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We are in the year 281 474 976 712 644, but there are only 16 bit computers on the ships? Anachronism!!!
by gavanwoolery 15y ago
We are in the year 281 474 976 712 644, but there are only 16 bit computers on the ships? Anachronism!!!
- Tuna-Fish 15y agoNo. The ships were launched in the 80's, and all the tech they contain is 16-bit. Presumably, there are more powerful computers out there, but they are advanced enough that you are certainly not going to do anything useful with them. (Let's just ignore that the tech ran without issue and succesfully woke you up after 281*10^12 years.) I find this actually really clever. I suppose the less programmatically inclined will trade new programs from the people building them.
- gavanwoolery 15y agoAh I think I misread that. ;) Still, I think even a thousand year gap in tech would make ships obsolete. I mean, look at how far our tech has progressed over the past century...