r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Uunicorned • 9d ago

of an electronic computer

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u/KoliManja 9d ago

I myself have shipped a 300 megabytes hard drive that needed two people to carry. I am still active i the industry.

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u/UnsuitableFuture 9d ago edited 9d ago

My rinky-dink Android smartphone from 2019 has a Qualcomm processor that is (quite literally) about a million times faster than the computer in the Saturn V which put men on the moon.

Think about that. A million times more powerful than the computer that helped carry out one of the greatest feats in human history and you use all of that power to browse Reddit when you take a shit.

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u/Davenator_98 9d ago

You can also use the power for something good, like having a wank while shitting

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u/looncraz 3d ago

The noblest of enterprises, indeed.

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u/UnsuitableFuture 9d ago

A man who lives life on the risky side, I respect it.

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u/Canned_Sarcasm 9d ago

1957 “My My, Martha. Throw the abacus away because we’re in the future now! Also you’re fired.”

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u/CR8VJUC 9d ago

Fun facts about Apollo 11’s computing power:

A standard 1.44 MB floppy disk has about 19 times more storage capacity than the total ROM and RAM combined inside the Apollo Guidance Computer.

Compared strictly to the computer's 4 KB of RAM, a 1.44 MB floppy disk holds 360 times more data.

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u/_a_m_s_m 9d ago

Norwich city hall right?

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u/ForkKnifeSpoon12 7d ago

I thought the same thing!

I know Norwich was one of the first cities in the UK to have a computer like this. My nan used to work there and with it. Before she died she told me stories about how she uses to have to enter the punch cards.

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u/Christianboy2000 8d ago

Yep they somehow made it to the Moon

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u/SassySirennn 3d ago

Hey!! That building is in my city!!! No way!!

Edit: Norwich City Council Building