I was a long-time Compuserve user. They got way too expensive, so I left them for earthlink.
Now I have no use for earthlink.
And almost sixty-five percent of that was actual compliment. Is that a personal best?
Xander ,'End of Days'
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le nubian - May 23, 2008 7:30:54 am PDT #6378 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Sean K - May 23, 2008 7:31:17 am PDT #6379 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Serial:
I recommend setting your toolbars just the way you want them, and then locking the toolbars. This will prevent accidental repositioning, which is ridiculously easy to do.
§ ita § - May 23, 2008 8:22:03 am PDT #6380 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sometimes I think the internet is too easy and I miss Compuserve and some of the archaic gyrations I'd have to go through to read newsgroups from my little stealth modem in my work PC. Ah, sweet fidonet and your brethren.
DCJensen - May 23, 2008 12:01:46 pm PDT #6381 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
Ah, sweet fidonet and your brethren.
Ah yes, Fidonet. I remember thinking that WWIV message boarding was more user-friendly than others, and had a gate to Fidonet to boot. Also sending UUCP email with bang paths. Those were the days...
...of stone knives and bearskins.
Typo Boy - May 23, 2008 12:59:40 pm PDT #6382 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Ah if we are talking walking uphill both ways:
I once worked on a VAX with 1 meg of RAM...
shared with 250 other users...
... and accessed over 9.6Kbaud modem via a VT100 terminal (not an emulator, an actual VT100)...
I'm not saying that can't be beaten. I'm sure there are a substantial number of Buffista s who have used slide rules and abacuses.
§ ita § - May 23, 2008 1:22:40 pm PDT #6383 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm not saying that can't be beaten. I'm sure there are a substantial number of Buffista s who have used slide rules and abacuses.
Dude. Chisenbop.
Laga - May 23, 2008 2:18:03 pm PDT #6384 of 25501
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I know chisenbop!
Theodosia - May 23, 2008 3:50:25 pm PDT #6385 of 25501
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
We learned slide rules in high school. I am sooooo old.
Rob - May 23, 2008 5:16:27 pm PDT #6386 of 25501
How about an Atari 800 over an 300 baud acoustic coupler to an IBM 3081D shared by a couple of hundred people? I think your VAX trumps my IBM but I did have to shove the handset into the coupler. Good thing they were all the same shape back in those days.
DCJensen - May 23, 2008 5:20:16 pm PDT #6387 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
I have a 110 baud acoustic coupler, made from a Heathkit I think, in my garage.
I may bring it to the FTF.