WTB: Bridgeboard

[Pat the Cat]

I've never found shipping into Australia to be particularly odious, but the delivery time makes you wonder if Polynesians in dugouts are used to get packages to and from that country. :hammer:

 Still quicker than US snail mail across the country then.
 
 
 

Looking for a 386 or 486 bridgeboard, may also consider a 286 if the price is right.

You do know it's possible to upgrade a 286/386 based unit to a 486 unit? Good.

You might find this megathread of use in getting the thing going.OK, Wally had a 8086 based system but had to rebuild the whole software base of it from the ground up. Good illustration and pitfalls to avoid.

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=71885&highlight=Bridgeboard

[Pat the Cat]

Not really, my shipments can reach anywhere in the continental US in 2 to 3 days via Priority Mail (which is only marginally more expense than First Class postage).
And it IS a slightly larger country than the UK.

Sending a consignment cross state in the US has no comparison.
 
 Have you EVER checked the importation rules for Australia? No, you just mark it as "personal item".
 
 Actually playing by the import rules is a very time consuming business.
 
 That's before it even gets there.
 
 The size of the UK is completely irrelevent to the UK, although I will admit, US egos are FAR larger.
 
 And waistlines (does Russian sign language for "American").

[Pat the Cat]

Seriously? Nothing compares to the British ego. Every generation seems to think its somehow entitled to leave its mark on the world. And when the rest of the world stopped paying much attention...

Empire...its a concept we aren't to familiar with. Seems a bit...presumptive?
Although we DID inherit our disregard for 'dark' people from Europe.
The US, India, South Africa, that British sense of superiority really did wonders for those nations.

As to shipping into Australia, yeah, it is pretty easy. They've never questioned anything I've sent to an individual.

After some reflection, I think we are talking about two different meanings of "ego".
I was talking about the emotional outburst, hystrionic sort of ego. John Macenroe sort of thing.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=john+mcenroe+angry
 
 
 There are more than 2 meanings anyway. They are different in US and UK cultures.

 https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/ego

Anyway, I'll admit it's a bogus point. I mean, how is ego measured anyway? It's not like a ruler or calipers work. :confused:

[Pat the Cat]

Culturally, there are vast differences, and more than a certain amount of 'uncouth' behavior this side of the Atlantic.

If guns weren't banned here, the murder rate would be astronomical. Current flavour is acid attacks to the face - crippling but non lethal.

Uncouth behaviour is considered "normal" in some subcultures all over the planet. The BBC is very, very misleading on these points.

Wanna taste? Try watching Harry Brown. Not that accurate, but the flavour is close.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1289406/videoplayer/vi3650356505?ref_=vi_nxt_ap

[Pat the Cat]

Outlawing specific weapons just forces people to choose alternatives, and prevents self defense.

Arguable. I think the real answer is to remove the motive for violence.

Anyway, an even better movie, although extremely violent (no guns) is the New Zealand classic Once Were Warriors.

At least body armour is street legal in the UK, up to level IIIA. Which means toys like this are technically OK, although I doubt a policeman would agree.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/inventions/sas-soldiers-trial-star-warsstyle-bulletproof-helmets-with-heatseeking-technology/news-story/b89ac0e94ac52ef8a380331b8b7da3b5

[Pat the Cat]

Some would suggest that aggression and violence are hard wired into us, and have provided part of our drive and motivation to succeed.
Observing the behavior of other mammals, I am not sure that isn't a valid argument.

Sheep? Cows? Rabbits? Herbivores are usually non-violent. OK, the males will fight each other for mating rights, but it's not to the death.
 
 Not sure about the primates - some can be cannibals like chimpanzees. I think orang-utans are an example of a largely peaceful primate?
 
 Perhaps males will simply be made extinct, but there are examples of female human serial killers, so I'm of the opinion that violent behaviour isn't based on sex or species.
 
 Maybe tendency to violence is partly based on habit. Bad habits die out because the individuals that practice them die out. Good habits get maintained.
 
 Addictive habits are very hard to break, but not impossible.

[Pat the Cat]

Orangutans? No they abuse each other too.

Elephants, rhinos, hippos...all herbivores and all potentially quite dangerous, and not because you are in competition for potential mates.
And male rabbits kill baby rabbits in order to encourage the females to go back into heat.
Violence as a habit? Possibly violence as part of a bad decision chain, but habituation? I'm not letting violent people off by using that excuse (it was my upbringing, its society's fault, I have issues...etc).

And extinction? That is probably inevitable, we've been predicting our immanent demise for most of recorded history.

 
 To answer those points, my original point was that removing the motive for violence would remove the trigger that produces it.
 
 E=MC square. Matter is highly reasonating energy, and when it becomes possible to technologically able to turn waste material like your own poop directly into whatever you want, then the motive for violence disappears. Likewise, the motives for capitalism, banks, corporations and similar hierarchical oddities of the human race.
 
 That involves manipulation of quantum material well below the atomic or molecular levels. Reproducing living organisms would also involve pre-loading their experience ("memories") into the organism, so it's even more technologically challenging.
 
 

What does any of this have to do with "WTB bridgeboard"? :angry:

 
 Because at that point in time Mike, people would actually be able to download the information copy in order to produce their own Bridgeboards, Amigas, etc etc etc.
 
 Places like Amibay would become entirely pointless. The real currency would be the downloadable information to construct worthwhile items.
 
 

I'm still waiting for my AmigaOS 4 t-shirt. :lol:

 What does that have to do with "WTB bridgeboard"? :angry:

 See, you derail threads too. I could actually go through your entire online posting history and show copious examples of your behaviour, but I've actually got better things to do than patronize, belittle and bully you for no reason apart from jealousy.

[Pat the Cat]

I have an A2286 bridgeboard that needs a home, but shipping out of Australia will likely cost you an arm, leg and testicle.

I take it the old school teacher who retired shafted you on the A2000? I did say, get the agreement in writing.

[Pat the Cat]

Once again, a joke that's been part of the Amiga history for over a decade flew completely over your head. :lol:

But thanks for reminding me that there's jerks and know-it-alls in every forum! :roflmao:

What does that have to do with "WTB bridgeboard"? :angry:

You seem a very odd character, so here's a ceasefire deal. Ignore me, I'll ignore you. Rom warning, you only get one.

[Pat the Cat]

/Offtopic

Ya'll have gone bat$h!t mad!!!! :roflmao:

Amazing. You spotted the paradigm and vision subconsciously - it IS the Star Trek vision of the future that I was talking about. And you posted a relevant meme, albeit one that was rather mocking.

I mean, who believed in pocket communicators, talking computers like the Amiga, quantum communicators, or handheld medical scanners back in the 1960s? They all exist now in some form or other, today.

What some perceive as "solid matter" really is just highly condensed, reasonating "energy". If you choose to study polydimensional mathematics, it gets even more complex, so I'll just leave it there.

Being able to go from one to the other... just with solid objects... hmmm... useful technology.

/offtopic

[Pat the Cat]

While you're at it, bring me no tea, please.

Certainly. Would you prefer any of milk, sugar or a cup with your no tea order?
 
 I suggest you check out the existential price list before you order in future, it's available on request, so I haven't sent you a copy to prevent any further confusion.