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# My apologies for this. I usually lurk.
It occurred to me, that perhaps this year, we should be looking out for ourselves what with imminent recession.

I know TOAP is poo, but that is the extent of my shopping skills. (Used Graphic Converter on a Mac).
Apologies if bindun, I should know better.
/Relurks.....

(AMadDayYes, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:04, archived)
# get rid of your mac
and get a proper computer
(I helped save b3ta! Dont point it at your face up the ass, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:06, archived)
# /Upgrades to a Spectrum.....
(AMadDayYes, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:07, archived)
# im sure i made
better pics on my atari 520
(I helped save b3ta! Dont point it at your face up the ass, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:08, archived)
# I think my old Casio calculator made better pics
that what I have churned out tonight......
(AMadDayYes, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:11, archived)
# A quantum computer? On twin-cooled Caesium atoms?
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:09, archived)
# a computer so powerful
it plugs directly in to the sun
and has god as a teccie?
(I helped save b3ta! Dont point it at your face up the ass, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:13, archived)
# Or a Mind.
"The Mind had an image to illustrate its information capacity. It liked to imagine the contents of its memory store written out on cards; little slips of paper with tiny writing on them, big enough for a human to read. If the characters were a couple of millimetres tall and the paper about ten centimetres square and written on both sides, then ten thousand characters could be squeezed onto each card. In a metre-long drawer of such cards maybe one thousand of them -- ten million pieces of information -- could be stored. In a small room a few metres square, with a corridor in the middle just wide enough to pull a tray out into, you could keep perhaps a thousand trays arranged in close-packed cabinets: ten billion characters in all.
A square kilometre of these cramped cells might contain as many as one hundred thousand rooms; a thousand such floors would produce a building two thousand metres tall with a hundred million rooms.
If you kept building those squat towers, squeezed hard up against each other until they covered the surface of a largish standard-G world -- maybe a billion square kilometres -- you would have a planet with one trillion square kilometres of floor space, one hundred quadrillion paper-stuffed rooms, thirty light-years of corridors and a number of potential stored characters sufficiently large to boggle just about anybody's mind.
In base 10 that number would be a 1 followed by twenty-seven zeroes, and even that vast figure was only a fraction of the capacity of the Mind. To match it you would need a thousand such worlds; systems of them, a clusterful of information-packed globes . . . and that vast capacity was physically contained within a space smaller than a single one of those tiny rooms, inside the Mind. "
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:16, archived)
# *head asplodes*
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:19, archived)
# lolwurdz
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:34, archived)
# lolnumbers
10^27 * 10^3 = 10^30.

Stars/Sand grains
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:39, archived)
# get rid of your unfounded prejudice
and get a better argument
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:10, archived)
# Pfft!
Lo Micto!
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:11, archived)
# tis true
i speak of macs of old.
(I helped save b3ta! Dont point it at your face up the ass, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:14, archived)
# I don't like Macs much.
They just don't appeal to me in the way a windows PC does but it's pretty much a matter of choice. I still game so up until recently a Mac was unthinkable. Mrs has a Macbook pro but it's rarely used.
The fact is that the Mac has actually been the industry standard weapon of choice for design and video work for many, many years.
PC's have only got decent in the graphics area in the last few years.
I'd still not have one, or any apple shiny toy, because I'm not a pretentious twat.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:31, archived)
# I originally bought macs because they are unix done properly.
However much I like the idea of open-source/free software, the plain fact is that you get what you pay for, and free unixes eat your time.

That said, their hardware is stupidly expensive (the machine I am typing this on cost 1.8K!) and breaks far too often.

If I could use windows powershell (Monad), I would probably be happy on XP or Vista. As it is, being on XP at work feels like working with one less hand.
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:36, archived)
# There is absolutely
nothing wrong with them. However they, like most hardware, have areas where they excel and others where they fail.
I use Vista Ultimate 32bit ( I have a machine running 64bit and there are too many problems for me to recommend it ) and I like it very much. I find it a superb OS and rarely meet anyone who slags it off that has any concrete reason ( other than it's fashionable to slag M$ and vista off ) or viable argument for their bias.
I actually enjoy it more than XP now and it certainly has been more stable.
There are issues but they are not worth worrying about as it's going to be replaced with W7 anyway.
OS on the Mac has always been my issue. Too clumpy for me in the past. RISC chips have always been a favourite though so I don't dismiss Macs, I just have a preference for the OS and hardware that suits me personally.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:43, archived)
# I really don't understand the problem people have for Vista.
I've only used it a couple of times, I admit, but it seems quite good.

Quite...OSX like, really :)

Fair enough, though, I think we all get used to a certain way of doing things, and it's irritating to change.

