The power of two - tech overwhelm?

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Ever get the feeling that technology is taking over your life? Not long ago all this on my desk would be half what it is, but technology keeps multiplying!

2 Monitors (although I like them!)
2 Computers (a PC under the desk and a laptop)
2 Phones
2 Printers
2 Monitors
2 Mice (!)

Madness!
 

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Yes this generation is headed to the tech.

Many films show it, its going to happen.

I tried for a week or two to stop my son watching lots of tv (he doesnt watch huge amounts but hey) and looking at the laptop until i realised its going to be a big part in his life as he grows up.
 
cyfa2809":rast0rx1 said:
Yes this generation is headed to the tech.

Many films show it, its going to happen.

I tried for a week or two to stop my son watching lots of tv (he doesnt watch huge amounts but hey) and looking at the laptop until i realised its going to be a big part in his life as he grows up.

Next week I have told the twins no games (PS, XBox, Wii, DS or computer). The only computer allowed will be for homework but I will push them towards books of which we have thousands.

It is gonna be very difficult!!
 
He does have books which he likes to eat (7 month old) and does have them read to him, books are far from dead just yet!
 
Are you on your own in that 'cell'?? No window?? I'd go 'stir crazy' if that was my space
 
At home (desk), 2 tower PCs, 1 small form factor, 1 normal desktop PC, 1 laptop. 2 broadband connections (1 ADSL, 1 DSL, so 2 routers). 1 monitor (USB KVM). 1 26" LCD TV above it all, on the wall, can take display off my main PC, or play media (Sony TV with USB port) from disk (either flash, or HDD).

Over the years, in offices, I've had loads of kit at my desk, once ran a Bull DPX/300, plus expansion cabinet out of the desk sockets (unfortunately it blew the fuse on the desk supply - slightly embarrassing conversation with sparkie when he came up to sort it...)

My first desk in IT (in 1990, although the kit probably looks quite old for that...), looked rather like this:-
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First day, age 20, sit down at my first day in IT (wasn't called IT, then...) with my hands on the master oper of millions of pounds of mainframe. Sobering thought, though - and I can't remember whether it was 16M or 32M of RAM per side of the mainframe (it was a super-dual, so effectively 2 mainframes, pushed together (FSVO of "pushed together"). Whether or not, total RAM for this (and it was huge back then) mainframe was at most 64M, might have been 32.

It had 4 cpus (2 per side). Each "CPU" - well processing unit cabinet was small wardrobe size (admittedly there was more than just a CPU in each of these units, but there were separate units for storage and controller type things, and memory, I think).

The above, wasn't me, though - just the same kind of terminal. There were actually no phones "online" (ie in the computer room).

Node terminals were similar to this (this is an older incarnation, but similar to look at - there were two of these at each side of the mainframe, and the master oper (with the 2 screens, in the middle of the room):-
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with a view much like these:-
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I miss the old days. Think I'd like to work in retro IT, again...
 
tintin40":ry1bnpvz said:
Are you on your own in that 'cell'?? No window?? I'd go 'stir crazy' if that was my space

There is an outside window to my right and a window out onto the workshop on my left :D

The right view is of lovely green trees the left view is of grey CNC machines and blokes.
 
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