[–] adamfeldman 12y ago ↗ "He was examining two devices on the roof while wirelessly conversing with a minicomputer a few hundred feet away..."What's a minicomputer? [–] DigitalJack 12y ago ↗ Maybe a raspberry pi could be called a minicomputer today. It meant something a little smaller than a mainframe in decades past. [–] adamfeldman 12y ago ↗ I like that, it really works well. Repurposing yesterday's jargon for today's innovations.I still think the writer should work on that word choice though.... [–] [deleted] 12y ago ↗ (comment deleted) [–] adamfeldman 12y ago ↗ Replying since I can't edit my comment any longer: someone deleted their reply to me, but they pointed out Raspberry Pi and Arduinos are already known as Nanocomputers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanocomputer [–] [deleted] 12y ago ↗ (comment deleted)
[–] DigitalJack 12y ago ↗ Maybe a raspberry pi could be called a minicomputer today. It meant something a little smaller than a mainframe in decades past. [–] adamfeldman 12y ago ↗ I like that, it really works well. Repurposing yesterday's jargon for today's innovations.I still think the writer should work on that word choice though.... [–] [deleted] 12y ago ↗ (comment deleted) [–] adamfeldman 12y ago ↗ Replying since I can't edit my comment any longer: someone deleted their reply to me, but they pointed out Raspberry Pi and Arduinos are already known as Nanocomputers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanocomputer
[–] adamfeldman 12y ago ↗ I like that, it really works well. Repurposing yesterday's jargon for today's innovations.I still think the writer should work on that word choice though.... [–] [deleted] 12y ago ↗ (comment deleted) [–] adamfeldman 12y ago ↗ Replying since I can't edit my comment any longer: someone deleted their reply to me, but they pointed out Raspberry Pi and Arduinos are already known as Nanocomputers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanocomputer
[–] adamfeldman 12y ago ↗ Replying since I can't edit my comment any longer: someone deleted their reply to me, but they pointed out Raspberry Pi and Arduinos are already known as Nanocomputers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanocomputer
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I still think the writer should work on that word choice though....