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| From | Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.forth |
| Subject | Re: How Computer Scientists Would Design a Toaster |
| Date | 2015-07-10 11:40 -0700 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <87io9r6el9.fsf@jester.gateway.sonic.net> (permalink) |
| References | <fd63ca2e-6449-41c0-84fc-e4dd1a7bb4f1@googlegroups.com> |
Jason Damisch <jasondamisch@yahoo.com> writes: > How Computer Scientists Would Design a Toaster > http://www.fiction.net/tidbits/computer/computer_cs_toaster.html Cute but I remember seeing that story back in the day, and realizing that even a 4-bit microcontroller would have been "computer science" overkill. A real toaster (even today) just uses a bimetallic strip as a thermostat, to release the pop-up spring and shut off the toaster when the temperature reaches a given level.
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How Computer Scientists Would Design a Toaster Jason Damisch <jasondamisch@yahoo.com> - 2015-07-10 10:30 -0700
Re: How Computer Scientists Would Design a Toaster Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-07-10 11:40 -0700
Re: How Computer Scientists Would Design a Toaster Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2015-07-10 20:15 +0100
Re: How Computer Scientists Would Design a Toaster humptydumpty <ouatubi@gmail.com> - 2015-07-11 10:32 -0700
Re: How Computer Scientists Would Design a Toaster hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-07-12 19:58 -0700
Re: How Computer Scientists Would Design a Toaster hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-07-12 20:12 -0700
Re: How Computer Scientists Would Design a Toaster Jason Damisch <jasondamisch@yahoo.com> - 2015-07-13 10:59 -0700
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