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    What Would've Happened if Hewlett Packard Built R2-D2

    Then and Now: The Hewlett-Packard Family

    When Tech Gods Were Mortal Men

    Student HP Ad Shows Beautiful Alternate Universe Where Printers Are Fast, Predictable, Musical

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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    11/26/09

    In reply to What Would've Happened if Hewlett Packard Built R2-D2
    I love the musical stylings of Michael Bolton.
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    11/26/09

    In reply to What Would've Happened if Hewlett Packard Built R2-D2
    Nope, baseball bat is the right choice there.
    [xspblog.com]
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    Image of zeroprime zeroprime
    11/26/09

    In reply to What Would've Happened if Hewlett Packard Built R2-D2
    As a comic, that last scene is just missing that je ne sais quoi. It's probably the lack of Geto Boys playing in the background.

    Who would have thought the Geto Boys would contribute to the je ne sais quoi of anything?
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    Image of x@ck3D x@ck3D
    11/25/09

    In reply to What Would've Happened if Hewlett Packard Built R2-D2
    Silly gizmodo poster, lightsabers are for jedis!
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/25/09

    @x@ck3D: Way to shatter my dream of being a lightsaber wielding princess!
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    Image of wutlulzky wutlulzky
    11/25/09

    @Rosa Golijan:
    A lightsaber would significantly ruin the office-space'esque feeling that destroying printing equipment (HP manufactured R2-d2) brings,... almost iconic to that of such movie.

    You can still be a princess tho ... :)
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/25/09

    @wutlulzky: Half the fun is gone without a weapon...
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    Image of phool phool
    11/25/09

    @Rosa Golijan: Gizmodo's got you covered. DIY guillotine to the rescue.
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/25/09

    @phool: Man! I'd forgotten about that thing. One of these days it'll be a weekend project.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    11/26/09

    @x@ck3D: What about Han on Hoth?
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    Image of x@ck3D x@ck3D
    11/27/09

    @Rosa Golijan: Of course the Jedi council will make exceptions! Lightsaber wielding princess is a great Jedi marketing tool.

    OH wait they've been 'bliterated by the Sith! =P
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    Image of x@ck3D x@ck3D
    11/27/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid: I am sure that blatant misuse of Jedi property will be thoroughly investigated by the Jedi Council ;)
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/25/09

    In reply to What Would've Happened if Hewlett Packard Built R2-D2
    They even knew how horrible it is to get HP customer service on the subspace communicator.
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    Image of MrPliskin0 MrPliskin0
    11/26/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Here's a tip, go into an OfficeMax and ask them to look up and call the HP Support number they have on file. It's American support they get who can and will answer just about any question.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/26/09

    @MrPliskin0: You obviously have not called HP customer support from any of the outer rim systems. Think they're going to even bother getting a shipping box to you on Tatooine? Good luck.
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    Image of MrPliskin0 MrPliskin0
    11/26/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Alright, so they have to have a PO order to ship that far; you ever try to get a PO order for something you are not meant to be ordering? it's a pain in the ass lemme tell you that. To top it off when your Planatary District Manager is an a$$-pussy well my friend things get even worse.
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    Image of dingus dingus
    07/17/09

    In reply to Then and Now: The Hewlett-Packard Family
    Why the 43C? The 41C was born in '79 and was probably the most influential model in HP's line for the 25 years that followed. They weren't just calculators but full-fledged computers with pluggable ROM, RAM, and I/O modules. You could get an HP-IL module to hook up a printer, tape drive, lab instrumentation via an HPIB bridge.

    The CV version was onboard most '80s shuttle flights as a backup in case the main computers failed.
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    Image of Castleknight75 Castleknight75
    07/17/09

    In reply to Then and Now: The Hewlett-Packard Family
    i despise HP calculators, they just function so weird...
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    dingus promoted this comment Castleknight75 was starred Castleknight75 was unstarred
    Image of dingus dingus
    07/17/09

    @Castleknight75: Well, that's like, your opinion man.

