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Re: Crossing digital assistants with retro toys

From RS Wood <rswood@therandymon.com>
Newsgroups comp.misc
Subject Re: Crossing digital assistants with retro toys
References (2 earlier) <87tvwxeqt1.fsf@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> <f9757eFqm3dU2@mid.individual.net> <87lgi9dpmp.fsf@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> <f985r0F3qrvU2@mid.individual.net> <87d13kenvi.fsf@bogus.nodomain.nowhere>
Message-ID <nav3ge-jcu.ln1@raspberry.therandymon.com> (permalink)
Organization blocknews - www.blocknews.net
Date 2017-12-11 22:33 -0500

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On 11 Dec 2017 21:28:01 -0400
Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:

> ObComp.Misc:  I've thought several times of building a steam punk case
> for my computer, have forge, anvil, rivets, all the gear and some nice
> 100 year old brass engine parts.  Trouble is, that kinda thing is so
> time consuming that my computer would be obsolete by the time it was
> done and the new mobo/drives/whatever wouldn't fit.  No temptation at
> all to enter into palimony with digital assistants.

A steampunk case sounds more fun than some of the modern stuff.
There's a huge community out there that loves that aesthetic and would
find custom steampunk computers fun to buy.  

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Crossing digital assistants with retro toys RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2017-12-09 02:40 +0000
  Re: Crossing digital assistants with retro toys Batchman <batchman@dosville.foo> - 2017-12-11 10:02 +1100
  Re: Crossing digital assistants with retro toys Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2017-12-11 04:33 +0000
    Re: Crossing digital assistants with retro toys Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2017-12-11 02:12 -0400
      Re: Crossing digital assistants with retro toys Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2017-12-11 10:33 +0000
        Re: Crossing digital assistants with retro toys The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2017-12-11 09:15 -0800
          Re: Crossing digital assistants with retro toys Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2017-12-11 21:34 +0100
            Re: Crossing digital assistants with retro toys The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2017-12-11 14:02 -0800
              Re: Crossing digital assistants with retro toys Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2017-12-12 10:07 +0100
        Re: Crossing digital assistants with retro toys Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2017-12-11 15:35 -0400
          Re: Crossing digital assistants with retro toys Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2017-12-11 19:49 +0000
            Re: Crossing digital assistants with retro toys Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2017-12-11 21:28 -0400
              Re: Crossing digital assistants with retro toys RS Wood <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2017-12-11 22:33 -0500
            Re: Crossing digital assistants with retro toys Johnny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2017-12-12 15:39 +0000
              Re: Crossing digital assistants with retro toys Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2017-12-13 02:07 -0400
        Re: Crossing digital assistants with retro toys Oregonian Haruspex <no_email@invalid.invalid> - 2017-12-12 00:07 +0000
      Re: Crossing digital assistants with retro toys Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2017-12-11 21:20 +0100
        Re: Crossing digital assistants with retro toys Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2017-12-11 23:02 +0200
    Re: Crossing digital assistants with retro toys RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2017-12-11 13:50 -0500
      Re: Crossing digital assistants with retro toys Johnny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2017-12-12 15:44 +0000

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