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How British computing was killed?

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    #11
    Originally posted by woohoo View Post
    Did anyone manage to watch to the end? He just has that know it all, annoying personality. I can only imagine his "Br*xit" vids.
    Yes.

    It took a while.

    He's a teacher.

    The decline of the UK computer industry is down to many things, size of market being probably the most important.

    Let's face it, a company whose primary business was tea shops created the first commercial computer.

    It was mostly downhill all the way after that.

    The mercury delay lines probably didn't help a lot.

    Not breathing the air in the computer room was good advice back then.
    When the fun stops, STOP.

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      #12
      Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View Post
      Yes.

      It took a while.

      He's a teacher.

      The decline of the UK computer industry is down to many things, size of market being probably the most important.

      Let's face it, a company whose primary business was tea shops created the first commercial computer.

      It was mostly downhill all the way after that.

      The mercury delay lines probably didn't help a lot.

      Not breathing the air in the computer room was good advice back then.
      Did anyone manage to read all DoctorStrangelove reply, goes on a bit and he sounds a bit of a know it all. If someone could summarise DoctorStrangelove reply please.

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        #13
        Originally posted by woohoo View Post
        Did anyone manage to read all DoctorStrangelove reply, goes on a bit and he sounds a bit of a know it all. If someone could summarise DoctorStrangelove reply please.
        Sorry, can't translate into words of less than one syllable

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          #14
          Originally posted by BR14 View Post
          Sorry, can't translate into words of less than one syllable
          I can't be bothered reading this long winded reply. Could someone summarise the above please.

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            #15
            Originally posted by woohoo View Post
            I can't be bothered reading this long winded reply. Could someone summarise the above please.
            TL; DR

            England computer broke.

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              #16
              Originally posted by original PM View Post
              TL; DR

              England computer broke.
              There's a 3 syllable word there. Perhaps:

              Our mac work got broke.
              Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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                #17
                Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
                There's a 3 syllable word there. Perhaps:

                Our mac work got broke.
                That is 5 words possibly to many for the average millenial.

                maybe

                beep thing over?

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                  #18
                  I blame the persecution of Alan Turing.

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by GreenMirror View Post
                    I blame the persecution of Alan Turing.
                    Why? The idiot broke the laws of the time, put himself in a position where his clearance had to be revoked and generally ****ed his own life up.
                    Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by Zigenare View Post
                      Why? The idiot broke the laws of the time, put himself in a position where his clearance had to be revoked and generally ****ed his own life up.
                      A great pity about the laws of the time.

                      A sensible government would have turned a blind eye for the greater good.

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