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itsbob

itsbob

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Penn said:
That was back in '84, when I was stationed in Panama City(Tyndall AFB). There was no such thing as a mouse to click on icons, because there weren't any icons! There was no desktop either.

When you turned on the PC, and it booted up, all you had was a dark screen and a ......C:/......flashing at you. You typed in the name of the program you wanted to execute, and voila! :starcat:
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in '81 I took my first programming class. no computers.

We wrote our code in Basic, then the professor deskchecked it and gave it back to us.

I didn't do so well in that class.
 
GWguy

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itsbob said:
in '81 I took my first programming class. no computers.

We wrote our code in Basic, then the professor deskchecked it and gave it back to us.

I didn't do so well in that class.
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My first programming class was in '73, FORTRAN. Worked on a model 33 Teletype connected to a DEC PDP-8 50 miles away...
 
itsbob

itsbob

I bowl overhand
GWguy said:
My first programming class was in '73, FORTRAN. Worked on a model 33 Teletype connected to a DEC PDP-8 50 miles away...
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lest we forget the timeless CLASSY Christmas wreaths made out of computer punch cards.

The COOL ones were painted silver.

I remember dropping an entire box of those and spending the next two days putting them in order back in the box.
 
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OldHillcrestGuy said:
Im a really Old Guy:killingme I remember party line phones, go to make a phone call and hear someone else talking.
I remember when gas was under $3.50 a gallon.:killingme
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The sad thing is our kids will be saying that when they start driving and gas is 10 bucks a gallon. I also heard that those pumps that have the scrolling numbers only go to $3.99, so gas prices get higher than that, those people either have to get new digital pumps or be out of business.

Toxick said:
:confused: Why would they be searching for their loved ones on our butts? :confused:





Mr. Cynical here, but I sincerely think we have the technology and we could probably cure these things. HOWEVER, pharmaceutical companies, doctors and assorted medical industries would lose millions - if not billions - of dollars if these things were cured.

There's no money to be made from healthy people.
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I was zoning out in digital TV mode when I posted that. :lol: I was thinking along the lines of reality TV and watching the mess over in China. :bawl:

As for the second part of your post, I totally agree with you. We have to have the technology. This is my crack pot idea on it all. I believe cancer is caused by a back up of toxins in the liver. If you eat foods that require the liver to do little work, then it gives the liver the chance to clean itself up a bit, and the body can rid itself of cancer cells. :shrug: I am just thinking the cure has to be easier than doctors make it with all the barbaric treatment procedures.

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I was driving this morning and heard a great song on the radio and was hoping the DJ would come on and say who sang the dang song but thought, hey, I can just google the lyrics. And if I like the song, download the MP3 on my ipod. Anyway, I remember sitting by the radio on Saturdays to hear the top 20 countdown with a cassette player and when the song came on the radio, recording it onto cassette. Seems like so much work now. :faint:
 
jazz lady

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itsbob said:
in '81 I took my first programming class. no computers.

We wrote our code in Basic, then the professor deskchecked it and gave it back to us.

I didn't do so well in that class.
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Try taking a COBOL class in 1980 using punched cards. :jameo: I didn't take BASIC until 1983 or 4 - I think they had TRS-80s with dual floppies by then. :lol:
 
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