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"Doc Smartass" |
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21 Apr 2005 05:24:19 PM |
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Geek points! |
Now I can proudly add a few geek points to my tally: I got an iPod Mini a
few days ago, which should count for something as it is. But the major
points should go to making it work with an unsupported operating system
(Apple decided to require Windows 2000 or XP or Mac OSX)--namely Win 98SE.
Is there a list of Geek Points somewhere? ;p
--
Dr. Smartass -- BAAWA Knight of Heckling -- a.a. #1939
Never use a weapon you don't like the taste of.
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| User: "Jeremy Martin" |
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| Title: Re: Geek points! |
22 Apr 2005 09:34:20 AM |
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(Doc Smartass <gekiskivviesdo@astroboyskivviesmail.com>):
Now I can proudly add a few geek points to my tally: I got an iPod Mini a
few days ago, which should count for something as it is. But the major
points should go to making it work with an unsupported operating system
(Apple decided to require Windows 2000 or XP or Mac OSX)--namely Win 98SE.
Is there a list of Geek Points somewhere? ;p
The iPod minis are very nice. I've had an iPod for a long time
now, and I've been loving it. I changed the battery in it
yesterday, so I scored geek points for that.
--
Jeremy Martin
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| User: "Doc Smartass" |
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| Title: Re: Geek points! |
22 Apr 2005 09:51:37 PM |
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Jeremy Martin <harhar@pirates-ahoy.com> wrote in
news:cq2i6157aoshbg80haotft4f33vqujs4im@4ax.com:
(Doc Smartass <gekiskivviesdo@astroboyskivviesmail.com>):
Now I can proudly add a few geek points to my tally: I got an iPod
Mini a few days ago, which should count for something as it is. But
the major points should go to making it work with an unsupported
operating system (Apple decided to require Windows 2000 or XP or Mac
OSX)--namely Win 98SE.
Is there a list of Geek Points somewhere? ;p
The iPod minis are very nice. I've had an iPod for a long time
now, and I've been loving it. I changed the battery in it
yesterday, so I scored geek points for that.
How long did the old battery last?
--
Dr. Smartass -- BAAWA Knight of Heckling -- a.a. #1939
Never use a weapon you don't like the taste of.
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| User: "Jeremy Martin" |
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| Title: Re: Geek points! |
23 Apr 2005 08:58:15 AM |
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(Doc Smartass <gekiskivviesdo@astroboyskivviesmail.com>):
Jeremy Martin <harhar@pirates-ahoy.com> wrote in
news:cq2i6157aoshbg80haotft4f33vqujs4im@4ax.com:
(Doc Smartass <gekiskivviesdo@astroboyskivviesmail.com>):
Now I can proudly add a few geek points to my tally: I got an iPod
Mini a few days ago, which should count for something as it is. But
the major points should go to making it work with an unsupported
operating system (Apple decided to require Windows 2000 or XP or Mac
OSX)--namely Win 98SE.
Is there a list of Geek Points somewhere? ;p
The iPod minis are very nice. I've had an iPod for a long time
now, and I've been loving it. I changed the battery in it
yesterday, so I scored geek points for that.
How long did the old battery last?
Oh, it's still good. It's just that with lithium ion and lithium
polymer batteries, they have a lifetime on them to where they
won't play as long. I bought my iPod in October of 2003, and
before I replaced the battery earlier this week, it would still
go for around four hours.
--
Jeremy Martin
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| User: "Doc Smartass" |
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| Title: Re: Geek points! |
23 Apr 2005 09:26:12 PM |
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Jeremy Martin <harhar@pirates-ahoy.com> wrote in
news:v0lk61h4q6e4erg0gu2pvo5hugbjabm4nd@4ax.com:
(Doc Smartass <gekiskivviesdo@astroboyskivviesmail.com>):
How long did the old battery last?
Oh, it's still good. It's just that with lithium ion and lithium
polymer batteries, they have a lifetime on them to where they
won't play as long. I bought my iPod in October of 2003, and
before I replaced the battery earlier this week, it would still
go for around four hours.
Apple and other sources have mentioned an 18-month battery life cycle; too
bad for Apple that I will be getting my replacements from third-party
sources :)
--
Dr. Smartass -- BAAWA Knight of Heckling -- a.a. #1939
Never use a weapon you don't like the taste of.
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| User: "Jeremy Martin" |
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| Title: Re: Geek points! |
24 Apr 2005 09:07:28 PM |
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(Doc Smartass <gekiskivviesdo@astroboyskivviesmail.com>):
Jeremy Martin <harhar@pirates-ahoy.com> wrote in
news:v0lk61h4q6e4erg0gu2pvo5hugbjabm4nd@4ax.com:
(Doc Smartass <gekiskivviesdo@astroboyskivviesmail.com>):
How long did the old battery last?
Oh, it's still good. It's just that with lithium ion and lithium
polymer batteries, they have a lifetime on them to where they
won't play as long. I bought my iPod in October of 2003, and
before I replaced the battery earlier this week, it would still
go for around four hours.
Apple and other sources have mentioned an 18-month battery life cycle; too
bad for Apple that I will be getting my replacements from third-party
sources :)
That's the typical battery life of lithium ion/polymer batteries,
so it's not just an Apple thing.
And I went third-party as well. $30 compared to $100? Pfft.
