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Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> VAX is... an old computer. Well, not old. More like ancient.
Pioneering, actually. Lots of good ideas came out of the VAX. As an
example, VAX stands for "Virtual Address eXtension", i.e., virtual memory.
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Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
"That's pretty. Where's that?"
"It's the Age of Channelwood."
"We should go there on vacation some time."
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Warp wrote:
> Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmail isthebestcom> wrote:
>>> - I have never even *seen* Wind Commander.
>
>> Wind what?
>
> He probably meand Wing Commander. Not that it probably makes any
> difference to either of you, though. :P
I was thinking the same thing, but I didn't want *my* geek points going
down by showing ignorance. ;-)
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Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
"That's pretty. Where's that?"
"It's the Age of Channelwood."
"We should go there on vacation some time."
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Darren New escribió:
> Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
>> I don't know anyone (personally, and in the same country as me) who is
>> geeky enough to know about D&D anyway. So even if it sounded
>> interesting to me (which it doesn't), who would I play with?
>
> That's why WoW is such a hit, methinks. All the asocial nerds who'd
> otherwise be playing D&D can now WoW with folks in other countries.
Well, I *have* tried MMORPGs. And I didn't like them. I consider the
"Massively Monotonous Online Repetitive Perpetual Gaming" backronym to
be somewhat accurate.
And WoW isn't even free...
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>> - I never completed Doom.
>
> Neither did I. Not without cheating anyway.
> You did play it though, right?
In a mannar of speaking, yes...
[Ever tried to do software rendering on a 286? Hint: this belongs to the
class of operations that is "not fast".]
>> - I have never even *seen* Wind Commander.
>
> Nor learned to spell its title...
OK, OK, I hit one wrong key! Sheesh...
>> - I can't remember who's behind BluRay
>
> Sony et al.
>
>> or HD DVD.
>
> Toshiba et al.
Interesting. I was sure they said one of them was being backed by HP...
>> (And I have no idea which one is currently "winning".)
>
> Bluray won.
Uh... we have a winner already?
>> Are we done yet?
>
> We will not cease until we have fully explored the depths of your
> ungeekiness. Like it or not, you have become a public figure of sorts.
> Scrutiny and criticism are part of the package.
What about respect and appreciation?
Oh, wait...
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http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:11:58 -0200, Nicolas Alvarez
<nic### [at] gmailisthebestcom> wrote:
>> On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:51:31 -0200, Nicolas Alvarez
>> <nic### [at] gmailisthebestcom> wrote:
>>
>>> The first computer I saw was already a PC
>>
>> The first computer I saw was an analogue one driven by valves.
>
>See. Different generations :)
No need for a smiley :-)
Regards
Stephen
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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> > Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> >> Tell me about it. I thought "dungeons and dragons" was a TV series...
> >
> > I'm amazed how you again and again succeed in showing your ignorance
> > about basic things all computer and other nerds know.
> Next he'll be telling us he never heard of Colossal Cave.
Or rogue, or adom. :P
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- Warp
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>> Next he'll be telling us he never heard of Colossal Cave.
>
> Or rogue, or adom. :P
...it's almost as if people *want* me to fail...
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http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:24:49 +0100, Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>> - I can't remember who's behind BluRay
>> Sony et al.
>>
>>> or HD DVD.
>> Toshiba et al.
>
> Interesting. I was sure they said one of them was being backed by HP...
I think HP supported HD-DVD.
>>> (And I have no idea which one is currently "winning".)
>> Bluray won.
>
> Uh... we have a winner already?
Sometimes you really do give the impression that you live under a rock.
http://www.hd-dvd.com/
> What about respect and appreciation?
Those are for movie stars and successful athletes.
--
FE
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Orchid XP v7 wrote:
>>> or HD DVD.
>> Toshiba et al.
>> Bluray won.
> Uh... we have a winner already?
Yes. A few weeks ago, Toshiba announced they lost and are no longer
manufacturing HD DVD players.
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"That's pretty. Where's that?"
"It's the Age of Channelwood."
"We should go there on vacation some time."
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> Orchid XP v7 wrote:
>>>> or HD DVD.
>>> Toshiba et al.
>
>>> Bluray won.
>> Uh... we have a winner already?
>
> Yes. A few weeks ago, Toshiba announced they lost and are no longer
> manufacturing HD DVD players.
So yeah. Blu-ray didn't win. HD-DVD gave up :)
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