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General Chat / Re: random picture thread

Last post by stewartsage - Yesterday at 11:26:37 PM

That lady in the middle makes me think of the Crescendolls...

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General Anime and Manga / Re: What Manga are you reading...

Last post by Bella - Yesterday at 11:25:37 PM

The classics, very nice

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OS-tan Talk / Re: More IBM-tans III: The One...

Last post by Bella - Yesterday at 11:24:34 PM

I'm going to need to make a relationship map to keep all of this straight! The D.A.-Whirlwind-Maddida triangle definitely complicates things.

What article are you talking about? I wonder if I hoovered it up when I did a big download of Annals articles on scihub...

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OS-tan Fan-Fics, Comics and Fan-Stuff / Re: Bella's OS-tan Artwork Thr...

Last post by Bella - Yesterday at 11:20:23 PM

Studying the great works of art from the old masters.

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OS-tan Fan-Fics, Comics and Fan-Stuff / Re: teku-a-fool's collection

Last post by Bella - Yesterday at 11:19:10 PM

I love how you draw her hair! Your ocean & water textures are so good.

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OS-tan Talk / Re: More IBM-tans III: The One...

Last post by stewartsage - Yesterday at 11:07:11 PM

A good counterpoint! AFAIK, MIT was seriously entrenched in mechanical computing and the prevailing wisdom was that electronic computers were too unreliable to be viable. So I can see D.A.-tan having a bit of a superiority complex toward ENIAC-tan and not take her very seriously. The grudge might kick in when she realizes that ENIAC-tan has actually quite dependable despite her "limitations" (in D.A.-tan's eyes).

Then again, D.A.-tan would outlive ENIAC-tan by several years, so the smugness might've kicked back in...

I wonder how she would feel about Whirlwind-tan, given that she was meant to be a mechanical computer but transmogrified into what she ended up being. Or how Whirlwind-tan would feel about D.A.-tan, for that matter. Another branch in her extended family of mechanical computers?

I can see the end of ENIAC-tan making her smug only for someone within her own dojo to betray her (Whirlwind).  Whirlwind-sama is pretty forgiving, but isn't D.A.-tan MADDIDA's stand?  That wouldn't make her very happy...

I haven't found anything about Bush's thoughts on mechanical vs. electronic computers. I always got the impression MIT was practically minded and wanted whatever tool is right for the situation. In that sense I wonder if D.A.-tan would have more of a resigned sorrow over her "heir" being closer to ENIAC than her.

"Those damn digital computers!" apparently, but I don't have Annals of Computer History access for context!

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General Anime and Manga / Re: What Manga are you reading...

Last post by VonDaab - Yesterday at 04:40:07 PM

Not Manga specifically, but Manga related.

Got myself a tiny e-ink e-reader and put some Slayers Light Novel on it.

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OS-tan Talk / Re: Why do people keep calling...

Last post by Lily1027 - Yesterday at 08:11:51 AM

• Ⓧ Doubt
• It's ableist to call things stupid.

I'd rather say it's inaccurate than stupid.

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General Chat / Re: random picture thread

Last post by Bella - August 30, 2026, 08:41:58 PM

That graffiti is dope

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General Chat / Re: random picture thread

Last post by VonDaab - August 30, 2026, 12:36:22 PM

Yeah, he seems to be still active.
Was somewhat of a silly moment that at the end of his mini gig (1.5 hours) he said he's gonna play "one of his favourites" and it ended up being a trance/eurodance remix of Bomfunk MCs Freestyler. Fitting considering both Sandstorm and Freestyler came out almost at the same time back in 1999.

Also had the Mavica out again. It was a Sandstorm themed day, so makes sense the music video spot needed a mavica pic.



Also some neat legal graffiti.