ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-26 months agoWhat produced the old dead channel tv static audiovisuals on tvs?upload.wikimedia.orgimagemessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageWhat produced the old dead channel tv static audiovisuals on tvs?upload.wikimedia.orgALostInquirer@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-26 months agomessage-square51fedilinkfile-text
Media alt text: 3D render of old tv set with animated static on its screen, as if tuned to a dead channel.
minus-squareDavel23@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoIn another bit of poorly-aged prediction by Gibson, Case, the main character, brings some RAM with him to sell for a quick buck on the street. How much RAM? Three entire megabytes.
minus-squareZagamTheVile@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoYeah, but tbf, Case was pretty jacked up at the time. Also, there’s a market now for obsolete stuff.
minus-squaredylanmorgan@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoHere’s the real question: did Gibson write Neuromancer before or after Bill Gates said no one would ever conceivably need more than 640k of RAM?
In another bit of poorly-aged prediction by Gibson, Case, the main character, brings some RAM with him to sell for a quick buck on the street. How much RAM? Three entire megabytes.
Yeah, but tbf, Case was pretty jacked up at the time.
Also, there’s a market now for obsolete stuff.
Here’s the real question: did Gibson write Neuromancer before or after Bill Gates said no one would ever conceivably need more than 640k of RAM?