Apparently it will make me use my Red Sox's cap to move the mouse and that mouse will appear on my forearms. Futurists bust me up. Keep in mind the computer you are looking at is structured 90% like one in a basement in California from 1973 - but for that speed thing.
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Robert - December 7, 2004 10:44 AM
Hey! I know that thing in your basement. Sure, architectually it's the same as what we use today but, software-wise, erm..., well... that's an Alto, huh? I guess that's the same too.
Did I ever tell you I met Doug Englebart here in Rochester?
Alan - December 7, 2004 11:21 AM
Doesn't the Alto also have the drop down menu interface that Apple ripped off and which Windows then ripped off?
Robert - December 7, 2004 12:38 PM
That'd be the one! Complete with Doug's mouse et al.
Alan - December 7, 2004 1:02 PM
I know the geeks would say otherwise, but doesn't it strike you sometimes that there has not been any thing new since 1980 or 1984, just a scaling of speed and volume? Banks machines are the thing that really changed life as far as I can tell. I mean before I got a computer and an internet line, I sent 5 letters a week and spent 150 bucks a month on long distance. The only difference is I actually knew the people I communicated with.
alfons - December 7, 2004 2:33 PM
<p style="border: 1px dotted rgb(102, 102, 102); margin: 30px 20px 20px; padding: 0.5em; width: 66%;">there has not been any thing new since 1980 or 1984</p>
Yes, and can you imagine that we used to upgrade to new machines every two years - and for what?
Wing Commander 1-4? Half-Life 2?
alfons - December 7, 2004 2:38 PM
A co-worker used to say something like this:
"The difference is that in the early days, waiting for a single keyboard press, wasted several CPU cycles, whereas it now wastes billions of CPU cycles."
I can definitely see a use for those distributed networking screensavers.
Because over time we've been doing lots of more of nothing with PCs. :-)
Alan - December 7, 2004 2:43 PM
What is exactly on my PC here at work? I use all the networked applications and store files off the C drive for the most part. 32 of 37 GB is free space. I wish I could lease that out in exchange for a week at a cottage near a lake.
portland - December 7, 2004 4:30 PM
i want my jet pack. they can have the MTV back.
Alan - December 7, 2004 4:57 PM
Food in tubes.
Arthur - December 7, 2004 9:57 PM
<p style="vertical-align: middle;background-color: #FF9999;color: #990000;border-bottom-width: 1px;border-bottom-style: solid;border-bottom-color: #6699CC;padding-top: 3px;padding-bottom: 3px;">Wing Commander 1-4? Half-Life 2?</p>
<p>I confess. I'm quilty as charged.
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