[TN]

two engineers in my office: "blah blah blah, yada yada yada, something something, uni-vac."

me: "what's a uni-vac?"

Engineer 1 looks at engineer 2.

Engineer 1: "what? you don't know what a uni-vac is?"

They look each other for a second then laughter erupts between them.

I turn around & keep working.

 

[gonefirefightin]

ask them if they know what a vagina is?

or better yet, if they would want to go snipe hunting this weekend!

 

[jimmydean]

I wonder who Univac will pick this year?

 

[Spero]

Ask them if they know what a Kansas city car wash is.

 

[vtjim]

Ask them if they know what a Kansas city car wash is.

Or a Tallahassee Dump Truck?

 

[BurlyShirley]

A Univac is just one vac.

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

I'm an engineer and don't know what a univac is.


I must suck at my job.

 

[Spero]

Or a Tallahassee Dump Truck?

 

[jonKranked]

ask them if they know what a vagina is?

 

[vtjim]

We're cutting edge! :biggrin:

Does anyone actually know what it means?

 

[BurlyShirley]

I bet it's a unisex penis pump.

 

[Secret Squirrel]

Ask them about what a Toledo Tube Sock is...

 

[MMike]

I know what Univac is.

It followed ENIAC.

 

[Pat Tellier]

UNIVAC was the world's first commercially available computer.

They used it to predict the result of the '52 Election when Eisenhower was elected against all odds.

http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~csclub/museum/items/univac.html

In engineers terms, it is usually used to refer to a dated computer or old unreliable system.

Not to be confused with Univ. A.C. (UNIVersity of Ancient Clowns).

 

[Da Peach]

i Know What Univac Is.

It Followed Eniac.

Nerd!

 

[TN]

Thanks for the clarification. :thumbs:

UNIVAC was the world's first commercially available computer.

They used it to predict the result of the '52 Election when Eisenhower was elected against all odds.

http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~csclub/museum/items/univac.html

In engineers terms, it is usually used to refer to a dated computer or old unreliable system.

Not to be confused with Univ. A.C. (UNIVersity of Ancient Clowns).

 

[splat]

JohnBryanPeters invented it

 

[johnbryanpeters]

I'm an engineer and don't know what a univac is.


I must suck at my job.

Maybe, maybe not. Try Google.

 

[SkaredShtles]

I'm an engineer and don't know what a univac is.


I must suck at my job.

Are you an environmental "engineer"?

 

[johnbryanpeters]

two engineers in my office: "blah blah blah, yada yada yada, something something, uni-vac."

me: "what's a uni-vac?"

Engineer 1 looks at engineer 2.

Engineer 1: "what? you don't know what a uni-vac is?"

They look each other for a second then laughter erupts between them.

I turn around & keep working.

Don't let it get to you - they were just having a moment of inertia. irate2:

 

[ultraNoob]

The term "computer bug" arose from the original univac. One of it's first major malfunctions was due to a moth that had gotten into the case, fried on a vacuum tube, and shorted out the system.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

The term "computer bug" arised from the original univac. One of it's first major malfunctions was due to a moth that had gotten into the case, fried on a vacuum tube, and shorted out the system.

...arose...

Admiral Grace Hopper FTW

 

[-Devil-]

The term "computer bug" arised from the original univac. One of it's first major malfunctions was due to a moth that had gotten into the case, fried on a vacuum tube, and shorted out the system.

now talk bout some obscure facts ...

 

[SkaredShtles]

The term "computer bug" arised from the original univac. One of it's first major malfunctions was due to a moth that had gotten into the case, fried on a vacuum tube, and shorted out the system.

ultraNoob?

 

[Reactor]

...arose...

Admiral Grace Hopper FTW

Ok I still deal with Gracie's legacy. Namely some fossilized COBOL programmers.

 

[gonefirefightin]

this thread is getting way to nerdy for me now.......

 

[loco-gringo]

this thread is getting way to nerdy for me now.......

Getting???

 

[SkaredShtles]

Getting???

STFU you goddam redneck!

 

[splat]

...arose...

Admiral Grace Hopper FTW

didn't you date her ?

I always loved her demonstration ofthe difference between a nanosecond and a Millisecond ( and no its is not the difference between how long DRB and MMike last during sex )

Ok I still deal with Gracie's legacy. Namely some fossilized COBOL programmers.

And lets not forget the great god ForTran

 

[Wumpus]

ultraNoob?

Hey, where did you get a pic of my dad?

 

[neanderthal]

We actually have some equipment at my workplace that's run by a DEC PDP.

 

[ultraNoob]

ultraNoob?

Hey, where did you get a pic of my dad?

OMG... Please say it ain't so... I think I finally found one of my offspring... I knew there had to be at least one out there... I mean I seeded the soil in at least 15 states and 5 countries.

 

[BigMike]

Put it in quotes......

 

[Reactor]

We actually have some equipment at my workplace that's run by a DEC PDP.

running RTS? In a past life I ran PDP's with RTS or MUMPS.

 

[Kanye West]

I'm an engineer and I'm pretty confident none of the other senior engineers in my office would have any damn clue what that was. Maybe the one controls guy would actually, but that's kinda his territory.

What sort of engineers were they? Programmers/electrical or something?

 

[johnbryanpeters]

I still have a piece of wire she gave me - the length, of course, is the distance an electrical signal propages in a nanosecond.

didn't you date her ?

I always loved her demonstration ofthe difference between a nanosecond and a Millisecond ( and no its is not the difference between how long DRB and MMike last during sex )

And lets not forget the great god ForTran

 

[Reactor]

I'm still waiting for someone to throw out something about BTOS, A-series, VMS....

 

[johnbryanpeters]

I'm still waiting for someone to throw out something about BTOS, A-series, VMS....

set proc /priv=all,nobypass

 

[Reactor]

set proc /priv=all,nobypass

I really miss my vt-220.....

 

[r464]

There are still plenty of VAX systems out there running very important services.