# Pictures of Straight Dope Computer System? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 26, 2013, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-straight-dope-computer-system/672303 "2013-10-26T13:10:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-straight-dope-computer-system/672303/41 "2013-10-30T14:20:40Z")
> [@Dead Mouse in the Middle of the Road](#): > > I always figured it was more like [this](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljv9bwmYTV1qbehk4o1_500.jpg). Ah, the IT Crowd! You, ladies and gentlemen, have answered my question admirably! I’ve never laughed out loud this many times in years!! I humbly thank you… Jake ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-straight-dope-computer-system/672303/42 "2013-10-30T15:23:19Z")
[SDMB Tech Support Center](http://whitehousemuseum.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/telegraph-room-c1906.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-straight-dope-computer-system/672303/43 "2013-10-30T15:30:38Z")
[Archive backup system](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/MK4oYRCrkiQ/0.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-straight-dope-computer-system/672303/44 "2013-10-30T15:54:10Z")
Time to bring in the consultants: [http://www.startrek.com/legacy\_media/images/200303/tos-053-daystrom-and-spock/320x240.jpg](http://www.startrek.com/legacy_media/images/200303/tos-053-daystrom-and-spock/320x240.jpg) [![](http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120805112754/memoryalpha/en/images/c/c8/Bynars.jpg) ](http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120805112754/memoryalpha/en/images/c/c8/Bynars.jpg) [http://www.omega.com/dilbert/images/wally.GIF](http://www.omega.com/dilbert/images/wally.GIF) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-straight-dope-computer-system/672303/45 "2013-10-30T22:14:51Z")
Well, here’s [the original server](http://images.wikia.com/half-life/en/images/4/4d/Glados_new_body.jpg), but when the Reader got bought out, the new owners switched to a [more budget-friendly model](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5025/5728853850_a3bbb14083_z.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-straight-dope-computer-system/672303/46 "2013-10-31T01:06:06Z")
I don’t know how it is possible for so many people to be so incorrect about something like this. [Here is the authentic picture.](http://reed.cs.depaul.edu/peterh/class/hci450/imgs/pc.png) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-straight-dope-computer-system/672303/47 "2013-10-31T03:37:10Z")
[The servers before Pay2Post](http://www.cineheroes.net/chuploads/2013/06/terminator-5.jpg) [Getting upgraded](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-d6UuM-PD_LU/TaMaEYa3gLI/AAAAAAAAPKs/u5atwfqQE90/s1600/16.jpg) [Current set up](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Q-XSQpNE8FM/TCPfsw2K9qI/AAAAAAAABHo/mGQ0YOog2BU/s400/tin-man.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Jaguars](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaguars/32/5879_2.png) [@Jaguars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaguars)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-straight-dope-computer-system/672303/48 "2013-11-04T01:37:47Z")
Finally! [Proof](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Soviet_computer_DVK-2.JPG) of the GD server’s socialist bias! > [@j\_sum1](#): > > I don’t know how it is possible for so many people to be so incorrect about something like this. > [Here is the authentic picture.](http://reed.cs.depaul.edu/peterh/class/hci450/imgs/pc.png) :eek:“Great Scott! It’s school holidays in an election year! Quartermaster! Modding Wheel to full ahead!” 😕" That’s insane, Ed, and stop calling me Quartermaster! The Pedantry Tubes will overheat the Echo Chamber" :eek:“Quiet! We’ll just have to hope the Multiquote Condenser holds together and the Spam Governor don’t fly apart!” ---
**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-straight-dope-computer-system/672303/49 "2013-11-04T02:09:35Z")
> [@Jaguars](#): > > Finally! [Proof](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Soviet_computer_DVK-2.JPG) of the GD server’s socialist bias! > > :eek:“Great Scott! It’s school holidays in an election year! Quartermaster! Modding Wheel to full ahead!” > > 😕" That’s insane, Ed, and stop calling me Quartermaster! The Pedantry Tubes will overheat the Echo Chamber" > > :eek:“Quiet! We’ll just have to hope the Multiquote Condenser holds together and the Spam Governor don’t fly apart!” It is worthwhile noting that the nautical theme is entirely appropriate for this picture. > **[Is This How a Home Computer Was Imagined in 1954?](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/1954-home-computer/)** > > Does a photograph shows RAND Corporation's 1954 design for a home computer? ---
**Author:** ![Jaguars](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaguars/32/5879_2.png) [@Jaguars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaguars)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-straight-dope-computer-system/672303/50 "2013-11-04T02:17:55Z")
oh… :o Clearly then, it’s responsible for containing occasional meltdown from the BBQ pit. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-straight-dope-computer-system/672303/51 "2013-11-04T02:25:30Z")
> [@j\_sum1](#): > > It is worthwhile noting that the nautical theme is entirely appropriate for this picture. > [Is This How a Home Computer Was Imagined in 1954? | Snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp) Oh, the shame! ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-straight-dope-computer-system/672303/52 "2013-11-04T16:15:57Z")
Clearly you all underestimate the true geekiness of the Mod.s. The SDMB is not run on a mere computer system. It is an entity requiring a specialized mix of electricity, mineral oil, and live mysis shrimp. [http://www.aquariuspc.it/](http://www.aquariuspc.it/) ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-straight-dope-computer-system/672303/53 "2013-11-05T23:00:43Z")
Don’t know if anyone’s posted this yet, but [here we have](http://images.inmagine.com/img/imagemore/z197690/z197690017.jpg) a photo of an actual hamster operating a SDMB server, or similar computational device. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-straight-dope-computer-system/672303/54 "2013-11-08T18:04:50Z")
You guys remember the last time the server went offline? The truth is out - it wasn’t for an upgrade. One of Ed’s searches got hung up, and well… And FYI, here's the last admin meeting. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3KIxzCqYqM) ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-straight-dope-computer-system/672303/55 "2013-11-08T19:47:18Z")
Ah Ed, you gotta watch that temper! 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-straight-dope-computer-system/672303.md?page=2)