The Monster USCC Off-Topic Thread

[BigE]

Just a few reasons that Les Claypool will always be cooler than you, and can easily bring the funk on your mom:

Primus - Tommy the Cat
Les Claypool & the Holy Mackerel - Holy Mackerel
Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade - Buzzards of Green Hill

I just don't get it man, not my thing.

[tearsonurcheek]

So, anyone need a shirt for their next vegan meeting? Cause I found this one at Wal-Mart...

[tearsonurcheek]

I remember when I could back up my first hard drive on a mere 10 3-1/2" floppies. That's right, just 10. The hard drive was a massive 10MB. Of course, back then, Windows only took 6 single-sided 5-1/4" floppies for the install. That's a max of 2MB or so of install. Uh, I guess I could mention that was Windows 1.0. On a 286 machine, with an 8/12-MHz switchable processor (that's what the turbo button was for), and 512KB of RAM.

Well, my current rig has a 400GB hard drive, so I got tired of doing backups on DVD's, and didn't want to shell out for a Blu-Ray player. So, I dropped $80 on this 500GB beauty...



Back in the day, a simple 1.2MB HD 3.5" floppy was about a buck a piece. With the 5-1/4" floppies, we used a hole punch to double the capacity back when I had my Commodore 64. Turn a single-sided into a double-sided.

[BigE]

So, anyone need a shirt for their next vegan meeting? Cause I found this one at Wal-Mart...

Two things:
1. It's on sale!!
2. I'd think most people who would wear that shirt don't wear size Small...probably why it's on clearance.

[BigE]

Anyone else getting sucked in by the Winter Olympics? I never really have any intentions of watching the games but they end up grabbing my attention.

[ilvla2]

I remember when I could back up my first hard drive on a mere 10 3-1/2" floppies. That's right, just 10. The hard drive was a massive 10MB. Of course, back then, Windows only took 6 single-sided 5-1/4" floppies for the install. That's a max of 2MB or so of install. Uh, I guess I could mention that was Windows 1.0. On a 286 machine, with an 8/12-MHz switchable processor (that's what the turbo button was for), and 512KB of RAM.

Well, my current rig has a 400GB hard drive, so I got tired of doing backups on DVD's, and didn't want to shell out for a Blu-Ray player. So, I dropped $80 on this 500GB beauty...



Back in the day, a simple 1.2MB HD 3.5" floppy was about a buck a piece. With the 5-1/4" floppies, we used a hole punch to double the capacity back when I had my Commodore 64. Turn a single-sided into a double-sided.

I remember the first "real" computer (first game system I used was an Atari 2600) I ever used, an Apple II in 3rd Grade around 1979. They didn't even have hard disks, just two 5 1/4 floppy drives, one was used to load the OS and the other was used to save your work, ahh the good ole days!

[ilvla2]

Doug Fieger, the front man of The Knack who co-wrote "My Sharona" has died after a long battle with cancer.

http://www.nbcmiami.com/entertainmen...-84360877.html

This stinks



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukL_v...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F69Kg...eature=related

[tearsonurcheek]

I remember the first "real" computer (first game system I used was an Atari 2600) I ever used, an Apple II in 3rd Grade around 1979. They didn't even have hard disks, just two 5 1/4 floppy drives, one was used to load the OS and the other was used to save your work, ahh the good ole days!

Yup, I had a 2600...well, actually, I had the Sears version.

My first computer was a TI-99/4A, then the C=64 (for those who don't know, the "=" is intentional). The TI was backed up on a standard cassette, but I did have the 1541 floppy drive for the C=64. I used to get Compute! magazine for the BASIC programs.

[PhoenixGeek]

I had a Tandy 1000 back in the day, no hard drive, a 5.25" floppy for loading everything, and 256k of memory. That thing lasted until Windows 95 came out. It was good for playing Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego , even if you had to switch floppies to go to different locations. It also came with a disk full of BASIC games, which was fun once we figured out that you could edit the source to change parts of the game.

[BigE]

You guys are so old...the first computer I actually owned was, as opposed to one that I used at school, was way back in 2000, it was a Gateway desktop and ran Windows XP, I'll be damned if I can remember the specs.

[sachmet]

Anyone else getting sucked in by the Winter Olympics? I never really have any intentions of watching the games but they end up grabbing my attention.

I love the winter olympics. I'm almost like a junkie for them

Has anyone gotten the mobile TV from nbcolympics.com to work on their USCC phone? I have not yet. I thought about posting that as a general question, but I'm not sure it's on-topic...

[BigE]

I love the winter olympics. I'm almost like a junkie for them

Has anyone gotten the mobile TV from nbcolympics.com to work on their USCC phone? I have not yet. I thought about posting that as a general question, but I'm not sure it's on-topic...

I didn't even know there was one.

You can access all kinds of stuff from your phone at nbcolympics.com but I think to get live TV you have to be an AT&T customer.

[tearsonurcheek]

You guys are so old...the first computer I actually owned was, as opposed to one that I used at school, was way back in 2000, it was a Gateway desktop and ran Windows XP, I'll be damned if I can remember the specs.

fillerfiller

[ilvla2]

You guys are so old...the first computer I actually owned was, as opposed to one that I used at school, was way back in 2000, it was a Gateway desktop and ran Windows XP, I'll be damned if I can remember the specs.

Not old, wise and experienced, now go away before I call the cops on you! If you really want to go back, I remember when you had to put a home computer together yourself, ie.Heathkit, and I mean soldering and doing stuff like that, I also remember when hard disk drives were the size of dishwashers (and you carried the platters around in a plastic case with a handle) and had about 10 mb in them, oh and there were still computers (mainframes) that used those reel to reel tapes and punch cards....okay, I stop now lol

Now THAT's a Hard Disk!

[AndThenScottSays...]

I don't know how I managed 18 years of computing without a Mac. I've been using my MacBook Pro for about a week and a half and I absolutely love it. Windows may be the root of my livelihood but I'm starting the transition to a Mac household now.

Everything about OS X and the hardware is just... the way things ought to be.