← Back to context Comment by schaefer 8 hours ago I don’t think he was asking you to twist the knife. 2 comments schaefer Reply timcobb 7 hours ago Eh it's okay. It's just that, man, computers were already so well along by 1998, when I hear "age-old" I think like the 60s, 70s, _maybe_ 80s--but 90s?! oh well! I did a few double takes assuming my mind had flipped the 9 and 8 in 98, but no :D. margalabargala 5 hours ago At this point, "age-old" means "64-bit processors were not the default".
timcobb 7 hours ago Eh it's okay. It's just that, man, computers were already so well along by 1998, when I hear "age-old" I think like the 60s, 70s, _maybe_ 80s--but 90s?! oh well! I did a few double takes assuming my mind had flipped the 9 and 8 in 98, but no :D. margalabargala 5 hours ago At this point, "age-old" means "64-bit processors were not the default".
Eh it's okay. It's just that, man, computers were already so well along by 1998, when I hear "age-old" I think like the 60s, 70s, _maybe_ 80s--but 90s?! oh well! I did a few double takes assuming my mind had flipped the 9 and 8 in 98, but no :D.
At this point, "age-old" means "64-bit processors were not the default".