The Top 12 Signs Your Computer Is Too Old

The Top 5 Science list for January 24, 2017

12) The processor uses a unary based architecture.

11) It was invented before Al Gore.

10) No matter what MIDI you play, it all comes out as “Daisy, Daisy”.

9) Your salesman is touting the benefits of upgrading to punch cards.

8) Just because because it got Neil Armstrong to the moon doesn’t mean it has the power to write a letter to your mom.

7) The ufe of the medial ‘s’ on the keyboard waf a ftrong fign.

6) The last time it was working correctly, it was predicting eclipses on a boat off Antikythera.

5) The salesman who sold it to your granddad swore it was “ENIAC Compatible.”

4) The country it was assembled in no longer exists.

3) Good news: it can run Rosetta Stone. Unfortunately it’s only available in Greek, Demotic, and Hieroglyphic.

2) The autograph is wearing off. You can barely see Charles Babbage’s name on the main drive gear.

and the Number 1 Sign Your Computer Is Too Old…

1) The apple doesn’t have a bite out of it.

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Selected from 40 submissions from 13 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:

1: Roy Skogstrom, Pepeekeo, HI
2: Marshall Gatten, Albuquerque, NM
3: Marissa Van Opens, Madison, WI
4: Alan Rice, North Tustin, CA
5: Paul Wiley, Westtown, NY
6: James Rice, North Tustin, CA
7: Paul Van Opens, Ellicott City, MD
8: Marshall Gatten, Albuquerque, NM
9: Scott Elmer, Wheaton, IL
10:Marissa Van Opens, Madison, WI
11:Roy Skogstrom, Pepeekeo, HI
12:Donald Johnson, Cincinnati, OH
12:Roy Skogstrom, Pepeekeo, HI
12:James Rice, North Tustin, CA
Topic: Roy Skogstrom, Pepeekeo, HI
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