Guest Skaramine Posted September 29, 2004 Report Share Posted September 29, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Linux save us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted September 29, 2004 Report Share Posted September 29, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Linux save us! Well, there is a fortran compiler there as well. You just can't get away from it. In it's defense, it's a good language for math. (or it was the last time I checked, the last time I programmed in it was 1980. Though I did modify some fortran in the late 80s...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted September 29, 2004 Report Share Posted September 29, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Well' date=' except for the fortran bit...[/quote']Zorn said realism aside. An everyday person wouldn't be programming in Fortran. Well perhapts they would to reset the toaster each morning. if I remember correctly the picture said that not everyone would own one of their "PCs". I guess he was talking (marketing) to the Linux crowd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted September 29, 2004 Report Share Posted September 29, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER er. not for me. With that big steering wheel it gives the term "computer crash" a whole new level of meaning. But you'd finally have a place to put an airbag. -AA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_CCHKK Posted September 29, 2004 Report Share Posted September 29, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER But you'd finally have a place to put an airbag. I have a recent copy of Discover magazine with an article on the computer museum out in California (Palo Alto, I think). One of the pictures is a big air traffic controller console with a built in cigarette lighter. Makes me want to get one of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPMiller Posted September 29, 2004 Report Share Posted September 29, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I use fortran everyday here at work... Are company database is an archaic VMS system that runs via a telnet session. Someday we'll hopefully update it, but until then fortran reigns on. By the way, there is a recent update available if you are interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPMiller Posted September 29, 2004 Report Share Posted September 29, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Zorn said realism aside. An everyday person wouldn't be programming in Fortran. Well perhapts they would to reset the toaster each morning. if I remember correctly the picture said that not everyone would own one of their "PCs". I guess he was talking (marketing) to the Linux crowd. Hey! I'm an everday person! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted September 29, 2004 Report Share Posted September 29, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Makes me want to get one of these. Hey, you could get one of those car AC adapters and plug the computer into itself! -AA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skaramine Posted September 29, 2004 Report Share Posted September 29, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER But you'd finally have a place to put an airbag. -AA But why would you want your mother-in-law sitting around you when you're surfing porn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Squirrel Posted September 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER How on Earth did you guys end up getting into this conversation? No, wait, I don't want to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted September 29, 2004 Report Share Posted September 29, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER But why would you want your mother-in-law sitting around you when you're surfing porn? You really don't want to throw that question out to an internet board... -AA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skaramine Posted September 29, 2004 Report Share Posted September 29, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER How on Earth did you guys end up getting into this conversation? No' date=' wait, I don't want to know.[/quote'] Picture of what people in the 1950's thought a home computer would look like. It had a steering wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skaramine Posted September 29, 2004 Report Share Posted September 29, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER You really don't want to throw that question out to an internet board... -AA Mmm. So she's either hot, or you're into wrinkles and saggy boobs. Both viable internet fetishes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Hey! I'm an everday person! with an extraordinary gift -- to program in Fortran. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beauxdeigh Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER 1954 vision I hate to be the splash of cold water: Snopes has debunked this. It turns out this is an image of a submarine maneuvering room console that was modified for a submission to a competition on fark.com Doesn't mean I wouldn't like a steering wheel on my computer, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skaramine Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I hate to be the splash of cold water: Snopes has debunked this. It turns out this is an image of a submarine maneuvering room console that was modified for a submission to a competition on fark.com Doesn't mean I wouldn't like a steering wheel on my computer, though. Snopes is good for determining whether or not to continue shopping at Target or buying Ubi-Soft games because of some right wing thug's anti-French meandering boycott. However, when it comes to cool shizzle like giant home computers in Fortran, he sucks mightily, because he takes the fun out of life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skaramine Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Pretty lady. Pretty gun. Esmerelda O'Sheehan, custom grip maker and fan of the Colt 1911, with her personal .45. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPMiller Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Did someone say a woman with guns? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skaramine Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Did someone say a woman with guns? Hello. My name is Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. I am pleased to meet you, Ms. Trevi. :love::bang::bang: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I hate to be the splash of cold water: Snopes has debunked this. It turns out this is an image of a submarine maneuvering room console that was modified for a submission to a competition on fark.com Doesn't mean I wouldn't like a steering wheel on my computer, though. Pfah, I think the submarine picture was doctored from the 1954 Rand Corp picture... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skaramine Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Pfah, I think the submarine picture was doctored from the 1954 Rand Corp picture... Debunk THIS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPMiller Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Debunk THIS. That's obviously a man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skaramine Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Yup. With Wookie Cooter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Squirrel Posted September 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I just don't have the time to post as often as I would like to anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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