I don't recall ever owning an Atari other than the game system. By the way, I just noticed I never finished my draft.;-) I'll get that finished when I kick the kids out for the day. The two and their mates are planning on heading out to engage in some familial fun so it will settle down again shortly.
But no, no Atari that I personally owned. A few friends had them. I had some TRS-80 models, a few Apples, and some of the Commodore line throughout those years as I recall.
This is not *entirely* true. Well, it might be true. Way back in the 1990s, I answered the door completely naked and it was Jehovah's Witnesses. I'd just gotten out of the shower and I heard the knock on the door. I told them I was naked and that I'd get dressed but that they could come in. The two old ladies came in, probably saw my butt as I went down the hall, and waited patiently for me.
I spent a few months studying with them because I knew nothing about their religion and was curious. They were aware that I wasn't likely to suddenly become a religious person. I even went to church (Kingdom Hall) with 'em a couple of times to see what the people were like. (They had some rather hot and eligible chicks but I suspect they have a touch of the crazy.)
I used to have a tape deck for storage with a VIC 20 IIRC. (This was many years ago.) Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was the VIC 20. I seem to remember having spent some time (quite a few years back) scouring for a game called "FLOG" which is 'golf' spelled backwards. It was a pretty neat game or so my memory tells me. It was loaded from the cassettes that it came on - I didn't type or write it myself. I think the source, BASIC, was in the back of the manual.
I just spent a few minutes looking, again, and still didn't find anything that is quite right but I opened up a dubious link that led me to this: http://www.flog-game.com/
I didn't play it but the graphics are really bad looking and I don't have any real memories of the original game except that I liked it. (I drank, heavily, back then.)
Unfortunately, yes. Why? Humans are generally stupid, herd-based, beasts who get panicky and stampede. Fortunately, most of their time is spent grazing and little harm is done - unless you're the grass beneath their feet. If you and your country can do better than it'd behoove you to *do* better. I simply ask that you not blame me, I didn't vote for them.
Either way, happy holidays! I'm happy. My son flew up from Peru and then drove down to Florida and brought his g/f. My daughter managed to get some time off from the hospital and came down by plane with her affianced. On the subject of governance, both thanked me profusely for paying their way via charter this year. The Boy Child seems to have finally stopped getting taller and the Girl is still the most beautiful creature on the planet. They are all wise enough to be disgusted with the TSA.
I am gonna admit it on Slashdot. Err... I don't like Ubuntu much. I just really don't like it. It's okay and all but I just can't get it to be quite like I want - easily. Yeah, I can do it but it takes more work than I feel like doing.
Yet, on the other end, I love Lubuntu. I love LXDE. The simplicity, the ease of customization, the speed on new (even old) hardware, and more are all things that I enjoy about it. It's an official flavor so I get the ecosystem and the support. It's odd because I used to prefer Gnome but they kind of went off the rails and so did I.
See, for the past twenty years, I'd pretty much always had Linux installed on a spare partition and maybe running a server. (I spent a lot of time with Unix. I've been poking at Linux since the mid 1990s.) But I spent little time booted to it, except to update, and never spent much time using it as a desktop. Then, I felt like I was stagnating, getting mentally fat, and I went on a hunt for the best distro for me.
I like Mint, Cinnamon of course, and have been happy with that on a few boxes. Hell, sometimes I don't even install an OS and just use a Live USB. But, no... I've come to really appreciate Lubuntu and I think I'm happy here for a while.
That said, one of the things I find strange is the people who look for affirmation. I have a server set up at home that I allow certain people to access via remote. They are not Linux users. Why do they *need* to be? What does it matter? Is it really that important what OS you're a fan of? Do they need affirmation from others to make them feel comfortable with their choices?
Meh... I think Lubuntu might be the less frequently used official flavor. I'm okay with that. I found what works for me and, well... I guess I don't really let what others say matter to me. I don't need their approval and the numbers are irrelevant. I dunno... It just seems strange to me.
On that note, happy holidays or what not. One kid and their affianced is here and the other should be here shortly so, I shan't have much time for this whole internet thing.
