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I wonder what value it might have as a collector's item these days, SP?
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I still have some of these, plus the means to play one.
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FORTRAN was the firstof many langauges I learnt to code with.
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In that 120 years gone from paper and wood to Mars and beyond.
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And what is top notch today will be obsolete in a few very short years also.
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So who remembers the Palm Pilot?
Another one of those pieces of Technology that was going to change the way we work.
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Another one of those pieces of Technology that was going to change the way we work.
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On this day in 1969, the first human took his first tentative step on the lunar surface.
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On this day 11 years ago, Earth narrowly missed being having much of its electrical and comms networks fried by a mass coronal ejection.
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Happy Birthday Don Bradman.
Would have been 116 today.
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Would have been 116 today.
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I still have some of these, plus the means to play one.
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FORTRAN was the firstof many langauges I learnt to code with.
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120 years ago Orville and Wilbur Wright undertook the first powered flight at Kity hawk field in South Carolina.
And look where have come since them.
I takes me hat off to ya boys.
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And look where have come since them.
I takes me hat off to ya boys.
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it would have taken real guts to fly that contraption, not knowing if it would actually become airborne and worse still come plummeting to the ground.
In that 120 years gone from paper and wood to Mars and beyond.
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Terrific tribute to Pele, on the first anniversary of his death.
Christ the Redeemer dons Pelé jersey as Brazil remembers 'the king of soccer'
The famous Rio statue of Christ the Redeemer is lit up in a Pelé jersey as Brazil pays tribute to the soccer great on the first anniversary of his death.
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How things have changed akin to carrier pigeons or smoke signals.
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Not everything that comes out of Russia is evil, twisted and narky.
Apart from the 1912 Overture, we have the periodic Tabl.
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Apart from the 1912 Overture, we have the periodic Tabl.
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Mick as my Russian the spoken and written is not too flash i will accept what you have posted is spot on.
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Smarten up Farmer, get out out your Cyrillic equivalent of John and Betty and get crackin.
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Yes Sir, will do when I get a spare moment
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Not too much of importance happened today, BUT tomorrow 8/3/24 is of great importance to me.
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On this day in 2008, a mere 16 years ago, Tesla started regular production of its first car, the tesla Roadster.
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