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March 1st, 2010, 11:05
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Clive Sinclair is a Knight Commander of the British Empire, the inventor of the slimline pocket calculator, the man behind the Sinclair ZX80 (http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/04/a-tale-of-two-pico-itx-mods/) that made home computing (http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/28/music-thing-the-zx-spectrum-specdrum-module/) affordable in the Queen's isles and also, by his own admittance, a dude who just can't be bothered to use a computer. Speaking to The Guardian, he glibly confesses that he has his emails read to him (by his manservant, presumably), before launching a broadside against modern computers for being "totally wasteful" with their memory, requiring time to boot up, and having altogether "appalling designs." Hit the source for the full interview and an expanded history of the man's achievements, it's well worth the read.Sir Clive Sinclair doesn't use a computer, exceeds recommended irony levels (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/sir-clive-sinclair-doesnt-use-a-computer-exceeds-recommended-i/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).


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