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For me it brings back warm fuzzies. It was the first computer I ever wrote code for.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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I never actually programmed a TRS-80, but still have a horror story about it.
When the TRS-80 was designed, home computers were unknown. The designers therefore used the FCC's standard for office equipment, which allowed the production of much more electrical noise than home equipment was allowed. By the time the IBM PC came around, these regulations had been updated.
I was doing some contracting work for the Israeli Meteorological Service, and they had a basic data collection system running on a TRS-80. When the IBM PC came out, they wished to upgrade the system - new sensors, expanded data processing capabilities, etc. I was contracted to write the PC code.
When the code was finished, I showed them that everything was working, and went home. By the time I got home, I had received an angry phone call that nothing was working anymore. It turned out that they were running the TRS-80 data collection system in parallel with the PC, to ensure that they were both processing data in the same manner. To cut a long story short, the TRS-80 produced so much electrical noise that it swamped the signal coming from the new sensors. All data recorded were garbage.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I still have the 8088 I pulled to install the "386 Inboard".
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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Is a Geranium a radioactive Gerbil?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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That is a rad-ical concept - but I'm curie-ous if this relates to Bob? One way or another there could be some fallout from this post
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Rad-ical or Rat-ical?
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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Rad (unit) - Wikipedia[^]
Detected by something related to enumerating how often a male makes a growling noise.
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Rat - member of the rodentia family - which includes... gerbils!
It’s always so much funnier after it is explained!
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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Gercranium - someone that ain't got a lick of sense!
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27.
JaxCoder.com
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I thought that was the radioactive topic of the day.
ie., germane.
nah, that's reaching.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Is it germane to discuss hydrides of germanium in Germany?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Lawrencium
Germanium
Boron
Titanium
Quagga
Iodine
Astatine
Can the above be best tested by a Gayger Counter?
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Hi all, I have about a dozen or more external USB / SATA / SSD drives that I use for my backups. I currently use yellow postits to lable them but obviously they don't last very long - anyone gor any suggestions as to what I could use ? ideally something I can write on and be removable ( keep it clean please )
"We can't stop here - this is bat country" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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White athletic tape and a sharpie?
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Depending on how often you'd need to relabel the drives, 3M makes a no-residue duct tape that removes cleanly for up to six months after application.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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I permanent mark them with an ID code (using one of these: Brother P-Touch 65 Labelling Machine: Amazon[^] and then record usage / location in a spreadsheet (which one day I'll get round to databasing, but it's a low priority).
Since I also include my USB sticks*, it's just easier as a spreadsheet has more space than a label would.
* Windows recovery, AOMEI restore bootable, Win 10 fresh install bootable, that kind of thing.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I've gone the cheap route with masking/painter's tape and a sharpie. It has suited my needs.
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pkfox wrote: I currently use yellow postits to lable them but obviously they don't last very long - anyone gor any suggestions as to what I could use ?
Blue ones.
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It's less of a joke than you might think. We now use 32GB SanDisk Flash drives as our distribution medium for all software: OS images, products, etc. It's cheaper and faster than burning DVD's and such.
I personally use paper tags just like the one you showed for items I submit to manufacturing. Of course, they turn around and make fancy-schmancy printed tags that the customer sees .
Software Zen: delete this;
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I write the on a square of paper and sellotape the paper, along each edge, to the drive.
This has worked well for me for the past 12 years.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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I was just about to suggest engraving them
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Back in my lab days I used a rapidograph to write on flasks and other things. They're a type of drafting pen and write with india ink.
On glass, although it sticks and is 100% immune to any solvent (even strong acids/bases) once dry (that's why I used it) it can be wiped off.
I wouldn't gurantee removal from a label but you can write directly on the drive's metal. Wipe it off when you want. It must be clean (i.e., wetable, non-greasy)
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You can still buy diskette labels (Avery code L7666-25) on Amazon.
Other removable labels (smaller or larger, cheaper or more expensive) may be found there as well.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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@SanderRossel I believe you've used them before. Do you know anything that will let me do like Expression<t>.Parse("1 + x"); or similar?
Anyone? Bueller?
Basically, I already have the code to parse C# expressions and turn them into trees. I'd simply have to modify it to make expression trees instead of codedom expression trees.
The question is, am I reinventing the wheel?
Real programmers use butterflies
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