Comments | mister_borogove: free obsolete hardware

mister_borogove

free obsolete hardware

Apr 17, 2006 19:59

Free to a good home ( Read more... )

Comments 7

chaleur23 April 18 2006, 03:37:32 UTC

I've got a knack for backing the wrong technological horses.

I trump you! Paraphrase of conversation between me and campustud in 1993:

campusstud This is NTSC Mosaic. It's a 'web' browser.
chaleur23 Ummm....why?
campusstud Well, you can see graphics and stuff.
chaleur23 Yeah. It's horrid slow. No one is ever going to use this 'web' thing when we already have gopher.

graymalkn April 18 2006, 05:53:27 UTC

Graphics? bah! Lynx is the way to go - loads much faster.

mister_borogove April 18 2006, 05:55:13 UTC

In '87, I insisted I needed a '286 so I could run next-generation protected mode OSes like OS/2.

chaleur23 April 18 2006, 05:56:51 UTC

Ouch! That's a good one :).

veritatem April 18 2006, 05:12:37 UTC

aw poor bunbuns!

graymalkn April 18 2006, 05:54:16 UTC

If the bunnies throw it back, you can always haul it in to work and have Steve (your new Erik) haul it away.

beergeek April 18 2006, 18:45:25 UTC

"If no one wants them I'll drop them in some pristine wildlife preserve so they can leach heavy metals into bunny warrens."

You know that breaks half a dozen US technology export rules, right? Improper disposal of technology could result in advancement of the squirrels' encryption and missile guidance capabilities. That imbalance will force the bunnies to turn to the Canadians for aid. CANADIAN-BACKED BUNNIES ON OUR DOORSTEP!! Do you want to be responsible for that? Do you?