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| Started by | Jason Damisch <jasondamisch@yahoo.com> |
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| First post | 2015-07-10 10:30 -0700 |
| Last post | 2015-07-13 10:59 -0700 |
| Articles | 7 — 5 participants |
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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
| From | Jason Damisch <jasondamisch@yahoo.com> |
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| Date | 2015-07-10 10:30 -0700 |
| Subject | How Computer Scientists Would Design a Toaster |
| Message-ID | <fd63ca2e-6449-41c0-84fc-e4dd1a7bb4f1@googlegroups.com> |
How Computer Scientists Would Design a Toaster http://www.fiction.net/tidbits/computer/computer_cs_toaster.html It has a happy ending Jason
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| From | Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> |
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| Date | 2015-07-10 11:40 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <87io9r6el9.fsf@jester.gateway.sonic.net> |
| In reply to | #40499 |
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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| From | Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2015-07-10 20:15 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <mnp5i5$ks2$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #40503 |
On 10/07/2015 19:40, Paul Rubin wrote: > 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. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRq_SAuQDec -- Gerry
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| From | humptydumpty <ouatubi@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2015-07-11 10:32 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <fd2a2276-b314-4868-b1b7-188a4bac314d@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #40499 |
On Friday, July 10, 2015 at 8:30:46 PM UTC+3, Jason Damisch wrote: > How Computer Scientists Would Design a Toaster > > http://www.fiction.net/tidbits/computer/computer_cs_toaster.html > > It has a happy ending > > Jason Hi! What a frightening "top-down approach" at the end ... Have a nice day, humptydumpty
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| From | hughaguilar96@gmail.com |
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| Date | 2015-07-12 19:58 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <7f646f9f-af7f-4b8e-b337-ce0b3f48f6ba@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #40499 |
On Friday, July 10, 2015 at 10:30:46 AM UTC-7, Jason Damisch wrote: > How Computer Scientists Would Design a Toaster > > http://www.fiction.net/tidbits/computer/computer_cs_toaster.html > > It has a happy ending > > Jason This reminds me of a cartoon I saw once about how computer scientists would design a child's swing hanging from a tree branch. The tree has two branches sticking out in opposite directions. They tied one rope to one branch and the other rope to the other branch, so the seat was leaning against the truck. The second cartoon showed how the field techs implemented the design at the customer's site. They have propped up each branch with a wooden A-frame, then sawed the trunk removing about 6 feet --- now the child can swing where the trunk used to be --- the tree is suspended in the air by the A-frames. The third cartoon showed what the customer actually requested --- a single rope tied to a tree branch with an old tire hanging from it.
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| From | hughaguilar96@gmail.com |
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| Date | 2015-07-12 20:12 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <9707699f-8bda-43bc-8877-7593dfff3aa1@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #40499 |
On Friday, July 10, 2015 at 10:30:46 AM UTC-7, Jason Damisch wrote: > How Computer Scientists Would Design a Toaster > > http://www.fiction.net/tidbits/computer/computer_cs_toaster.html > > It has a happy ending > > Jason It has been said that if airplane technology advanced as fast as computer hardware, we would have been too the Moon 10 years after the Wright Brothers. Some smart-aleck then said that if airplane technology advanced in the same way as computer software, jet planes would crash 10% of the time and would be used for hauling garbage.
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| From | Jason Damisch <jasondamisch@yahoo.com> |
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| Date | 2015-07-13 10:59 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <629d343c-bb77-499f-a438-eef2127db2b4@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #40558 |
On Sunday, July 12, 2015 at 8:12:51 PM UTC-7, hughag...@gmail.com wrote: > Some smart-aleck then said that if airplane technology > advanced in the same way as computer software, jet planes > would crash 10% of the time and would be used for hauling garbage. Every super-power has its down side.
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