Sir Clive Sinclair, weds his 33-year-old Lap dancer ..

[Graham]

SmoothRB said:

Tangent Police said:

Love is a lie, it is merely an exchange of goods/services.

As you get older, you realise this is the case.

We get offended by this blatant transaction, but how many of us are undergoing a similar, but subtle transactions.....

ans:- most of us.

Hats off to him exchanging wealth for pussy in such a rude manner

You sound disapointed w/ life.

Love is a transaction but involving the heart, it's not giving blow jobs for food.

not diaspointed, just a realist

[Morningside]

• *BUMP***

Micromen (story of Sinclair and Acorn) is currently on iPlayer at the moment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00n5b92/Micr...

Worth a watch - Although I suspect there is a lot of truth bending

[Tuna]

Morningside said:

***BUMP***

Micromen (story of Sinclair and Acorn) is currently on iPlayer at the moment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00n5b92/Micr...

Worth a watch - Although I suspect there is a lot of truth bending

One of the original people from those days is actually in the programme, so I don't think it's that far off. The biggest artistic license is apparently that Chris Curry was every bit as argumentative as Sinclair.

[JacksHereR]

phew, i thought the bump was divorce.

micromen was brilliant btw if not already seen


re heart attack, ahh im a cynic at heart, maybe you are a realist

Edited by JacksHereR on Thursday 27th May 11:55

[Mr E Driver]

I thought the bump was because he had a heart attack..... which reminds me to look out for the nearest lap dancing club

[Zad]

There is more fact in those programmes than you would think. I think the disclaimer at the start about fictionalised scenes is mostly to stop Sir Clive prosecuting for libel. As Tuna says, one of the original people is in the programme. Specifically the pub landlady at the end (Sophie Wilson). Half of the team which created the ARM. Hermann Hauser wasn't quite that wacky, but he did regularly make tea and go out for takeaways for the development people. A pretty good way of getting engineering students to work for you!

I was reading an old copy of Elektor Electronics magazine from 1979 yesterday. Interestingly, these 2 adverts were on consecutive pages:

[Jim the Sunderer]

The Tories should make him a Lord, they could probably do with a few in the house that know the lark with computers (even if he doesn't appreciate the Internet).

[Morningside]

Zad said:

There is more fact in those programmes than you would think. I think the disclaimer at the start about fictionalised scenes is mostly to stop Sir Clive prosecuting for libel. As Tuna says, one of the original people is in the programme. Specifically the pub landlady at the end (Sophie Wilson). Half of the team which created the ARM. Hermann Hauser wasn't quite that wacky, but he did regularly make tea and go out for takeaways for the development people. A pretty good way of getting engineering students to work for you!

I was reading an old copy of Elektor Electronics magazine from 1979 yesterday. Interestingly, these 2 adverts were on consecutive pages:

This maybe my weekend project.
http://www.techlib.com/Karen/micro.htm#PIC14

[FourWheelDrift]

With Sir Clive being a fitness fanatic & jogger I wonder if he would see the irony in the old offices for Science of Cambridge (adverts above) at 6 Kings Parade are now the Inner Space Gym?

[deeps]

I know a guy down the pub who's 68 (looks like captain birdseye) and has a 25 year old good looking girl friend. He's not loaded, lives in a council flat. He's a nice down to earth chap though so fair play to him, but I wonder what her motives are?

[mybrainhurts]

He's just gone to the top of my death list 2010...

[Tuna]

Morningside said:

This maybe my weekend project.
http://www.techlib.com/Karen/micro.htm#PIC14

OOhh, that looks fun - I wrote a PIC emulator, so with a little effort I could run a Mk14 emulator on a PIC emulator in a Java VM on a laptop.

Behold, I iz geek.

[Morningside]

Tuna said:

Morningside said:

This maybe my weekend project.
http://www.techlib.com/Karen/micro.htm#PIC14

OOhh, that looks fun - I wrote a PIC emulator, so with a little effort I could run a Mk14 emulator on a PIC emulator in a Java VM on a laptop.

Behold, I iz geek.

...


I had a look at that project and looked into the 'parts' bin and all my 7-segment displays are common anode. Sods law

But I will give it a go.