:Get a real computer!: imp. Typical hacker response to news that
somebody is having trouble getting work done on a system that
(a) is single-tasking, (b) has no hard disk, or (c) has an address
space smaller than 16 megabytes. This is as of mid-1993; note that
the threshold for `real computer' rises with time, and it may
well be (for example) that machines with character-only displays
will be generally considered `unreal' in a few years (GLS points
out that they already are in some circles). See {bitty box} and
{toy}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
somebody is having trouble getting work done on a system that
(a) is single-tasking, (b) has no hard disk, or (c) has an address
space smaller than 16 megabytes. This is as of mid-1993; note that
the threshold for `real computer' rises with time, and it may
well be (for example) that machines with character-only displays
will be generally considered `unreal' in a few years (GLS points
out that they already are in some circles). See {bitty box} and
{toy}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
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Typical hacker response to news
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(a) is single-tasking,
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primitive, or incapable as to cause a hacker acute... - bitty box /bit'ee boks/ n.
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[MIT: seems to have been in use among
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IS PINK... - Where keeping crumbs out of the keyboard is an
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You are futile... - Be like Elton John -
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