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Fifteen Years of Technology Reporting

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the $8990-cheap dept.

jeffdsimpson writes "PC World NZ is 15 years old this month and they've written a story looking back at some of the statements made in the magazine over the years. Some gems include 'The past 10 years have seen a dramatic increase in clock rates, from just under 5MHz for the original IBM PC to 33MHz for the latest 386 systems. This more than six-fold increase will not be repeated' from July 1989 and 'The Internet Connection Company of New Zealand (ICONZ) offers full internet access and charges $50 a megabyte for email, and $10 a megabyte for all other information sent or received' from April 1994"

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  1. The more things change by foidulus · · Score: 2, Funny

    the more they stay the same. I think their nerd quotient is still as applicible today as it was 12 years ago:
    How can I tell if I am a nerd?
    "Subtract the number of girlfriends/boyfriends/wives/husbands you've had from the number of computers you have owned. If the number is positive, you are a nerd."
    Damn, I'm at +5....

    1. Re:The more things change by AllUsernamesAreGone · · Score: 3, Funny

      WTF am I doing here on Slashdot!?

      Making things up in an attempt to make other /.ers jealous?

    2. Re:The more things change by ch3 · · Score: 3, Funny

      So you only had 5 boxes? How lame ;)

    3. Re:The more things change by the_mad_poster · · Score: 2, Funny

      WTF am I doing here on Slashdot!?

      Having hallucinations, apparently.

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  2. Re:nice by rf0 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Recently a mag in the UK they showed a modded PC fully kitted our in neons, cooling kits, see through side panel etc saying prehaps it was the fastest PC they tested. The next month they had to admit that prehaps it would be better if the picture they printed actually had a cpu on the mb

    Rus

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  3. Re:it's getting very close to a slashdotting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    it's getting very close to a slashdotting

    By "it", I take it that you mean New Zealand?

  4. X-Rated Picture by barryfandango · · Score: 3, Funny

    "A telephone connection can transport you from one bulletin board to another [...] We were able to download an X-rated picture, no questions asked."

    WHAT'S THE NUMBER PLEASE POST

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  5. The Rules of Future Predictions by MonkeyCookie · · Score: 2, Funny

    1. No matter what you predict in the future, you will be horribly wrong.

    2. The people in the future will mercilessly mock you for it.

  6. More corect assesments. by Forge · · Score: 3, Funny
    March 2001
    Classic Dumb Terminal
    "It's ridiculous claiming that video games influence children. For instance, if Pac-man affected kids born in the 80s, we should by how have a bunch of teenagers who run around in darkened rooms and eat pills while listening to monotonous electronic music."

    Finally. Someone knows why Raves and Ecstasy (The drug, not the feeling) are so popular.

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