Rob Hall Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 (edited) See now, that's the problem. You probably should have been busy with each other's laptops... LoL...she was more of a workaholic than I am...always working, always on her Blackberry returning emails all times of the day and night.. Edited January 12, 2012 by Rob Hall
Dr. Cranky Posted January 12, 2012 Author Posted January 12, 2012 LOL! I still have all my old records too and a pretty fancy record player, but it's all sat here like some ancient relic, even the kids never showed any interest until recently. I have to get a new needle for the turn table, and who knows if I could ever find one.
Junkman Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 See now, that's the problem. You probably should have been busy with each other's laptops... Aye, he with the hardware, she with the software.
Harry P. Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Aye, he with the hardware, she with the software. :lol: Exactly! Oh man, I actually did LOL on that one! Who knw that Christian was a stand-up comic?!
martinfan5 Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Aye, he with the hardware, she with the software. So we hope anyways :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Foxer Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 I wrote my first computer program (Fortran) in 1964 for an freezer sized IBM thing in my first college year. I almost changed my major from engineering to that amazing box! My first home 'puter was a Digital Rainbow in 1985 .. an "IBM compatible" but with 16 color graphice (!) when the IBM's had only 16. So computers are not unfriendly to me.. had 3D Stufio the first day of release to do 3G graphics, Photoshop forever, I've dissassembled games to find where that irritating disk check was and shut it off, ... and NEVER had a cell phone in my life and never will. I don't find it very important for everyone to inturrupt my life at their convience for any little thing. I don't even ansew the hardwired phone here until I review ansering maching message ... when I't conviente to me. I still like technology and always will. That does not mean I must buy everything just because it exists.
Dr. Cranky Posted January 12, 2012 Author Posted January 12, 2012 My first computer was a Commodore 64! I bought it for almost 500 dollars and sold it ten years later for 600. Not bad.
Harry P. Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 I wrote my first computer program (Fortran) in 1964 I vaguely remember learning Fortran (or I should say, trying to learn it!). And wasn't there also something calledl "whatfour" and "whatfive" or something like that? Wow! It's like revisiting the dark ages!
Rob Hall Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 (edited) My first was a Commodore 64...my first that I used in school was a TRS-80 w/ cassette tape drive! Learned BASIC and Pascal on it in high school...that got me hooked, along w/ getting online w/ CompuServe... I took a lot of computer language classes in college and grad school --Fortran, COBOL, C, C++, LISP, Prolog....the language I've used most professionally, though, is Java which I taught myself in the mid '90s...still using it today. Edited January 12, 2012 by Rob Hall
Harry P. Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 I can see the faces of the guys here who are under 40... They're all reading this stuff and going... "huh???"
Rob Hall Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 I can see the faces of the guys here who are under 40... They're all reading this stuff and going... "huh???" True enough...my fellow programmers under 40 use Java, C and C++, but a lot are using Perl, PHP, Ruby... I know one COBOL programmer, and he's 59... speaking of languages, I've been happy to see one of the languages of my youth (Objective-C) is having a resurgence because it is used for iPhone app development...
martinfan5 Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 I can see the faces of the guys here who are under 40... They're all reading this stuff and going... "huh???" Not all of us Harry
SuperStockAndy Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 (edited) that was SOOOOO funny i fell out of my desk chair and LMFAO until i almost puked! this coming from a kid who's parents probably werent even around in '68! That was SOOOOOOOOOOO funny I fell out of my desk chair and LMFAO until I almost puked! My parents were around in '68 you younger guys probably don't even know what a "turntable" is! I'd comment on that but I would be a know it all. Edited January 12, 2012 by SuperStockAndy
Dr. Cranky Posted January 12, 2012 Author Posted January 12, 2012 That Commodore 64 was a lot better than the TypeStar typewriter upon which I wrote my first couple of books. What a pain! Oh, what a pain that was.
martinfan5 Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 I may be only 31, but I know what a turntable is, I have had a few over the years, I need to get one so I can transfer my only LP I have. My mom has a closet full of LPs, alot of 45's as well. Hmm my next post i make will be my 1000'sth , what to say for the 1000th time next , hmmmmm
Dr. Cranky Posted January 12, 2012 Author Posted January 12, 2012 Jonathan, isn't 999 really sixes turned up? LOL! Post away, remember, there's no prize waiting for he/she with the most posts! LOL
Harry P. Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Any of you guys remember laser disks? I still have my Pioneer laser disk player. Wow, talk about obsolete technology... But hey... at least it also played audio CDs... so it wasn't a total waste!
Rob Hall Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Any of you guys remember laser disks? I still have my Pioneer laser disk player. Wow, talk about obsolete technology... But hey... at least it also played audio CDs... so it wasn't a total waste! Yeah..I remember that...that was one technology I wasn't an early adopter on...a number of friends got into it, and I recall watching a few movies on LD.....I stuck w/ VHS until DVD came out...around '98.
SuperStockAndy Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Any of you guys remember laser disks? I still have my Pioneer laser disk player. Wow, talk about obsolete technology... But hey... at least it also played audio CDs... so it wasn't a total waste! THAT'S one old thing I DON'T know of!
Kaleb Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 (edited) I can control my computer from my iPhone and with my iPad I can look at everything on my computer if I am across the world. Which the first part with controlling my computer. I was messing with my mom inlaw the other day, she thought she was messing things up. I was setting right beside her moving the mouse and typing in stuff and making things disappear. Im really not that technological advanced honestly. I'm increasing in knowledge just about every day that I can though. As far as old technology goes, I love LPs we have a few now. Just now buying them because we got a turntable for Christmas. It has another port that I can actually play cassette tapes. No 8 track though. Edited January 12, 2012 by Kaleb
Harry P. Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 didn't the laser disc thing hit and then just kind of disappear just as fast? Yeah, it was a real flash in the pan. Came and went in the blink of an eye.
martinfan5 Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Harry, thanks for the info, I still see a lot of software that are not mac compatatible, and you need another program to get it to work, I know for awhile Blackberry user that had mac's were sol on doing anything with there phone from a mac. Thats changing though now, but it took awhile. Yes the laser disc, appeared , then just as fast as they were gone, I remember seeing one, at time to me it seemed like it was bigger then a LP, but i think it was the same size. I remember the players being big. 1000th post, I know there is no prize, oh never mind
Rob Hall Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 My company is all Mac, which works well for most of the development tools and software we use day-to-day, but it's a pain w/ some of our clients, esp. those who like to use Microsoft Web Meeting for video conferencing... For home use, I've been Mac and Windows for years, so I'm comfortable in both environments..both have their + and -...
Harry P. Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Jonathan, yep, laser disks were the size of a vinyl LP. I think the technology was basically the same as a DVD, but maybe because of the size of the disks they never caught on? I really don't know. But for whatever reason, laser disks are just a tiny footnote in the technology parade. Who knows... maybe my LD player is a collector's item today!
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