64bit Linux

[Andrew Jarrett]

On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Michael Leone <turgon at mike-leone.com> wrote:
> Andrew Jarrett wrote:
>  > and not having your computer crap out
>  > in 2038.
>
>  You expect to be using that particular hardware for the next 30+ years,
>  so that date problem is a real show-stopper for you? :-)

I sure do; I told the guy at the flea market I didn't want to buy
another computer for at least 50 years.  He told me that this one was
the pinnacle of modern technology: 200 (*! Two Hundred !*) MeagerHurts
AMD K5 (dual core and 64-bit processing, of course, but it also had
this new thing called Risk Processing -- I think all those fancy Vegas
slot machines use it), 128 RP (Ram-power -- he said it was enough to
pull 95 windows), and a *really big* hard drive (approximately 6 cubic
feet).

I want this computer to last 50 years, is that such an unrealistic expectation?

Andrew

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