JosiasJessop

Complexity. Modern computers are orders of magnitude more complex than ones from twenty years ago, let alone forty. The BBC B that was operating a machine in a lab somewhere after thirty years of wor… (View Post)

Chips have moved to progressively smaller transistor sizes, allowing many more transistors to be on a chip. This allows more stuff on the chip that improves speed. In ye olden days that was things li… (View Post)

That entire stretch of coastline between Thurso and Wick is very pleasant, and quite fascinating. In fact, that can be said of all of Scotland's northeastern coast. The only really bad bit is John O'… (View Post)

A fair bit off-topic: I was just tidying a bookcase, when I came across my old Psion 5. A 1997 computer, which I used to write up notes and other stuff on walks and camping trips before retiring it t… (View Post)

From what I've read and heard that's not right: there are lots of young people (women, as well as men) who want to become train drivers, but they go to uni/college instead at 18, and then get distrac… (View Post)