jacobkosh wrote: » Podly wrote: » jacobkosh wrote: » provenance is this a correct usage of provenance? I only thought it could be used to talk about owernship genealogy (but yeah I was wondering the same thing, because I didn't think that email had enough commercial interest to warrant an ad in the 70's) it is probably sloppy usage but I borrowed it from someone else in good faith anyway this is also awesome: *snip*
Podly wrote: » jacobkosh wrote: » provenance is this a correct usage of provenance? I only thought it could be used to talk about owernship genealogy (but yeah I was wondering the same thing, because I didn't think that email had enough commercial interest to warrant an ad in the 70's)
jacobkosh wrote: » provenance
Thomamelas wrote: » jacobkosh wrote: » Podly wrote: » jacobkosh wrote: » provenance is this a correct usage of provenance? I only thought it could be used to talk about owernship genealogy (but yeah I was wondering the same thing, because I didn't think that email had enough commercial interest to warrant an ad in the 70's) it is probably sloppy usage but I borrowed it from someone else in good faith anyway this is also awesome: People can't seem to image link today.
jacobkosh wrote: » Podly wrote: » jacobkosh wrote: » provenance is this a correct usage of provenance? I only thought it could be used to talk about owernship genealogy (but yeah I was wondering the same thing, because I didn't think that email had enough commercial interest to warrant an ad in the 70's) it is probably sloppy usage but I borrowed it from someone else in good faith anyway this is also awesome:
jacobkosh wrote: » Thomamelas wrote: » jacobkosh wrote: » Podly wrote: » jacobkosh wrote: » provenance is this a correct usage of provenance? I only thought it could be used to talk about owernship genealogy (but yeah I was wondering the same thing, because I didn't think that email had enough commercial interest to warrant an ad in the 70's) it is probably sloppy usage but I borrowed it from someone else in good faith anyway this is also awesome: People can't seem to image link today. the direct link should work: http://www.2spare.com/_media/imgs/articles/a155_a6.jpg
Tamin wrote: » weird site is weird. Keeps going to a 404, then working, then crapping out again.
Senjutsu wrote: » I like the Penril modem ad and the one with the quote from Elvira on the failings of competing CASE methodology tools
Silas Brown wrote: » Tav wrote: » Podly wrote: » Elendil, when you watch inception, keep this in mind inception is a good heist movie it is nothing more than that you will be very disappointed if you do not remember that i don't get the point of this post what else is it meant to be? Some people seem to think it's like.. a really deep insight into the human mind or some shit.
Tav wrote: » Podly wrote: » Elendil, when you watch inception, keep this in mind inception is a good heist movie it is nothing more than that you will be very disappointed if you do not remember that i don't get the point of this post what else is it meant to be?
Podly wrote: » Elendil, when you watch inception, keep this in mind inception is a good heist movie it is nothing more than that you will be very disappointed if you do not remember that
Fluffy, Our Beloved Flopsy Bunny Friend wrote: » goddammit, Feral
Fluffy, Our Beloved Flopsy Bunny Friend wrote: » TRON is getting me all nostalgic for the old days of computers god those days were terrible
Senjutsu wrote: » jacobkosh wrote: » Podly wrote: » I am really curious about the provenance of that ad if it's about commercial e-mail my guess would be early- to mid-80s but the aesthetic is really more 70s It's from '81 apparently, consistent with the adoption of LAN email services. I'm guessing Honeywell made a mail server for corporate LANs at one point
jacobkosh wrote: » Podly wrote: » I am really curious about the provenance of that ad if it's about commercial e-mail my guess would be early- to mid-80s but the aesthetic is really more 70s
Podly wrote: »
nexuscrawler wrote: » Fluffy, Our Beloved Flopsy Bunny Friend wrote: » TRON is getting me all nostalgic for the old days of computers god those days were terrible I miss my c64
Senjutsu wrote: » Fluffy, Our Beloved Flopsy Bunny Friend wrote: » TRON is getting me all nostalgic for the old days of computers god those days were terrible what was even the point of spending all your time on the computer prior to the internet I don't get it
