I used to go to stores and write programs on Commodore 64s. Then I'd run the program, walk away and watch from a distance. The screen would say, "DO NOT PRESS ANY KEY." Then when someone did press a key, the screen would start flashing all sorts of colors while this hideous, siren-like wailing would blast from it.
Well, lady, I must say-- You're my kinda stupid.
Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."
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tommyrot - Apr 12, 2007 9:22:50 am PDT #1282 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Sean K - Apr 12, 2007 9:23:46 am PDT #1283 of 25496
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
(Also, as an educational technology nerd, I just love that your da was doing the stuff back then.)
Oh me too. It didn't quite register that early on, but by 1990 or so, I had really clued in to just how important my dad's work was, and how far thinking he was (and still is) trying to be. I'm very, very proud of him.
Gudanov - Apr 12, 2007 9:25:51 am PDT #1284 of 25496
Coding and Sleeping
One of my games was a fencing game. There were people (well blocks) with swords (rectangles) facing off. You had to stick the computer controlled block while not getting stuck. The 'AI' mostly was a lot of jerking around randomly like the computer player was have a seizure.
Sean K - Apr 12, 2007 9:26:12 am PDT #1285 of 25496
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Also, we had a Mac from one of the first batches released, by Fall of '84, due to the partnerships Apple cultivated with educational institutions around the country.
Also also, tommyrot was a punk-ass kid.
Kevin - Apr 12, 2007 9:44:37 am PDT #1286 of 25496
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
I worked out the eject thing finally (it wasn't working when I got home). After much prodding, I realised the DVD was on the floor. It turns out I left a program open overnight which ejected the DVD, which fell out the machine and bounced down the back of the table.
JohnSweden - Apr 12, 2007 10:07:48 am PDT #1287 of 25496
I can't even.
Huh. So the tech would close that Help request off, noting ESO?
Equipment Superior to Operator.
You'll get used to it. Macs is smarter than peoples. That's why I switched to pcs as I got older. Couldn't stand the competition.
NoiseDesign - Apr 12, 2007 10:09:36 am PDT #1288 of 25496
Our wings are not tired
I remember having two monitors for my Apple II like the article says, one for color and another black and white one so that I could read 80 column text.
Kevin - Apr 12, 2007 12:43:35 pm PDT #1289 of 25496
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Anybody got any preferences on IRC programs for Macs?
aurelia - Apr 12, 2007 12:49:56 pm PDT #1290 of 25496
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Does anyone have opinions on/experience with this camera?
• 10.0MP for Extreme Cropping and Poster-Size Prints; 2.5 " LCD Screen Size
• Lens-Focus Features: Manual Focus, Auto Focus
• Operational Modes: Shutter Priority AE, Aperture Priority AE
• White Balance: Shade, Cloudy, Flash, Automatic, Custom, Manual, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Daylight for Adjusting Light
These are the features that I'm really looking at. Esp. the white balance.
NoiseDesign - Apr 12, 2007 12:52:48 pm PDT #1291 of 25496
Our wings are not tired
I own that camera and love it. It takes really good low light shots.