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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 24 2009, 03:23 PM (307 Views) | |
| George K | Jan 24 2009, 03:23 PM Post #1 |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| jon-nyc | Jan 24 2009, 03:28 PM Post #2 |
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Cheers
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| jon-nyc | Jan 24 2009, 03:28 PM Post #3 |
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Cheers
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(your link didn't show up right) |
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| George K | Jan 24 2009, 03:29 PM Post #4 |
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Thanks - fixed it. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Mikhailoh | Jan 24 2009, 03:31 PM Post #5 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Saw that. I used to work with them when they first came out. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| dolmansaxlil | Jan 24 2009, 03:34 PM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I thought Apple was created in 1976? April 1st, to be precise? (no, I normally don't have that kind of knowledge in my brain - I only know this because we just used it as our final jeopardy question with my gifted kids) |
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"Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst." ~ Henri Cartier-Bresson My Flickr Photostream | |
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| RosemaryTwo | Jan 24 2009, 03:37 PM Post #7 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Had one just like that my junior year in college. It was a glorified type writer. |
| "Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua | |
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| George K | Jan 24 2009, 03:39 PM Post #8 |
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Apple Computer, the company, was started in 1976. Macintosh, the computer, was launched in 1984. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYecfV3ubP8 |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| musicasacra | Jan 24 2009, 03:40 PM Post #9 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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wow, i'm glad i waited for the MacBook Pro to come out. |
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| dolmansaxlil | Jan 24 2009, 03:42 PM Post #10 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Ah! Got it! And yes, my question specifically said the company was started with the Apple I computer.
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"Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst." ~ Henri Cartier-Bresson My Flickr Photostream | |
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| Frank_W | Jan 24 2009, 03:59 PM Post #11 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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Man... How quickly technology has moved! |
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| Jack Frost | Jan 24 2009, 05:16 PM Post #12 |
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Bull-Carp
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I still have mine. Last time my son checked, it still worked. jf |
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| kathyk | Jan 24 2009, 05:21 PM Post #13 |
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Pisa-Carp
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Looks like an E-Bay pic. You selling yours, George? |
| Blogging in Palestine: http://kksjournal.com/ | |
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| Axtremus | Jan 24 2009, 05:31 PM Post #14 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Don't sell even if it stopped working... turn it into a real aquarium or something.
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| George K | Jan 24 2009, 05:48 PM Post #15 |
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Nope, but I'm selling just about everything else. (More items get started tomorrow night!)
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Axtremus | Jan 24 2009, 08:03 PM Post #16 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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That item listed as "Mac OS X Pubic Beta" ... is that intentional? |
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| George K | Jan 24 2009, 08:12 PM Post #17 |
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Yep. Apple released a public beta of Mac OS X back in 2000. It was quite the It's a If you have a morbid curiosity about this, wiki has an article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_Public_Beta |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| George K | Jan 25 2009, 05:23 AM Post #18 |
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For a look at how Apple explained the workings of the Mac, they made an "explanatory" video in 1983. They introduced concepts such as "icon" "mouse" and "desktop." Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PheGcPe6JDo Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04Ik-qkdG_o |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Riley | Jan 26 2009, 08:41 AM Post #19 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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George, I think Ax was referring to the fact that you listed it as "pubic" beta. |
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