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John Doty
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What are the major technical difference between Multics and Unix?
Jul 21, 2020
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Why did Visual Basic use parentheses for both function call and array access?
Apr 30, 2021
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How did early laser printers get by with so little memory?
Apr 13, 2021
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Did many programs really store years as two characters (Y2K bug)?
Jun 20, 2020
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Were any IBM mainframes ever run multiuser?
Nov 26, 2020
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Undocumented instructions in x86 CPU prior to 80386?
Jun 5, 2021
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Advantage of RS-232 over 20mA current loop
Feb 5, 2021
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4
Who invented the clipboard?
May 19, 2021
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4
When did IBM start to use ASCII?
Jul 8, 2020
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Why didn't early single-chip CPUs support multiplication instructions
Sep 21, 2020
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Why do exploration spacecraft like Voyager 1 and 2 go through the asteroid belt, and not over or below it?
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Why do Canopus Star Trackers track Canopus? Why not so Sirius?
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Time is the only dimension that has an arrow, and the only dimension which contributes an opposite sign to the metric. Is that just a coincidence?
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If I push someone, what fundamental force do I create?
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Why are there three bright spots in the first picture of Sagittarius A*?

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