--
Jeremy Martin
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| User: "Doc Smartass" |
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| Title: Re: Geek points! |
24 Apr 2005 11:49:59 PM |
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Jeremy Martin <harhar@pirates-ahoy.com> wrote in
news:63ko61tfufbpmoga9f75e7qr1epnuo8s3o@4ax.com:
(Doc Smartass <gekiskivviesdo@astroboyskivviesmail.com>):
Jeremy Martin <harhar@pirates-ahoy.com> wrote in
news:v0lk61h4q6e4erg0gu2pvo5hugbjabm4nd@4ax.com:
(Doc Smartass <gekiskivviesdo@astroboyskivviesmail.com>):
How long did the old battery last?
Oh, it's still good. It's just that with lithium ion and lithium
polymer batteries, they have a lifetime on them to where they
won't play as long. I bought my iPod in October of 2003, and
before I replaced the battery earlier this week, it would still
go for around four hours.
Apple and other sources have mentioned an 18-month battery life cycle;
too bad for Apple that I will be getting my replacements from
third-party sources :)
That's the typical battery life of lithium ion/polymer batteries,
so it's not just an Apple thing.
They're pretty popular these days in radio-controlled electric planes, from
what I've seen. I didn't put them in mine because of the price.
Still haven't finished that damn plane. :p
--
Dr. Smartass -- BAAWA Knight of Heckling -- a.a. #1939
Tesserasshole: When someone is such an ***** that he stretches into the
Fourth Dimension. (D. C. Davis)
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| User: "Enkidu the Atheist" |
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| Title: Re: Geek points! |
21 Apr 2005 05:31:42 PM |
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Doc Smartass <gekiskivviesdo@astroboyskivviesmail.com> wrote in
news:Xns963FB21DE4084askifyouwantit@216.77.188.18:
Now I can proudly add a few geek points to my tally: I got an iPod
Mini a few days ago, which should count for something as it is. But
the major points should go to making it work with an unsupported
operating system (Apple decided to require Windows 2000 or XP or Mac
OSX)--namely Win 98SE.
Is there a list of Geek Points somewhere? ;p
Come back when you've made it work with an IBM 360.
--
Enkidu AA#2165
EAC Chaplin and ordained minister,
ULC, Modesto, CA
"Humanity without religion is like a serial killer without a chainsaw."
-- unknown
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| User: "Doc Smartass" |
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| Title: Re: Geek points! |
21 Apr 2005 10:38:20 PM |
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Enkidu the Atheist <Enkidu.the.Atheist@gmail.com> wrote in
news:Xns963F9E0BE4D97255229@130.133.1.4:
Doc Smartass <gekiskivviesdo@astroboyskivviesmail.com> wrote in
news:Xns963FB21DE4084askifyouwantit@216.77.188.18:
Now I can proudly add a few geek points to my tally: I got an iPod
Mini a few days ago, which should count for something as it is. But
the major points should go to making it work with an unsupported
operating system (Apple decided to require Windows 2000 or XP or Mac
OSX)--namely Win 98SE.
Is there a list of Geek Points somewhere? ;p
Come back when you've made it work with an IBM 360.
I don't have a 360 :(
I know I lose points for that--but I do have (in working condition) an
Atari 130XE _and_ a Commodore 64c
My old laptop runs Windows 3.1...my newer one runs Win95. But none of them
has USB :/
--
Dr. Smartass -- BAAWA Knight of Heckling -- a.a. #1939
Never use a weapon you don't like the taste of.
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| User: "Enkidu the Atheist" |
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| Title: Re: Geek points! |
21 Apr 2005 11:11:33 PM |
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Doc Smartass <gekiskivviesdo@astroboyskivviesmail.com> wrote in
news:Xns963FE6ACE8D36askifyouwantit@216.77.188.18:
Enkidu the Atheist <Enkidu.the.Atheist@gmail.com> wrote in
news:Xns963F9E0BE4D97255229@130.133.1.4:
Doc Smartass <gekiskivviesdo@astroboyskivviesmail.com> wrote in
news:Xns963FB21DE4084askifyouwantit@216.77.188.18:
Now I can proudly add a few geek points to my tally: I got an iPod
Mini a few days ago, which should count for something as it is. But
the major points should go to making it work with an unsupported
operating system (Apple decided to require Windows 2000 or XP or Mac
OSX)--namely Win 98SE.
Is there a list of Geek Points somewhere? ;p
Come back when you've made it work with an IBM 360.
I don't have a 360 :(
I know I lose points for that--but I do have (in working condition) an
Atari 130XE _and_ a Commodore 64c
My old laptop runs Windows 3.1...my newer one runs Win95. But none of
them has USB :/
"Runs" Windows 3.1 or walks it? Oh yeah, you win lots of geek points for
the Atari and the Cammodore if they still work!
--
Enkidu AA#2165
EAC Chaplin and ordained minister,
ULC, Modesto, CA
The universal cosmic process was not created by any god or man.
-- Heracletus, On Nature
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| User: "Doc Smartass" |
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| Title: Re: Geek points! |
22 Apr 2005 09:02:21 PM |
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Enkidu the Atheist <Enkidu.the.Atheist@gmail.com> wrote in
news:Xns963FD7AB476CF255229@130.133.1.4:
Doc Smartass <gekiskivviesdo@astroboyskivviesmail.com> wrote in
news:Xns963FE6ACE8D36askifyouwantit@216.77.188.18:
Enkidu the Atheist <Enkidu.the.Atheist@gmail.com> wrote in
news:Xns963F9E0BE4D97255229@130.133.1.4:
Doc Smartass <gekiskivviesdo@astroboyskivviesmail.com> wrote in
news:Xns963FB21DE4084askifyouwantit@216.77.188.18:
Now I can proudly add a few geek points to my tally: I got an iPod
Mini a few days ago, which should count for something as it is. But
the major points should go to making it work with an unsupported
operating system (Apple decided to require Windows 2000 or XP or
Mac OSX)--namely Win 98SE.