I once considered getting a car painted like the General Lee. Of course, it was an old Volvo and it would have been funnier than hell to see the looks on people's faces when they notice it is being driven by a long-hair with kind of dark skin. I'm also pretty sure that I'd have been shot. I didn't do it.
I did, however, once find that "DAVID" was available for a vanity plate and got that. That was one of the stupidest things I ever did. If you live in a semi-rural or rural area, do not get a vanity plate with your name on it, kids. Do not do it... I got in so much trouble with people. Why yes, yes I did drink back then.
I even grew up on base (until I went off to school due to a long and winding story) and they didn't do us any favors like that. We knew it was stupid - they had shown us a filmstrip of the bombs detonating. I now have that song stuck in my head. Ah well... My kids should be here sometime soon so I'll be distracted.
LOL Mine was kind of luck. I didn't work any harder than anyone else really. Or, more accurately, people who are far less fortunate worked harder than I ever have.
Also, I knew what you meant which is why I added the caveat. Though I must emphasize, it was largely due to dumb luck. I was in the right place, at the right time, and able to take the risk.
Never, ever, play the house. You can gamble and you can win but you can't beat the house (easily and with your kneecaps intact). Play the table games vs. other players. I've got a spare small ranch in Henderson and I'm kind of thinking of heading there next if I don't go back home. I'll probably go take some money from the tourists who are exceedingly bad at math and don't understand odds at all.
So, do you want us to be the World Police or not? And, frankly, some of us know history well enough to know that the US contributed greatly to both of those wars. Less so in WWI than in WWII but that really wasn't our problem. We even left you alone to resolve it at the end and look at what you did. We didn't even partake in the whole League of Nations thing (though a lot of people really seem to think we did) and we even encouraged you to not go full retard with the treaties and reparations. You're mad that the baby sitter didn't spank you soon enough?
We had that filmstrip when I was in school. Yes, filmstrip.
I don't remember all the words but it was something like:
"There was a turtle his name was Bert, and Bert the turtle was always alert. something something something something and he'd duck and cover. Duck and cover."
I imagine somewhere there's a video of it but I don't like you enough to go find it. Google is so very far away and I am lazy. Even the mouse is too far away.
What's amusing is that they don't realize that we old people are the ones who built the infrastructure or developed on it. That same one that they're using to post the message is the one we watched, helped, and nurtured. You know, when we used our own hardware to do things like host a BBS. When we spent our own money to enable complete strangers to dial in and added extra phone lines so we could have more users. When we spent gobs of money to buy hardware (when a computer was the price of a car) so that we could enable more users... But no... They know it all. Us old people don't know a damned thing about computers.
(Assuming they're in the US and have been on an Interstate Highway there's a damned good chance they've ridden on something I've helped optimize and, even if they haven't, there's still a good chance of it - done, of course, on a computer using things like nearly a TB of data as early as the late 1990s, clustered computers, and fiber optic connectivity.)
Nope... I don't know a damned thing about computers or technology because I'm nearing the age of 60. It must be my feeble mind. That there newfangled tech stuff is just plain confusing.
In most States, convicts can vote but some make you wait until you get off probation. The detainees at the corrections facility voted via absentee ballot. I know the inmates in Maine's DOC are all encouraged to vote - it has been on the news and I've done some minimal looking into it. I forget which states disallow it but they're mostly in the South and there aren't a whole lot of 'em as I recall.
The person you're replying too is a bit mistaken. Volvo did not invent or even introduce the first seat belts. That's a common mistake found on the internet. I'm a car aficionado but not an automobile historian. I also own two Volvos. What an engineer for Volvo *did* invent was the 3-point safety harness (seat belt). Lots of other cars had belts prior to that. I've seen a Nash from the 40s that had factory belts.
I love Volvo and all but, well... Hmm, lemme find a source 'cause someone might argue (everyone seem to think Volvo invented 'em)...
That's from Volvo themselves. If they'd invented the seat belt then they'd have listed it. They don't. They specifically mention having invented the 3 point system. Come to think of it, I've seen some old Saabs that had lap belts too. I dunno when those came out or anything.
