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I remember reading about a continued battle between two nerds who tried to prove that 'their' processor is the measure of all things. One of them had a Z80 and started the whole thing by proclaiming that that weird and slow CDP1802 has no chance at some task against that Z80. It went back and forth for a while, but I don't think they ever came to a conclusion. Still, I like the CDP1802's programming model much more than anything that has Intel in its ancestry. ARM processors appear to be similar, but I have not done anything with them yet. They called the 1802 weird, with the ARM processors they called it RISC.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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CodeWraith wrote: I like the CDP1802's programming model much more than anything that has Intel in its ancestry It's a major wonder Intel didn't kill themselves off with the whole memory model sh*t-show in the 8086 and its successors. I spent more brain cells than I could afford debugging segmentation issues in those days.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Intel was excellent at only one thing: Expanding their architecture to 8 bits, then to 16 bits and beyond while maintaining backward compatibility. Motorola had a chance with their 68k processors, but they could never catch up to Intel by that time.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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And it pays off to be here.Reputation[^]
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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Hypothetically (because I am definitely not offering), would you sell those 12.5 years (your CP account) for €99,999?
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Do you have any doubt whatsoever that I'd sell mine - provided it was permitted - for €2,364,067?
They say every man has his price - I think you now know mine!
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OriginalGriff wrote: 2,364,067
Why do you have 2 decimal symbols in that number? I bid EUR 3
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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Nice try...
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That's a little over my budget I'm afraid, I will have to speak with my Chinese investors and get back to you.
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Best make it quick - the price appears to be rising all the time ...
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Yes. And I will spend all that money on 100 trips of 999.99 each.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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Make sure you book them all in advance through Thomas Cook.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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We rebooted a couple of hours ago!
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My wife, when it comes to point out my mistakes.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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District
Di = Ex-princess
strict = meticulous
Nice clue, to a tough theme
I am assuming the reboot clue still holds for Griff doing it on Monday. Because I am away next week so cannot play, so just in case it's me... I also nominate Griff to do Monday!
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Yeah, I assume that was the intended reference.
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I see, shouldn't there be a deletion indicator or something? Or is it okay to come up with a sub-string?
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It's not my area of expertise (caring about the royal family), but I believe it was a well known nickname of hers: "Princess Di".
Or perhaps it's just a case of Chinese Whispers, and "Di" was simply the last thing her wicked stepmother shouted at her before she left for France. The butler must have overheard this, and naturally figured it was a nickname.
I see your confusion though, it's not an obvious one if you aren't familiar with her.
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musefan wrote: the last thing her wicked stepmother shouted at her before she left for France.
No, no, no. That was Phillip with the Killer Bees that were trained in assassination by MI6.
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I don't have a "this weeks theme" CCC ready, so instead ... here's one I had for a previous theme:
Losing his drugs and shirt, the final hell (6, 10)
Next week will be unthemed.
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What's the theme ?
"We can't stop here - this is bat country" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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No hints!
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I'm pretty sure I know which theme it belongs to and it's the one I know even less about than Harry Potter!
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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