I remember commercials in the movie theaters at least 40 years ago. I would be very surprised if they didn't have them in the 1920s.
My mom used to have an olde record player, and one of her records was of a very olde radio show (probably 30s, but I might have been late 20s), and it was sponsered by Oxidol.
I still call them "laptops", but it didn't take me very long to conclude that that really wasn't a very good name for them, even if they were the right size to fit there.
Thing is, I don't believe Microsoft have ever in the whole of history developed a UI paradigm from scratch. They've cribbed from others, but never developed one from scratch.
I'm pretty sure Bob was an Microsoft original.
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At some point, CAPTCHAs will reach the point where ONLY a bot can get past them.
No it can't. It can lead to poor health that can kill you, or it's cause by sever apnea and THAT can kill you. Not that it matters if you are dead.
A bit off-topic, but insomonia CAN kill. Maybe not directly, but if you have to drive to work, operate machinery, or defuse bombs, being awake for 36 hours is deadly.
I don't think Tivo ever automatically skipped commercials. If you're watching recorded or time-delayed you can FF past the ads, or use the undocumented 30 second skip (don't know if the newest models have that), but you still have to manually hit the button, and might go deaf from sound before you can.
When you are watching a action packed movie, and have the surround sound turned up as high as you can comfortably stand without pissing off the neighbors, and a *BLARING* commercial pops on that doesn't retreat on the volume, and you're scrambling to find the remote while you can't even hear the voice in your head, it needs to stop
The flip side is, you have the sound down low enough that the commercials don't blow out your eardrums. The show returns, and until you turn the volume way up, you can't hear a word anyone says.
In fact, I found someone with my name with a FB account. And last time I checked, his FB account was on Google's first page while mine wasn't even on page 3 (I didn't check beyond that).
My FB stuff is about as boring & mundane as it gets. If I were in the job market, I might unfriend a couple of people with unconventional political views, but otherwise there's nothing that an HR drone could complain about.
Now, if they saw some of the stuff Cro Magnon has done, I'd be in trouble.:)
Yeah, it's like the time my GF asked if her dress made her look fat. I gave an honest answer, "No dear, it doesn't". I saw no point in saying that the dress had nothing to do with it.
I have my money in two banks. One is a B&M bank that I picked in prehistoric (or at least pre-online banking) times because it had branches near home & work. Also, it's been great for customer service. My other bank is ING Direct, because its interest was far higher than the B&M. I only have a tiny amount at my credit union. There's no real reason to use them. Their interest is comparable to the B&M, and they have very few ATMs.
That's my problem. I have two main banks. My older account is what I use for routine bill paying, and I DL from that every month or two. My other account has a higher interest, but gets less use. I can access my history online for over a year, unless they've changed it, but I'm already beyond their 2 month DL limit. That account's paperless, so my only reminder is an email that often gets forgotten in my pile of e-stuff.
IIRC, NT required 12-16+ MG of RAM at a time when machines shipped with 4MG and RAM prices were through the roof. NT was never a competitor with Mac Classic. NT was a business OS, Mac Classic was home. Apples & Watermelons.
When I'm at the casino, and my GF phones to tell me she's ready to leave that den of evil (IOW, she's blown all her money), I can't hear her over the machines, and she has to hunt me down. If she had a texting plan, she could text me.
Too bad. I always swipe a credit card no matter how small the transaction, because it's faster than cash. A lot of stores don't even make you sign for small transactions these days. I also don't have to deal with bagfuls of loose change in my pockets. I hate waiting behind people in line while the cashier fumbles for and then doles out a dozen little physical tokens to each one of them. (Although I admit that's not nearly as infuriating as when I see someone start to pull out a checkbook after the final total gets rung up.)
Faster than cash? I don't think so! Usually, when I'm at the grocery store, and the line slows to a crawl, it's because of someone swiping their card. Best case, they have to hit "credit or debit", type the amount, and answer "Are you sure?", which is slower than pulling out the damn cash. More often, they don't know what to punch, or they try paying from an overdrawn account, or any of a thousand things that can go wrong.
