"T3 Timeout" <t3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Hadron Quark wrote:
>> Yes. I was at a presentation back in early 1981 where he explained to
>> the world how time travel could work if the Ballard Stack could be
>> built upon the principles of Ballard OSI layering. Apparently it was
>> all pretty basic shit : the only problem was that when Rex went over
>> to Nasa to help out the moon landing guys with some new HW, they gave
>> the Ballard stack to a young Roytoy'n'Mark to complete - and, as they
>> say, the rest was history. He was too busy advocating the Osborne to
>> work on the stack and Rex's dreams were scuppered because he had
>> moved on to more interesting things little perpetual motion and
>> detaching Mark'n'Roy from Roy's peripheral port. It's believed that
>> there is a half assed Ballard Stack in the Robo'Kier (promounced
>> Robo"Gear")- Rex's first attempt at an "off the shelf" best friend
>> and supporter.
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> Here we are, 25 years later.
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> The Osborne is long dead.
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> Mark'n'Roy are still firmly affixed to Roy's peripheral port.
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> Robo'Kier has yet to pass the Turing test.
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> Question: did the BoasterBot also use the half assed Ballard Stack ?
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No. Willy Boaster has one state, so no real stack required.
State 1 : show off about killfile abilities and Say "me too" to Roy and
go back to beginning of State 1.
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cigarette, n.:
A fire at one end, a fool at the other, and a bit of tobacco in between.
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