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Computers have a nervous system?

posted 8 years ago by lars-wadefalk
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Oh, I didn't know that.
Where is that exactly, inside the hard drive or in the motherboard?

That was a really lame line in the movie, geez.

[–] franzkabuki 8 years ago

Just don't hurt its feelings, k?

"facts are stupid things" Ronald Reagan

[–] lars-wadefalk 8 years ago

Yeah, I know. It's still a classic. Remember it from when I was a kid.
Just had to watch it again.

[–] churchr-1 8 years ago

The 80s, when computers could do anything and often did. In the movies. In real life you were lucky to get a list of addresses printed out.

[–] Underdog_73 8 years ago

[–] degree7 (821) 5 years ago

It’s essentially just manipulating electrical signals, so I don’t see why it’s so hard to believe.