Is there a list of Geek Points somewhere? ;p
Come back when you've made it work with an IBM 360.
I don't have a 360 :(
I know I lose points for that--but I do have (in working condition)
an Atari 130XE _and_ a Commodore 64c
My old laptop runs Windows 3.1...my newer one runs Win95. But none of
them has USB :/
"Runs" Windows 3.1 or walks it? Oh yeah, you win lots of geek points
for the Atari and the Cammodore if they still work!
That Win3.1 machine was blazingly fast by my standard in 1998--considering
that I had only recently been using an elderly IBM PC-2 (ca. 1983) since
1988. Imagine my excitement over getting away from 320kb of RAM, 360kb
floppies, and a green mono text-only monitor :)
That one still works, too, assuming my old boot floppies are okay (been
kept in a cool, dark place)
--
Dr. Smartass -- BAAWA Knight of Heckling -- a.a. #1939
Never use a weapon you don't like the taste of.
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| User: "Vic Sagerquist" |
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21 Apr 2005 11:14:08 PM |
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On 21 Apr 2005, Doc Smartass dropped trou, farted, whirled, then shouted:
Come back when you've made it work with an IBM 360.
I don't have a 360 :(
I know I lose points for that--but I do have (in working condition) an
Atari 130XE _and_ a Commodore 64c
I threw my Commodore 64 in the trash a few years ago. The 5 1/4 " floppy
disks that ran on it all warped. I got tired of the games that still
worked, and it wasn't good for anything else. I had the C64 with the
little 6" (approx.) screen. It hurt to throw it away, but there were no
salvageable parts in it.
--
Vic Sagerquist
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
Plonked by Jason Gastrich for all eternity...
______________
As you were, I was. As I am, you will be.
--- Hunter S. Thompson
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| User: "Doc Smartass" |
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22 Apr 2005 09:04:31 PM |
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Vic Sagerquist <address@withheld.com> wrote in
news:Xns963FD83E7D798vicman@216.196.97.136:
On 21 Apr 2005, Doc Smartass dropped trou, farted, whirled, then
shouted:
Come back when you've made it work with an IBM 360.
I don't have a 360 :(
I know I lose points for that--but I do have (in working condition)
an Atari 130XE _and_ a Commodore 64c
I threw my Commodore 64 in the trash a few years ago. The 5 1/4 "
floppy disks that ran on it all warped. I got tired of the games that
still worked, and it wasn't good for anything else. I had the C64
with the little 6" (approx.) screen. It hurt to throw it away, but
there were no salvageable parts in it.
I've considered selling my Commie on e-bay; it was given to me by a
roommate about 10 years ago. I had it up and running a few times, but
quickly got bored when I discovered the Internet and its many pleasures.
--
Dr. Smartass -- BAAWA Knight of Heckling -- a.a. #1939
Never use a weapon you don't like the taste of.
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| User: "Vic Sagerquist" |
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22 Apr 2005 11:10:16 PM |
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On 22 Apr 2005, Doc Smartass dropped trou, farted, whirled, then
shouted:
Vic Sagerquist <address@withheld.com> wrote in
news:Xns963FD83E7D798vicman@216.196.97.136:
On 21 Apr 2005, Doc Smartass dropped trou, farted, whirled, then
shouted:
Come back when you've made it work with an IBM 360.
I don't have a 360 :(
I know I lose points for that--but I do have (in working condition)
an Atari 130XE _and_ a Commodore 64c
I threw my Commodore 64 in the trash a few years ago. The 5 1/4 "
floppy disks that ran on it all warped. I got tired of the games
that still worked, and it wasn't good for anything else. I had the
C64 with the little 6" (approx.) screen. It hurt to throw it away,
but there were no salvageable parts in it.
I've considered selling my Commie on e-bay; it was given to me by a
roommate about 10 years ago. I had it up and running a few times, but
quickly got bored when I discovered the Internet and its many
pleasures.
My first "real" computer was a Commodore IBM clone 286. It had two 20
MB hard drives. I thought I'd never fill up those suckers.
--
Vic Sagerquist
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
Plonked by Jason Gastrich for all eternity...
______________
As you were, I was. As I am, you will be.
--- Hunter S. Thompson
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| User: "Doc Smartass" |
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| Title: Re: Geek points! |
23 Apr 2005 09:21:40 PM |
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Vic Sagerquist <address@withheld.com> wrote in
news:Xns9640D7972B7C8vicman@216.196.97.136:
On 22 Apr 2005, Doc Smartass dropped trou, farted, whirled, then
shouted:
Vic Sagerquist <address@withheld.com> wrote in
news:Xns963FD83E7D798vicman@216.196.97.136:
On 21 Apr 2005, Doc Smartass dropped trou, farted, whirled, then
shouted:
Come back when you've made it work with an IBM 360.
