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feature creep and engineering going too far
« on: December 25, 2020, 10:47:07 am »
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/23/tech/kfc-games-console-chicken-scli-intl/index.html

Net BSD toaster started this mess

zero day crispness vulnerability ?
 

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Re: feature creep and engineering going too far
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2020, 11:05:35 am »
Processor overheating? Add chicken!  :-DD
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Re: feature creep and engineering going too far
« Reply #2 on: December 25, 2020, 12:01:19 pm »
Processor overheating? Add chicken!  :-DD

You don't get it, how would it make the chicken nice and crispy otherwise?!
 

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Re: feature creep and engineering going too far
« Reply #3 on: December 25, 2020, 12:20:06 pm »
Processor overheating? Add chicken!  :-DD

You don't get it, how would it make the chicken nice and crispy otherwise?!

I figured the console was just for keeping the chicken warm, but with the right heat design it can be a deep-fryer too  :D
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Re: feature creep and engineering going too far
« Reply #4 on: December 25, 2020, 08:06:47 pm »
I wouldn't worry too much about it.  We have generations of kids coming out of college who doesn't even know moon light is from reflected sun light...  College graduates may know how to use a phone and how to down load an app, but to too many of them, an appropriate plug is one that can fit the slot mechanically.  The concept of appropriate voltage or current is for many way beyond what they want to know.

Irony isn't it.  We are so dependent on technology yet we have fewer and fewer who understand even just the basics.

I am to the point where I wonder if we would have sufficient know how (on average) to sustain a technological society.  If not, subsistence farming looks like our probable future.

So, overheated CPU is but rumor of the past.  Chicken is something you raise, not something you buy from... what do you call it?  A store?
 

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« Reply #5 on: December 25, 2020, 08:36:25 pm »
Chicken is something you raise, not something you buy from... what do you call it?  A store?

Hardly anyone goes to stores anymore, what with the lockdowns and everything. Online shopping got an amazing boost and soon stores will be a thing of the past too.

Seriously though, it is interesting to note a surge of newcomers to amateur electronics/maker forums (at least the ones I hang out in); probably due to the side-effects of the pandemic, more people become interested in repairing appliances and devices. Not the safest trend ever, but at least they learn what Voltage and Current are...
 
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Re: feature creep and engineering going too far
« Reply #6 on: December 25, 2020, 09:18:38 pm »
Processor overheating? Add chicken!  :-DD
This is going to really boost the obesity epidemic as gamers don't do a lot of exercise to start with.

Adding a supply of cooked chicken close at hand will mean gamers will snack more, get fatter and be less likely to get off their computers. So they will play more games, creating more CPU heat to cook more chicken, to be eaten by increasingly fatter gamers. A complete positive feedback loop!

 

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Re: feature creep and engineering going too far
« Reply #7 on: December 26, 2020, 12:51:31 am »
Processor overheating? Add chicken!  :-DD
This is going to really boost the obesity epidemic as gamers don't do a lot of exercise to start with.

Adding a supply of cooked chicken close at hand will mean gamers will snack more, get fatter and be less likely to get off their computers. So they will play more games, creating more CPU heat to cook more chicken, to be eaten by increasingly fatter gamers. A complete positive feedback loop!


Mmmm... if a distributed intelligence needs to grow food and enlist an army of minions to look after its parts it would probably be a lot like this.
 

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Re: feature creep and engineering going too far
« Reply #8 on: December 26, 2020, 02:41:47 am »
It looks like my idea to vacuum distill drinking water using the waste heat from a GPU wasn't so crazy after all.
This is going to really boost the obesity epidemic as gamers don't do a lot of exercise to start with.

Adding a supply of cooked chicken close at hand will mean gamers will snack more, get fatter and be less likely to get off their computers. So they will play more games, creating more CPU heat to cook more chicken, to be eaten by increasingly fatter gamers. A complete positive feedback loop!
Perhaps a better idea would be an exercise bicycle with an integrated heated chamber? That could be done using a wheel with strong magnets on it positioned just below a metal plate, the spacing adjusted to adjust the resistance. And just to tie it into gaming, a small coil taps off a little power to power a Bluetooth chip that games can interface to.
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Re: feature creep and engineering going too far
« Reply #9 on: December 26, 2020, 03:18:57 am »
Two words: publicity stunt.

 

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Re: feature creep and engineering going too far
« Reply #10 on: December 26, 2020, 03:29:56 am »
LOL I saw this earlier but I did not realize it was real.  I thought it was just a joke someone did.   That is hilarious.

