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From: blackstucco on 10 Jul 2010 02:19 On Jul 9, 2:43 am, Walt <n...(a)none.void> wrote: > In article > <02a2c8f5-154b-4b06-b3a5-464efad67...(a)x2g2000prk.googlegroups.com>, > > "Ace*" <avlvsvery...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > Walt, ever heard expressions like "take a look in the mirror"? Or > > "Glass hoses"? > > You're a square, but pretty danged goofy and weird yourself to boot. > > > A* > > And believe me, it's not easy keeping all those plates spinning. Just don't break that glass hose in the process.
From: blackstucco on 10 Jul 2010 02:24 On Jul 9, 5:49 pm, Las Vegas Don <dstre...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Not trying to impress, just make a point > Don <sigh> Everyone here is either out to impress or score points.
From: blackstucco on 10 Jul 2010 02:26 On Jul 9, 6:32 pm, JRogow <jro...(a)newsguy.com> wrote: > > Knowing how much screwball claims to be a gourmet, I'd expect > Velveeta and "processed American". Knowing Don, I'd expect Fromunda.
From: Donna on 10 Jul 2010 05:02 Walt wrote: >> > Big effin deal. I was communicating on CompuServe and The Source back >> > in >> > 1980 with a 0.3k modem, Sorry, dear......(I know we've visited this before but) I was on both in 1979.....TCC721 on The Source, and 76367,12 on CServe. > Right, and now every Johnny-come-lately who signed up with Prodigy or AOL > think's he's a pioneer! <sigh> Prodigy was developed using the god-awful, painfully slow NAPLPS graphical protocol and AOL had their seemingly endless busy signals. The only good thing to come out of the AOL experience was the rather punkish, very humorous Todd Rundgren tune it inspired: 'I Hate My Frickin ISP' The reason that I signed up Is the reason that I hate it I know she's made her mind up I just don't know how she's made it And my dial-up screen has locked me Into a touch tone tune monotony Because some snot-nosed pube has blocked me out And I wait And I wait And I hate my frickin ISP He ain't got no bandwidth left for me And I'll never get back Never get back the time that I waste That's what I hate My job's so hard to swallow But it's got me by the collar In some Motel 6 squalor Where every local call's a dollar I got no time left to jack off I got a deadline that won't back off I'm about to chew my own leg off Cause it's so late And I'm late And I hate my frickin ISP I get bumped for inactivity And I'll never get back Never get back the time that I waste That's what I hate It rained CD roms that gave me Twenty hours free I let my service provider Make a junky outta me And then he cut me off From my online community And now I hate, I hate it I hate I hate I hate I hate I hate my frickin ISP His domain name lookup takes eternity etc... --Todd Rundgren I just remembered that I have a (rather poor quality) video of him performing it during a show I went to in 2004: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEINwVvDCFk .....and another (from the same show) of Todd doing a very matured version of an old favorite of mine, 'Hello It's Me': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaWEH5k-FEg I'm not sure when he wrote 'I Hate My Frickin ISP' but it wasn't released until April, 2000 on his 'Liars' album. By then, AOhell had already fallen into their downward spiral. Todd was the first rock artist that I can recall who enjoyed a strong online presence. He would often hang out online and chat as a way to relax and unwind after his shows. He was a pioneer in many areas related to music and technology: http://trconnection.com/trbio.html To bring this ever so slightly back on topic, the above videos were taken at The Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, CA. I guess its sister property that was at the Four Queens must have been a dismal failure. I could be wrong but about 18 months ago when I last stayed at the 4Q, I thought that the room was still labeled as "The Canyon Club". Now there is no mention of it on their site: http://www.canyonclub.net/html/locations.html OK......back to my cave I go..... Donna
From: Paul_E_Wog on 10 Jul 2010 05:23
On 7/9/2010 10:07 PM, Walt wrote: > I only read about those in magazines at the time. Before I ever bought a > computer I subscribed to Creative Computing for a year or two. After > educating myself about TRS-80s, Ohio Scientifics, et al., in early 1980 I > decided to splurge on an Apple II because it had color and a bunch of slots > for add-on cards. Cost me around $2,300 with the full 48K memory and a 300bps > modem. And of course I later spent mucho more bucks on printers and stuff. I > don't even want to know how much that is in current dollars! But it sure was > fun back then. Apple turned out to be a great choice and I've been buying > them ever since. I still have mine. I paid about the same for it, but I only had the external floppy, (long gone), and no modem. If you'd like to relive those glory days I'd be willing to let it go for, say, $1500. It has had very little use in the last 25 years. |