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OT: Blame it on the tubes,
« on: July 03, 2006, 08:52:11 AM »
This is a WIRED page that talks about a Senator Stevens from Alaska and his explanation of how the internet works:

http://blog.wired.com/27BStroke6/?entry_id=1512499

Hilarious!
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OT: Blame it on the tubes,
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2006, 09:09:01 AM »
Didn't transistors make tubes obsolete?
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OT: Blame it on the tubes,
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2006, 12:35:03 PM »
I was thinking back to the days of tubetops and how neat an idea that was!  smile.gif
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OT: Blame it on the tubes,
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2006, 01:13:19 PM »
QUOTE(jwboyd @ Jul 3 2006, 09:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Didn't transistors make tubes obsolete?


Maybe he means those Nanny-Tubes - d'you suppose they babysit the young tubules?

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OT: Blame it on the tubes,
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2006, 01:24:06 PM »
I suspect it made it into Leo's Podcast.  Thinking.gif

TWiT 60: A Series of Tubes

http://thisweekintech.com/
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