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What's inside an advanced computer?


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#1 FoxData

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Posted 26 March 2016 - 07:31 PM

I wonder if anyone can draw up a picture of what's going on inside an advanced computer?

#2 Antelux

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Posted 26 March 2016 - 08:23 PM

Not exactly a drawing, but the first thing I imagined.

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#3 FoxData

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Posted 26 March 2016 - 08:58 PM

View PostDetective_Smith, on 26 March 2016 - 08:23 PM, said:

Not exactly a drawing, but the first thing I imagined.

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Yea. It could be like that

#4 Bomb Bloke

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Posted 26 March 2016 - 10:43 PM

I've always imagined it to be:

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Yeah, I'm not very creative.

Edited by Bomb Bloke, 29 March 2016 - 04:43 AM.


#5 Lupus590

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Posted 26 March 2016 - 11:04 PM

I always imagined it to look like a miniaturised one of these: Posted Image

Edited by Lupus590, 26 March 2016 - 11:05 PM.


#6 wilcomega

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Posted 27 March 2016 - 12:35 PM

View PostLupus590, on 26 March 2016 - 11:04 PM, said:

I always imagined it to look like a miniaturised one of these: Posted Image

Ahhh memories

#7 jv110

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Posted 23 May 2016 - 11:34 PM

Actually, it looks like this:

#8 Waitdev_

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Posted 24 May 2016 - 08:14 AM

View Postjv110, on 23 May 2016 - 11:34 PM, said:

Actually, it looks like this:

I never thought of it to be so bland

#9 jv110

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Posted 27 May 2016 - 12:20 AM

View PostWaitdev_, on 24 May 2016 - 08:14 AM, said:

View Postjv110, on 23 May 2016 - 11:34 PM, said:

Actually, it looks like this:

I never thought of it to be so bland

Go inside one (with a piston bug or something) and you won't see anything

#10 3d6

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Posted 27 May 2016 - 03:51 AM

Posted Image
Of course our computers have the latest in graphical technology

#11 Waitdev_

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Posted 27 May 2016 - 08:30 AM

View Postjv110, on 27 May 2016 - 12:20 AM, said:

View PostWaitdev_, on 24 May 2016 - 08:14 AM, said:

View Postjv110, on 23 May 2016 - 11:34 PM, said:

Actually, it looks like this:

I never thought of it to be so bland

Go inside one (with a piston bug or something) and you won't see anything
woah true

View Post3d6, on 27 May 2016 - 03:51 AM, said:

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Of course our computers have the latest in graphical technology
The new in CC Tech: Almost Fast™ Graphics Technology™ - Now with 51x19™ Pixels and 16 full-colour colours

#12 ell

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Posted 28 May 2016 - 03:48 AM

I don't need to draw it, I can see it!
All you need to do is place TNT above a computer, light it, and you get this! :D

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(Disclaimer: This is made in blender, and I would NOT recommend blowing up your computer!)

Edited by Lur_, 28 May 2016 - 04:13 AM.


#13 Gumball

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Posted 28 May 2016 - 07:24 AM

Maybe its just a regular computer with a wide prism for color in front of it? DUN DUN DUUUNNNNN

#14 Waitdev_

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Posted 28 May 2016 - 08:29 AM

View PostBlueBird, on 28 May 2016 - 07:24 AM, said:

Maybe its just a regular computer with a wide prism for color in front of it? DUN DUN DUUUNNNNN

Good call

#15 jv110

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Posted 28 May 2016 - 09:31 PM

View PostLur_, on 28 May 2016 - 03:48 AM, said:

(Disclaimer: This is made in blender, and I would NOT recommend blowing up your computer!)

Why not? It's not like you'll lose something

#16 ry00000

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Posted 31 May 2016 - 11:43 AM

It looks like this, in this video: https://youtu.be/gkTb9GP9lVI?t=1m46s

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Posted 31 May 2016 - 12:10 PM

View Postry00000, on 31 May 2016 - 11:43 AM, said:

It looks like this, in this video: https://youtu.be/gkTb9GP9lVI?t=1m46s

https://youtu.be/TAryFIuRxmQ?t=2s

#18 Waitdev_

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Posted 31 May 2016 - 12:37 PM

View Postry00000, on 31 May 2016 - 11:43 AM, said:

It looks like this, in this video: https://youtu.be/gkTb9GP9lVI?t=1m46s
How could I have been so blind?

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