05:3405:34, 12 August 2018diffhist+3
APT (programming language)
Corrected the time scale. In fact, for five axis work the graphical progams could not equal APT until ... maybe the nineties ? It's still sold for complex work (e.g. NCL)
02:1002:10, 10 August 2018diffhist−377
Little Boxes
→Reception: I removed that statement as the link forces you to accept google ajax apis and forces you to "allow them to take you to their tab". Real information and citations do not force you to allow ANYTHING. Especially not in a subject concerning middle-class conformity.Tag: references removed
02:0402:04, 10 August 2018diffhist−11
Little Boxes
it's not "supposedly" .. those 1950's tract houses were made out or recycled trash. They were junk. I lived in them (a litle north, but a $13,000 Eichler is made out of pressed cardboard with junk pipe poured over a slab of substandard concrete
03:1603:16, 8 August 2018diffhist−435
Synchronverter
→Background: Sentence removed because it was gibberish. If someone wishes to write that in standard English (subject, predicate, nouns, verbs, etc), it would probably be fine.Tag: references removed
10:0710:07, 5 August 2018diffhist−11
Chief Seattle
→Legacy: corrected the phrase. In 1942 Japan was not attacking Port Moresby, the US was attacking Japan from Port Moresby. That's not defense. That's offense. It was our turn to have the ball.
01:5801:58, 3 August 2018diffhist−252
Punched tape
→Current use: That sentence was all personal speculation. Easier to just say that very few places still use tape (which could be easily verified if more people even knew what it was).
02:1002:10, 31 July 2018diffhist−36
German Palatines
We don't need a link for the 18th century. We can figure out it came between the 17th century and the 19th century all on our own, thank you very much ~~~~
03:4803:48, 28 July 2018diffhist−17
Lee Iacocca
→Books: we know what a war is, okay ? And WW II, also. If people are too stupid to know about Pearl Harbor, they are too stupid to be reading wikipedia. And *that's* stoopid !! ~~~~
03:4303:43, 28 July 2018diffhist−26
Lee Iacocca
→Career at Chrysler: layoffs of 'workers' happened LATER when they ran out of money. The FIRST thing he did was fire 33 of the 35 vice-presidents. I'm sick of this "workers are the problem" propaganda ~~~
03:5003:50, 22 July 2018diffhist−745
IBM T220/T221 LCD monitors
→History: the chi mei TV seems to have no relation to the ibm t221. The resolution is different, the aspect ratio is different, the pixel density is totally different, it's not even a monitor its a tv, and the company seems to have nothing to do with any of the companies that designed and built the t221 ~~~~Tag: references removed
13:4913:49, 11 July 2018diffhist+159
Iran Air Flight 655
Expanded a little on the communications subject. If someone insists, I will have to go find the reference, but too lazy to pre-harass myself. The refs are out there tho ~~~~
05:3405:34, 12 August 2018diffhist+3
APT (programming language)
Corrected the time scale. In fact, for five axis work the graphical progams could not equal APT until ... maybe the nineties ? It's still sold for complex work (e.g. NCL)
02:1002:10, 10 August 2018diffhist−377
Little Boxes
→Reception: I removed that statement as the link forces you to accept google ajax apis and forces you to "allow them to take you to their tab". Real information and citations do not force you to allow ANYTHING. Especially not in a subject concerning middle-class conformity.Tag: references removed
02:0402:04, 10 August 2018diffhist−11
Little Boxes
it's not "supposedly" .. those 1950's tract houses were made out or recycled trash. They were junk. I lived in them (a litle north, but a $13,000 Eichler is made out of pressed cardboard with junk pipe poured over a slab of substandard concrete
03:1603:16, 8 August 2018diffhist−435
Synchronverter
→Background: Sentence removed because it was gibberish. If someone wishes to write that in standard English (subject, predicate, nouns, verbs, etc), it would probably be fine.Tag: references removed
10:0710:07, 5 August 2018diffhist−11
Chief Seattle
→Legacy: corrected the phrase. In 1942 Japan was not attacking Port Moresby, the US was attacking Japan from Port Moresby. That's not defense. That's offense. It was our turn to have the ball.
01:5801:58, 3 August 2018diffhist−252
Punched tape
→Current use: That sentence was all personal speculation. Easier to just say that very few places still use tape (which could be easily verified if more people even knew what it was).
02:1002:10, 31 July 2018diffhist−36
German Palatines
We don't need a link for the 18th century. We can figure out it came between the 17th century and the 19th century all on our own, thank you very much ~~~~
03:4803:48, 28 July 2018diffhist−17
Lee Iacocca
→Books: we know what a war is, okay ? And WW II, also. If people are too stupid to know about Pearl Harbor, they are too stupid to be reading wikipedia. And *that's* stoopid !! ~~~~
03:4303:43, 28 July 2018diffhist−26
Lee Iacocca
→Career at Chrysler: layoffs of 'workers' happened LATER when they ran out of money. The FIRST thing he did was fire 33 of the 35 vice-presidents. I'm sick of this "workers are the problem" propaganda ~~~
03:5003:50, 22 July 2018diffhist−745
IBM T220/T221 LCD monitors
→History: the chi mei TV seems to have no relation to the ibm t221. The resolution is different, the aspect ratio is different, the pixel density is totally different, it's not even a monitor its a tv, and the company seems to have nothing to do with any of the companies that designed and built the t221 ~~~~Tag: references removed
13:4913:49, 11 July 2018diffhist+159
Iran Air Flight 655
Expanded a little on the communications subject. If someone insists, I will have to go find the reference, but too lazy to pre-harass myself. The refs are out there tho ~~~~