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Computers and Aliens ?

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First post, by Intel486dx33

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How many of you think computers are Alien tech ?
How many of you watch Sci-if, Alien and UFO shows and documentaries ?

And how many of you are just Audiophiles ?

Personally, I am just an Audiophile and mainly use old computers for listening to music from the 1900’s.

Reply 1 of 20, by konc

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Muz? 🤣 just kidding of course, apart from the first one the rest of the questions actually make sense for discussion

Reply 2 of 20, by wiretap

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Alien tech? 🤣 no, we have a clear development timeline of how we achieved where we are today. From vacuum tubes to the transistor to the earliest quantum computers in development right now.

Sci-fi is fun/cool to watch, alien and UFO documentaries just show objects that people can't identify in a photo/video that are normal objects. I haven't seen a UFO/alien video yet that has swayed me at all since they've all been either doctored or so low quality you can't tell anything from it.

As for audiophile -- I use halfway decent quality equipment for listening, but I also recognize there's a point to where your ears can't discern the difference -- like the people that buy USB DACs and think that a $1000+ USB cable will make a difference, when they shouldn't be listening via a USB connection anyway due to the inherent nature of how crappy the ground plane is, and isolators don't buffer audio samples to check for lost data & retransmit.

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Reply 3 of 20, by Zup

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Intel486dx33 wrote:

How many of you think computers are Alien tech ?

Not computers, but some games designers must be aliens. Or, at least, some computer games don't follow human logic.

Intel486dx33 wrote:

How many of you watch Sci-if, Alien and UFO shows and documentaries ?

The second best TV shows to make me sleepy. The top ones are "Forged in fire" and all those crafting shows.

Intel486dx33 wrote:

And how many of you are just Audiophiles ?

Personally, I am just an Audiophile and mainly use old computers for listening to music from the 1900’s.

Not an audiophile, although I get really uncomfortable while hearing music through shitty speakers and headphones like some flat TVs, most bluetooth speakers (even big ones!) and gaming headphones.

I mostly hear rock, pop and heavy metal and most time I'm hearing it while driving at job... too much to be considered an audiophile.

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Reply 4 of 20, by leileilol

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Zup wrote:

Not computers, but some games designers must be aliens.

Tommy's Toys comes to mind

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Reply 5 of 20, by Errius

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"Can't score? Maybe it's your hardware."

Is this too much voodoo?

Reply 6 of 20, by appiah4

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The truth is out there.

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Reply 7 of 20, by oeuvre

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No mention of Alienware yet? Come on, guys.

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Reply 8 of 20, by maxtherabbit

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ayy lmao

Reply 9 of 20, by keenmaster486

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*hits blunt*

Maaaaaan what if my phone is, like, an alien, man

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Reply 11 of 20, by DosFreak

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I'd like to see that just to see those idiots get jacked up.

Tired of seeing people blame human accomplishments on aliens. Everything on and in Earth and even Earth itself is "alien".

If you want to see some "aliens" (or more likely contribute so that someone someday can) then do something with your life towards that purpose and no Area 51 isn't that.

More likely someone riled up a bunch of people as a distraction so they could do something else or for $$$$ and people being sheeple it'll probably work.

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Reply 12 of 20, by PC Hoarder Patrol

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DosFreak wrote:

I'd like to see that just to see those idiots get jacked up.

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Reply 13 of 20, by oeuvre

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keenmaster486 wrote:

*hits blunt*

Maaaaaan what if my phone is, like, an alien, man

calm down elon

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Reply 14 of 20, by Intel486dx33

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E.T. Speak and spell. ( E.T. NO Speak ? ). But casts spells......

Definition of Casts: cause (light or shadow) to appear on a surface.

Like the light on a digital display.
or the light from a UFO.
or the light from a flash light.

Reply 15 of 20, by krcroft

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Alien buffs and extreme audiophiles: both are believers without scientific evidence? (let me pause my 32kbit/s real-media recording of Art Bell that I'm listening to on my low-oxygen, helix braided USB-cabled headset).

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I hope we or other space faring species meet up one day; would make for a much less lonely universe! The fact our universe is and will be forever expanding makes the challenge even harder...

Reply 18 of 20, by Errius

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Everyone carries a camera now. This has finally settled the question of whether ghosts, aliens, bigfoot, nessie, etc. are real. It's sad in a way.

Is this too much voodoo?