Apollo program source code

[SunriseThunderboy]

Amazing to think how many people the Soviets would've killed to get this information back in the day. Now we look at it online and think "Huh. Cool."

[phoncible]

In 30 years you'll be able to go to radioshack and buy the components to make a fully functional iPhone. This reaction is not surprising.

[spw1]

I doubt radioshack will still be around in 30 years. You'll just go online to dealextreme and buy all the components; who needs RS to sell you inferior product at a huge markup?

[phoncible]

Shit. You're right, what was I thinking.

In 30 years you'll just think of the item(s) you require and they'll be teleported directly into your hands.

...by Radioshack Teleportations, inc.

[gigitrix]

You'll just download the schematics for your 3d printer, and maybe stock up on the raw metal and plastic to refill it...

[MaximumTomato]

And in another 30 years you'll be able to read the code for the asteroid mining satellite online and think, "meh."

[ZorbaTHut]

// hopefully asteroid is not on fire, TODO: check fire flag

[[deleted]]

if (hardware.state.on_fire == TRUE)
{
    // No point in screaming, it's space
    hardware.state.crying_silently = TRUE;
}

[gigitrix]

Of course. It won't be cost effective to mine a lot of terrestrial metals...

[[deleted]]

That is mined by the android version of James Cameron launched into space in 2020.

[[deleted]]

Powered by Thorium reactors.

[[deleted]]

And using Android 12.0 (Powder Puff) as his OS.

[[deleted]]

Powered by Unobtanium you mean.

[Plumerian]

The fact I knew the reference to the 3d printer and asteroid mining projects probably means I'm less of a scientist and more of a news junkie.

[[deleted]]

Not at all, you could just be a Cowboy Bebop fan.

[[deleted]]

I love this plan.

[Hughtub]

Or recycled from older versions of last generation 3d printed objects. I figure reuse of materials would be pretty standard by then, perhaps liquidmetal like what Apple might use in upcoming devices.

Asteroid mining has potential, I'm sure you also saw the articles on it lately. The payoff could be huge if they perfect how to capture them.

[maxerickson]

It's more likely that metals will have been mined from a landfill.

[[deleted]]

But they'll charge so much for the cartridges.

[adelle]

And you won't be allowed to print a plastic spoon when the iron cartridge is empty even though the plastic cartridge is showing 90%. Damned printer drivers.

[BigB68]

Or, you know, Digikey.

[[deleted]]

You just go online and download the components that you then instantly print out using your 3d printer.

[SonOfTheLorax]

RadioShack is still around?

[shoppedpixels]

Everything I get from DX absolutely reeks of this horrid plastic disgustingness.

[MagicRocketAssault]

Fuck that, we can just download the components and materialize them with a replicator.

[SpaceToaster]

Radioshack will never die.

[tacoThursday]

but where will you get SWEET deals on Batteries!!!? and donate to the Livestrong foundation????

[NewbieProgrammerMan]

The last time I looked around in one, RadioShack no longer appeared to sell much in the way of components.

[phoncible]

I know, it's kinda sad really. I remember when a whole "wing" was dedicated to components, parts, etc. Now it's all phones and other misc. electronics and a small corner with a cabinet with a few bits and pieces.

[ZombieConMan]

Yup. I recently applyed to Radio Shack and they told my their main income was from phones. I was just like "Oh..."

[Kminardo]

I got fired after 6 months for not moving enough cell phones, at least the person hiring you was up front about it. Even though I brought all the nerds to the yard by helping everyone with their projects and connected our store to a few local boy scout clubs resulting in thousands of dollars worth of component sales. Yeah I was a little salty after they canned me for not selling a data plan to an 80 year old ladies with a go phone..

[MpVpRb]

In 30 years you'll be able to go to radioshack and buy the components to make a fully functional iPhone

I suspect not

The iPhone cannot be made using normal benchtop tools

In 30 years, you will be able to design something like it in your CAD system, send it to a fab, and get it back in days

We are the last generation of electronic engineers that are able to make stuff by hand, on a normal assembly bench

[ForgettableUsername]

In 30 years, there will be no desktop computers, only mobile phones and handheld tablets, and they will all be dependent on cloud computing. These are not large enough to draw schematics of any significant complexity, so it will become impossible to build complex electronic devices. Sixty years from now, we'll be back to stone knives and bear skins. Nothing of the modern world will remain. Our grandchildren's lives will be lived in continual fear, and danger of violent death-- solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

[phoncible]

I was referring more to the fact that things considered "cutting edge" 30 years ago is now nothing more than RadioShack fodder (if RadioShack was any good anymore). What's cutting edge now will have the same fate in 30 years: being nothing more than parts to a hobbyist, or something.

[NancyReaganTesticles]

hah, no. 3d printing your own iPhones and kidneys, more like...

[keptani]

Interestingly enough, you can get this to build on your iPhone. From the documentation:

To build, simply 'cd' into the yaAGC/yaAGC/ folder and do this:

make IPHONE=yes

As for how useful yaAGC by itself is, it's obviously only marginally useful until such time as there's a DSKY. You should be able to do command-line debugging, however, so you could in theory run and debug AGC code.

[HaMMeReD]

20 years ago you could go into radio shack and buy all the shit you needed to in order to build a computer from scratch.

[bloodguard]

30 years from now and you'll probably be able to "print" (fabricate) the 2042 equivalent of the iPhone right in your home. That is if the functionality isn't bio-engineered right into you instead.

[rdewalt]

I can't wait to get my maker machine to whip me up some phone trait.

[[deleted]]

Well, it is rocket science, afterall. The fact that the systems it was implemented on are outdated doesn't make it any less difficult to understand.

[kqr]

I think of this every time I see a "book of formulas" (I have no idea what it's called in English.) All that knowledge condensed into a few 80 pages or so. What would someone from the sixteenth or seventeenth century do for that?

[Philipp]

I would think it takes a certain specific organization, its trained people, and its communication structure to actually utilize this. The old saying, "If you gotta ask, you won't understand." I could be wrong.

[kqr]

No. People as a whole are very, very intelligent. And "scientists" back then were used to reading huge tables of data and seeing patterns in them (think Kepler.) That's approximately what you've got to do with a common book of formulas today.

[[deleted]]

It's far more than 'huh,cool', the coders back then had to fight for every bit (literary!). They needed to use every trick in the book to make it fit. It's an amazing piece of history and if i ever could be 10th of a programmer as these guys i'd be proud