I don't have a 360 :(
I know I lose points for that--but I do have (in working condition)
an Atari 130XE _and_ a Commodore 64c
I threw my Commodore 64 in the trash a few years ago. The 5 1/4 "
floppy disks that ran on it all warped. I got tired of the games
that still worked, and it wasn't good for anything else. I had the
C64 with the little 6" (approx.) screen. It hurt to throw it away,
but there were no salvageable parts in it.
I've considered selling my Commie on e-bay; it was given to me by a
roommate about 10 years ago. I had it up and running a few times, but
quickly got bored when I discovered the Internet and its many
pleasures.
My first "real" computer was a Commodore IBM clone 286. It had two 20
MB hard drives. I thought I'd never fill up those suckers.
Remember when 64kb of RAM and 16 colors was amazing?
....when "Pitfall!" was Pretty Hot Stuff?
Now an 80-gig hard drive is pretty small stuff, my old Samsung Yepp mp3
player has "only" 64 mb, and "Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight" looks dated next
to "Jedi Outcast"
--
Dr. Smartass -- BAAWA Knight of Heckling -- a.a. #1939
Never use a weapon you don't like the taste of.
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| User: "Vic Sagerquist" |
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| Title: Re: Geek points! |
23 Apr 2005 09:49:32 PM |
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On 23 Apr 2005, Doc Smartass dropped trou, farted, whirled, then
shouted:
Vic Sagerquist <address@withheld.com> wrote in
news:Xns9640D7972B7C8vicman@216.196.97.136:
On 22 Apr 2005, Doc Smartass dropped trou, farted, whirled, then
shouted:
Vic Sagerquist <address@withheld.com> wrote in
news:Xns963FD83E7D798vicman@216.196.97.136:
On 21 Apr 2005, Doc Smartass dropped trou, farted, whirled, then
shouted:
Come back when you've made it work with an IBM 360.
I don't have a 360 :(
I know I lose points for that--but I do have (in working
condition) an Atari 130XE _and_ a Commodore 64c
I threw my Commodore 64 in the trash a few years ago. The 5 1/4 "
floppy disks that ran on it all warped. I got tired of the games
that still worked, and it wasn't good for anything else. I had the
C64 with the little 6" (approx.) screen. It hurt to throw it away,
but there were no salvageable parts in it.
I've considered selling my Commie on e-bay; it was given to me by a
roommate about 10 years ago. I had it up and running a few times,
but quickly got bored when I discovered the Internet and its many
pleasures.
My first "real" computer was a Commodore IBM clone 286. It had two
20 MB hard drives. I thought I'd never fill up those suckers.
Remember when 64kb of RAM and 16 colors was amazing?
...when "Pitfall!" was Pretty Hot Stuff?
I had that on the Atari game system. Fun.
Now an 80-gig hard drive is pretty small stuff, my old Samsung Yepp
mp3 player has "only" 64 mb, and "Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight" looks
dated next to "Jedi Outcast"
I remember programming music on my C64. It had three voices, and you
could choose between sine wave, ramp wave and sawtooth wave. I wrote a
little 3-voice ditty and spent three hours getting about 15 seconds of
music out of it.
Now I pull up Sibelius, write the ditty on three music staves, assign
them to very real sounding soundfonts, and play. Five minutes tops.
--
Vic Sagerquist
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
Plonked by Jason Gastrich for all eternity...
______________
As you were, I was. As I am, you will be.
--- Hunter S. Thompson
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| User: "Fred Stone" |
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| Title: Re: Geek points! |
24 Apr 2005 01:52:04 PM |
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Vic Sagerquist <address@withheld.com> wrote in
news:Xns9641C9E76C4D8vicman@216.196.97.136:
On 23 Apr 2005, Doc Smartass dropped trou, farted, whirled, then
shouted:
Vic Sagerquist <address@withheld.com> wrote in
news:Xns9640D7972B7C8vicman@216.196.97.136:
On 22 Apr 2005, Doc Smartass dropped trou, farted, whirled, then
shouted:
Vic Sagerquist <address@withheld.com> wrote in
news:Xns963FD83E7D798vicman@216.196.97.136:
On 21 Apr 2005, Doc Smartass dropped trou, farted, whirled, then
shouted:
Come back when you've made it work with an IBM 360.
I don't have a 360 :(
I know I lose points for that--but I do have (in working
condition) an Atari 130XE _and_ a Commodore 64c
I threw my Commodore 64 in the trash a few years ago. The 5 1/4 "
floppy disks that ran on it all warped. I got tired of the games
that still worked, and it wasn't good for anything else. I had
the C64 with the little 6" (approx.) screen. It hurt to throw it
away, but there were no salvageable parts in it.
I've considered selling my Commie on e-bay; it was given to me by a
roommate about 10 years ago. I had it up and running a few times,
but quickly got bored when I discovered the Internet and its many
pleasures.
My first "real" computer was a Commodore IBM clone 286. It had two
20 MB hard drives. I thought I'd never fill up those suckers.
Remember when 64kb of RAM and 16 colors was amazing?
...when "Pitfall!" was Pretty Hot Stuff?
I had that on the Atari game system. Fun.
Now an 80-gig hard drive is pretty small stuff, my old Samsung Yepp
mp3 player has "only" 64 mb, and "Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight" looks
dated next to "Jedi Outcast"
I remember programming music on my C64. It had three voices, and you
could choose between sine wave, ramp wave and sawtooth wave. I wrote
a little 3-voice ditty and spent three hours getting about 15 seconds
of music out of it.
