make up any excuse to drink!Originally posted by Wombat
So along those lines, is that why I remember seeing a bunch of Canadians working on using alcohol rather than water?
Saying we built an alcohol cooled system was just genius!
Ever hear the expression: "One for you, one for me!"? Say we were gonna use Vodka to fill out systems, cause beer is too bubbly, well then I guess that we'd end up getting drunk on Vodka that day! (*one part vodka to the cooling system and one part vodka down the hatch! hiccup!) If we decide that Vodka doesn't cool it enough, then we'd try Rum. And so fourth.
Get it?
Titanium is the new bling!
(you heard from me first!)Comment
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Actually it was just denatured alcohol. I wouldn't want to see the mess if you drank it
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Well we came up with the greatest computer ever the ICL One-per-desk
When you own your own business you only have to work half a day. You can do anything you want with the other twelve hours.Comment
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Oi - what about Babbage, Turin, Eniac, Ace, Deuce etc etc?
Leave us Brits alone!
FT.Comment
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and sinclair! inventor of the pocket calculator - wasnt he?
and the zx 80 zx81 & spectum.....
then the C5
RedRedeDont just swallow the blue pill.Comment
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nah we just invent the damn things then give em to you americans to make loads of money with we are just way too nice!
is a flower best picked in it's prime or greater withered away by time?
Talk about a dream, try to make it real.Comment
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yes there would, it'd just be talking spanish or french......prolly1st system
Athlon AXIA Y 1Ghz @ 1.40Ghz, coolermaster hsf, Elite K7s6a, 512 MB Crucial DDR RAM, 20GB IBM 7200RPM Hard drive, Radeon 8500le 64mb, SB Audigy, 3 com 10/100NIC, 300w PSU, midi tower, FPS 1600 Surround, Belinea 17" monitor, Intellimouse explorer USB
System 2
Athlon TB 1.4 @ 1.5, Zalman Flower in silent mode, Elite K7S6A, 768MB DDRAM, Ati Radeon 8500le 64mb ddr, SB Audigy, 3Com 10/100NIC, 80GB IBM 7200rpm, Liteon 16 speed DVD, Lite-on 24102b CDRW, Songcheer Superwide, USB scanner, Intellimouse explorer, Microsoft keyboard, 19in iiyama Monitor, FPS1600
system 3
Abit ST6 RAID, Celly 1.2 @1.4 ,512MB SDRAM, Zalman Flower HSF noisey mode, ATi Radeon 8500le, SBLIVE, 3com 10/100 NIC, 80GB Seagate barracude HDD, 40GB IBM120GXP, 60GB IBM60GXP,Extra highpoint controller card, 16x Pioneer DVD, Pioneer DVR-104 DVD-RW, ATX Full tower case. 300w psu, 17in LG monitor, 20in Samsumg telly, epson stylus colour 880, 200W RMS Surround sound amp with Mission M71 Speakers.
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System 4
Elite K7S5A, Duron 1.0, 128mb sdram, Coolermaster hsf, 80GB 120GXP IBM, Liteon 16x DVD, Radeon 7200 64MB DDR, SBLIVE.
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512k Cable modem. niceComment
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thank god for the Brits then 'eh?Originally posted by birdy
yes there would, it'd just be talking spanish or french......prollyLook, I know you think the world of me, that's understandable, you're only human, but it's not nice to call somebody "Vain"!Comment
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If it wasn't for criminals there'd be no australia
Everything I say is true apart from that which is notComment
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