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- sruffelman, on 04/22/2008, -1/+273I want knobs on the side of my monitor -- I don't care what they do.
- inactive, on 04/22/2008, -46/+196I sorely miss the times when you could smoke and drink at your workstation and nobody gives you ***** about it.
- sockpuppets, on 04/22/2008, -10/+145That's nothing, I had a dead hooker under my desk for like a week straight. Those were the days!
- nicksource, on 04/22/2008, -0/+107Brown and Grey, the primary colors of 1975.
- noahgelman, on 04/22/2008, -2/+92That was 33 years ago, and its going to be crazy the technology we have in another 33 years
- Calcheesmo, on 04/22/2008, -2/+81in 20 years we're going to look back at pictures of our computers today and laugh...into space.
- irinotecan, on 04/22/2008, -19/+94As a non-smoker, I'm very grateful that smoke free workplaces had just come into full force as I entered the workforce (early '90s). Most places still let you drink at your desk, however.
- skmice2, on 04/22/2008, -4/+71I wasn't on this world at the time when this image was taken, but I have deep respect for everybody who worked with computers in that era. You could say that 'they were living on the edge' - utilizing their resources to the limit, kept them optimized on the task they were designed for ... no fancy UI, no eye candy.
I would love to see a reaction of somebody from that era to the technology we have today (Linux, Leopard/Vista). - ajchavar, on 04/22/2008, -2/+65ditto to that one, even better if they're knurled metal, with indecipherable numerals and greek symbols as their markings.
also, one of them would, by default, have to go to 11. - sonicon, on 04/22/2008, -0/+49in 2008 people had to input data with hands, listen to speakers, use heavy LCDs, even their computers were outside their brains.
- DeadFox1, on 04/22/2008, -1/+50That's pretty advanced for 1975...
- aflaks, on 04/22/2008, -2/+44im just amazed how the keyboard has remained fundamentally unchanged since the early days
- linagee, on 04/22/2008, -11/+47How many seconds per frame?
- hellosaysme, on 04/22/2008, -9/+45you smoke? that is sooo...1975. Wanna see a 3D model of your lung? It nasty.
- MattFromSeattle, on 04/22/2008, -17/+53And that machine is STILL more stable than Vista!
- antdude, on 04/22/2008, -2/+36Alcohol? Where?
- Negyxo, on 04/22/2008, -0/+34I don't think either one of you knows wtf you're talking about.
- likwidfuzion, on 04/22/2008, -6/+34I bet rendering that model is more demanding than running Crysis.
- WestDC, on 04/22/2008, -3/+23Still better than anything I could do.
- DeathJux, on 04/22/2008, -10/+29Apparently you've never had the displeasure of trying to fix a smoker's machine. Inside the case, it's usually a gummy, sooty, horrible mess of nicotine stains and tar build-up.
No thank you. - riomx, on 04/22/2008, -8/+26and I'm so glad that I DON'T have to work next to someone that smokes. hooray for smoke-free workplaces
- qwertydvorak, on 04/22/2008, -0/+18"I sorely miss the times when you could smoke and drink at your workstation and nobody gives you ***** about it."
you can still do coke. - whitemage, on 04/22/2008, -0/+17imagine the porn
- brettruffenach, on 04/22/2008, -0/+17Dugg for [img] tag, not [PICS] tag
- blacksteve0, on 04/22/2008, -6/+23I remember doing 3d in a program very similar to that back in '85. I miss those days.
- joebaloney, on 04/22/2008, -0/+16From a programmer perspecive it was awesome. Everything was simple, easy to understand and you didn't need to ask the OS for permission to do anything. If you wanted a line on the screen, by god you locate the address of video ram and start setting pixels. Anything else that's on the screen be damned.
- stormgren, on 04/22/2008, -2/+18you've never heard of WASD and you claim to play video games....
- Rickler, on 04/22/2008, -1/+17He's using a QWERTY keyboard; just like YOURS, mine, and that guy in the image. So it certainly does look like that.
- abadonn, on 04/22/2008, -0/+15My dad was a Russian military airplane engineer, he did design calculation using PUNCH CARD programs. He brings that up every time I show him a new version of Solidworks or Ansys.
- shakin, on 04/22/2008, -0/+15I actually miss the old vertical hold knob and slapping the side of the monitor to fix a flipping image. Today's technology usually gets worse when you smack it. It's a step in the wrong direction if you ask me.
- system7, on 04/22/2008, -0/+14Given the quality of their code, it's no surprise.
- bsonline, on 04/22/2008, -2/+15http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5ca ...
- Intamin, on 04/22/2008, -0/+13I hope we go back to knobs, but we can turn them with the force!
- shadeOfGrey, on 04/22/2008, -0/+13In space, no one can hear you laugh.
- Soulbow2, on 04/22/2008, -3/+16Why?
- pw378, on 04/22/2008, -0/+12google does.. Hell, we have a fully stocked bar and even have a fridge for the beer.
- supermanred, on 04/22/2008, -0/+12So all you people complaining about design flaws in the Space Shuttle, please take a seat. I would like to see you design a better one on that thing.
:) - afx1, on 04/22/2008, -2/+14how many cores is that sweet setup running?
- Borgcube636, on 04/22/2008, -0/+12Yah... I mean, look at the wood trim on that monitor. Damn!
- atomicfireball, on 04/22/2008, -0/+11They knew how to do backface culling in 1975, they just didn't have the computing horsepower to animate it. Heck ray-casting algorithms date back to 1966, and MAGI was doing rendered 3D animation for commercials and films as far back as 1972. so to say they didn't have the knowledge to do simple backface culling on a wireframe model in 1975 is simply untrue.
- davidwasman, on 04/22/2008, -0/+11about $10,000 US
- jesuswuzanalien, on 04/22/2008, -0/+11Yeah you smoke too much ***** as it is.
- isunktheship, on 04/22/2008, -2/+12PUSH IT TO THE LIMIT
- elektriknoizz, on 04/22/2008, -1/+11Could you say that again?
- BossKey, on 04/22/2008, -1/+11It's powered by four smokin' hamster wheels.
- aednichols, on 04/22/2008, -4/+14Looks like a Predator drone.
- threemagic, on 04/22/2008, -5/+15If you used that machine to render Crysis, if you started in 1975, it might be done now.
- cl2yp71c, on 04/22/2008, -3/+13Wonder how much a system like that cost back then.
o.O - tiffany98121, on 04/22/2008, -0/+9microsoft does
- SenorCardgage74, on 04/22/2008, -1/+9So new things looked old even back then when they were new....
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