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Innovative IBM Modem Usage
Yura Lesiuk writes " The Onion always was a good source on finest news. But when they doing it in Technology, it is even close to the hearts of the slashdot readers.
This time they show you that innovation matters when the
goal is to sell something. " Yeah its older, but
its funny.
*cough*... Old news, this article is from long ago.
The Onion is a stitch! Thanks, Rob for reminding me to check it this week!
PS: The GIMP search icon just started blinking at me - should I be worried?
Yours from outta the ghetto,
jaz@slac
(that crazee password is in my cookie...in MacOS -
I'm too happy to have kppp up to care!!!)
If you like the Onion's satires on high tech, then you might like Denounce Newswire (although there isn't much new material lately!)
http://www.denounce.com
I was an intern at M$ and someone posted it to the intern newsgroup. It created quite an uproar. Apparently, some folks believed it to be a racist article and demanded an apology from the poster. He refused, saying that the only people that he could see that it belittled were IBM engineers, and he didn't give a damn about them anyway!
People need to keep in mind a few things.
1) Not everyone reads The Onion
2) Not everyone read this article
Ok, not a few...
Who cares if it's old? It's still damn funny.. besides, it's a slow news day... it's worth a click
As an IBM engineer, I can definitely say that
we don't give a damn
for any damn man
who don't give a damn
for us!
http://www.theonion.com/onion3507/thinking_differe nt.html
http://store.theonion.com/book/pag e_kennedy.html
I'm not sure which `version' my Onion is, but I pay $1.00 for it at the local Tower.
And it's not as funny as the "$5,000 dollar computer plays downloaded video real time over the net" article :-)
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This isn't a site of "olds for nerds", it's "news for nerds", as in "new".
Otherwise, I agree, it was funny when it first came out.
Don't label something "offtopic" unless you know the topic well enough to tell what's on topic.
There is a need to restrict things to just new stuff because there is a huge load of cool old stuff - too much to cover.
Don't label something "offtopic" unless you know the topic well enough to tell what's on topic.
It has "savage love" in it. (Not exactly my favorite part. I never bother reading it, but the column is there every issue.)
Perhaps the paper distribution is different in every city?
I've heard rumors that some network TV execs were in Madison recently courting the Onion writers to see if they'd be interested in writing for a fake-news TV series. Can anyone confirm this?
Don't label something "offtopic" unless you know the topic well enough to tell what's on topic.
I read this article years ago, but I never noticed this until just now. That's not an IBM modem at all; it's a Hayes Accura, and it looks just like the one sitting here on my floor.
Check out The Onion's news archives for technology. It's a good few hours worth of constant laughing.
>This isn't a site of "olds for nerds", it's "news for nerds", as in "new".
This is Rob Maldas site, as in "his", not "yours", when it becomes "yours" or you start paying for it, then you have a right to "bitch".
Opinions are one thing, but you are bitching.
I noticed that The Onion is now available in spotty distribution around the country. Do they charge for it in some places? Or is it free everywhere?
That modem looks like a Sinclair ZX80
I'm out of my tree just now but please feel free to leave a banana.
Hours later, Ndeti capped off his delicious gazelle dinner by smoking the computer's 200-page owner's manual.
When I got to that part I hit the floor. I read this years ago, but re-reading it was as funny as ever. My (technology) favorites are still the one about Bill Gates raising his charisma and wisdom to "above 18" and the one about Bill Gates "taking his half".
support gun control: take guns from cops
Rob, maybe an option could be added to the message upload filter to turn url's into links? Since netscrape's highlighting is so wretchedly, offensively, egregiously, and (other adjectives) BAD (it's the sole reason why I run IE at home), it's often not worth the bother of even doing the highlight. Sounds lazy, but consider that when the highlight spills over to the rest of the text (as it often does), it sometimes nearly kills netscape. It's that bad.
I've finally had it: until slashdot gets article moderation, I am not coming back.
Me too! My ZX-81 was my 1st "home" computer. I loaned it to one of our programmers to take on his honeymoon cruise "just in case you get bored and want to get some work done." Nice guy that he is, it cam back. It's back in the basement with the other ZX-81s, TS1000's, TS16000, rampack, printer, magazines,... Wonder what I could sell this lot for on eBay?
Cute that the article didn't even have him buying a PC from IBM... sounds like some old souped up RT or somehting.
Would you do it for some scoobie crack?
My first maching was a TRS-80 model I, but I got a ZX-81 soon after, without a power supply, and ran it off of 9V batteries... Fun stuff.
"Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana." --Groucho Marx
This puzzled me for a while too, but I think I have it figured out. The Onion does offer a paper subscription version, an online version, and a free print version, all of which are different. The free paper version has a lot of stuff missing(most notably Savage Love), and the online version usually just carries highlights from the paper subscription version.
The free print version you can find lying around fashionable places in big cities, I guess - I know I've seen them around Chicago.
Wish the full paper version weren't so expensive, though...
-lx
look carefully at the keyboard (behind the modem in the picture) and you can see the power key n the corner. So really, African tribesmen must prefer Mac keyboards for roasting gazelles. :^)
-Smitty
± 29 dB
Bravery, Kindness, Clarity, Honesty, Compassion, Generosity
...Nothing interesting here. Just move along...
If you haven't read this, you are missing out. I know, it's ages old, but it is on of their all time greats. www.theonion.com/onion3311/microsoftpatents.html
Vidi, Vici, Veni
Hasn't this reached urban myth status yet?
The article was funny but I just want to clarify a
small detail.
M'wana Ndeti is described as being a member of the
bantu tribe. Actually no such tribe exists. Just about all of the people of eastern, central and southern africa are classified as "bantu" which is sort of a broad category like "Northern European" or "East Asian". I am a bantu myself from across the border in Tanzania. Other than that it was a truly hilarious article.
The only reason all cover-ups appear to fail is that you never hear about the ones that succeed.
Anyone seen The Gods Must Be Crazy? This kinda reminds me of that movie.
"...Is this world not a call I can screen out" --
how do they come up with this stuff?
-- these are only opinions and they might not be mine.
Perhaps they were inspired by the early Mac Powerbooks.
Not so sure about the 'Dirtiest XXX Porn site' banner up the top though!!
D.