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rayondw
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Remind anyone of TV?

Amazing how not very long ago there was no internet. Maybe 10-11 years from now we will be saying something like, "Remember cable internet? That was so slooow. We have 5 gig up/5 gig down."

Didn't they say sort of the same thing when TV was invented? That it would be a learning tool until we got porn. Same thing with the internet.
permalink · 2004-01-18 13:25:20 · Reply to this

Pake
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Re: Remind anyone of TV?

For the most part, a lot of our video codecs, sound codecs, and image file types were helped created to transmit pornography better.
permalink · 2004-01-18 13:34:33 · Reply to this

BIGMIKE
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Re: Remind anyone of TV?

Wat is TV?
permalink · 2004-01-18 20:17:53 · Reply to this

nixen
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said by rayondw See Profile:
Amazing how not very long ago there was no internet.
How long do you consider "not very long"?? It's been around, in one form or another, longer than quite a few members of DSLR have been alive - even me (and I'm just a few days shy of 34). Or, did you simply mean, "the commercial Internet"?

-tom
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"That's only 2 types of people, moron"
permalink · 2004-01-18 15:47:24 · Print · Reply to this
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Re: Remind anyone of TV?

said by nixen See Profile:
said by rayondw See Profile:
Amazing how not very long ago there was no internet.
How long do you consider "not very long"?? It's been around, in one form or another, longer than quite a few members of DSLR have been alive - even me (and I'm just a few days shy of 34). Or, did you simply mean, "the commercial Internet"?

-tom
Dude, get a grip of yourself! plz and make sure to hold some towels as well because we not even in robot age yet. Sheesh, this still sucks.
I expected the future be here now but we're still in prehistoric time. bahahahahaha!
permalink · 2004-01-18 20:57:45 · Print · Reply to this

nixen
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Re: Remind anyone of TV?

said by batmanst See Profile:
Dude, get a grip of yourself! plz and make sure to hold some towels as well because we not even in robot age yet. Sheesh, this still sucks.
I expected the future be here now but we're still in prehistoric time. bahahahahaha!
Ok. Apparently your meds need to be upped...

Care to repeat that in something approaching English?

-tom
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"There are 10 types of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't."
"That's only 2 types of people, moron"
permalink · 2004-01-18 23:05:08 · Print · Reply to this

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Re: Remind anyone of TV?

said by nixen See Profile:
Care to repeat that in something approaching English?
If you check his posts, all he does is troll BBR, don't let him get to you.
permalink · 2004-01-19 02:20:33 · Reply to this

swsamurai
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I think we both know that the meaning was the World Wide Web. The Backbone for the "Internet" was the DARPANET... Which I am sure we all know the meaning of...

How many of us out there remember the good old BBS days? I have fond memories of firing up my 1200bps modem, and reading through all those messages, and downloading greyscale pictures!
permalink · 2004-01-19 14:39:43 · Reply to this

nixen
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said by swsamurai See Profile:
How many of us out there remember the good old BBS days? I have fond memories of firing up my 1200bps modem, and reading through all those messages, and downloading greyscale pictures!
Fmeh... 1200bps: Johnny Come Lately!

Real fun was 300bps acoustic-coupler modems and all you had was ANSI art.

-tom
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"There are 10 types of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't."
"That's only 2 types of people, moron"
permalink · 2004-01-19 16:08:30 · Print · Reply to this

swsamurai
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Re: Remind anyone of TV?

Well, Yeah... I remember those... but I was trying not to date myself there, GrandPa!

Wanna really go back... first "Computer" I worked on used punch cards. You stack them in, write the program, then run them back through to execute the program... this causes more cards to be punched out, you then run those through to get the answer. It was sometimes quicker to pull out the old slide rule. HAHAHA! Now unless you have some stone tablets, I MIGHT have you beat.
permalink · 2004-01-19 17:10:39 · Print · Reply to this

nixen
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said by swsamurai See Profile:

Wanna really go back... first "Computer" I worked on used punch cards. You stack them in, write the program, then run them back through to execute the program... this causes more cards to be punched out, you then run those through to get the answer. It was sometimes quicker to pull out the old slide rule. HAHAHA! Now unless you have some stone tablets, I MIGHT have you beat.
Nah. Oldest system I worked on was the teletype terminals in my school district's high school computer lab. Fortunately, I was in the accelerated learning program when I was using them. So, by the time I actually was in high school, they'd been replaced with Apple ]['s.

-tom
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"There are 10 types of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't."
"That's only 2 types of people, moron"
permalink · 2004-01-19 18:37:58 · Print · Reply to this

swsamurai
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Actually, I am not as old as I make myself sound, I just feel that way. I was about 7 when I would play around with the machines at Taft College, where my Mother went to school, and would sit there and watch her work, then actually started working on them with her.

In High School, I worked on a CCC Mainframe system with about 60 terminals... we also had a smaller lab with a Commodore Pet, PC Jr., and a couple Ataris(computers).

My First home system was a Timex Sinclair 1000, with a tape drive.
permalink · 2004-01-19 19:09:43 · Print · Reply to this

nixen
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said by swsamurai See Profile:
PC Jr., and a couple Ataris(computers).

My First home system was a Timex Sinclair 1000, with a tape drive.
Euw... Membrane keyboards.

-tom
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"There are 10 types of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't."
"That's only 2 types of people, moron"
permalink · 2004-01-19 19:11:16 · Reply to this

LegoPower77
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permalink · 2004-01-25 18:37:13 · Reply to this

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said by swsamurai See Profile:

How many of us out there remember the good old BBS days? I have fond memories of firing up my 1200bps modem, and reading through all those messages, and downloading greyscale pictures!
Ditto use to play Tradewars on a Local BBS almost everyday And i have to say the Message boards were a tuff and i mean Tuff crowd in all sense of the word....
permalink · 2004-01-20 03:06:21 · Print · Reply to this

swsamurai
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Maybe that is why I like this crowd. THese forums are not TOO different than the old message boards! Not as much flaming, but that is fine. I remember that we used to have a local board hopper that went by the name "$.02". Used to start fights about everything. It was fun just to watch this guy rant about absolutely nothing.
permalink · 2004-01-20 11:45:48 · Reply to this
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