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R.I.P.
Truly a man ahead of his time in many ways.
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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Yep. ZX81 was my first. RIP Sir Clive.
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why would you refer to an 81 year old computer pioneer/inventor a who just died as "boy" ?
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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Perhaps because even in his last days, he still thought like a young man?
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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Age is a mindset. Not necessarily the time since one was born.
And in this one, I don't care what the vocabulary says
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Nelek wrote: Age is a mindset.
from Wikipeida:Quote: Despite his involvement in computing, Sinclair did not use the Internet, stating that he does not like to have "technical or mechanical things around me" as it distracts from the process of invention.[38][39] In 2010, he stated that he did not use computers himself, and prefers using the telephone rather than email.[40] In 2015, he predicted, "Once you start to make machines that are rivalling and surpassing humans with intelligence, it's going to be very difficult for us to survive. It's just an inevitability."[41][42]
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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And he was right... sadly
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: because even in his last days, he still thought like a young man?
from Wikipeida:Quote: Despite his involvement in computing, Sinclair did not use the Internet, stating that he does not like to have "technical or mechanical things around me" as it distracts from the process of invention.[38][39] In 2010, he stated that he did not use computers himself, and prefers using the telephone rather than email.[40] In 2015, he predicted, "Once you start to make machines that are rivalling and surpassing humans with intelligence, it's going to be very difficult for us to survive. It's just an inevitability."[41][42]
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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Because he was one of the boys
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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The boy was ZX81 year old.
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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article wrote: He was still working on his inventions last week
That's one of my biggest fears : going without being able to finish it all.
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In hindsight, it probably would've been a lot easier on paper 
Belly-slides out the door.
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I'm sure the story was black and white with a sharp point at the beginning and a little waddle at the end. 
"When you are dead, you won't even know that you are dead. It's a pain only felt by others; same thing when you are stupid."
Ignorant - An individual without knowledge, but is willing to learn.
Stupid - An individual without knowledge and is incapable of learning.
Idiot - An individual without knowledge and allows social media to do the thinking for them.
modified 19-Nov-21 21:01pm.
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What is black and white and read all over?
A penguin that got too close to Sander.
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I'll admit that it took me two seconds to get the pun. Well done!
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Who let him back in? 
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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Sander Rossel wrote: Belly-slides out the door.
Looking for a seal of approval? 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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hindsight might be 2020.
But that was a 2021 power move! 
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Is a physicists favourite drink a Pina Collider?
"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
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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How about a Manhattan project, or a Cosmospolitan.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Nah, a good strong cup of tea.
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Is that the tea bag on a string theory?
"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
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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An excellent Brownian Motion generator.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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