I had a debate on Slashdot once and decided to bring some facts with me. According to the FBI, Sex Offenders are the second-most LEAST likely to re-offend. Murderers are the least likely to re-offend. (I assume that's because they done killed all the people that needed killing but reality doesn't always mirror the amusing things I have in my head.)
They were claiming that Sex Offenders could not be rehabilitated and should be shot. (I assume they're a closet pedo.) I figured that wasn't true so I went out and dug up some of that data stuff. As I recall, they called me a fag and a hippie. It was not, shall we say, the most productive chats I've had on Slashdot but I did learn something new.
Heh... This is the third time (and only the third time ever) that I've gotten to mention something about my old MOS. Some strange trivia for you - though I do not know if this has changed, I kind of doubt it has.
In the civilian world, if you escape from prison then you're committing a new crime and will be sentenced to a longer term.
In the military, well, your freedom has been taken. It is only natural that you try to escape. If you escape then someone else is in trouble and you will serve no extra time for that act. (Obviously, you will be subject to other laws but if you simply escape, you're just brought back and stuffed into the hole for a little while and given a higher security classification.)
If someone locks you up, it's instinct and natural to try to get out. It used to be that my job (transportation officer - traditionally called an escort or chaser) meant that a detainee escaping while in my custody meant that I served that detainees time until they were returned to custody. For better or worse, that is no longer the case. It did, however, mean that escaping prisoners were usually just shot.
Also, I have no idea how many regulations have changed in the past 30 years.
Whenever you can, fly charter. Yeah, it's expensive but not overly so IF a few of you are going and you'd have taken first class. It's worth the additional expense unless you're going to go overseas - then it can be expensive as all hell. I once looked into charting a flight to Egypt. Heh... No... I did not take it.
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Slashdot and Stormfront have similar letters and both begin with the letter "S." I can see how you'd be confused.
You could have asked him which law, specifically, is Israel in violation of in their "illegal occupation of Palestine."
I don't recall ever owning an Atari other than the game system. By the way, I just noticed I never finished my draft. ;-) I'll get that finished when I kick the kids out for the day. The two and their mates are planning on heading out to engage in some familial fun so it will settle down again shortly.
But no, no Atari that I personally owned. A few friends had them. I had some TRS-80 models, a few Apples, and some of the Commodore line throughout those years as I recall.
This is not *entirely* true. Well, it might be true. Way back in the 1990s, I answered the door completely naked and it was Jehovah's Witnesses. I'd just gotten out of the shower and I heard the knock on the door. I told them I was naked and that I'd get dressed but that they could come in. The two old ladies came in, probably saw my butt as I went down the hall, and waited patiently for me.
I spent a few months studying with them because I knew nothing about their religion and was curious. They were aware that I wasn't likely to suddenly become a religious person. I even went to church (Kingdom Hall) with 'em a couple of times to see what the people were like. (They had some rather hot and eligible chicks but I suspect they have a touch of the crazy.)
They do not celebrate Christmas.
I used to have a tape deck for storage with a VIC 20 IIRC. (This was many years ago.) Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was the VIC 20. I seem to remember having spent some time (quite a few years back) scouring for a game called "FLOG" which is 'golf' spelled backwards. It was a pretty neat game or so my memory tells me. It was loaded from the cassettes that it came on - I didn't type or write it myself. I think the source, BASIC, was in the back of the manual.
I just spent a few minutes looking, again, and still didn't find anything that is quite right but I opened up a dubious link that led me to this:
http://www.flog-game.com/
I didn't play it but the graphics are really bad looking and I don't have any real memories of the original game except that I liked it. (I drank, heavily, back then.)
Unfortunately, yes. Why? Humans are generally stupid, herd-based, beasts who get panicky and stampede. Fortunately, most of their time is spent grazing and little harm is done - unless you're the grass beneath their feet. If you and your country can do better than it'd behoove you to *do* better. I simply ask that you not blame me, I didn't vote for them.
Either way, happy holidays! I'm happy. My son flew up from Peru and then drove down to Florida and brought his g/f. My daughter managed to get some time off from the hospital and came down by plane with her affianced. On the subject of governance, both thanked me profusely for paying their way via charter this year. The Boy Child seems to have finally stopped getting taller and the Girl is still the most beautiful creature on the planet. They are all wise enough to be disgusted with the TSA.
