Junior Chillage Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 These days, people just care about OMG Hi-Tech Advanced Super-improved graphics... No wonder those kids don't like Tetris or Space Invaders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverlordMondo Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 These days, people just care about OMG Hi-Tech Advanced Super-improved graphics... No wonder those kids don't like Tetris or Space Invaders<{POST_SNAPBACK}>A gamer doesn't though. And that's the niche that counts (or should) in a good companies eyes. That's one of the reasons EA sucks so hard. IF THEY WOULD JUST OPEN THEIR EYES TO THE TRUTH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 his computer is fine, specially if he has a linux on it, I case you haven´t read carefully he has been working giving support for aout 27 years, something tells me he knows a few more things than you doThanks man, but that's not precisely correct. I've actually done a few different jobs at that company. I actually started off as a train driver, before moving to IT in 1986. Back then we had these enormous main frames that took up more space than your entire house. The mainframe was slow and crashed at least once a day. I've seen the progression to LANs, Networks, PC's, and servers. So I've been in IT a long time. However the corporate world lags behind the home user in terms of faster pcs, and newer software. Also things like forums, chats, torrents, IRC, cracks, etc are unknown. These are things I'm trying to learn about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weirdy Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 (edited) I've noticed a lot of these "kids" these days are casual gamers or...wannabe casual gamers who's balls probably haven't dropped I guess we're pretty muched doomed once we see like...the Super Mario Bros. on condom wrappers or something Edited January 1, 2005 by Weirdanzeige Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexis Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 his computer is fine, specially if he has a linux on it, I case you haven´t read carefully he has been working giving support for aout 27 years, something tells me he knows a few more things than you do<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Thanks man, but that's not precisely correct. I've actually done a few different jobs at that company. I actually started off as a train driver, before moving to IT in 1986. Back then we had these enormous main frames that took up more space than your entire house. The mainframe was slow and crashed at least once a day. I've seen the progression to LANs, Networks, PC's, and servers. So I've been in IT a long time. However the corporate world lags behind the home user in terms of faster pcs, and newer software. Also things like forums, chats, torrents, IRC, cracks, etc are unknown. These are things I'm trying to learn about.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> OMG you are a piece of history Rob well anyway when it comes to computers you still know more than we do i guess, hey just wondering, did you ever get to use those cards with holes like the first computers had? BTW which is your main duty, hardware or software related? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agozer Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 hey just wondering, did you ever get to use those cards with holes like the first computers had? Man, I could kill to get my hands on one of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexis Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 yeah absolutely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Those cards are called Punch Cards. Each could hold 24x80 characters, which is why a dos screen is that size. They were gone when I started. There are some funny stories about them, such as someone dropping a pile of them and spending hours getting them back in order. Also it was bad if they got wet. At my very first job, they had a teletype machine. They have become extinct now. It was basically a printer with a keyboard, connected to the phone network. You would type up something, and it would be stored on paper tape. Then you would feed the tape back in, enter the destination code, and the text would be printed at another machine somewhere in the world. No electronics, all mechanical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexis Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 wow speaking of networks =) tell us more tell us more, anyway i will keep bugging you until you tell us more, so..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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