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Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."

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Gudanov - May 23, 2008 5:21:45 am PDT #6361 of 25501

Coding and Sleeping

With memorial day coming up you might want to check Best Buy and/or Circuit City ads. They may have a pretty good sale going for the holiday.

I have a cheap Toshiba laptop with 1GB of ram and it does fine for basic stuff like surfing and office apps. I had intended to upgrade to 2GB right away since memory doesn't cost much, but I just didn't need to. It has Vista home premium.

Consuela - May 23, 2008 6:42:24 am PDT #6362 of 25501

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I didn't own a computer until I was 25, but when I was in junior high I programmed in Basic, in yellow tape on a computer without a monitor. Just the yellow tape.

Gudanov - May 23, 2008 6:46:52 am PDT #6363 of 25501

Coding and Sleeping

My first computer was a Atari 400, 16KB and a cassette drive. Awful keyboard, but a good computer.

tommyrot - May 23, 2008 6:50:04 am PDT #6364 of 25501

Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Speaking of retro: Last Night We Exchanged Letters With Mom, Then Had A Party For Eleven People In Nine Different States And Only Had To Wash One Glass… (ad from 1983)

That’s CompuServe, The Personal Communications Network For Every Computer Owner

And it doesn’t matter what kind of computer you own. You’ll use CompuServe’s Electronic Mail system (we call it Email™) to compose, edit and send letters to friends or business associates. The system delivers any number of messages to other users anywhere in North America.

CompuServe’s multi-channel CB simulator brings distant friends together and gets new friendships started. You can even use a scrambler if you have a secret you don’t want to share. Special interest groups meet regularly to trade information on hardware, software and hobbies from photography to cooking and you can sell, swap and post personal notices on the bulletin board.

Compuserve abandoned the trademark on the term "email" in 1984....

§ ita § - May 23, 2008 6:51:34 am PDT #6365 of 25501

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

"we call it Email™" I love it! It's darling!

amych - May 23, 2008 6:51:58 am PDT #6366 of 25501

Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

CB simulator! I really wish they'd kept calling it that.

Sean K - May 23, 2008 6:53:13 am PDT #6367 of 25501

You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

"we call it Email™" I love it! It's darling!

And you can use it to send a message to anyone in North America! Holy cow!

Glamcookie - May 23, 2008 6:57:53 am PDT #6368 of 25501

I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

I seem to have somehow lost the Excel toolbar that you can change text in (i.e. you already have text in a cell and need to insert more text). I'm on a Mac. Help?

Gudanov - May 23, 2008 7:02:39 am PDT #6369 of 25501

Coding and Sleeping

Is there a 'Formula Bar' option under the 'View' menu? That should be checked to show that UI component.

Glamcookie - May 23, 2008 7:03:10 am PDT #6370 of 25501

I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

Yes, it's checked and appears.

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