Roco Posted January 3, 2007 CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 Guess, we have all said things we would like to forget 1949 "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.", Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science. 1957 "I have travelled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year." The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall. 1968 "But what ... is it good for?" Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM commenting on the microchip. 1977 "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp.. 1991 - June MS-DOS 5.0, PC-DOS 5.0 In order to promote OS/2 Bill Gates took every opportunity after its release to say 'DOS is dead', however the development of DOS 5.0 lead to the permanent dropping of OS/2 development. some interesting computer history on http://trillian.randomstuff.org.uk/~stephen//history/timeline.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted January 3, 2007 CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 So that is our future then Roco? Not quite sure what to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogramjo Posted January 3, 2007 CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 "Mr. Franklin? Ya think this 'lectricity stuff will catch on?" That's what I'd have asked... But seriously...my hearing's been gone for ages...I appreciate the shrinking of high-technology my 'aid' is my saving...'specially with wee grandkids voices...not to mention the phone, and music? Wow! Would you like to join me in listening over OUR present tech.? -Taste Treat in Tunes Time- http://www.archive.org/details/casbahradio072206 From the archives of www.archive.org (AKA 'Casbah' KSYM-San Antonio) Nice 'canned' 2-hour radio program of non-stop full cuts from one of my personal favorites of all time... "The Ventures" (I download but am doing Stream from this listed item): 'casbahradio072206_vbr.m3u VBR M3U Stream' Happy listening Don't let the bed bugs bite y'all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted January 3, 2007 Author CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 mogramjo , thanks for the link to the Ventures , see you like B.Boys and Brian Wilson . I went to Brian's London Smile concert , I still got the T shirt , unfortunately it shrunk , I cant tell a lie it was me that chopped down the cherry tree, , (I guess I got a bit fatter since then , ) I have the same problem hearing the rug rats Granchildren , fortunately only kidding bless them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spook63 Posted January 3, 2007 CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 My Favorite quote: 1981 "640k ought to be enough for anybody.", Bill Gates Considering Microsoft's software is probably the biggest "Memory Hog" out there! Roco: (I guess I got a bit fatter since then , ) Ya gotta lay off the Fish n' Chips, Mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogramjo Posted January 3, 2007 CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 Hey roco...myeldest grown kid burned a copy of Brian's 'Smile' for me..it's lovely that you got his London 'Smile' concert..I'm <green, that is and pretty 'square' mostly. But I have eclectic preferences in most things...bought m'self the newly produced 'Love' album which is all origina tracks from the 'boys'...a wee bit mixed and mashed..gorgeous sound quality..foe to say that..it has to be SUPER. Love it, in fact...time's a wastin and could use some tunes! I wish I could find the link to the .wmv music video I kept of 'beach boys' exact style-singing and backup...but it's our other 'boys', in uniform back when Kosovo was so very much on my mind. Simply called 'kosovomusicvideo'. They horse around and lip-sync perfectly...it's all the way neat.Oh, you may not have intuited that the 'Kosovo' great lyrics is song and orchestrated to 'Kokomo' Hahahaha...mightn't have been an obvious connection to "The Beach Boy" hahaha...am crackin' m'self UP, now.. Wheweee If I find it...I'll post it. Have good day/night.All Y'all <(~~)>, 'mo' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogramjo Posted January 3, 2007 CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 Oh geeze roco, what a flake I am today! hahaha...the 'Love' album? Unless you already knew of it...haha I didn't say the magic word: "Beatles" master tracks and oh boy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted January 3, 2007 Author CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 My Favorite quote: Considering Microsoft's software is probably the biggest "Memory Hog" out there! Ya gotta lay off the Fish n' Chips, Mate. I have, I am on a liquids only diet , Why O why do all the members of the Silver surfer club I support , think I need a bottle of Scotch for Christmas Bless them your right on the memory hog , 2Gb for Vista and thanks for filling the 80's gap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted January 3, 2007 Author CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 Oh geeze roco, what a flake I am today! hahaha...the 'Love' album? Unless you already knew of it...haha I didn't say the magic word: "Beatles" master tracks and oh boy! forget the Beatles , more of a Stones type of Guy , but for me the Beach Boys were the nearest thing to god , sitting