I disagree- I would love to have a computer with all of the ports in the front, ugly as it may be. I am constantly plutting things like cameras, thumbdrives, etc in an out of USB ports, not to mention fooling with speakers, printers, network connections and so on (yes, eventually I will set things up with a proper LAN). Right now I have my desktop tower facing back-to-front because I got tired of having to turn the thing around constantly (and very rarely have need to access the CD tray)
I remember back in the early 1970s when I was in elementary school, they were trying to teach us the metric system. They thought by 1980 or so we would be completely converted. Ah, a simpler, more naive time. I wonder if they even bother teaching that to kids in the US these days.
How about using the space from the former Boston Computer Museum? Imagine my surprise during a trip to Boston a couple of years back, after making a pilgramige (sp?) to the museum and discovering it was all boarded up.
Remember the original poster for TPM showed the shadow of Darth Vader, who obviously wasn't in that movie (in suited form, that is). My guess is no Mask OR breathing in SW2 movie.
I can't remember my first email, but can remember the Simpsons episode where they told us the first message Marconi sent by wireless - "The fifth caller wins tickets to Supertramp"
I can't remember the last time I sent or received a fax (late 80s?) and I VERY seldom use voicemail. Pretty much all of my work-related messages have been email or Instant Messanger for years.
FYI, The subway/underground system in US cities varies by what name it is called. I believe it is Metro in DC, but is the "El" in Chicago, the "T" in Pittsburgh, etc.
Are you implying that 500k is CHEAP? I think you could buy my entire block of single family homes for that amount of money. (only slight exageration - houses run 50-100k) San Fran has a long way to go before real estate prices there hit reality again.
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If you are writing software to control the raising of a drawbridge, or flight control for an airplane, or a thousand other possiblities, then people can die too. There are critical pieces of software in todays world, just like there are critical (and not so critical) pieces of architecure
If I did that I would be fired on the spot. A consultant also needs to be prepared and have to tools to do the job. Often clients dont have spare computers handy.
Having worked with several failed dot-coms as a consultant, I strongly disagree. Anyway, arent pretty much all dot-coms failed dot-coms these days? When we built the system, we planned on having it running for years and scalable to the traffic we were hoping to get. Its not the engineers fault that the company didnt make any money - the systems worked fine, it was the whole dot-com business model that was flawed.
Also, I've known engineers working for Fortune-500 type companies who go home promptly at 5 every day. At least with former dot-commers, they know what it means to do whatever it takes to get a problem resolved.
Ahh, me to. It was the only computer our high school had. 8k RAM, cassette, and chicklet keyboard. When I graduated, they upgraded to a 32 k PET, but everyone figured there was no way anyone would need that much memory.
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I disagree- I would love to have a computer with all of the ports in the front, ugly as it may be. I am constantly plutting things like cameras, thumbdrives, etc in an out of USB ports, not to mention fooling with speakers, printers, network connections and so on (yes, eventually I will set things up with a proper LAN). Right now I have my desktop tower facing back-to-front because I got tired of having to turn the thing around constantly (and very rarely have need to access the CD tray)
Don't forget health care - oh wait, we are probably fourth or fifth in that at least.
I remember back in the early 1970s when I was in elementary school, they were trying to teach us the metric system. They thought by 1980 or so we would be completely converted. Ah, a simpler, more naive time. I wonder if they even bother teaching that to kids in the US these days.
Springfield mall? Did you visit the Leftorium while you were there?
Sorry.
How about using the space from the former Boston Computer Museum? Imagine my surprise during a trip to Boston a couple of years back, after making a pilgramige (sp?) to the museum and discovering it was all boarded up.
Remember the original poster for TPM showed the shadow of Darth Vader, who obviously wasn't in that movie (in suited form, that is). My guess is no Mask OR breathing in SW2 movie.
I can't remember my first email, but can remember the Simpsons episode where they told us the first message Marconi sent by wireless - "The fifth caller wins tickets to Supertramp"
I can't remember the last time I sent or received a fax (late 80s?) and I VERY seldom use voicemail. Pretty much all of my work-related messages have been email or Instant Messanger for years.
FYI, The subway/underground system in US cities varies by what name it is called. I believe it is Metro in DC, but is the "El" in Chicago, the "T" in Pittsburgh, etc.
Don't feel so bad - I thought it was a portable version of the Parker Brothers board game. I was sorely dissapointed.
$25,000 in cash at home you say? What is your address?
But seriously, what do you have against credit/debit cards or checks?
They might change their plans now - I fear we've seen the end of construction of massively tall buildings.
yes, but according to Slashdot, hes been found dead at least 54 times in the past year.
Where are both of you? I've never even seen one of those games. "House of the Dead" type games seem the rage at Dave and Busters
Are you implying that 500k is CHEAP? I think you could buy my entire block of single family homes for that amount of money. (only slight exageration - houses run 50-100k) San Fran has a long way to go before real estate prices there hit reality again.
ha ha ha. Good troll.
I thought Tri and Worf were getting married?
If you are writing software to control the raising of a drawbridge, or flight control for an airplane, or a thousand other possiblities, then people can die too. There are critical pieces of software in todays world, just like there are critical (and not so critical) pieces of architecure
What does the state of the economy have to do with the speed of light? Does it increase during recessions?
someone has been posting this for the past few months. It is not real (I fell for it the first time, too)
And the disadvantage of vaporizing people is, there are no remains to identify.
If I did that I would be fired on the spot. A consultant also needs to be prepared and have to tools to do the job. Often clients dont have spare computers handy.
Having worked with several failed dot-coms as a consultant, I strongly disagree. Anyway, arent pretty much all dot-coms failed dot-coms these days? When we built the system, we planned on having it running for years and scalable to the traffic we were hoping to get. Its not the engineers fault that the company didnt make any money - the systems worked fine, it was the whole dot-com business model that was flawed. Also, I've known engineers working for Fortune-500 type companies who go home promptly at 5 every day. At least with former dot-commers, they know what it means to do whatever it takes to get a problem resolved.
Ahh, me to. It was the only computer our high school had. 8k RAM, cassette, and chicklet keyboard. When I graduated, they upgraded to a 32 k PET, but everyone figured there was no way anyone would need that much memory.
Or maybe, just maybe, people (like me) stopped using Napster because you can't find anthing worth downloading on it any more!