Out of the Blue [Nov 20, 2015, 10:47 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Today is the 30th anniversary of the release of Windows version 1.0, Microsoft's
initial baby step into the world of the GUI. To remind us of how far they've
come,
Network World dug up
this launch video from the time, showing Steve Ballmer at his wackiest,
which is saying something. And man did they pack in the free features for that
initial release, huh? The MS-DOS Executive, a clock, a control panel, and a
print spooler? Yeah boy!
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Live Action Five Nights at Freddy's. David Bowie - Blackstar. Thanks nin. Some Men Just Want To Watch The Fall Burn. |
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On the downside there's no chance for a game to go from discount to super discount
Not happy about this at all. My 85% off or bust mentality to buying games on Steam may be coming to an end.
It also doesn't make much sense to run the sales for as long as they were under this new system... so I suspect that they will not even be "week long" sales in the future.Edit: Oooh... the new Steam refund system is probably why. There would be huge waves of returns now every time a game had a lower discount later in the week.
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Some Men Just Want To Watch The Fall Burn.
heh. Need some CC on that video....I understood "whooooaaaa" and that was about it - and I am usually able to decipher hillbilly....
Have always been a Bowie fan, but this is a true WTF.
He is starting to look like Leonard Nimoy in his last years.
Still has the moves though.
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Retired wrote on Nov 20, 2015, 20:00:
Steam sales are changing. One the sale starts, all games will be at their lowest price for the duration of the sale - no more FLASH or other shenanigans.
(via Kotaku)
Hmm not sure how I feel about that. No more game voting? On the downside there's no chance for a game to go from discount to super discount. On the upside no need to check Steam every hour.
If Russia stops fighting, the war ends. If Ukraine stops fighting, Ukraine ends. Slava Ukraini!
Steam sales are changing. One the sale starts, all games will be at their lowest price for the duration of the sale - no more FLASH or other shenanigans.
(via Kotaku)
(via Kotaku)
antibiotic resistant bacteria - another gift from the meat and dairy industry.
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OS/2 and GeOS were both vastly superior to the competing versions of Windows. GeOS basically lost out because they couldn't get a dev kit out in a reasonable amount of time, but OS/2 lost due to MS's illegal tactics. I think I'll be forever pissed off about being stuck with the inferior option.
Cutter wrote on Nov 20, 2015, 12:34:
Coming off of DOS to Windows was pretty mind blowing at the time. It was like coming off Lynx and BBS' to Netscape, or when we all got our first 3D cards for the first 3D games. Those were all very Neo 'Whoa! I know Kung Fu.' moments.
Yah, but coming from AmigaOS, Windows was quite unimpressive.
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Coming off of DOS to Windows was pretty mind blowing at the time. It was like coming off Lynx and BBS' to Netscape, or when we all got our first 3D cards for the first 3D games. Those were all very Neo 'Whoa! I know Kung Fu.' moments.
"Van Gogh painted alone and in despair and in madness and sold one picture in his entire life. Millions struggled alone, unrecognized, and struggled as heroically as any famous hero. Was it worthless? I knew it wasn't."
Jivaro wrote on Nov 20, 2015, 10:53:
I don't complain about "too much" to watch because sooner or later there will be a drought.
I've been thinking that the last few years, but I've not seen it happen yet. If anything, it's gotten worse (IE more content, less time).
I don't complain about "too much" to watch because sooner or later there will be a drought. When that happens I can just go back and catch up on some of the things I am skipping due to a lack of time. If the drought takes long enough, maybe I will even raise my standards, but I wouldn't count on it. I have had pretty low standards for over 40 years, I don't see that changing much. 
The Golden Age- Is there just too much TV? Yeah.
No doubt! It's hard to juggle it all, and keep up with what's next.
Also, Jessica Jones started today, and reviews have been good.
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