I still have it in it's box with all the manuals and packaging. I figure now's the time to bring it out and show the kidlet (9 years old) what computing used to be. Wish I still have the modem with handset couple. Not that I have any phones it could attach to...
I ran in to the same thing, arguing that phone desk support folks could get by with just a Mac Mini, as all they needed to see were control panels and such. He insisted all the help desk folks got Mac Pro towers. Weird. 'Course, he didn't go for my idea of just getting 1 or 2 Macs and having support folks just remote in to them to see how things were set up. I guess I'm just a cheap bastard.
Hey! None of that free market crap where you let people buy what makes them happy. Everyone must adhere to teh linux orthodoxy (unless it's a really cool game that requires proprietary software) and roll their own!
Or a Chicano guy sitting up in the mountains of New Mexico, with 10 year old $50 wire frames, drinking piñon coffee that's $3 lb, who hasn't had a hair cut in 10 years, lookin' at pictures of chicks with boobs (nsfw).
But, but, I live way out in the country where no one will ever see or even know I have an ipad? But I'm now a hipster? I don' wanna grow a goatee and hang out in coffee shops! I hate being around people or having them notice me. Why oh why did I ever get an iPad?!!!
Oh yeah, it's a nice media player that works around the house.
The intent was to get the Xbox into the living room as an entertainment center.
How come no one's made a game device that doesn't look like it belongs on Star Trek or PeeWee's Playhouse? Would it be that difficult to make a console that looks like a Sony AV component? If they really do want to make inroads to the living room, stop making stuff that looks out of place in my av cabinet. Apple too; their iTV/Mac Mini's are all minimalist and look like they belong on 2001 space station.
Going fishing in the Gulf, I loved grunts. They're a smaller fish related to grouper and are just as tasty. Just have to clean a lot more as they're smaller.
It's seemed to me that the new DW (Eccleston on up) has been more about the development of the companions. There doesn't seem to be a lot of personal growth or change in the various Doctors; just different brands of witticisms.
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And if you could form it in to a dish...
Ti-99/4a (with 16k RAM!)
I still have it in it's box with all the manuals and packaging. I figure now's the time to bring it out and show the kidlet (9 years old) what computing used to be. Wish I still have the modem with handset couple. Not that I have any phones it could attach to...
P.S. Remove warning labels about coffee being hot and hair dryers not for use in shower as well.
This could make for a funny show.
What about This Way To The Egress?
I ran in to the same thing, arguing that phone desk support folks could get by with just a Mac Mini, as all they needed to see were control panels and such. He insisted all the help desk folks got Mac Pro towers. Weird. 'Course, he didn't go for my idea of just getting 1 or 2 Macs and having support folks just remote in to them to see how things were set up. I guess I'm just a cheap bastard.
Heh. I'm interested in finance. I'm just not any good at it.
Oh well, back to Civ.
How long's that air supply line thing working out for ya?
Hey! None of that free market crap where you let people buy what makes them happy. Everyone must adhere to teh linux orthodoxy (unless it's a really cool game that requires proprietary software) and roll their own!
Or a Chicano guy sitting up in the mountains of New Mexico, with 10 year old $50 wire frames, drinking piñon coffee that's $3 lb, who hasn't had a hair cut in 10 years, lookin' at pictures of chicks with boobs (nsfw).
But, but, I live way out in the country where no one will ever see or even know I have an ipad? But I'm now a hipster? I don' wanna grow a goatee and hang out in coffee shops! I hate being around people or having them notice me. Why oh why did I ever get an iPad?!!!
Oh yeah, it's a nice media player that works around the house.
none of their systems seem to be geared toward modification or creation, just passive consumption.
Damn it! Now I can't install any OS or software I want on my Mac?
Damn you Steve. Damn you to HELL!
Sounds like Niven and Pournell's Inferno.
The intent was to get the Xbox into the living room as an entertainment center.
How come no one's made a game device that doesn't look like it belongs on Star Trek or PeeWee's Playhouse? Would it be that difficult to make a console that looks like a Sony AV component? If they really do want to make inroads to the living room, stop making stuff that looks out of place in my av cabinet. Apple too; their iTV/Mac Mini's are all minimalist and look like they belong on 2001 space station.
The NetBSD devil does sorta' look like a smiling Balmer. You might have something here.
Maybe do what Apple's done, spinning off some divisions (Apple Works/Filemaker) and giving them their own head for a bit, to see what comes of it?
What if MS broke apart in to corporate and home divisions or server, desktop, and mobile/game?
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
Going fishing in the Gulf, I loved grunts. They're a smaller fish related to grouper and are just as tasty. Just have to clean a lot more as they're smaller.
Ginny Weasley hates me?
I know I saw that movie but I really have no memory of it.
COOL!
Yeah, but they're no Einstein.
Unless it rained on Amy's wedding.
Rowan Atkinson as The Master?
Tennant as Henry V? That could be interesting. He definitely has the range. Prospero would be COOL!
It's seemed to me that the new DW (Eccleston on up) has been more about the development of the companions. There doesn't seem to be a lot of personal growth or change in the various Doctors; just different brands of witticisms.
Especially if he shows up as Captain Rum.
You've got a woman's hands there Doctor!