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  1. Set'n me up some DoDonPachi.
     
    1. Parker77

      Parker77

      Absolute classic.

    2. SlidellMan

      SlidellMan

      I'm glad that Cave is still going at it since they formed after Toaplan went under. They also did Deathsmiles and two Sega Saturn racing games.

  2. Seth Green paid nearly $300,000 to get his stolen Bored Ape back!

    We can now all breathe a sigh of relief.

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    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I'll take payment in Dogecoin or Red Baron Mini Pizzas!

    3. Keatah

      Keatah

      The replies are epic in quantity. Make them into NFT.

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Some people just answer too many times don't they?   (And by that, I mean me hehaaa)...Cheers!

  3. ??? - O - rama

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    2. Keatah

      Keatah

      Spunk - O - rama

      Sex - O - rama

       

    3. frankodragon

      frankodragon

      Barf - o -rama

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I used to always buy the CD comps called Punk O Rama...

  4. ..when a youtuber tell you Zinc has enzymes in it!

    1. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Like Plants Crave?

  5. ..where the data is brought together in large storaging and processing so its a batch layer which helps the processing..

    1. carlsson

      carlsson

      Take me down to the server hall of blessing,
      where the data is brought together for batch processing.
      Take me there, ooh won't you please take me there!
       

    2. Flojomojo
  6. "I pulled this dusty old generic OAK ISA VGA from my grandma's PC, so ISA = VinTaGE!! = HisTOry = NoStALgIA = $200!!"

    1. jaybird3rd
    2. bluejay

      bluejay

      RARE HOLY GRAIL READ DISCRIPTION

  7. #46 is a great number! A defining number. It is the number of United States dollars I just spent on an hp2225C+ printer. New in Box, has the original manual, sample paper, sample ink cartridge, hp application notes, AC adapter, paper guide, and tear-off plastic protector sheet on the clear cover.

     

    The manual is a beautiful thing. From a time when manuals were worth picking up and not this crap quickstart guide shit. It even has a page showing how to set the dip-switches for the Apple II. Yes!

  8. Punch cards are coming back, you know. This "USB drive" stuff is just a passing fad.

    1. thanatos

      thanatos

      Heard that about BBSs too!

    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Computers are just a fad...Soon we will all trade them in for the next Cabbage Patch Kids...Now with Hula Hoops!

  9. ALL software is a physical copy. It resides on some sort of physical media like paper, tapes, ROMs, EPROMs, HDD, Floppy, printed stuff, harddisk-in-a-server-500-miles-away, glass & metallic platters, optical pits and reflective areas, RAM, Flash, PROM fuses, Masked ROM diodes.. And more!

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    2. 8_is_enuff

      8_is_enuff

      thanatos, aren't electrons considered to be primarily wavelike these days?  But I guess a wave is something too.

    3. Keatah

      Keatah

      But those waves have to be embodied in something though, like server hardware or any hardware!

    4. Keatah

      Keatah

      So it comes down to companies letting you make local copies of the stuff or not. In the 70's and 80's companies were generous and gave you nice containers for your data. Today they take away as much as possible.

  10. Recipe for a healthy lifestyle: Soda, junkfood, playing Atari, smoking.. Mmm-hmm!

    1. save2600

      save2600

      I always thought that was the Sega mantra?  :D

    2. x=usr(1536)

      x=usr(1536)

      "Looks like I picked the wrong day to quit smoking!"

    3. thanatos

      thanatos

      Sorry, I don't drink soda, I'm kind of a health nut.

      Beer and whisky and smoking and junk food.  Actually, less junk food, more beef/steak or fried chicken.

  11. $100 for a book on Pascal? ProDOS User's Disk & Manual $350. Graded Atarisoft Battlezone $800. Microsoft Applesoft Compiler $900. Z-80 CP/M card $1,000. As of today ebay has over 5,100 Apple II items for sale, and I hope the stuff keeps sitting there rotting away!

    1. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Lemme save people some real money.  Atari Battlezone!  Plays on any Atari 2600!  Not graded so I'll only make it $700!  Loose Cart!  Kind of looks like a toy Monster Truck ran over it, so you know it's authentic from back in the day!    Oh..Lemme add  @@RARE@@  L00k!  FUN! FUN!

  12. $165 for an Apple II joystick? Yeh just no.. 

    1. Stephen

      Stephen

      Apple in the title - cost is no issue!

    2. Leonard Smith

      Leonard Smith

      I have an empty box for an Apple II joystick if anyone's interested, lol!

       

  13. 1- Found a box of computer case nameplates. Mainly Apple II, TRS-80, and IBM. And other assorted stickers/badges.

     

    2- I love ebay's "saved searches" You type what you're looking for and get an email when it comes in! Old feature, but underused.

  14. 1- Is geocaching still a thing?

    2- Playing Elastomania.

    3- Celestica reminds me of Sex Elastica.

    4- Teresa from Picard is one hot little enchilada!

    5- The music in Picard is relevant and appropriately exciting.

     

    I'd say that's a nice 5-in-one status update!

