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bluelake
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VanIslander
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Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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There's a countdown clock to it.  |
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ChopChaeJoe
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| That's about the dumbest thing I've seen yet. |
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eamo
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Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| It's a bit meaningless to ask individuals to shut down their home computers. Not a lot at stake there. It's big business who would affect the world if they all shut down their computers. Oh, and air traffic control!!! |
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Lizara
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Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:26 am Post subject: |
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| It's a bit meaningless to ask individuals to shut down their home computers. Not a lot at stake there. It's big business who would affect the world if they all shut down their computers. Oh, and air traffic control!!! |
I suspect the point is more about getting people to live without their computers for a day. Get out and enjoy the *shudder* real world, or some such thing. |
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ChopChaeJoe
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:21 am Post subject: |
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| Lizara wrote: |
| eamo wrote: |
| It's a bit meaningless to ask individuals to shut down their home computers. Not a lot at stake there. It's big business who would affect the world if they all shut down their computers. Oh, and air traffic control!!! |
I suspect the point is more about getting people to live without their computers for a day. Get out and enjoy the *shudder* real world, or some such thing. |
Yeah, i suppose like listening to the radio, watching TV or a movie, y'know, something much more connected to real life than anything found here.
5 will get you 10 that the web page above is still operational on "shutdown" day. And it being enabled by the very computers it seeks to shut down should tell you how stupid this idea is. Like a "be faithful to your wife day" petition in a whorehouse. |
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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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I think it's brilliant.
It's good to think about the impact of technology on our lives, even for just one day. |
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Delirium's Brother
Joined: 08 May 2006
Location: Out in that field with Rumi, waiting for you to join us!
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Which part of the `real world' is the real part?
peace, |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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| Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:56 am Post subject: |
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| Ummm....I REMEMBER the days before computers!! And I managed just fine!! |
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bluelake
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| Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Ummm....I REMEMBER the days before computers!! And I managed just fine!! |
Me, too... Actually, I used to service some of the first personal personal computers (Commodore 8032, Pet, Vic, and others) back at the beginning of the 80s. I also remember when upgrading from 16k RAM to 32k RAM and attaching a 5MB hard drive was a big event. I also got along great without them, but I'm sure glad I have one nowadays. |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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| Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 4:07 am Post subject: |
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| bluelake wrote: |
| ajuma wrote: |
| Ummm....I REMEMBER the days before computers!! And I managed just fine!! |
Me, too... Actually, I used to service some of the first personal personal computers (Commodore 8032, Pet, Vic, and others) back at the beginning of the 80s. I also remember when upgrading from 16k RAM to 32k RAM and attaching a 5MB hard drive was a big event. I also got along great without them, but I'm sure glad I have one nowadays. |
OMG!! I HAD that computer!!! TV for the monitor and a tape player for the memory?? Learned some basic programming that way!!
But yeah, I'm sure glad that they're here. How many of us would be here if it weren't for the internet?? |
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Tarmangani
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: the Calm
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| Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 4:31 am Post subject: |
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There should be a third option.
I can, but I won't. |
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bluelake
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| ajuma wrote: |
| bluelake wrote: |
| ajuma wrote: |
| Ummm....I REMEMBER the days before computers!! And I managed just fine!! |
Me, too... Actually, I used to service some of the first personal personal computers (Commodore 8032, Pet, Vic, and others) back at the beginning of the 80s. I also remember when upgrading from 16k RAM to 32k RAM and attaching a 5MB hard drive was a big event. I also got along great without them, but I'm sure glad I have one nowadays. |
OMG!! I HAD that computer!!! TV for the monitor and a tape player for the memory?? Learned some basic programming that way!!
But yeah, I'm sure glad that they're here. How many of us would be here if it weren't for the internet?? |
Actually, the 8032 (and the Pet) had an attached monitor; the Vic was one you hooked up to a TV. All of them could use a tape drive (and the 8032 also had a floppy drive: single sided/single density 5-1/4", which was external). Today they are high-tech boat anchors... |
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ED209
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| It's on a Saturday. I usually sleep of a hangover until it's time to get drunk again. Unless it coincides with no booze day I can do. |
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