I know they are trying to emphasize the clean nature of cycling, but do they really think every car has only one person in it? Outside of a small grouping of days a year every vehicle I ride in has between 3 and 5 people in it and always seem to follow the rules of the road. I have seen a large group of cyclists acting like assbags recently including kicking the passenger door of a car while being legally passed on a 4 lane road (the cyclist promptly got his ass whooped by the man in the pickup.
Come here during rush hour and we'll get more than 60 in that bus.
Most cars around here have a single person. And I'm a cyclist, there have been many times when I've been tempted to kick a car door. "Legal" and "safe" are not the same.
I am looking for a chrome steering wheel for my computer RIGHT NOW!
mtn wrote:
That bus number is a little conservative if you ask me.
Either way, the street is blocked by 60 idiots standing in the middle of the road. Get the hell out of the way!
EricM wrote:
Most interesting to me is that this computer is likely not even capable of the basic functions done by the typical Microsoft Office suite.
Also note that the printer seems more important that the monitor. Analog output for an analog world.
That is one nice Zenith!
In reply to jrw1621:
Or my TI-83 calculator.
Touche'
It does look like something seen in a Mystery Science Theater 3000 style movie.
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Having spent too much time with both I'll take the bus. Atleast there's the chance someone will touch you inappropriately
mtn wrote:
Notice the cropping on the photos. The implication is that the cars stretch to the horizon, as the other two photos that show the empty space do.
In reply to jrw1621:
I think it was better with Mike Nelson on the cast. Hot link added per the requirements...
DukeOfUndersteer wrote: In reply to jrw1621: I think it was better with Mike Nelson on the cast. Hot link added per the requirements...
I am sure that statement could spur a long debate. I chose 'the Joel version" for it originality and dead-pan delivery.
Wally wrote: Having spent too much time with both [Chevy Cavalier & public transport] I'll take the bus. Atleast there's the chance someone will touch you inappropriately
Haha! Edited with context for inclusion in Say What?.
Technically not hotlinked, but whatever.
EricM wrote:
I had to think a bit as to where I've seen that double-steering wheel arrangement before. Then I remembered, it was Jay Leno's Doble steam car. That means that computer is steam powered!
EricM wrote:
i thought is there for you to steer on the Information Super Highway!
EricM wrote:
"With teletype interface and the Fortran language, the computer will be easy to use."
The photo appears to be circa 1954. This was reality in my home by 1968 - a teletype machine connected via modem to an off-site IBM 360 (Dad was in the computer business early on). As I recall, Fortran was in use as was BASIC.
Obviously no GUI - input was via keyboard and output was mechanically printed text. The problem was that there were obviously no applications suited for a home user other than some goofy games used for demonstration purposes. But as a 10 year old, I was probably the first kid to come home from school and play "computer games" in my family room.
Sorry for the diversion down memory lane - now back to your regularly scheduled programming....
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