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Could you live in a world without computers?

  • 30-09-2017 09:02PM
    #1
    AMKC
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    Ms


    I know I could and I would not miss them at all could you?

    Live long and Prosper

    Peace and long life.



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  • #2
    tomwaterford
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    AMKC wrote: »
    I know I could and I would not miss them at all could you?

    Your average car contains 10-15 mini computers/ecu.....hope you've a descent bike to get about


  • #3
    hairyslug
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    No


  • #4
    beefburrito
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    Computers will probably end up living without us.


  • #5
    ednwireland
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    tomwaterford wrote: »
    Your average car contains 10-15 mini computers/ecu.....hope you've a descent bike to get about

    my old Vauxhall viva had none. Its possible to build cars without computers you know.

    "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others" - Winston Churchill

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



  • #6
    tomwaterford
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    ednwireland wrote: »
    my old Vauxhall viva had none. Its possible to build cars without computers you know.

    Not nowadays to meet emissions regulations you wont


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  • #7
    ednwireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,026 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    tomwaterford wrote: »
    Not nowadays to meet emissions regulations you wont

    I think if computers were gone in the morning you wouldn't be worrying about emissions

    "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others" - Winston Churchill

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



  • #8
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    tomwaterford wrote: »
    Your average car contains 10-15 mini computers/ecu.....hope you've a descent bike to get about

    That's right no cars worked decades back. Granted they weren't a patch on today's but we'd still have cars without computers.


  • #9
    Celticfire
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    tomwaterford wrote: »
    Not nowadays to meet emissions regulations you wont

    Volkswagen are leading the way with that technology.


  • #10
    JMNolan
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    I'd struggle after one hour. It'd be suicide for me, cheers


  • #11
    tomwaterford
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    Celticfire wrote: »
    Volkswagen are leading the way with that technology.

    :D:D


    Abs rings be damned :pac:


    ....computers probably one of best thing to ever happen the world....they literally run everything that is good in the world,faster,quieter and more efficently than can be imagines even 20 yes ago


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  • #12
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    tomwaterford wrote: »
    :D:D


    Abs rings be damned :pac:


    ....computers probably one of best thing to ever happen the world....they literally run everything that is good in the world,faster,quieter and more efficently than can be imagines even 20 yes ago

    Not disputing that but it's not what the threads about.

    Of course we could live in a world without computers. We lived before computers.


  • #13
    Esel
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    Not Your Ornery Onager


    Addisyn Rough Logging wrote: »
    That's right no cars worked decades back. Granted they weren't a patch on today's but we'd still have cars without computers.

    I see what you did there...

    Not your ornery onager



  • #14
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Esel wrote: »
    I see what you did there...

    Well, d'oh, I thought it was glaringly obvious.


  • #15
    HigginsJ
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    To paraphrase Homer Simpson "Computers, the cause of & solution to all of lifes problems"


  • #16
    Sam Kade
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    tomwaterford wrote: »
    Your average car contains 10-15 mini computers/ecu.....hope you've a descent bike to get about

    Boo hoo Tom believe it or not there was a time not so long ago when cars didn't have computers and they still drove, amazing.


  • #17
    KERSPLAT!
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    Addisyn Rough Logging wrote: »
    Not disputing that but it's not what the threads about.

    Of course we could live in a world without commuters. We lived before computers.

    God damn commuters! :p

    Course I could. It's be a nightmare to begin with but sure over time we'd manage.


  • #18
    Sam Kade
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    beefburrito wrote: »
    Computers will probably end up living without us.
    So you listen to that fake Hawking :rolleyes:


  • #19
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    God damn commuters! :p

    Course I could. It's be a nightmare to begin with but sure over time we'd manage.

    You see? Without a computer that error would not have been there.


  • #20
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    So you listen to that fake Hawking :rolleyes:

    Fake Hawking, is that Stephen's brother?


  • #21
    Esel
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    Not Your Ornery Onager


    I have patched a lot of cars over the years - couldn't live without patches!

    Not your ornery onager



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  • #22
    Sam Kade
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    JMNolan wrote: »
    I'd struggle after one hour. It'd be suicide for me, cheers
    There was a time we had no computers and people actually talked to each other, great times sadly gone now.


  • #23
    DontThankMe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 732 ✭✭✭DontThankMe


    No I need porn.


  • #24
    Carry
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    Could I live in a world without computers?

    Sure, I did and lived to tell the tale (typewriter and posting scripts via snail mail; communications via landline phone; doing research in libraries and paper archives; actually meeting people face to face; driving a car even I could understand how to repair it; etc.).

    But boy is life easier with computers. I don't want to live without them, though I could.


  • #25
    Agricola
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    Computers allow you to see boobs at any time you want. So, in summary, no.


  • #26
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    I can't imagine how much harder it was studying for degrees, masters, doctorates, etc. before widespread usage of the internet. Nightmare compared to now.


  • #27
    tomwaterford
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    Sam Kade wrote: »
    Boo hoo Tom believe it or not there was a time not so long ago when cars didn't have computers and they still drove, amazing.

    Nowhere near the standred of modern cars,safer,smoother,more efficently run??


  • #28
    Sam Kade
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    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    Fake Hawking, is that Stephen's brother?
    Stephen is dead, the man in the wheelchair is a stand in. Seriously, if you look at his pictures over the years and are still convinced that he is the same man you need to pay a visit to specsavers.


  • #29
    Sam Kade
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    tomwaterford wrote: »
    Nowhere near the standred of modern cars,safer,smoother,more efficently run??
    Computers do all that :rolleyes:


  • #30
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    I can't imagine how much harder it was studying for degrees, masters, doctorates, etc. before widespread usage of the internet. Nightmare compared to now.

    We had to come up with a lot of our own ideas, phraseology, and hypotheses based on our lectures, library reading and research. It was doable- obviously. I also found I retained learning from pre-computers days more than post-computers.


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  • #31
    Sam Kade
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    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    I can't imagine how much harder it was studying for degrees, masters, doctorates, etc. before widespread usage of the internet. Nightmare compared to now.
    People just used their brains ;)


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