Quote: Wernher von Braun on the Best Computer

1. jochen
   December 3rd, 2007 at 4:38 am

   XD
   pwned

2. John J.
   December 3rd, 2007 at 6:07 am

   Clever, but untrue. I built a desktop computer without reading a manual or any previous experience.

3. roger
   December 3rd, 2007 at 8:36 am

   Funny joke, but anything coming from von Braun with the phrases "mass produced" and "unskilled labor" is a little creepy.

4. Sid Morrison
   December 3rd, 2007 at 8:49 am

   Roger is dead on here... Whilst von Braun was a brilliant engineer & scientist, his own "labor practices" during the War left a bit to be desired. He and the other Operation Paperclip were *really* lucky that the Cold War immediately followed WWII. Were that not the case, he probably would not have enjoyed the coddling he subsequently received.

5. Vonskippy
   December 3rd, 2007 at 1:18 pm

   @John J: "I built a desktop computer without reading a manual or any previous experience."

   Clever - but untrue.

   You ASSEMBLED a bunch of pre-engineered, pre-manufactured, pre-tested computer components into a desktop computer (and don't even get me started about writing the BIOS code and burning that to a EPROM or compiling a boot loader from scratch, or drivers, or a OS, etc, etc.).

6. Chris
   December 3rd, 2007 at 2:29 pm

   Clever and true. I have 2 kids.

7. L
   December 3rd, 2007 at 10:55 pm

   LOL

8. Geoduck
   December 4th, 2007 at 1:55 am

   "Once ze rockets go up, who cares vere zey come down.."

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