     

     

     

  15. 2020 looking to be pretty good. Eliminated an est. 600kilos of scrap and electronics I'll never use. Nostalgia be damned. And started work on a 2nd vintage 486 rig. I swear it's easier finding parts today than it was 30 years ago!

  16. A $3000 overpriced book on ebay? I'll take the free pdf thankyouverymuch!

    1. jaybird3rd

      jaybird3rd

      Wow.  I prefer print, but not by *that* much.

  17. A good 486 build will fight you every step of the way.

    1. RodLightning

      RodLightning

      They really were/are hell weren't they?  The earlier ones with physical jumpers on the board are the worst without proper documentation.

  18. A recent news report out of Italy claims that Coronavirus can travel uber-long distances by riding on industrial pollutants. Whatta bitch of a virus if that's accurate.

    1. S1500

      S1500

      I heard if you drink coke and pop rocks you explode while doing a breakdance headspin move.

    2. joeatari1

      joeatari1

      Oh boy.  How long till this status update gets locked by the mods?

    3. Keatah

      Keatah

      It shouldn't..? It's reliable news. Investigation is ongoing. It's a new virus and we're learning new things about its behavior on a weekly basis.

       

      As always, conduct your own research and cross-reference sources.

       

  19. A rising terror = farting at your girlfriend's parents' house. Just hope the smell doesn't expand out and engulf everything. If it does your best bet is to laugh it off or get everyone to instantly see something "exciting" outside.

    1. bluejay

      bluejay

      Was it a ninja fart or a giant fart?

    2. Keatah

      Keatah

      I think it was a silent-sewer. It kind of upwelled, and permeated the room. It was stale. It wasn't moving much.

       

  20. AC Delco sparkplug grease is in the same kind of plastic tube like Lotramin jock-itch cream. And it was dark with only the night-light on... And whoooooppss!

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    2. frankodragon

      frankodragon

      Charlie Sheen would be quite interested in that.

    3. Wally1

      Wally1

      the human torpedo?

       

    4. Keatah

      Keatah

      15-20% of the world's population has the burn down there at any one time. And I got it from the sports stadium just a week ago. I'm sure. Hopefully tomorrow I can sit still without wiggling & scratching.

       

  21. According to the internet, the difference between DNA & mRNA vaccines is that the DNA ones require an electrical device to push the "stuff" into the cell. Whereas mRNA just kinda goes in on its own. Don't quite understand how "journalists" can get paid good money citing such basic inaccuracies.

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    2. Keatah

      Keatah

      To really learn about viruses take the lectures from Vincent Racaniello. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGhmZX2NKiNm0vqVhoYB_xZP6E6tGT6rU

       

    3. Giles N

      Giles N

      @Keatah

      Well, I’m not an expert in the area, and used rather simplified jargon... (probably to understand myself what I was saying ?)...

       

      One more thing I came to remember that was important to the research that initially came to form the platform on which every other Corona-vaccine was built (every company developing Corona-vaccines ‘builds’ upon [probably also improves upon], the research-papers by Moderna), was that they found out the attaching spikes changed form during the existence-cycle of the virus.

       

      This was important to discover (if I understood it correctly), in order to understand why the immune-system would not easily learn how to dispose of these intruders.

       

      As they found out the spikes were changing, it was easier to know where the weak spots of virus were, not just in shape but in time.

       

      Anyway, I’m no expert, so this is what I got out of reading an article (not technical paper), on the research history.

       

      But as the major-breakthroughs were done by Moderna, I suppose it more likely they’ll get a Nobel Prize.

       

      Anyway, I personally think they deserve it more than Pfeizer or similar, as they had spent a blimmin’ 15 year of research on flu-like viruses, and every other company builds on their works.

       

      Just my opinion though...

       

      BTW - I’m not challenging your more precise language; it’s appreciated; I’m always in need of learning new stuff...

    4. Keatah

      Keatah

      Your dialog is fine.

  22. After watching this biology video I had a dream about floating on a lipid raft in a sea of Phosphydital Choline.

  23. Alright I've seen enough. There's overclockers that connect their PC to the bathtub faucet for a high-volume flow of cold water through the waterblock.

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    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I know right?  I think I might be overclocked though....Hear me out, ...as I get older, time seems to go Faster!    Then again, could have been one of those updates.  The kind where you're reminded 10 minutes later if you click on it.  So I just went to bed and said Restart me NOW!  I woke up and my performance was better!  But I also felt a day older (and a dollar shorter...not sure why on that one)....Maybe Bill Gates or Jeff Bezos came in my room and stole a dollar off my night stand.  (Or maybe they Both did!)   I knew I shouldn't have used a Windows Computer to order a door lock off of Amazon.   I'd tell ya the whole story but ya might think I'm just being silly.

    3. joeatari1

      joeatari1

      I think time seems to go faster as we get older because we just start forgetting more.  Or just not caring as much.

    4. Zoyous

      Zoyous

      I think it's because each increment of time becomes a smaller percentage of your overall experience. When you're 3 years old, a year is 33% of your entire life experience. When you're 50, a year is only 2%.

  24. Alrightee folks. Start stocking up on your school supplies. Because they say there's a gonna be a shortage! Step to it!

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