Elephant in Cairo (Byte Magazine, 1989)

#1

Post by atrudeau » Mon, Apr 14, 2025, 2:12 PM UTC

Re: Elephant in Cairo (Byte Magazine, 1989)

#2

Post by JKCalhoun » Wed, Apr 16, 2025, 4:28 PM UTC

A longer version of the Prime Number joke involving a Mathematician, Scientist and Engineer.

#3

Post by ForOldHack » Wed, Apr 16, 2025, 4:41 PM UTC

"He can be reached on BIX as "pcolsen". "

#4

Post by phkahler » Wed, Apr 16, 2025, 5:50 PM UTC

ForOldHack wrote: post #3

"He can be reached on BIX as "pcolsen". "

Byte Information Exchange?

#5

Post by seydor » Wed, Apr 16, 2025, 9:05 PM UTC

All the great ideas were taken by some guys in the 80s.

#6

Post by TheOtherHobbes » Thu, Apr 17, 2025, 12:22 AM UTC

phkahler wrote: post #4

ForOldHack wrote: post #3

"He can be reached on BIX as "pcolsen". "

Byte Information Exchange?

Yes.

Some distracted Googling led to the discovery that CIX, the UK equivalent, is still running private forums. After 42 years.