    Seriously, if you're ever doing anything more than the basic 4 functions, give an HP a try. RPN is so much more intuitive than infix once you wrap your brain around it.
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    Image of NurseDave NurseDave
    07/17/09

    In reply to Then and Now: The Hewlett-Packard Family
    TGIF! Thank God it's Fucking over for the '79 week at Giz!
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    Image of VenomIreland VenomIreland
    07/17/09

    In reply to Then and Now: The Hewlett-Packard Family
    I'm not getting the bottom part of the picture, only down to the bottom of the calculators.
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    Image of chuuchdizzle chuuchdizzle
    07/17/09

    @VenomIreland: click the link that says "click" and you'll see the whole pic.
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    Image of VenomIreland VenomIreland
    07/17/09

    @chuuchdizzle: Still doesn't work.
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    Image of Deoki Deoki
    07/15/09

    In reply to When Tech Gods Were Mortal Men
    I am very sad for Torvalds not being there, considering how many things work on Linux these days. Very bad job Giz. You made me (and more readers) very bitter.
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    Image of FuzzysFriedChicken FuzzysFriedChicken
    07/15/09

    In reply to When Tech Gods Were Mortal Men
    No mention of Jobs on LSD?
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    Image of gemcosta gemcosta
    07/15/09

    @FuzzysFriedChicken: Jobs is very sensitive to this. Giz wouldn't want to bite the ballsack they're licking.
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    Image of Chris Tomalty Chris Tomalty
    07/15/09

    In reply to When Tech Gods Were Mortal Men
    What about Torvalds?
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    07/15/09

    @LegoAddict: Maybe when Linux makes it to the desktop ;)
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    Image of jrghoull jrghoull
    07/15/09

    @UnderLoK:



    hahah he does have a point though. though linux is still small in the desktop world, it's used to run alot of commercial and business tech and all the companies mentioned above i'm sure use it to some extent.
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    07/15/09

    @jrghoull: Hey, I gave props to Michael Widenius (MySQL) below!
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    07/15/09

    In reply to When Tech Gods Were Mortal Men
    I solved the Pancake Problem by the time I was 10.



    x = P + (P x M oz.) + 2B + E *3 + SB where SB > 5.



    P equals the number of pancakes in a stack

    M equals Maple Syrup

    B equals Butter Pats

    E equals Eggs (sunnyside up)

    SB equals a Side of Bacon



    Any stack of Pancakes is to be covered in a number of ounces of warm Maple Syrup equal to the number of Pancakes plus 2 Pats of Butter plus Three Eggs Sunnyside Up, with a Side of Bacon of no less than 6 rashers of Bacon.



    Using this formula, you will have a crazy delicious breakfast and be able to have a rad day sledding and throwing snowballs, providing there is adequate snow to shut down the schools and permit reindeer games.
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    07/15/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: That's great, but did you happen to stumble upon the post-sledding optimum hot-chocolate to marshmallow ratio in your adventures? Remember: for every 8 ounces of cocoa, you must have no less then 10 mini-marshmallows. Real ones, too, none of that freeze-dried crap.
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    Image of Grendel Grendel
    07/15/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Blasphemy!! Outrage!!



    I will kindly... provide the correction..



    Whereby;



    X = n[(P + MP) + B + E + Hb] + [(Sb^n+1) +(Sb)]



    => Whereby



    n is a function of number of times ordered based on the Munchies Theorem



    Hb Equals a Side Hash Browns

    And SB, is a Side of Bacon as function of n whereas Sb>2 with respect (and dictated by) the quantum laws of porker preservation while oak smoke flavor is super saturated by coffee sipping.



    But you were 10, so I guess you may be gradually forgiven.
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    Image of RamonaAepytus RamonaAepytus
    07/15/09

    In reply to When Tech Gods Were Mortal Men
    I've actually met and talked with Dean Kamen! It was awesome.
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    07/15/09

    @RamonaAepytus: It always amazes me how excited that guy is. If his other ventures didn't work out he could always take over for Oxyclean.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/15/09

    In reply to When Tech Gods Were Mortal Men
    Poor Larry Ellison. Even as the fourth richest person in the world he's already forgotten.
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    07/15/09

    @bosskev: He is a shrimp compared to Michael Widenius... Not in dollars mind you.
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    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
    07/15/09

    @bosskev: who?
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/15/09

    @DeusExMach has jumped the snark: Uh...the co-founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation (think databases), one of the world's largest business software companies?
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    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
    07/15/09

    @bosskev: what corporation?
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/15/09

    @DeusExMach has jumped the snark: OK, fine, I fell for it.
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    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
    07/16/09

    @bosskev: heh... Homerpalooza... classic.
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