Ken McLeodWho is old enough to remember what these were for? (Wrong answers only.)
Paolo Amoroso@_the_cloud Bathroom sink plumbing.
grepe@amoroso @_the_cloud yes! the T-connector to attach your bidet
Thomas Brand@_the_cloud a series of tubes was needed to top off the aqua in early versions of Mac OS X.
gnate@_the_cloud
Windows screensaver board game
Windows screensaver board game
Three plus or minus five@_the_cloud Link N Logs for rich kids
RotanJust pop the end off and suddenly "the network's down again!" and everyone has to take a coffee break while the techs go cable tracing 😁
@rotan Wait, I said "wrong answers"
mkj@_the_cloud The techs would know after the second time to go check the ends first, thus not leaving people time for a coffee break, so I suppose technically wrong? 🙂
Ah but the techs are in on it (they need coffee the most!). 😉
'Pa 
@rotan @_the_cloud "the packets fell off"
Rusty Invader | video-play.de@_the_cloud The 'pipe construction set' from the package Pipemania Deluxe for the Commodore 64
Jens Finkhäuser@_the_cloud True story: back then I had a stoner friend who had a few more stoner friends.
So one day the friend, and the FoaF came over. FoaF saw this and asked "krass, was ziehst Du Dir denn damit rein?"
Needs translation. Literally means "what do you pull in with that?", but can refer to consuming something, also drugs.
So, me, poker faced, replies "doom".
FoaF looks impressed, never having heard of this amazing drug. Friend nearly falls over laughing.
@jens I figured "drug paraphernalia" was going to be one of the answers. And your answer was technically not wrong.
@_the_cloud Technically, no, but if I had rephrased it, it could've been.
But I find joy in sharing that anecdote 😁
Hundstrasse@_the_cloud hardware precursor for piped links before the | symbol was invented
Michael Engel@_the_cloud Plumbing for ants! 🐜🐜🐜
Justine Smithies
WooShell@_the_cloud handcuffs for bad admins
Extreme Electronics@_the_cloud Terminators. You needed 16 for both ends of a SCSI cable.
FurryBeta@Extelec @_the_cloud 32 if wide scsi
(1) Enno T. Boland@_the_cloud ah, transformers! I watched them as a kid!
ryan harg 🏴☠️@_the_cloud early networking equipment: pneumatic package delivery (PPD)
Fuerchtegott@_the_cloud first Level of Mario Bros. (No Super)
Aurin Azadî 
@_the_cloud These are the valves for early water cooling systems for CPUs, the water came from somewhere outside. 🤓
PoloniousmonkPressure pipes to handle the hi-flow water cooling.
Space Hobo@_the_cloud Valves to relieve memory pressure.
Kurt@_the_cloud wrong answer for "who's old enough?" - James Watt
proedie@_the_cloud It’s for playing Super Mario Bros. over the network.
Stéphanie@_the_cloud Ah, I remember those! Back in the day, flux capacitors still needed an external reverser valve. Without these you'd get stuck in the past, without being able to return to your original timeline.
Simon Brooke@Stephanie @_the_cloud DON'T TELL THEM!
dan 💾@_the_cloud The utra-rare Meccano extension kit!
Chris@_the_cloud Thanks for the Flashback :)
Klaus SteinOh, I know. This is the physical prototype for the famous 3d pipe screensaver.
Dave@_the_cloud Oooh, Pipedreamcatchers!
Le Sapin Sobre@_the_cloud Hum... well... a bunch of light sabers havin' a fuck...
kaaswe@_the_cloud
That’s the analog test version of Tetris to test the logic before actually start coding, hence the flexibility of the joints
That’s the analog test version of Tetris to test the logic before actually start coding, hence the flexibility of the joints
@_the_cloud
I’m actually old enough to have worked with those “Tetris” termination coax
I’m actually old enough to have worked with those “Tetris” termination coax
Gary 
@_the_cloud oh, that’s easy. They were a free gift from Novell when they got the contract to put Netware 6 on the ISS. It’s a kit for building your own scale model of the space station.
Evelyn EstelleWrong answer: It's a thingy to demonstrate the Dzhanibekov effect in zero-g: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dzhanibekov_effect.ogv
honk if you want to honk 
@_the_cloud prostate cancer scanning devices
Hamish The PolarBear@_the_cloud Connecting the plumbing in a dollhouse.
giga 🔻@_the_cloud the special metal LEGO series!
Hedders@_the_cloud Oh yeah .... those early 90s overcomplicated bongs.
Adam Jacobs 🇺🇦@_the_cloud Ah yes, that's what urologists used to use for prostate exams back in the old days before they had the digital version
F4GRX Sébastien@statsguy @_the_cloud oh fuck oh no lol
disregard Joe Groff@_the_cloud you got the limited edition Pipe Dream board game edition??
Pepijn Bruienne@_the_cloud Single-twist DoS attack on the computer lab.
Guillaume Ross@bruienne @_the_cloud Physical version of the famous computer game Pipe Dreams
int%rmitt]nt sig^al. ...~!...)@_the_cloud
oooh oooh oohhh I know Mr Cotter.
But can't tell you because the secret society of ancient arts twin lords of lore would co-ax me.
oooh oooh oohhh I know Mr Cotter.
But can't tell you because the secret society of ancient arts twin lords of lore would co-ax me.
Purrbiscat@_the_cloud Valves and pumps for my mouse waterer
Sinnamon (despicable arc 😈)@_the_cloud Ok, here's my wrong answer:
To avoid composite video interferences when connecting a bunch of VHS recorders to a common bus, using BNC connectors. The method of using "T" splitters like these was much more robust than the classic technique of using vampire taps.
Instead of a VHS recorder, you could also connect a PC with a special composite video capture card like the one in the picture.
To avoid composite video interferences when connecting a bunch of VHS recorders to a common bus, using BNC connectors. The method of using "T" splitters like these was much more robust than the classic technique of using vampire taps.
Instead of a VHS recorder, you could also connect a PC with a special composite video capture card like the one in the picture.
Dr. bar. met. Paul B.@_the_cloud Configurable wifi antenna − you could fit the antenna to the chosen channel by enlarging, forking, reducing, stretching or collapsing it.
Back in the days you could use any 80 MHz wide channel from 1 to 16 GHz, and the BBS often shared elaborate ASCII drawings of the best setups for specific purposes like directional radio or penetrating reinforced concrete walls.
Back in the days you could use any 80 MHz wide channel from 1 to 16 GHz, and the BBS often shared elaborate ASCII drawings of the best setups for specific purposes like directional radio or penetrating reinforced concrete walls.
Joey Hagedorn@_the_cloud Vaillancourt Fountain playset.
AmgineLiquid computing equivalent of transistors from early EMP-resilient computers.
ツ ュ テ フ ァ ン ・ ツ ュ ー マ ツ ハ ー
Irina@_the_cloud To add extensions to your music stand.
Fragarach@_the_cloud RS232 to serial connectors?
Bobsee@_the_cloud splitters for coax I think
Steven Lipton@_the_cloud @Natasha_Jay well…. It is half of a wrong answer as after went to RJ11, i did make them into coathooks for my office.
Daniel@_the_cloud this is the original traditional game from the 1950s which was later converted to computer as "pipe mania" (on some ports, "pipe dream")