Comments on: Sexy computer art, circa 1956 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/sexy-computer-art-circa-1956.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 08:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: CLamb http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/sexy-computer-art-circa-1956.html#comment-1637689 CLamb Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208140#comment-1637689 Even more amazing is that SAGE was used through 1983. Even more amazing is that SAGE was used through 1983.

]]> By: Quiche de Resistance http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/sexy-computer-art-circa-1956.html#comment-1637604 Quiche de Resistance Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208140#comment-1637604 teletype is new technology... -...    ---    ---     -...    ... teletype is new technology…

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]]> By: technogeekagain http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/sexy-computer-art-circa-1956.html#comment-1637322 technogeekagain Fri, 25 Jan 2013 06:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208140#comment-1637322 Yes, basic vector graphics is basically D-to-A outputs hooked up to the X, Y, and gain (brightness) inputs of on oscilloscope. Storage tubes are a slightly different animal, but I don't think that's what we're looking at. Yes, basic vector graphics is basically D-to-A outputs hooked up to the X, Y, and gain (brightness) inputs of on oscilloscope.

Storage tubes are a slightly different animal, but I don’t think that’s what we’re looking at.

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/sexy-computer-art-circa-1956.html#comment-1637115 pjcamp Fri, 25 Jan 2013 02:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208140#comment-1637115 No wonder that Evans and Sutherland was always sticky. I need to go wash now. No wonder that Evans and Sutherland was always sticky.

I need to go wash now.

]]> By: DevinC http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/sexy-computer-art-circa-1956.html#comment-1637086 DevinC Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208140#comment-1637086 The SAGE project is really really great (for porn) It defends us from the Commies we all hate (for porn) Our CRT's round and bright (for porn) To track planes in midflight (for porn) We watch the skies all day and night! (FOR PORN) The SAGE project is really really great
(for porn)
It defends us from the Commies we all hate
(for porn)
Our CRT’s round and bright
(for porn)
To track planes in midflight
(for porn)
We watch the skies all day and night!
(FOR PORN)

]]> By: vonbobo http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/sexy-computer-art-circa-1956.html#comment-1637058 vonbobo Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208140#comment-1637058 If you get a chance... shower with them. If you get a chance… shower with them.

]]> By: Incipient Madness http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/sexy-computer-art-circa-1956.html#comment-1637027 Incipient Madness Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208140#comment-1637027 That would make <i>Weird Science</I> just a little less weird. I never could figure out back in the day how the computer was supposed to physically create something.  That would make Weird Science just a little less weird. I never could figure out back in the day how the computer was supposed to physically create something. 

]]> By: vonbobo http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/sexy-computer-art-circa-1956.html#comment-1636917 vonbobo Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208140#comment-1636917 Add this to the long list of new tech being used for male curiosity. "3D printer, what is that? /youtube. Oh, they are printing nude women... of course" Add this to the long list of new tech being used for male curiosity.

“3D printer, what is that? /youtube. Oh, they are printing nude women… of course”

]]> By: PhosPhorious http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/sexy-computer-art-circa-1956.html#comment-1636882 PhosPhorious Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208140#comment-1636882 Look at the Global Allocation Maps on her! Look at the Global Allocation Maps on her!

]]> By: technogeekagain http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/sexy-computer-art-circa-1956.html#comment-1636878 technogeekagain Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208140#comment-1636878 I want to know who did the first teletype nude. (Typed characters, sometimes overtyped, as greyscale.) I want to know who did the first teletype nude. (Typed characters, sometimes overtyped, as greyscale.)

]]> By: bzishi http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/sexy-computer-art-circa-1956.html#comment-1636868 bzishi Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208140#comment-1636868 I've made vector drawings on an oscilloscope I had hooked up to an 8088 (for fun to see if I could write a display driver and for credit in an electronics course). I wonder if this was similar. I’ve made vector drawings on an oscilloscope I had hooked up to an 8088 (for fun to see if I could write a display driver and for credit in an electronics course). I wonder if this was similar.

]]> By: Henry Pootel http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/sexy-computer-art-circa-1956.html#comment-1636840 Henry Pootel Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208140#comment-1636840 Hard core geeks don't care about the pinup, they  find the computer itself sexy.  See http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Q7/ for a nice list of on-screen appearances by these things over the years. Hard core geeks don’t care about the pinup, they  find the computer itself sexy.  See http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Q7/ for a nice list of on-screen appearances by these things over the years.

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