I've become a lot more reticent about clicking on links (oh, the irony) since the migraines. I feel quite pacific about not having clicked on that one.
Fred: So you don't worry that it's possible for someone to send out a biological or electronic trigger that effectively overrides your own sense of ideals and values and replaces them with an alternative coercive agenda that reduces you to a mindless meat puppet? Shopkeeper: Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid.
'Time Bomb'
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Oct 26, 2006 9:05:08 am PDT #5784 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jesse - Oct 26, 2006 9:07:30 am PDT #5785 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My officemate doesn't remember when file names had to be 8 characters or less (it was 8, right?). Damn, I'm old.
tommyrot - Oct 26, 2006 9:08:49 am PDT #5786 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
My officemate doesn't remember when file names had to be 8 characters or less (it was 8, right?)
Yes. Plus a three character extension.
eta: Any here ever forced to use edlin?
Jessica - Oct 26, 2006 9:10:19 am PDT #5787 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My officemate doesn't remember when file names had to be 8 characters or less
Ha! Wait, that wasn't that long ago, was it? Was it?
Sean K - Oct 26, 2006 9:11:39 am PDT #5788 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
My officemate doesn't remember when file names had to be 8 characters or less
Ha! Wait, that wasn't that long ago, was it? Was it?
No. Especially if you count today. There's still a surprisingly large number of businesses that are content to run on Windows 3.11, and still stuck with the eight character limit.
brenda m - Oct 26, 2006 9:12:44 am PDT #5789 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
My officemate doesn't remember when file names had to be 8 characters or less (it was 8, right?). Damn, I'm old.
What I remember is laughing at PC users while cheerfully naming my files any damn thing on my Mac. Good times, good times.
tommyrot - Oct 26, 2006 9:12:46 am PDT #5790 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Ha! Wait, that wasn't that long ago, was it? Was it?
Um, Windows 95 was the first Microsoft OS that supported long file names. So most college freshmen have never faced the short filename issue.
tommyrot - Oct 26, 2006 9:14:06 am PDT #5791 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
What I remember is laughing at PC users while cheerfully naming my files any damn thing on my Mac. Good times, good times.
Back in those days, I couldn't afford a Mac. My first PC was a Leading Edge XT clone - I got it for $400 new because it was discontinued.
§ ita § - Oct 26, 2006 9:15:33 am PDT #5792 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My officemate doesn't remember when file names had to be 8 characters or less (it was 8, right?). Damn, I'm old.
2006.
I mean, if you use Captiva ImageAccel. Parts of that application for sale today for mucho dinero will break if you try and put files in directories (remember when they were called that, and not folders?) with long file names.
bon bon - Oct 26, 2006 9:17:28 am PDT #5793 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I've become a lot more reticent about clicking on links (oh, the irony) since the migraines. I feel quite pacific about not having clicked on that one.
Now I feel kinda bad.