I am gonna admit it on Slashdot. Err... I don't like Ubuntu much. I just really don't like it. It's okay and all but I just can't get it to be quite like I want - easily. Yeah, I can do it but it takes more work than I feel like doing.
Yet, on the other end, I love Lubuntu. I love LXDE. The simplicity, the ease of customization, the speed on new (even old) hardware, and more are all things that I enjoy about it. It's an official flavor so I get the ecosystem and the support. It's odd because I used to prefer Gnome but they kind of went off the rails and so did I.
See, for the past twenty years, I'd pretty much always had Linux installed on a spare partition and maybe running a server. (I spent a lot of time with Unix. I've been poking at Linux since the mid 1990s.) But I spent little time booted to it, except to update, and never spent much time using it as a desktop. Then, I felt like I was stagnating, getting mentally fat, and I went on a hunt for the best distro for me.
I like Mint, Cinnamon of course, and have been happy with that on a few boxes. Hell, sometimes I don't even install an OS and just use a Live USB. But, no... I've come to really appreciate Lubuntu and I think I'm happy here for a while.
That said, one of the things I find strange is the people who look for affirmation. I have a server set up at home that I allow certain people to access via remote. They are not Linux users. Why do they *need* to be? What does it matter? Is it really that important what OS you're a fan of? Do they need affirmation from others to make them feel comfortable with their choices?
Meh... I think Lubuntu might be the less frequently used official flavor. I'm okay with that. I found what works for me and, well... I guess I don't really let what others say matter to me. I don't need their approval and the numbers are irrelevant. I dunno... It just seems strange to me.
On that note, happy holidays or what not. One kid and their affianced is here and the other should be here shortly so, I shan't have much time for this whole internet thing.
I once considered getting a car painted like the General Lee. Of course, it was an old Volvo and it would have been funnier than hell to see the looks on people's faces when they notice it is being driven by a long-hair with kind of dark skin. I'm also pretty sure that I'd have been shot. I didn't do it.
I did, however, once find that "DAVID" was available for a vanity plate and got that. That was one of the stupidest things I ever did. If you live in a semi-rural or rural area, do not get a vanity plate with your name on it, kids. Do not do it... I got in so much trouble with people. Why yes, yes I did drink back then.
I wish my inferiority complex was as good as theirs. :(
I even grew up on base (until I went off to school due to a long and winding story) and they didn't do us any favors like that. We knew it was stupid - they had shown us a filmstrip of the bombs detonating. I now have that song stuck in my head. Ah well... My kids should be here sometime soon so I'll be distracted.
Heh... Well, at leasts the damned Christmas carol is no longer stuck in my head.
LOL Mine was kind of luck. I didn't work any harder than anyone else really. Or, more accurately, people who are far less fortunate worked harder than I ever have.
Also, I knew what you meant which is why I added the caveat. Though I must emphasize, it was largely due to dumb luck. I was in the right place, at the right time, and able to take the risk.
Never, ever, play the house. You can gamble and you can win but you can't beat the house (easily and with your kneecaps intact). Play the table games vs. other players. I've got a spare small ranch in Henderson and I'm kind of thinking of heading there next if I don't go back home. I'll probably go take some money from the tourists who are exceedingly bad at math and don't understand odds at all.
I dunno... I started out with a $5000 grant, my last check for living costs from the GI Bill, a buddy's apartment, and a loaned computer.
Well, and a contract with most of the work already done but I'm gonna pretend that part didn't exist.
I am 58 and have been retired for just about 8 years now, slightly less.
So, do you want us to be the World Police or not? And, frankly, some of us know history well enough to know that the US contributed greatly to both of those wars. Less so in WWI than in WWII but that really wasn't our problem. We even left you alone to resolve it at the end and look at what you did. We didn't even partake in the whole League of Nations thing (though a lot of people really seem to think we did) and we even encouraged you to not go full retard with the treaties and reparations. You're mad that the baby sitter didn't spank you soon enough?
We had that filmstrip when I was in school. Yes, filmstrip.
