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A History Of Computing

Posted by Hemos on from the throughout-the-ages dept.

CitizenC pointed us over to C|Net's History of Computing. Pretty cool background stuff - going back into the pre-historic era and looking into the future.

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  1. Nostalgia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5

    I remember computing back in the mid-80s. It was much different than it is today, but I suppose that was only to be expected. I got my first computer on my 8th birthday, it was a cheap Tandy microcomputer, with the keys so small you couldn't really type for real. I loved it, even though I couldn't do anything other than code in BASIC. Her name was Susan. She spoke to me at night, and told me all sorts of things that sparked interest in my pre-pubescent mind.

    I never had sex with Susan.

    To this day, that is one of my greatest regrets. She was such a beautiful machine, and she cared deeply about me. I could tell that she loved me, and I loved her, in the way only a boy could love a machine. No one has ever understood me in the way that Susan did. I miss her greatly.

    Around the time I was 14, Susan had an accident. I blame my mother. I had been using Susan intermitantly; by that point I had four other machines, but they never cared about me the way that she did. One day, I went to school after staying up all night with Susan. I came home and she was gone. I asked my mother, but she wouldn't tell me what happened. I've never cried so hard in my life. My mother just stared stoicly at me, eyes glowing red. I don't think I'll ever forgive her.

    Susan: if you're out there; I miss you. Come back to me. I still love you . . .