See:
http://helmies.org.uk/images/cap_comp.jpg
Then come up with an amusing/apposite caption :)
Bonus points for anyone who can identify the make/model of machine she's
actually using. HINT: this photo was published circa. 1983, and is almost
certainly British.
--
Cheers, Ade.
Be where it's at, B-Racing!
http://b-racing.com
>>Would that be traction or stationary ?
>> Rich Stephenson
>Don't leave out steam engines as in steam locomotives, railroad
equipment...
>Will J
Will,
If you happen to have Dish Network satellite service, I highly recommend
two shows on RFDTV
Classic Tractors and Trains and Locomotives. Nothing like a good dose of
steam to make you feel better.
Rich
>For instance, everyone take Mickey Mouse and do something with it: make a
>new cartoon, introduce new characters based on him, write new stories,
>draw him in porn, etc. If thousands of people did this and disseminated
>it over the web, Disney wouldn't be able to do anything about it but turn
>to the courts. The courts would have a mess on their hands because the
>only recourse would be to shut the internet down. It could force the
>issue. Maybe. It's an idea.
You really think the courts won't try to shut the internet down? Have you
not been following the RIAA and the MPAA's battle over P2P sharing...
that is EXACTLY what you are saying to do. Violate copyright on a massive
scale, and see what they do... the DMCA and other crazy laws are what
they do.
The real solution is for someone to grow a brain, and revise what is
determined as needing a copyright. I personally have no objection to
Disney keeping MM in their control. They still actively develop new stuff
using the character. I think it is quite fair for them to have exclusive
control over MM (and other things). But what needs to be done is revise
copyright, so things that are in use (and REALLY in use) can be
protected, and the rest of the stuff that has been abondoned will go
public domain.
This way, the junk the companies don't actively use or care about, can be
opened up for others to take advantage of, rather than being caught up in
the middle of the wars over the handful of stuff that is still used and
desired to be protected.
And that's all I will say on this about to be wildly out of control topic.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
I'm just putting this out there, because I feel like it.
I got my copy of Michael Nadeau's "Collectible Microcomputers" book in
today. I have to say, I think it is well worth the price. The pictures
alone were worth the $30. I bought mine directly from him (something I
like to do when possible anyway... in the hope that it puts an extra
dollar in the author's pocket)
I spent a solid hour going thru it today at lunch. Just a basic skim over
it (well, ok, an hour's worth of skimming), and I just found it to be a
great memory kick. So many computers that I forgot about that I had at
one point either seen, played with, or heard of. I was also kind of
interested that in my basic scanning, it struck me that an odd number of
small computer companies were from New Jersey... weird (or maybe the NJ
ones just stood out to me more).
I also enjoyed reading the details about how some of these things came
about, and of course, like any junky, just reading the specs on each
computer (and looking at the dates these things were released). It is
mostly a field guide, so if you are looking for a story book, this ain't
it... but if you are looking to see a pretty decent list of computers,
specs on them, and many many pictures of them... ya can't beat it. Think
of it as the computer geek's version of a bird watchers guide book.
Its also just a great book to open at random, and thumb thru. Makes it
good "kill a few minutes waiting" book.
So this is my basic positive review for the book. I just wanted to give
an opinion other than Sellam's. (Nothing against his opinion, but I try
to watch where reviews come from, and when someone says something is
worth buying, and they are also selling that item... I take that into
consideration when I give their review weight).
If anyone hasn't bought it, and was waiting to hear other opinions, well,
you now have mine... I like it... its getting a prized spot in the
magazine holder in my bathroom (yes, that is a good thing... I do all my
best reading on the can).
My wife on the other hand hates it... I have done nothing but whine all
night to her about different computers I now want to track down and get.
She has already threatened to hide the book on me.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Hi Jeffrey et al:
Forgot to empty my mailbox, it filled up and I missed
a few digests; with the previous system I could retrieve
the missed messages, but am apparently too dense to
figure out how with the present system. Help?
mike
Any nitwit can understand computers, and many do.
- Thodor Nelson, Computer Lib & Dream Machines.
I have a bunch of, I believe, XT parts available. For example ISA hard disk
controllers, serial port and parallel port boards and cables available for
trade. Drop me an email it you are looking for something specific.
Thanks Norm
This story just came out:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030116/ap_on_hi_te/unera
sed_hard_drives_10
"So, you think you cleaned all your personal files from that old computer
you got rid of?
Two MIT graduate students suggest you think again.
Over two years, Simson Garfinkel and Abhi Shelat bought 158 used hard drives
at secondhand computer stores and on eBay. Of the 129 drives that
functioned, 69 still had recoverable files on them and 49 contained
"significant personal information" - medical correspondence, love letters,
pornography and 5,000 credit card numbers. One even had a year's worth of
transactions with account numbers from a cash machine in Illinois. "
I expect that more people/companies will resort to smashing the hard drives
of computers they get rid of :(