Oh, my. I had an Ohio Scientific 6502 machine and built a D/A converter
for it, then programmed a four-voice sample-synth based on a BYTE
article. I even got a tuning fork to "tune" the synth timing. IIRC the
sample rate was around 6 khz and 8-bits of D/A converter. No buffering
and all the timing was done in code so the output was a bit choppy but
sounded surprisingly good, considering.
Now I pull up Sibelius, write the ditty on three music staves, assign
them to very real sounding soundfonts, and play. Five minutes tops.
Now I have MusicWorks and can do whole *symphonies* if I want to spend
the time mousing in all those notes...
--
Fred Stone
aa# 1369
"You know you're over the target when you start receiving flak."
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| User: "Vic Sagerquist" |
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| Title: Re: Geek points! |
24 Apr 2005 02:34:12 PM |
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On 24 Apr 2005, Fred Stone dropped trou, farted, whirled, then shouted:
Vic Sagerquist <address@withheld.com> wrote in
news:Xns9641C9E76C4D8vicman@216.196.97.136:
On 23 Apr 2005, Doc Smartass dropped trou, farted, whirled, then
shouted:
Vic Sagerquist <address@withheld.com> wrote in
news:Xns9640D7972B7C8vicman@216.196.97.136:
On 22 Apr 2005, Doc Smartass dropped trou, farted, whirled, then
shouted:
Vic Sagerquist <address@withheld.com> wrote in
news:Xns963FD83E7D798vicman@216.196.97.136:
On 21 Apr 2005, Doc Smartass dropped trou, farted, whirled, then
shouted:
Come back when you've made it work with an IBM 360.
I don't have a 360 :(
I know I lose points for that--but I do have (in working
condition) an Atari 130XE _and_ a Commodore 64c
I threw my Commodore 64 in the trash a few years ago. The 5 1/4 "
floppy disks that ran on it all warped. I got tired of the games
that still worked, and it wasn't good for anything else. I had
the C64 with the little 6" (approx.) screen. It hurt to throw it
away, but there were no salvageable parts in it.
I've considered selling my Commie on e-bay; it was given to me by a
roommate about 10 years ago. I had it up and running a few times,
but quickly got bored when I discovered the Internet and its many
pleasures.
My first "real" computer was a Commodore IBM clone 286. It had two
20 MB hard drives. I thought I'd never fill up those suckers.
Remember when 64kb of RAM and 16 colors was amazing?
...when "Pitfall!" was Pretty Hot Stuff?
I had that on the Atari game system. Fun.
Now an 80-gig hard drive is pretty small stuff, my old Samsung Yepp
mp3 player has "only" 64 mb, and "Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight" looks
dated next to "Jedi Outcast"
I remember programming music on my C64. It had three voices, and you
could choose between sine wave, ramp wave and sawtooth wave. I wrote
a little 3-voice ditty and spent three hours getting about 15 seconds
of music out of it.
Oh, my. I had an Ohio Scientific 6502 machine and built a D/A converter
for it, then programmed a four-voice sample-synth based on a BYTE
article. I even got a tuning fork to "tune" the synth timing. IIRC the
sample rate was around 6 khz and 8-bits of D/A converter. No buffering
and all the timing was done in code so the output was a bit choppy but
sounded surprisingly good, considering.
Now I pull up Sibelius, write the ditty on three music staves, assign
them to very real sounding soundfonts, and play. Five minutes tops.
Now I have MusicWorks and can do whole *symphonies* if I want to spend
the time mousing in all those notes...
I do about 50% note entry with a MIDI keyboard, 25% with the mouse and the
rest is copy / paste / transpose. I wrote a 31 minute piano concerto that
way - it took me about a month on and off.
--
Vic Sagerquist
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
Plonked by Jason Gastrich for all eternity...
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As you were, I was. As I am, you will be.
--- Hunter S. Thompson
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23 Apr 2005 10:41:31 PM |
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Vic Sagerquist <address@withheld.com> wrote in
news:Xns9641C9E76C4D8vicman@216.196.97.136:
On 23 Apr 2005, Doc Smartass dropped trou, farted, whirled, then
shouted:
Vic Sagerquist <address@withheld.com> wrote in
news:Xns9640D7972B7C8vicman@216.196.97.136:
On 22 Apr 2005, Doc Smartass dropped trou, farted, whirled, then
shouted:
Vic Sagerquist <address@withheld.com> wrote in
news:Xns963FD83E7D798vicman@216.196.97.136:
On 21 Apr 2005, Doc Smartass dropped trou, farted, whirled, then
shouted:
Come back when you've made it work with an IBM 360.
I don't have a 360 :(
I know I lose points for that--but I do have (in working
condition) an Atari 130XE _and_ a Commodore 64c
I threw my Commodore 64 in the trash a few years ago. The 5 1/4 "
floppy disks that ran on it all warped. I got tired of the games
that still worked, and it wasn't good for anything else. I had the
C64 with the little 6" (approx.) screen. It hurt to throw it away,
but there were no salvageable parts in it.
I've considered selling my Commie on e-bay; it was given to me by a
roommate about 10 years ago. I had it up and running a few times,
but quickly got bored when I discovered the Internet and its many
pleasures.
My first "real" computer was a Commodore IBM clone 286. It had two
20 MB hard drives. I thought I'd never fill up those suckers.
Remember when 64kb of RAM and 16 colors was amazing?
...when "Pitfall!" was Pretty Hot Stuff?
I had that on the Atari game system. Fun.