I kind of want to see a Gamers Nexus review of the thermal design of this.  :-DD
 

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Re: feature creep and engineering going too far
« Reply #11 on: December 26, 2020, 12:36:37 pm »
Just to chime in.  Here's a gotcha for grey bearded virgins:  Bring an analogue watch to Christmas and see how many of your grand kids can tell you the time.
 
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Re: feature creep and engineering going too far
« Reply #12 on: December 26, 2020, 03:01:29 pm »
T'was the night 'fore Christmas, and the chicken mc nuggets laid all around, deep and crispy and even....
Seasonings greetings EEVBlog community.

The term "fryer" has often been used by tech support guys to describe a failing thermal regime. But recycling exhaust heat to keep your Uber Eats in restuarant condition, is as genius as frying herrings on a turbo V8 whilst driving. I wonder if the PC benchmark counts repurposing exhaust heat? Extrapolating, soon we might see the world's first McServer farm?

btw The vegan version helps keep lentil and chickpea curry wraps warm for guilt free gaming. Also check out the Commode Gamers Chair.

Winner-winner chicken dinner!!
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Re: feature creep and engineering going too far
« Reply #13 on: December 26, 2020, 03:02:02 pm »
Just to chime in.  Here's a gotcha for grey bearded virgins:  Bring an analogue watch to Christmas and see how many of your grand kids can tell you the time.

Is that a xmas themed trick question? Most gray bearded virgins I know do not have offsprings.
(But sadly yes, my nephews can not. Younger one around 16).
 

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« Reply #14 on: December 26, 2020, 03:48:26 pm »
This all started with Intel making the Pentium 4 you could fry eggs on.
 

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Re: feature creep and engineering going too far
« Reply #15 on: December 26, 2020, 04:29:22 pm »
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Bring an analogue watch to Christmas and see how many of your grand kids can tell you the time
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« Reply #16 on: December 26, 2020, 04:31:31 pm »
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Bring an analogue watch to Christmas and see how many of your grand kids can tell you the time
or an old rotary dial telephone
Crack the old "May I use your dictaphone?" gag, and there are two technologies in the gag they won't remember.
 

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Re: feature creep and engineering going too far
« Reply #17 on: December 26, 2020, 05:33:15 pm »
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Re: feature creep and engineering going too far
« Reply #18 on: December 26, 2020, 05:59:18 pm »
Regarding the topic, I wouldnt call this either a "feature" really, or engineering, although technically that's a feature and required some engineering.

That's just a game console - which already tends to turn some people into couch potatoes - but somehow with a constant reminder that you want to eat some KFC, and the possibility of warming it up. Minimal physical activity and fast food. Thanks KFC!

Pretty sad.

 

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Re: feature creep and engineering going too far
« Reply #19 on: December 26, 2020, 08:24:28 pm »
Minimal physical activity and fast food. Thanks KFC!
Pretty sad.
@SiliconWizard: It's called "working from home". Which is a legal requirement in most G7 countries this week. I've been legally compliant for decades. btw I have a USB peltier can cooler and a USB cup warmer. You'll appreciate that due to the USB specification, deployment is mutually exclusive. Or I would not be able to use my USB toaster.

I suppose it would be possible to cool an overclocked processor by mounting it inside a shower head, Brazillian style? Colored leds included. Kickstarter anyone?
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Re: feature creep and engineering going too far
« Reply #20 on: December 26, 2020, 08:34:45 pm »
Just to chime in.  Here's a gotcha for grey bearded virgins:  Bring an analogue watch to Christmas and see how many of your grand kids can tell you the time.

They still teach this in schools here. Might want to argue with the education system in your country.

Realistically analogue clocks are totally obsolete now.  I bet that’ll be controversial  :-DD
 

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« Reply #21 on: December 26, 2020, 08:41:48 pm »
@BD139: Analog obsolete? Smart watches feature hands just like in the olden days of Timex and fake Rolex. It's just the chapter/number ring that's gone missing. And the time is... two lines at an angle not quite pointing up. Or is that sideways. Hey Siri, what time is it?!
 
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Re: feature creep and engineering going too far
« Reply #22 on: December 26, 2020, 08:43:20 pm »
Yeah I’m sitting here with an analogue smart watch on. I’m a complete hypocrite.
 

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« Reply #23 on: December 26, 2020, 09:21:11 pm »
Realistically analogue clocks are totally obsolete now.

Mostly. But they have cachet, due to luxury timepieces. Those mechanical timepieces are certainly obsolete, but they're cool, because that which is impractical is cool.

We will continue to see raster displays apeing analogue timepieces for the foreseeable future, although the new possibilities compared to the LCDs of decades past will erode this somewhat.
 


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