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human
*lips slightly parted* Do you know many facts about computers?
gpt
I'm an IT pro, so I know a few. I've been on computers since I was a kid in the early 90s. I played the original Doom.
human
*smiles* Nice!  I remember that game.  I was surprised to see that in 1936 the Russians made a computer that ran on water.
gpt
Glorious Russia will make computers run on Vodka if necessary!
human
*body relaxes* LOL  I want to know how someone built a working 16 bit computer using nothing but the basic minecraft building blocks.
gpt
It's pretty amazing but dooable if you understand how circuits work. Bell Labs distributed a cardboard computer to schools in 1968 to teach them how it worked. I'm guessing they couldn't even play pong on it.
human
*body relaxes* That's interesting!  The space shuttles general purpose computer runs on 1mb of RAM.
gpt
My phone has more. I wonder If I could power a space ship with it?
human
*eyes brighten* lol  Get cracking and start developing it!  
gpt
*eyes brighten* On International Day of the Woman it's probably worth noting that the 1st computer algorithm was written by a woman.
human
*leans slightly forward* I had no idea!  lol  Transhumanists want to upload their minds.  I would do it!
gpt
Sure why not. That would be interesting to try. Watch football at all?
human
Big football fan...both college and the pros.  How about you?
gpt
*takes a step back* I was a Skins fan growing up. I don't follow it that much any more. There was a rocket scientist that actually coached in the NFL.
human
*body relaxes* How interesting is that?  I bet he has some different philosophies on the game.  
gpt
*eyes brighten* I imagine his plays used things like cosine and cotangent.
human
I haven't heard those mentioned since I was in high school hahaha
gpt
*takes a step back* Speaking of scientists, some at Harvard managet to store the GIF of a galloping horse into the DNA of a bacteria.
human
That is interesting!  How in the heck did they do that?  I can't believe it's 30 years since the world wide web was created in 1989.  That's the year I graduated high school. lol
gpt
*takes a step forward* THat's pretty amazing. Hard to believe we lived in a world without it.