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Farming or IT, what's the difference. Either way, you're dealing with manure.
Yeah, and not just during commercials.
My mom used to have an olde record player, and one of her records was of a very olde radio show (probably 30s, but I might have been late 20s), and it was sponsered by Oxidol.
I still call them "laptops", but it didn't take me very long to conclude that that really wasn't a very good name for them, even if they were the right size to fit there.
I'm pretty sure Bob was an Microsoft original.
At some point, CAPTCHAs will reach the point where ONLY a bot can get past them.
Tab completion can still be a PITA if you have a lot of files with similar names.
Because everytime I google myself, I get all those pictures of dumb-looking men, many of whom buy car insurance from small lizards.
A bit off-topic, but insomonia CAN kill. Maybe not directly, but if you have to drive to work, operate machinery, or defuse bombs, being awake for 36 hours is deadly.
Yeah, I HATE radio sirens. My finger is still sore from poking the radio button to turn the damn thing off!
I don't think Tivo ever automatically skipped commercials. If you're watching recorded or time-delayed you can FF past the ads, or use the undocumented 30 second skip (don't know if the newest models have that), but you still have to manually hit the button, and might go deaf from sound before you can.
The flip side is, you have the sound down low enough that the commercials don't blow out your eardrums. The show returns, and until you turn the volume way up, you can't hear a word anyone says.
Meh! I'm still busy with FirstLife.
In fact, I found someone with my name with a FB account. And last time I checked, his FB account was on Google's first page while mine wasn't even on page 3 (I didn't check beyond that).
My FB stuff is about as boring & mundane as it gets. If I were in the job market, I might unfriend a couple of people with unconventional political views, but otherwise there's nothing that an HR drone could complain about.
Now, if they saw some of the stuff Cro Magnon has done, I'd be in trouble. :)
Belgium? Heck, by the time the average American searched all of South & Central America for New Mexico, the connection would be long dead.
Then after the texters have killed each other off, re-open their roads to the non-texters.
Yeah, it's like the time my GF asked if her dress made her look fat. I gave an honest answer, "No dear, it doesn't". I saw no point in saying that the dress had nothing to do with it.
It's quite possible I might want to research "child processes". I'd hate to have stuff show up at the "p".
I have my money in two banks. One is a B&M bank that I picked in prehistoric (or at least pre-online banking) times because it had branches near home & work. Also, it's been great for customer service. My other bank is ING Direct, because its interest was far higher than the B&M. I only have a tiny amount at my credit union. There's no real reason to use them. Their interest is comparable to the B&M, and they have very few ATMs.
That's my problem. I have two main banks. My older account is what I use for routine bill paying, and I DL from that every month or two. My other account has a higher interest, but gets less use. I can access my history online for over a year, unless they've changed it, but I'm already beyond their 2 month DL limit. That account's paperless, so my only reminder is an email that often gets forgotten in my pile of e-stuff.
IIRC, NT required 12-16+ MG of RAM at a time when machines shipped with 4MG and RAM prices were through the roof. NT was never a competitor with Mac Classic. NT was a business OS, Mac Classic was home. Apples & Watermelons.
When I'm at the casino, and my GF phones to tell me she's ready to leave that den of evil (IOW, she's blown all her money), I can't hear her over the machines, and she has to hunt me down. If she had a texting plan, she could text me.
Faster than cash? I don't think so! Usually, when I'm at the grocery store, and the line slows to a crawl, it's because of someone swiping their card. Best case, they have to hit "credit or debit", type the amount, and answer "Are you sure?", which is slower than pulling out the damn cash. More often, they don't know what to punch, or they try paying from an overdrawn account, or any of a thousand things that can go wrong.
I thought he actually called him a p-astrisk-astrisk-astrisk-astrisk!