Now an 80-gig hard drive is pretty small stuff, my old Samsung Yepp
mp3 player has "only" 64 mb, and "Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight" looks
dated next to "Jedi Outcast"
I remember programming music on my C64. It had three voices, and you
could choose between sine wave, ramp wave and sawtooth wave. I wrote a
little 3-voice ditty and spent three hours getting about 15 seconds of
music out of it.
I had something like that for the Atari; I spent 12-plus hours doing the
"Airwolf" theme in 4 voices--you had to type each note in in some messed-up
format like C4e. for a 4th-octave C, dotted-eighth. I loved it! I did
several songs that way--"La Villa Strangiato" and "YYZ", the Main Title
theme from "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" (I ripped off Horner! Hah!),
and some others. I think I have them all on tape...I oughta rip them to
MP3's just for the hell of it.
Now I pull up Sibelius, write the ditty on three music staves, assign
them to very real sounding soundfonts, and play. Five minutes tops.
I've got a friend who used to use that to arrange Swing songs for each of
the band members, all in a few minutes. Pretty cool!
--
Dr. Smartass -- BAAWA Knight of Heckling -- a.a. #1939
Tesserasshole: When someone is such an ***** that he stretches into the
Fourth Dimension. (D. C. Davis)
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| User: "Mike Painter" |
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23 Apr 2005 11:50:58 PM |
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Doc Smartass wrote:
Newbies.
1961
My first PC was an IBM 1620 with a big selectric typewriter (not the ball
type) and paper tape I/O. Flashing lights, switches and buttons.
It came with 20,000 "core storage positions" It took one for a number and
two for a character. I could check out a key and it would be mine all night
long.
It was still in use years later when I went back and finished up. It had a
card reader and an 18 inch or so hard drive.
We actually programmed some early and very simple CAD stuff on it.
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24 Apr 2005 04:31:17 PM |
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"Mike Painter" <mddotpainter@sbcglobal.net> wrote in
news:SAFae.3743$zX7.1575@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com:
Doc Smartass wrote:
Newbies.
1961
My first PC was an IBM 1620 with a big selectric typewriter (not the
ball type) and paper tape I/O. Flashing lights, switches and buttons.
It came with 20,000 "core storage positions" It took one for a number
and two for a character. I could check out a key and it would be mine
all night long.
It was still in use years later when I went back and finished up. It
had a card reader and an 18 inch or so hard drive.
We actually programmed some early and very simple CAD stuff on it.
You win =)
--
Dr. Smartass -- BAAWA Knight of Heckling -- a.a. #1939
Tesserasshole: When someone is such an ***** that he stretches into the
Fourth Dimension. (D. C. Davis)
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| User: "Jez" |
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24 Apr 2005 08:37:58 AM |
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Vic Sagerquist wrote:
On 23 Apr 2005, Doc Smartass dropped trou, farted, whirled, then
shouted:
Vic Sagerquist <address@withheld.com> wrote in
news:Xns9640D7972B7C8vicman@216.196.97.136:
On 22 Apr 2005, Doc Smartass dropped trou, farted, whirled, then
shouted:
Vic Sagerquist <address@withheld.com> wrote in
news:Xns963FD83E7D798vicman@216.196.97.136:
On 21 Apr 2005, Doc Smartass dropped trou, farted, whirled, then
shouted:
Come back when you've made it work with an IBM 360.
I don't have a 360 :(
I know I lose points for that--but I do have (in working
condition) an Atari 130XE _and_ a Commodore 64c
I threw my Commodore 64 in the trash a few years ago. The 5 1/4 "
floppy disks that ran on it all warped. I got tired of the games
that still worked, and it wasn't good for anything else. I had the
C64 with the little 6" (approx.) screen. It hurt to throw it away,
but there were no salvageable parts in it.
I've considered selling my Commie on e-bay; it was given to me by a
roommate about 10 years ago. I had it up and running a few times,
but quickly got bored when I discovered the Internet and its many
pleasures.
My first "real" computer was a Commodore IBM clone 286. It had two
20 MB hard drives. I thought I'd never fill up those suckers.
Remember when 64kb of RAM and 16 colors was amazing?
...when "Pitfall!" was Pretty Hot Stuff?
I had that on the Atari game system. Fun.
Now an 80-gig hard drive is pretty small stuff, my old Samsung Yepp
mp3 player has "only" 64 mb, and "Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight" looks
dated next to "Jedi Outcast"
I remember programming music on my C64. It had three voices, and you
could choose between sine wave, ramp wave and sawtooth wave. I wrote a
little 3-voice ditty and spent three hours getting about 15 seconds of
music out of it.
Ahh indeed ! Happy memories !
Used to write silly basic programmes to make music.
Got a few tapes of some very odd noises from the C64.
Now I pull up Sibelius, write the ditty on three music staves, assign
them to very real sounding soundfonts, and play. Five minutes tops.
Hmmm, never liked sibelius, I prefer Cubase, but there ya go !
--
Jez, MBA.,
Country Dancing and Advanced Astrology, UBS.
'Realism is seductive because once you have accepted the reasonable
notion that you should base your actions on reality, you are too often
led to accept, without much questioning, someone else's version of what
that reality is. It is a crucial act of independent thinking to be
skeptical of someone else's description of reality.'-
Howard Zinn
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| User: "Mike Painter" |
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24 Apr 2005 01:33:11 PM |
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Jez wrote:
I remember programming music on my C64. It had three voices, and you
could choose between sine wave, ramp wave and sawtooth wave. I
wrote a little 3-voice ditty and spent three hours getting about 15
seconds of music out of it.
