Oracle Developer
But now all the developing is done and all must pitch in with the testing. Not just "does the new stuff work?" but "does all the old stuff still work?" Argh.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 10:50, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Luv, Oracle went bust years ago (NYE 1992)
It became ITV Teletext and now I think it's just Nightscreen.

Sorry all your work's been for nothing.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 10:52, Reply)

^ POST OF THE DAY

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 10:56, Reply)

It's actually sad that I know that date. It went in my 1992 year summary in my diary.
I was destined to end up here wasn't I?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 10:58, Reply)

*shakes head sadly*
Oh dear, Roota. Oh dear.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:04, Reply)

I wish I was a proper geek
one who knows useful facts
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:06, Reply)

*humours*
Oh dear, best keep quiet about that while they continue to pay me.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 10:58, Reply)

*strokes chin*
Nice factoids, you know your stuff. Ever been unemployed?
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 10:58, Reply)

Well I was at school at the time
And I have a strange fascination with teletext and regional ident cards etc.
Sad.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:02, Reply)

Sad, yet strangely compelling.
Unemployment is never more acute than when you are watching looped news pages on Ceefax at 4am. Fact.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:06, Reply)

I've been recording Ceefax for years
Only occasionally, but over a prolonged period.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:07, Reply)

*does 'cuckoo' motion*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:10, Reply)

Soon these things will be gone
:(
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:11, Reply)

I loved the way that
despite enormous leaps and bounds in the development of computer graphics over the past 20 years they doggedly stuck to 'Donkey Kong' style presentation.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:18, Reply)

It's comforting

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:19, Reply)

Easy now love.
That's more information than required. Watching is one thing, recording......well, that's a glimpse into a world that must not be spoken of.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:13, Reply)

It's only if I think on
Or if the music's particularly Ceefaxy, or Django Reihardty, or if I've come in from the pub and I'm feeling nostalgic.
I don't have a Ceefax library...
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:15, Reply)

Of course you don't,
No one has, no one would go that far, would they now?
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:19, Reply)

Did you ever finish Bambozled?

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:30, Reply)

With Bamber?
Too fucking right.
You could cheat, because if it was taking a long time to reach the page, it was a wrong answer. If it was correct it would blip to it right away (you know those sub-pages)
So you could actually quickly press all the FastText buttons until you got it right.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:34, Reply)

Blue Suede Views and Digitiser were my faves.

(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:38, Reply)

What was the name of the letters page on Oracle???
EDIT and oh my sweet jesus and his holy blessed mother, you've just blown yourself right up!!!!
Teletext freak!!!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:39, Reply)

Well, seeing as how the truth is now out
teletext.mb21.co.uk/gallery/oracle/
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:45, Reply)

BUZZ
Oh this is like porn.
Think I looked at this a while back and lost hours in work...
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:48, Reply)

Hah cool, I didn't know that.
I don't think I ever finished that game, even though it was only like 20 questions.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:42, Reply)

I just remembered the feel of our remote control :(
and coming home from school and putting on Teletext to see what had been going on.

Oh boy, I've really moved on...
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:44, Reply)

Tesco Value Internet

(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:46, Reply)

Vintage internet
You cunt
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:49, Reply)

I Can't Believe It's Not Internet

(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:52, Reply)

Utterly Netterly
It was born in 1978 and died a little in 1992
EXACTLY like me...
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:53, Reply)

Look
New Years Eve 1992, midnight, the 'bells',I was babysitting.
I actually rang in the new year watching Channel 4 Oracle flip to Teletext.
There. I said it.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:55, Reply)

That's it, just let it all out.
I assume you do know that Teletext is stop altogether some time this month.

www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/news/a165453/teletext-to-shut-down-in-2010.html
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:59, Reply)

I do know
And I'm gutted. I've been taping bits of Ceefax. Especially the festive stuff.
But I haz internetz to keep me warm.
Wonder what it is about reaching into a screen when there's real stuff around.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 12:01, Reply)

Real Stuff can equal 'Bad Touching', and no one wants that.
Except Al perhaps.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 12:04, Reply)

I've gone all weird and tellyfied
I need a cuppa
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 12:04, Reply)