I was quite impressed when he had that technical discussion with the green PC guy. But I didn't understand the details... and obviously neither did the other dragons. Are we really back to using terminals on a central server again?
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Did anyone understand Peter Jones on Dragons' Den?
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Did anyone understand Peter Jones on Dragons' Den?
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostI was quite impressed when he had that technical discussion with the green PC guy. But I didn't understand the details... and obviously neither did the other dragons. Are we really back to using terminals on a central server again?
And yes, it's a step back towards the days of centralised processing and dumb terminals."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife. -
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I was excited by this thinking someone has developed a technology that allows the growing demand on the UK's energy supplies to be reduced - fantastic I thought.
The moment it was discovered nothing propriety existed in his brand he was shot down in flames.
Peter was right - he completely wasted their time. Pitches like this really wind me up.
The diesel/petrol adaptor how on earth was this not already been developed? I think there must be a thousand ideas like this floating around."Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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Originally posted by zeitghostJust you wait until I show them my home fusion generator."Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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Network Computing is what this fat server / thin client model was called if I remember correctly.
I believe the Dragons must receive information on the pitches prior to the show, and can therefore read up on suitable issues to discuss.
I doubt that PJ can hold much of a technical conversation ... with all due respect it's just not his forte.Comment
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Originally posted by TazMaN View PostI doubt that PJ can hold much of a technical conversation ... with all due respect it's just not his forte."Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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I assumed they edited it badly...they started debating thin client / dumb terminal out of nowhere...
Absolute useless twit though trying to pitch nothing but a BIOS and a label.Comment
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Go work for Sun. Desks full of thin client terminals. Save your session to the chip on your ID card, drive to Warwick, put the ID card in the desktop and carry on where you left off. Brilliant...
There's a school fit out going on near me. Talking to one of the PMs and he was saying his big headache is security of all those 90-odd PCs spread through the classrooms. "Why not use a blade server, VMWare and KVM's?" I said, "That way only screens and keyboards are out in the open, and you can control external access attempts through DVD/CD and USB". "What's VMWare?" was the reply...
I always said the worst thing that happened to IT was the 8086 chip and Gates. Without them we would be running proper multi-threaded OS's by now - bit like Apple were in the 80s - instead of MS bloatware.Last edited by malvolio; 5 August 2008, 13:09.Blog? What blog...?Comment
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