I don't remember all the words but it was something like:
"There was a turtle his name was Bert,
and Bert the turtle was always alert.
something something something something
and he'd duck and cover. Duck and cover."
I imagine somewhere there's a video of it but I don't like you enough to go find it. Google is so very far away and I am lazy. Even the mouse is too far away.
What's amusing is that they don't realize that we old people are the ones who built the infrastructure or developed on it. That same one that they're using to post the message is the one we watched, helped, and nurtured. You know, when we used our own hardware to do things like host a BBS. When we spent our own money to enable complete strangers to dial in and added extra phone lines so we could have more users. When we spent gobs of money to buy hardware (when a computer was the price of a car) so that we could enable more users... But no... They know it all. Us old people don't know a damned thing about computers.
(Assuming they're in the US and have been on an Interstate Highway there's a damned good chance they've ridden on something I've helped optimize and, even if they haven't, there's still a good chance of it - done, of course, on a computer using things like nearly a TB of data as early as the late 1990s, clustered computers, and fiber optic connectivity.)
Nope... I don't know a damned thing about computers or technology because I'm nearing the age of 60. It must be my feeble mind. That there newfangled tech stuff is just plain confusing.
In most States, convicts can vote but some make you wait until you get off probation. The detainees at the corrections facility voted via absentee ballot. I know the inmates in Maine's DOC are all encouraged to vote - it has been on the news and I've done some minimal looking into it. I forget which states disallow it but they're mostly in the South and there aren't a whole lot of 'em as I recall.
The person you're replying too is a bit mistaken. Volvo did not invent or even introduce the first seat belts. That's a common mistake found on the internet. I'm a car aficionado but not an automobile historian. I also own two Volvos. What an engineer for Volvo *did* invent was the 3-point safety harness (seat belt). Lots of other cars had belts prior to that. I've seen a Nash from the 40s that had factory belts.
I love Volvo and all but, well... Hmm, lemme find a source 'cause someone might argue (everyone seem to think Volvo invented 'em)...
Here you go:
http://www.volvocars.com/intl/...
That's from Volvo themselves. If they'd invented the seat belt then they'd have listed it. They don't. They specifically mention having invented the 3 point system. Come to think of it, I've seen some old Saabs that had lap belts too. I dunno when those came out or anything.
I had a debate on Slashdot once and decided to bring some facts with me. According to the FBI, Sex Offenders are the second-most LEAST likely to re-offend. Murderers are the least likely to re-offend. (I assume that's because they done killed all the people that needed killing but reality doesn't always mirror the amusing things I have in my head.)
They were claiming that Sex Offenders could not be rehabilitated and should be shot. (I assume they're a closet pedo.) I figured that wasn't true so I went out and dug up some of that data stuff. As I recall, they called me a fag and a hippie. It was not, shall we say, the most productive chats I've had on Slashdot but I did learn something new.
Well, I recommend we sentence that computer to 365 days of Windows 10.
What's this "article" you speak of?
Heh... This is the third time (and only the third time ever) that I've gotten to mention something about my old MOS. Some strange trivia for you - though I do not know if this has changed, I kind of doubt it has.
In the civilian world, if you escape from prison then you're committing a new crime and will be sentenced to a longer term.
In the military, well, your freedom has been taken. It is only natural that you try to escape. If you escape then someone else is in trouble and you will serve no extra time for that act. (Obviously, you will be subject to other laws but if you simply escape, you're just brought back and stuffed into the hole for a little while and given a higher security classification.)
If someone locks you up, it's instinct and natural to try to get out. It used to be that my job (transportation officer - traditionally called an escort or chaser) meant that a detainee escaping while in my custody meant that I served that detainees time until they were returned to custody. For better or worse, that is no longer the case. It did, however, mean that escaping prisoners were usually just shot.
Also, I have no idea how many regulations have changed in the past 30 years.
Whenever you can, fly charter. Yeah, it's expensive but not overly so IF a few of you are going and you'd have taken first class. It's worth the additional expense unless you're going to go overseas - then it can be expensive as all hell. I once looked into charting a flight to Egypt. Heh... No... I did not take it.
Well, I don't want to Godwin the thread but you know what happened the last time we let Germany get a bit zealous, right?