Recent Comments

1. 7 days ago on Monty

   A Data General minicomputer, featuring a 16-bit CPU made of TTL chips. I don’t recall mung beans being an option, though. Core memory, disk drives, tape drives, serial ports, but no mung beans.

2. 14 days ago on The Duplex

   Standard height is around waist level to a normal human. That one is way up at Eno’s shoulder level. If it were mounted at standard-for-normal-humans height, he’d have to reach way up like a little kid. This must be an accommodation for the way he’s drawn.

3. 18 days ago on The Duplex

   If the dog is old enough to drink beer, he’s old enough to vote!

4. about 1 month ago on The Duplex

   Hm. Should switch to a virtual TTY console. (Tries it.) Yes, but those consoles seem to be disabled on this machine. (Hits button on KVM switch.) On the other machine, it gets me a login prompt as expected.

5. about 2 months ago on Basic Instructions

   Brings to mind Steve Macdonald’s song “I Just Love Those Old B-Movies” – complete with the female of the species Just Not Getting It.

6. 2 months ago on Monty

   There have been various explanations offered – Spinnyverse, IIRC, holds that the extra surface area is needed for cooling.

7. 2 months ago on Wizard of Id

   I had to peer closely at the writing; at first glance that last word looked like SID, or perhaps SIÞ.

8. 3 months ago on Brewster Rockit

   Really fatal, or the overlords tell you it’d be fatal so you’ll keep the headset on and not see the world as it is?

9. 3 months ago on Brewster Rockit

   It’s not a real VR headset. The xenomorphs have evolved to be less scary to their prey, and that’s what the new face-hugger stage looks like.

10. 3 months ago on Rubes

    Warning: not all species can safely consume avocados, and I don’t know if this includes bears. Check with your vet before eating fruit not indigenous to your habitat.