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Lecktor Hannibal
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01-06-2006 16:09
From: Chip Midnight
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+5 in Lecktor's Geek Friends book :D
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Chance Abattoir
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01-06-2006 16:10
From: Cristiano Midnight
I am not confusing Creative with Xerox - I am talking about the iPod, not the MacOS.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4510044.stm


The creative slim zen is a nice alternative to the overpriced, overhyped, overmarketed iPod line.
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Ulrika Zugzwang
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01-06-2006 16:15
From: Cristiano Midnight
I am not confusing Creative with Xerox - I am talking about the iPod, not the MacOS.
I don't understand the cultish behavior of your Xerox folks. Other people can make operating systems you know.

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Ulrika Zugzwang
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01-06-2006 16:17
From: Chip Midnight
Maybe Apple will finally bring their prices down from the stratosphere too, but I doubt it.
I just purchased a 30" HD Cinema display for a Mac at work. It cost serious dough but we often look at CAT scans so need the screen realestate. I can't tell you how paranoid I am about earthquakes now. :D

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Chance Abattoir
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01-06-2006 16:17
I don't understand you Second Life folks; anyone can make a barbie playset. :)
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Chip Midnight
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01-06-2006 16:18
From: Lecktor Hannibal
+5 in Lecktor's Geek Friends book :D


hehe, it was really sad to see that company implode. I used to share an office with a guy who used Wavefront on an Indigo2 while I had a crappy 486 running 3ds for dos. For its day that thing was the shit. It's slow by today's standards but in 1993... drool.
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Ulrika Zugzwang
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01-06-2006 16:18
From: Chance Abattoir
The creative slim zen is a nice alternative to the overpriced, overhyped, overmarketed iPod line.
I agree, although I was a bit put off by that model they just made that is an exact clone of an iPod down to the UI.

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Chance Abattoir
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01-06-2006 16:19
From: Ulrika Zugzwang
I just purchased a 30" HD Cinema display for a Mac at work. It cost serious dough but we often look at CAT scans so need the screen realestate. I can't tell you how paranoid I am about earthquakes now. :D

~Ulrika~


The strange part is that Ulrika is not employed in the medical field. :D
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Ulrika Zugzwang
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01-06-2006 16:19
From: Chance Abattoir
I don't understand you Second Life folks; anyone can make a barbie playset. :)
:D!
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Chip Midnight
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01-06-2006 16:21
From: Ulrika Zugzwang
I just purchased a 30" HD Cinema display for a Mac at work. It cost serious dough but we often look at CAT scans so need the screen realestate. I can't tell you how paranoid I am about earthquakes now. :D


Those are gorgeous. Too expensive but very nice.
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Chance Abattoir
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01-06-2006 16:21
From: Ulrika Zugzwang
I agree, although I was a bit put off by that model they just made that is an exact clone of an iPod down to the UI.

~Ulrika~


I didn't know Creative made one with the little wheel.
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Ulrika Zugzwang
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01-06-2006 16:21
From: Chance Abattoir
The strange part is that Ulrika is not employed in the medical field. :D
Since when does one have to be a doctor to look at pictures of their cats?

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Lecktor Hannibal
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01-06-2006 16:22
From: Chip Midnight
hehe, it was really sad to see that company implode. I used to share an office with a guy who used Wavefront on an Indigo2 while I had a crappy 486 running 3ds for dos. For its day that thing was the shit. It's slow by today's standards but in 1993... drool.

NICE! I've seen the graphic capabilities and agree it is a shame. I help keep four sparc10 vme's wheezing along to crunch *ahem* classified numbers. :D I absolutely love when the screensavers kick in set to fractal.
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Ulrika Zugzwang
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01-06-2006 16:22
From: Chance Abattoir
I didn't know Creative made one with the little wheel.
I'm not sure if they use wheels when they make it or not. :confused:

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Lecktor Hannibal
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01-06-2006 16:22
From: Ulrika Zugzwang
Since when does one have to be a doctor to look at pictures of their cats?

~Ulrika~

I totally read that differently :D
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Chance Abattoir
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01-06-2006 16:25
From: Ulrika Zugzwang
Since when does one have to be a doctor to look at pictures of their cats?

~Ulrika~


Well, it does require some kind of technical expertise to put a feline in a scanner without squishing it.
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Aliasi Stonebender
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01-06-2006 16:35
From: Ulrika Zugzwang
Objection. Speculative argument.

Agreed. Strike that from the records.

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With all due respect...

Bite me. :p
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Ulrika Zugzwang
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01-06-2006 17:31
From: Aliasi Stonebender
Bite me. :p
Biting was part of the original Xerox GUI.

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01-06-2006 17:34
From: Ulrika Zugzwang
Biting was part of the original Xerox GUI.

~Ulrika~


No No, that was Atari
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Ulrika Zugzwang
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01-06-2006 17:41
From: Rickard Roentgen
No No, that was Atari
Apparently it was! I found this game called "Tooth Protectors" where one saved teeth from bacteria. Those white squares at the bottom of the second screenshot are teeth. :)



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Ulrika Zugzwang
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01-07-2006 14:10
Here's a very amusing link. It's a video using the audio of Microsoft's keynote speech at the 2006 CES with footage of Mac OS X's currently existing features. The Vista preview becomes a MacOS review. :D

http://maclive.net/sid/134

Motivated by the popularity of his first movie (above), the creator went on to make an substantially better movie (below). This one is filled with amusing images (my favorite is lil' Bill), subliminal MS digs, and closing text with a lingering date. :D

http://maclive.net/sid/135

Enjoy.

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Chance Abattoir
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01-07-2006 14:28
I'm just wondering what their idea with the naming conventions is (Vista??? :confused: ).

Let me know when Microsoft Siesta comes out and I might think about switching over from Windows 2K
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Aaron Levy
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01-07-2006 15:44
Vista means view, so Windows is a "view" into your computer.
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Chance Abattoir
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01-07-2006 16:09
From: Aaron Levy
Vista means view, so Windows is a "view" into your computer.


It was a rhetorical comment. People say "look at that vista" even less than people say "I'm going to take a siesta." It's a little odd.
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