Ahh indeed ! Happy memories !
Used to write silly basic programmes to make music.
Got a few tapes of some very odd noises from the C64.
The TRS-80 did not require tape to play music. You could write loops of
code, then place a transistor radio next to it and listen...
So one day I'm working on my stringy floppy drive equipped machine and get a
phone call from a friend at a local hospital. "Are you using your computer
right now?" he asked. I said yes and he asked if I could turn it off for a
few minutes. I did. He called back a few minutes later and asked me to turn
it back on.
Seems there was my computer, then a wall, then the transmitter for the
ambulance service and I was sort of, um, transmitting all over the area.
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| User: "Jos Flachs no x, please" |
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25 Apr 2005 06:45:30 PM |
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On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 02:21:40 GMT, Doc Smartass
<gekiskivviesdo@astroboyskivviesmail.com> wrote:
My first "real" computer was a Commodore IBM clone 286. It had two 20
MB hard drives. I thought I'd never fill up those suckers.
Remember when 64kb of RAM and 16 colors was amazing?
My first box was an Acorn Atom (little elder brother of the BBC
Computer) with .... 4 Kb internal - and that was already an upgrade!!!
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| User: "jwk" |
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26 Apr 2005 09:01:43 AM |
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Doc Smartass wrote:
Now I can proudly add a few geek points to my tally: I got an iPod
Mini a
few days ago, which should count for something as it is. But the
major
points should go to making it work with an unsupported operating
system
(Apple decided to require Windows 2000 or XP or Mac OSX)--namely Win
98SE.
Is there a list of Geek Points somewhere? ;p
You get no Geek points for buying an iPod. It's too common among
non-geeks and it's too expensive. You get Geek points for finding a
cheap alternative and getting your music free through P2P.
jwk
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| User: "Doc Smartass" |
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26 Apr 2005 06:41:15 PM |
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"jwk" <jwkinraleigh@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:1114524103.024814.140480@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:
Doc Smartass wrote:
Now I can proudly add a few geek points to my tally: I got an iPod
Mini a
few days ago, which should count for something as it is. But the
major
points should go to making it work with an unsupported operating
system
(Apple decided to require Windows 2000 or XP or Mac OSX)--namely Win
98SE.
Is there a list of Geek Points somewhere? ;p
You get no Geek points for buying an iPod. It's too common among
non-geeks and it's too expensive. You get Geek points for finding a
cheap alternative and getting your music free through P2P.
I have a cheap alternative--but it's kind of a pain getting the band to
fallow me around at work even if I give them beer ;)
--
Dr. Smartass -- BAAWA Knight of Heckling -- a.a. #1939
Tesserasshole: When someone is such an ***** that he stretches into the
Fourth Dimension. (D. C. Davis)
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| User: "Rev. Karl E. Taylor" |
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22 Apr 2005 08:07:01 AM |
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Doc Smartass wrote:
Now I can proudly add a few geek points to my tally: I got an iPod Mini a
few days ago, which should count for something as it is. But the major
points should go to making it work with an unsupported operating system
(Apple decided to require Windows 2000 or XP or Mac OSX)--namely Win 98SE.
Is there a list of Geek Points somewhere? ;p
The sadness of this, just implodes the mind.
Please, seek help. Contact foil and electricity are a good way to start.
If you keep this up Doc, the next thing you'll be doing is figuring out
how to compile Linux into a micro-kernel that will fit into a car
computer. One day, you are a respected member of the working class, and
the next, you've taken up wearing a pony tail, a scruffy beard, glasses,
and surviving on nothing but coffee, beer, and Doritos.
You're eye sight will fail, your butt will fall out, and your hands will
cramp up. You got to listen to me on this Doc, I know what I'm talking
about.
Don't get sucked into the furry toothed world of technology geekdom.
It's not a pretty place. It's to late for some of us, but you can be
helped.
1. Visit a garage sale near you, and buy a budget 8 track player. All
your music should be played on that.
2. Throw away any computer mags and trade rags you may have. I know
this will be tough, but cold turkey is the best way, trust me.
3. Your computer should never be run for more then 1.5 hours per day.
Just enough time to catch up on your e-mail, and respond to a few news
postings. If it takes longer then that, cut down on the number of
e-mails, you obviously have way to many geeky friends, sending you all
that e-mail.
4. Spend all your money on some big huge television, get every cable or
satellite channel you can get, strip down to your boxers, get a keg of
beer, and watch none stop Jerry Springer for at least 48 hours.
Now, it's not guaranteed to work, but if you follow the above Rx, you
should be cured of your budding geekyness by the end of a week. If you
still feel the urge to be a geek, stronger measures are required, (like
actually ending up on Jerry Springer).
Please, take it from someone that's trapped in this land, stay away,
it's not nice here.
(now if you'll excuse me, two of my four servers are calling, and my
MythTV box needs to be backed up, so I don't delete last nights CSI)
--
There are none more ignorant and useless,
than they that seek answers on their knees,
with their eyes closed.
____________________________________________________________________
Rev. Karl E. Taylor
A.A #1143 PLONKED by Bob
Apostle of Dr. Lao EAC: Virgin Conversion Unit Director
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22 Apr 2005 09:50:56 PM |
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"Rev. Karl E. Taylor" <ktayloraz@getnet.net> wrote in
news:c3anj2-5bv2.ln1@dhcpdns2.ddsoho.com:
Doc Smartass wrote:
Now I can proudly add a few geek points to my tally: I got an iPod
Mini a few days ago, which should count for something as it is. But
the major points should go to making it work with an unsupported
operating system (Apple decided to require Windows 2000 or XP or Mac
OSX)--namely Win 98SE.