in the rain at watergate bay Cornwall , watching the 1ft monster waves roll in , Oh Boy ? I would have worked for free to be on that set my fav track of all time =Je suis un rock star - Bill Wyman ... lol it still makes me laugh and remember the good old days, of a couple of years back ,I hasten to add 2nd.fav, Riders on the storm , the doors, kinda sumed up my life then and still the same today , = "Into this world were thrown Like a dog without a bone An actor out on loan Riders on the storm" :lol:I might add that to my Sig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogramjo Posted January 3, 2007 CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 Well, with the 60's...I forever love the Stones, Cream and eric of course rules forever...the list is too long to put here...and 'forget' whom sir? Oh well...I've stacks upon stacks of righteous sides Enjoy yours...I'll enjoy mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted January 3, 2007 Author CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 :cry2:lost all my LP's in a rapid house move back in the mid 70's guess we are going well off topic here , so I might start a new one, pick ONE all time Fav.music track , that should sort the men from the boys , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA3LE Posted January 4, 2007 CID Share Posted January 4, 2007 Bill Gates once said something like 'There will never be a need for more than 512 bytes of storage.' -- not Kilobytes... bytes... hahaha. Hell, my avatar is 21 times bigger than that. Just the visible text on this page (what you can see and read, minus the code) is 14,500 bytes... and he thought that there would never be a need for anything larger than 512bytes. I bet he's wishing that people would forget that he said that. Actually he doesn't care because he has 50 billion dollars, lol. If someone talks shit about him he can stuff their mouth full of $100 bills till they can't be heard anymore . Here.. I'll show you what 512 bytes of information looks like... >> (oops that smiley was actually 650 bytes, lol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted January 4, 2007 Author CID Share Posted January 4, 2007 Oh LOL for a mouth full of $ ,I can talk Shit all day , Yeah I have been training on TMN for the past year,and I have a big mouth,b4 anyone posts a comment Gates sucks big time , so there Bill.........erh.... Sir , he got me to test win M.E. and I had to pay him for the privilege , I remember only too well early versions, didn't do the revolutionary restore without a patch , yeah I found out after I tried a restore on my shot O/S, . Oh lol, here comes another mouthfull of TMN $, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted January 4, 2007 CID Share Posted January 4, 2007 Well good show and nice original post anyway Roco. I enjoyed it, myth and all. What is a good thread without a story or 2 Here's a couple more: 1) "I'm voting for Nader. It won't make a difference in the election, but it'll definitely get the Democrats' attention." 2) "I'll bet a splash of Aqua Velva would feel refreshing on my newly shaved scrotum." 3) "Man, being Martha Stewart's lawyer is boring. I wish something interesting would happen." 4) "I bet your breasts would look great in zero gravity." [ ] http://www.topfive.com/arcs/pk071803.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogramjo Posted January 4, 2007 CID Share Posted January 4, 2007 Great news! Norton's new "Instant Responder" to any ones and zeros gives message like this: "Fatal Error: These digits were detected '00101101' mo further software will be permited to run on this computer until such activity ceases." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogramjo Posted January 4, 2007 CID Share Posted January 4, 2007 P.S. Fast becoming the Queen of 'Off Topic' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted January 4, 2007 CID Share Posted January 4, 2007 P.S. Fast becoming the Queen of 'Off Topic' Not sure about that, water and tdawndaz get rolling sometimes. They can be a pair. :cheesy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogramjo Posted January 4, 2007 CID Share Posted January 4, 2007 Hahahahahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted January 4, 2007 Author CID Share Posted January 4, 2007 Well good show and nice original post anyway Roco. I enjoyed it, myth and all. What is a good thread without a story or 2 Here's a couple more: 1) "I'm voting for Nader. It won't make a difference in the election, but it'll definitely get the Democrats' attention." 2) "I'll bet a splash of Aqua Velva would feel refreshing on my newly shaved scrotum." 3) "Man, being Martha Stewart's lawyer is boring. I wish something interesting would happen." 4) "I bet your breasts would look great in zero gravity." [ ] http://www.topfive.com/arcs/pk071803.shtml #2 , dont go there guys , it makes your eyes water + some, trust me on that , #4 , guys dont use that as a chat up line............................. or you will say , " I wish I had never said that ! " :lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted January 5, 2007 CID Share Posted January 5, 2007 Yeah, I kinda figured those 2 were in for some trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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