jacobkosh wrote: » Senjutsu wrote: » I like the Penril modem ad and the one with the quote from Elvira on the failings of competing CASE methodology tools what did people use modems for in 1971
Senjutsu wrote: » jacobkosh wrote: » Senjutsu wrote: » I like the Penril modem ad and the one with the quote from Elvira on the failings of competing CASE methodology tools what did people use modems for in 1971 Dialling into mainframes. I bet that's one of the ones where you slam the phone into a pair of suction cups
Feral wrote: » Fluffy, Our Beloved Flopsy Bunny Friend wrote: » goddammit, Feral wut
skippydumptruck wrote: » Senjutsu wrote: » Fluffy, Our Beloved Flopsy Bunny Friend wrote: » TRON is getting me all nostalgic for the old days of computers god those days were terrible what was even the point of spending all your time on the computer prior to the internet I don't get it before we had a computer, we had a word processor I spent a fair amount of time on that thing just because it was so cool typin' accessing files from a floppy disc etc
Fluffy, Our Beloved Flopsy Bunny Friend wrote: » Feral wrote: » Fluffy, Our Beloved Flopsy Bunny Friend wrote: » goddammit, Feral wut your post in the malebortion thread
Tav wrote: » jacobkosh wrote: » Senjutsu wrote: » I like the Penril modem ad and the one with the quote from Elvira on the failings of competing CASE methodology tools what did people use modems for in 1971 modems :rotate:
Senjutsu wrote: » skippydumptruck wrote: » Senjutsu wrote: » Fluffy, Our Beloved Flopsy Bunny Friend wrote: » TRON is getting me all nostalgic for the old days of computers god those days were terrible what was even the point of spending all your time on the computer prior to the internet I don't get it before we had a computer, we had a word processor I spent a fair amount of time on that thing just because it was so cool typin' accessing files from a floppy disc etc you spent your time typing into a word processor and now you write for a living I spent my time learning pascal and now I program for a living
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My friend's aunt keeps claiming she's going to send me a TRS-80. It'll go well with my TI-99/4A
the direct link should work: http://www.2spare.com/_media/imgs/articles/a155_a6.jpg
hahahahahahaa
Umm....
early e-mail shot lightning at you
it 404's you if you have an external referrer
god, websites can just suck my fucking cock
here is the article: http://www.2spare.com/item_92760.aspx
I hope their server explodes and kills their loved ones
I rehosted it on imageshack
and the one with the quote from Elvira on the failings of competing CASE methodology tools
You always want to get input from the experts.
that's hilarious
deep and meaningful are not two words I'd associate with that movie
god those days were terrible
wut
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
I miss my c64
Yep, it was a Multics based system.
what did people use modems for in 1971
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what was even the point of spending all your time on the computer prior to the internet
I don't get it
free long distance!
Dialling into mainframes.
I bet that's one of the ones where you slam the phone into a pair of suction cups
My dad would play minecraft for hours on end.
I mean like, I'm pretty sure he rivaled most modern WoW raiding groups.
before we had a computer, we had a word processor
I spent a fair amount of time on that thing just because it was so cool
typin'
accessing files from a floppy disc
etc
minesweeper.
ASCII Porn is my guess. A bunch of the BBSs I used to log into had some.
woo acoustic couplers.
I had one of those.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Accoustic couplers.
your post in the malebortion thread
okay, right
but like what was on the dialler's end besides the modem? they didn't have man-portable personal computers back then, did they?
modems
:rotate:
you spent your time typing into a word processor
and now you write for a living
I spent my time learning pascal
and now I program for a living
what about it
talk to me man
i want to know
what you're thinking
tell me what's on your mind
(pure energy)
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
I used to dial into a bbs MUD way back in the day
that was quite a surprize
I really prefer peaceful games to be honest
holy shit. that is beautiful.
at least that's what the doc said it was
both of us, our talents wasted
*forms dance troupe, brings jazz hands to Slovenia*
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin