I've never worked on either an Apple or a Mac. Not that I'm a PC snob (is there such a thing?), but Apple/Macs were just never in use anywhere I worked or by any family members.
Lorne: You know what they say about people who need people. Connor: They're the luckiest people in the world. Lorne: You been sneaking peeks at my Streisand collection again, Kiddo? Connor: Just kinda popped out.
'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.
Kathy A - Oct 26, 2006 9:53:21 am PDT #5817 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
sarameg - Oct 26, 2006 9:53:50 am PDT #5818 of 10001
For values of "program" which include "make the triangle thing which for some reason was called a turtle move three inches to the left"
Me too!
Liese S. - Oct 26, 2006 9:55:00 am PDT #5819 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
sarameg's angry cardinal is cracking me up. Do you think he brought the surplus chick cardinals to lure the rival cardinal out of his shiny palace?
C64, baybee! But I did give it away, eventually, to another geek who would treasure it and revere it and program it in BASIC. For a while we were a veritable museum of pc progress and owned one in every stage. But since then, the revolution came, and we've gradually pawned off all our gear on eager, unsuspecting relatives who wanted on this highway thingie they'd all heard about.
Of course, they had the last laugh, because now the extent of our relationship with said relatives is that we receive their service calls.
Dana - Oct 26, 2006 9:56:27 am PDT #5820 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Does Mike think he'll be able to sell it as an antique some day?
No, I think it's "I still have programs that work on it!"
The Windows 3.1 machine and Windows 95 machine are in our bedroom.
Jesse - Oct 26, 2006 9:56:46 am PDT #5821 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
(For values of "program" which include "make the triangle thing which for some reason was called a turtle move three inches to the left")
I could totally make a square! I rule at programming.
sarameg - Oct 26, 2006 9:58:14 am PDT #5822 of 10001
Do you think he brought the surplus chick cardinals to lure the rival cardinal out of his shiny palace?
Hee! He's certainly more secure in his,um...redness than he was in earlier seasons. Less unrestricted flinging rage and more deadly intent. In other words, he's not flinging himself quite as incessantly and violently at the window, but he's glaring at it and pecking a lot more.
§ ita § - Oct 26, 2006 10:07:14 am PDT #5823 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It was called a turtle because that's what the robot looked like. When my team won the London finals of the British Computing in Schools competition, a turtle robot was our prize. It had a long ribbon cable as tether, and you set it down in the middle of the floor on a piece of paper, and threw your Logo at it.
shrift - Oct 26, 2006 10:07:15 am PDT #5824 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
No, I think it's "I still have programs that work on it!"
Dude. I don't even remember what programs ran on the IIe. I will admit to owning a Windows 95 machine for the "but -- file compatibility!" reason, although it's sitting in my parents' basement right now.
Maybe you should make a deal that he gets to keep the IIe if you get a TiVo in return.
Dana - Oct 26, 2006 10:08:32 am PDT #5825 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I don't even remember what programs ran on the IIe.
Frogger. Some early version of Wolfenstein. I don't remember what else, since I haven't tried to make him get rid of it for a while.
§ ita § - Oct 26, 2006 10:12:37 am PDT #5826 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Was there no new Unit this week?