Wish I was admin on my work XP machine though :((
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:50, archived)
# I don't wish to appear to be a pretentious twat
I have worked with Windows since, erm, 95 I guess. I got fed up of using it at home and one day myself and my wife went to PC on the Wolde and saw the anglepois type G4 iMac. We thought it was a good alternative. For home use, internet browsing and email and the like, Macs have been more than satisfying. My wife has since gone back to Vista and likes it, whilst I am typing this on a Macbook having progressed through many Macs. My VMware install however has Windows XP, Vista, 2008 Server, Ubuntu, PCLInuxOS, Kubuntu, Sabayon, Mandriva and Solaris 10 64 bit.
To be honest, all I want to do is collect my emails and browse the webs the quickest way possible ;)
(AMadDayYes, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:57, archived)
# Oh,
And going by the hardware experiences I have had with Apple equipment, I can NOT recommend them. Too many issues with early kit that are only resolved by users complaints. I have a G5 iMac that is now on its second logic board. Never had that problem with a PC I must admit.
(AMadDayYes, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 22:01, archived)
# hahahaha,
since when has anybody on here needed to do that about anything
(I helped save b3ta! god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:55, archived)
# let's face it, that bear has his knob in those blocks
he's knobbing blocks

he's a block knobber

this is just wrong
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:06, archived)
# hey, if you have the horn and there is a hole of any type near by it will get poked
(I helped save b3ta! Duke Otterby you pre-verts, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:07, archived)
# every hole is a goal
but some are a gaol

:D
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:10, archived)
# even in a gaol there are holes
(I helped save b3ta! Duke Otterby you pre-verts, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:11, archived)
# so nobody can complain there's nothing to do
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:13, archived)
# specifically
hes knobbing the letter B
(I helped save b3ta! Dont point it at your face up the ass, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:08, archived)
# knobby-b-knobbing-bear
that's what it is
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:09, archived)
# i thought i would
continue the Bee theme from further down
(I helped save b3ta! Dont point it at your face up the ass, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:11, archived)
# bear b knobbing
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:12, archived)
# would you describe me as "cuddly"
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:08, archived)
# I'd describe you as diaprozanepthalic
but only after several gin
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:09, archived)
# Ha,
I would like to hear you say that after several gins :D
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:10, archived)
# Dia-prozane-pthalic?
Okay, so I am typing it, but so what - wanna fight about it?
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:11, archived)
# :D
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:12, archived)
# I would elucidate it thus: MLGNLMLGNLGMGNLMGN*dribble*MLNG
:D
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:11, archived)
# The joy of gins :D
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:12, archived)
# quite so
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:14, archived)
# I am drinking gin, and I don't know that word. I conclude that you are wrongish.
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:10, archived)
# that's because I made it up, I spurted it out of the collection of braincells I contain in my skullpocket
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:12, archived)
# Well, I counter-spurt it! Using the eyeglobes that adorn the edges of my frownland!
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:18, archived)
# well
in that case, I'm going to have a glass containing sainsburys orange and there's little to nothing you can do about it

:D
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:20, archived)
# *wees in Discomeats' sainsburys orange*
He will never know!

Mwahahahaha!
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:24, archived)
# oh great, you've ruined the sainsburys orange by actually giving it a flavour
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:32, archived)
# we have been a recession for over 6 months
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:10, archived)
# Maybe his recession had just grow
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:11, archived)
# all the month will be absorbed by it been a recession
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:13, archived)
# You're so gonna to get recession!
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:13, archived)
# you might have
but I'm so rich now I'm going to have to drink croissants and eat wine
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:13, archived)
# report him
i am
(I helped save b3ta! Elvis impersonator, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:13, archived)
# bet he's a terrorist too
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:14, archived)
# Wrong, maybe. But oh so sexy
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:15, archived)
# best feeling ever, man
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:20, archived)
# we have been in a recession for over 6 months
(I helped save b3ta! Duke Otterby you pre-verts, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:07, archived)
# I am a man, not a recession!
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:08, archived)
# I have never been a recession
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:08, archived)
# I never had sexual relations with that recession.
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:29, archived)
# I am a bit worried,
I just opened up my tumble dryer and found a computer game character in it!

(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:07, archived)
# lets hope he is dead
(I helped save b3ta! Duke Otterby you pre-verts, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:09, archived)
# what a way to die...
clunk clunk clunk - like a shoe in a tumble drier
(I helped save b3ta! SkUG >_O i got a couple of stitches in my eyeball... ow, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:13, archived)
# Or maybe like an Italian American in a tumble dryer?
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:14, archived)
# Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:13, archived)
# "it'sa me, Mario!!!!!"
etc
(AMadDayYes, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:09, archived)
# I think he must have jumped down the wrong green pipe....
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:10, archived)
# *coffee splurt*
You bastard!!
(I helped save b3ta! Mstandot I suppose I should post more often., Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:20, archived)
# Sorry :D
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:21, archived)
# I should've never scrolled whilst slurping!!!
My Bad.
(I helped save b3ta! Mstandot I suppose I should post more often., Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:22, archived)
# Well to be honest with you,
I actually wasn't sorry anyway ;)
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:24, archived)
# SUPER MARIO if you please
...........
(I helped save b3ta! Elvis impersonator, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:16, archived)
# Don't apologise
this is fine. B3ta appears to have become rather rude.
(I helped save b3ta! Mod Edit, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:17, archived)
# Shut it, you poo
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:18, archived)
# Students!
Cunts, the lot of them.
(I helped save b3ta! Mod Edit, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:31, archived)
# Cunts you in the fuck
;)
(AMadDayYes, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:19, archived)
# Smooches and glomps.
Twat. :)
(I helped save b3ta! Mod Edit, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:33, archived)