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From: Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Miniskirts and mainframes
Date: 10 Aug 2015 13:56:09 GMT
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On 2015-08-10, Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> wrote:
> On 2015-08-10, Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2015-08-10, Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> wrote:
>>> On 2015-08-10, Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
>>>> A mainframe is what I am pointing at when I say "This is a mainframe."
>>>>
>>>
>>> Being a layman, I would consider the modern equivelent of a mainframe 
>>> being a machine with goo backup, good connections, constant power, etc.
>>
>> My point was that there's no good formal definition. The machine I'm typing
>> this on meets your definition, but it is by no means a mainframe.
>>
>>
>
> T'will be the 'mainframe' of the future.

Err, no. Mainframes of the future have hundreds (thousands) of processors
the like of which I only have one of.


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