I was wondering whether anyone would mention U.F.O, Space:1999, The Man from U.N.C.L.E (which I've never actually seen... I wonder whether Netflix has any of it on DVD?) or Captain Scarlet (which I've also not seen, though supposedly there was a CGI version put out fairly recently).
Other series ripe for 1960s/1970s nostalgia would be Lost in Space, Land of the Giants, and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
I run MAME at home, and have a nice controller (particularly good for Robotron), but I'm also lucky enough to live not far from a classic games 'museum'. I make a couple of pilgrimages there a year.
I don't remember whether Cyrix made a 40Mhz 386 or not. My first IBM PC-contemptible system was an AMD 386-40, 16M of RAM, with an Adaptec 1542B & 212M SCSI disk, a Diamond Stealth video card (I think; that might have come later), Sound Blaster, and combo 3.5"/5.25" floppy. A superb machine for the time, but I think I paid $2000 for it.
Turning a blind eye to piracy and other stuff you'd expect them to fight against is a standard Microsoft tactic in markets they want to take over. In their mind, as long as you're using a Microsoft product, even if you stole it, that's better than you using a competitor's product.
Of course, I could have made this post a lot shorter by comparing them to drug dealers: "First one's free," then once you're hooked, up goes the price.
And once you're good and addicted, the BSA steps in...
I say, God damn! God damn the pusher man. (Steppenwolf)
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I was wondering whether anyone would mention U.F.O, Space:1999, The Man from U.N.C.L.E (which I've never actually seen... I wonder whether Netflix has any of it on DVD?) or Captain Scarlet (which I've also not seen, though supposedly there was a CGI version put out fairly recently).
Other series ripe for 1960s/1970s nostalgia would be Lost in Space, Land of the Giants, and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
The voices from my head can provide the vocals and backup singers.
I run MAME at home, and have a nice controller (particularly good for Robotron), but I'm also lucky enough to live not far from a classic games 'museum'. I make a couple of pilgrimages there a year.
Keep in mind that Enterprise security personnel wore the red shirts, and we all know what happens to them...
You have a coveted low-UID Slashdot account. We'll take that.
One thing is certain: there's no stopping them. The dragonflies will soon be here. And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords.
We see now that Google's hiring of Guido von Rossum was only the first step in their evil plan to dominate the world of white space.
(just a joke; I love Python)
I tried TK421, but it wasn't at its post.
It's more interesting to just read the comments, and try to figure out what the story and headline are. :-)
I lusted briefly for a Rainbow in 1984 or so, but it was way out of my price range.
RTEMS is Open Source, not Opun Source.
I don't remember whether Cyrix made a 40Mhz 386 or not. My first IBM PC-contemptible system was an AMD 386-40, 16M of RAM, with an Adaptec 1542B & 212M SCSI disk, a Diamond Stealth video card (I think; that might have come later), Sound Blaster, and combo 3.5"/5.25" floppy. A superb machine for the time, but I think I paid $2000 for it.
I was and am in the same situation. It's not fun, and it only gets worse as I get older, and the few who meet my standards succumb to marriage...
Turning a blind eye to piracy and other stuff you'd expect them to fight against is a standard Microsoft tactic in markets they want to take over. In their mind, as long as you're using a Microsoft product, even if you stole it, that's better than you using a competitor's product.
Of course, I could have made this post a lot shorter by comparing them to drug dealers: "First one's free," then once you're hooked, up goes the price.
And once you're good and addicted, the BSA steps in...
I say, God damn! God damn the pusher man. (Steppenwolf)
I live in the US, and my vague impression was that 'scads' was a UK term. I guess not. It's not something I use, or hear/read very often, though.
You've summed up my own feelings about it so well that I have little to add, save to say: you're not alone.
Perhaps he was dictating?
I used to be into sado-necro-bestiality, but then I realized I was just beating a dead horse.
I would go along with that.
And d'oh! It occurs to me that simply posting that constitutes a spoiler.
The Gandalara books by Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron were also quite good.
I'll take whatever I wish that's made publicly available, thanks.
A hobbyist webmaster shouldn't expect income from a hobby website any more than I should expect to get paid for playing video games in my spare time.
A professional's website costs are part of the cost of doing business.
Advertising is a blight upon the web (and the world in general).
The TiVo remote has a very rounded design - less chance of tearing a hole and deflating her.
I'm an avid Netflix streaming video watcher
While playing Champions Online? Someone with your username was talking about that last night...