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		selven on Oct 13, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nuclear Plants Cautiously Phase Out Dial-Up Modems Indeed. A few fighter jets still run on vacuum tubes, I believe.

davidw on Oct 13, 2009 [–]

That's nothing - there are a few Chinese jets left that have a little guy with an abacus crouched in the nose.

[ Sorry, couldn't resist, I liked the mental image too much. ]

zandorg on Oct 13, 2009 | [–]

There's an Asimov story about that too.

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