Quotes from the Chief Engineer and I

[Fields]

Originally Posted by King Nerd III

At least he got us 4 megabyte jumpdrives!

Wait. They still make them that size?!? Seriously, google doesn't show up when I search that size.

I remember winning a 64mb drive in college for a CAD competition about 9 years ago. THAT was a big deal.

[King Nerd III]

Originally Posted by Fields

Wait. They still make them that size?!? Seriously, google doesn't show up when I search that size.

I remember winning a 64mb drive in college for a CAD competition about 9 years ago. THAT was a big deal.

Well here was the order of events:
1. He asks if they still make firesticks
2. I explain to the class what a firestick is
3. He asks if they would be useful or if we would prefer storing them in the "Lightning Cloud"
4. He says that we will buy 4mb firesticks from Circuit City.
5. He shows up with 4gb jumpdrives he bought for $25 a piece. 25 dollars. Where did he find them so expensive?????
6. We explain to my teacher how a gigabyte and megabyte are different.

[jeremylee]

Originally Posted by Fields

I remember winning a 64mb drive in college for a CAD competition about 9 years ago. THAT was a big deal.

When I was in school, I got a free 32mb with a $1500 dell laptop, score!

OP, it's crazy how quickly people can fall behind the times without even knowing it. Pick your battles in this kind of situation as some will never be won with either knowledge or wisdom. Might as well offer a coffee and talk about the weather instead.

[King Nerd III]

Originally Posted by jeremylee

When I was in school, I got a free 32mb with a $1500 dell laptop, score!

OP, it's crazy how quickly people can fall behind the times without even knowing it. Pick your battles in this kind of situation as some will never be won with either knowledge or wisdom. Might as well offer a coffee and talk about the weather instead.

It's not like he is behind the times, he has a MacBook Air and a nice desktop for class, but the old desktop plugged into the archaic projector is just hilarious. I don't know what the plug is called, but it is larger than a VGA! God, it looks ridiculous!

[EricH]

Originally Posted by King Nerd III

It's not like he is behind the times, he has a MacBook Air and a nice desktop for class, but the old desktop plugged into the archaic projector is just hilarious. I don't know what the plug is called, but it is larger than a VGA! God, it looks ridiculous!

Sometimes, the older technology JUST WORKS. And that is what is important in the long run. And it wasn't too long ago that FRC used 37-pin ports (like, last year--and there's still the MXP).

I believe you were looking at some form of serial or parallel port. Probably a many-pin one. VGA, if I'm not mistaken, is another form of serial port. You use serial ports on a near-daily basis if I'm not mistaken--on the Universal Serial Bus (USB).


(Incidentally, I had to boot up a Windows 2000 computer last night. Why, you ask? Because it can run program X. Program X serves a key function in this application. Old technology? Yep. Does it JUST WORK? Yep, unless someone turns it off...)

[King Nerd III]

Originally Posted by EricH

Sometimes, the older technology JUST WORKS. And that is what is important in the long run. And it wasn't too long ago that FRC used 37-pin ports (like, last year--and there's still the MXP).

I believe you were looking at some form of serial or parallel port. Probably a many-pin one. VGA, if I'm not mistaken, is another form of serial port. You use serial ports on a near-daily basis if I'm not mistaken--on the Universal Serial Bus (USB).


(Incidentally, I had to boot up a Windows 2000 computer last night. Why, you ask? Because it can run program X. Program X serves a key function in this application. Old technology? Yep. Does it JUST WORK? Yep, unless someone turns it off...)

There's absolutely nothing wrong with the old tech. I have a computer in the basement that runs Windows ME. Does it function correctly? No. Does it turn on and do funny things? Oh absolutely.
The other day I had to go find an IEEE-1200 to preferably USB or VGA or anything that would work with an old printer. Just imagine the look on the guy at RadioShack's face when I asked for one. He asked me what VGA was!

[Christopher149]

Originally Posted by Fields

Wait. They still make them that size?!? Seriously, google doesn't show up when I search that size.

I remember winning a 64mb drive in college for a CAD competition about 9 years ago. THAT was a big deal.

I remember buying a 128 MB drive. This was about when they finally became "good", and it was on sale for the same price as a 64 MB version (at least $20).