Is there a list of Geek Points somewhere? ;p
The sadness of this, just implodes the mind.
Please, seek help. Contact foil and electricity are a good way to
start.
I'd have to build such a device, which would add to my geekness!
If you keep this up Doc, the next thing you'll be doing is figuring
out how to compile Linux into a micro-kernel that will fit into a car
computer. One day, you are a respected member of the working class,
and the next, you've taken up wearing a pony tail, a scruffy beard,
glasses, and surviving on nothing but coffee, beer, and Doritos.
I don't like beer :/
You're eye sight will fail, your butt will fall out, and your hands
will cramp up. You got to listen to me on this Doc, I know what I'm
talking about.
Not my typing hand! No!
Don't get sucked into the furry toothed world of technology geekdom.
It's not a pretty place. It's to late for some of us, but you can be
helped.
"It's too late for me, Son. The Emperor will show you the true nature of
the Force."
Oh *****. Star Wars quotes!
I'm doomed!
1. Visit a garage sale near you, and buy a budget 8 track player.
All your music should be played on that.
Only if I can hook the iPod to it!
2. Throw away any computer mags and trade rags you may have. I know
this will be tough, but cold turkey is the best way, trust me.
Too late; I stripped all my magazines years ago. The "keeper" articles are
neatly filed away by category. See? I'm dooooooomed!
3. Your computer should never be run for more then 1.5 hours per day.
Just enough time to catch up on your e-mail, and respond to a few news
postings. If it takes longer then that, cut down on the number of
e-mails, you obviously have way to many geeky friends, sending you all
that e-mail.
Actually, that's about how much time I'm online anymore, at least on
workdays.
4. Spend all your money on some big huge television, get every cable
or satellite channel you can get, strip down to your boxers, get a keg
of beer, and watch none stop Jerry Springer for at least 48 hours.
No. No beer!
Now, it's not guaranteed to work, but if you follow the above Rx, you
should be cured of your budding geekyness by the end of a week. If
you still feel the urge to be a geek, stronger measures are required,
(like actually ending up on Jerry Springer).
I wore black socks with blue jeans at work yesterday. I've sucessfully rid
myself of all my old calf-length tube socks, though!
I need some Doritos.
Please, take it from someone that's trapped in this land, stay away,
it's not nice here.
(now if you'll excuse me, two of my four servers are calling, and my
MythTV box needs to be backed up, so I don't delete last nights CSI)
--
Dr. Smartass -- BAAWA Knight of Heckling -- a.a. #1939
Never use a weapon you don't like the taste of.
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| User: "J Forbes" |
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22 Apr 2005 01:24:14 AM |
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Doc Smartass wrote:
Now I can proudly add a few geek points to my tally: I got an iPod Mini a
few days ago, which should count for something as it is. But the major
points should go to making it work with an unsupported operating system
(Apple decided to require Windows 2000 or XP or Mac OSX)--namely Win 98SE.
Is there a list of Geek Points somewhere? ;p
http://www.nerdtests.com/ft_nq.php?im
I scored an 82
have fun!
--
Jim
Visit the Selectric Typewriter Museum!
http://www.selectric.org
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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22 Apr 2005 07:06:27 AM |
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In our last episode
<iM0ae.10211$yq6.2052@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>, J Forbes
pirouetted gracefully and with great fanfare proclaimed:
Doc Smartass wrote:
Now I can proudly add a few geek points to my tally: I got an iPod Mini
a few days ago, which should count for something as it is. But the major
points should go to making it work with an unsupported operating system
(Apple decided to require Windows 2000 or XP or Mac OSX)--namely Win
98SE.
Is there a list of Geek Points somewhere? ;p
http://www.nerdtests.com/ft_nq.php?im
Huh. I got a 53.
Guess I still need work to get it lower...
--
Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
Group website at: http://www.alt-atheism.org
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"Religion is regarded by the common people as true,
by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."
-- Seneca the Younger
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| User: "Jez" |
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22 Apr 2005 05:59:30 PM |
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Mark K. Bilbo wrote:
In our last episode
<iM0ae.10211$yq6.2052@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>, J Forbes
pirouetted gracefully and with great fanfare proclaimed:
Doc Smartass wrote:
Now I can proudly add a few geek points to my tally: I got an iPod Mini
a few days ago, which should count for something as it is. But the major
points should go to making it work with an unsupported operating system
(Apple decided to require Windows 2000 or XP or Mac OSX)--namely Win
98SE.
Is there a list of Geek Points somewhere? ;p
http://www.nerdtests.com/ft_nq.php?im
Huh. I got a 53.
Guess I still need work to get it lower...
Huh !
9% scored higher (more nerdy), and
31% scored lower (less nerdy).
What does this mean? Your nerdiness is:
Not nerdy, but definitely not hip.
--
Jez, MBA.,
Country Dancing and Advanced Astrology, UBS.
'Realism is seductive because once you have accepted the reasonable
notion that you should base your actions on reality, you are too often
led to accept, without much questioning, someone else's version of what
that reality is. It is a crucial act of independent thinking to be
skeptical of someone else's description of reality.'-
Howard Zinn
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