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Post by twothousandonemark on Jan 3, 2020 18:36:45 GMT
As a kid...
Hot Wheels
Transformers
Nintendo
Horror movies
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Post by loofapotato on Jan 3, 2020 19:41:22 GMT
Nah screw that, Colecovision was better.  I had a ColecoVision, but still loved my Atari. I did get the expansion module for the Coleco that let you play Atari games, that way I didn't have a huge amount of clutter with 3 systems (I had an Intellivision too). I also had the roller expansion that came with "Slither" but I don't think I used it with any other games. The Coleco was great for a massive amount of arcade translations but they didn't have a lot of original games. The Intellivision had a ton of very interesting original games like Utopia and the Dungeons and Dragons adaptions in particular. Later on I even picked up an Odyssey 2 second hand at a garage sale so I was pretty well covered with early '80s videogames. I spent hours playing Zaxxon. 
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Post by loofapotato on Jan 3, 2020 19:44:03 GMT
I've always pretended to fly a space ship during HBO intros I think I still have this on a VHS tape when my Dad recorded Ghostbusters off of HBO back in the day, although at the end it said "HBO Feature Presentation" instead of "HBO music". That was a really cool opening logo! There's also the other intro flying through a cityscape that lasted into the 2000s.
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Post by mslo79 on Jan 6, 2020 8:30:42 GMT
gameboyYeah, basically you got one in the earlier day's of computers being mainstream with the common person as, like I was saying, it was probably about 1998-2000 before they started to take off with the common person. or I could say this... around 1995 I would not expect too many average people to have a computer in their homes, but by the early 2000's plenty of people did by that point. Yeah, I agree as I can't stand using a smart phone for anything outside very basic stuff. like if I really want to use something for any length of time it's going to be a desktop computer (or at least a laptop with a mouse connected) since you get a bigger screen and everything is just much faster/more efficient to use (and not to mention likely more secure since they get security updates quickly unlike many android phones). p.s. if you got spare computer (like say a older one with older hardware etc) I suggest installing something like Linux Mint (i.e. linuxmint.com/ ; completely free ) to it (like completely delete the data on your hard drive and install that from scratch) as that will give you a secure internet machine for doing stuff online. basically the average person is safer using Linux than they are Windows online simply because one is a lot less likely to get a virus on Linux than they would be on Windows (especially those more computer illiterate types). hell, I don't even have Windows installed on any of my computers right now. well, I partially do but only in a virtual machine (through VirtualBox software) for occasional use as Linux Mint is the only OS I have installed on all of my computers right now. it only requires 1GB of RAM but 2GB+ is best for decent all around performance (I am sure with 4GB+ it's plenty for general use). or ill say... if you got a decent computer Linux Mint v19.3-Cinnamon is probably what I would go with. if your a little low on RAM etc, I suggest the Xfce version. in fact, I got a hold of a used HP2000 laptop for very little $$$ and wiped the drive and installed Linux Mint v19.3-Xfce on it as with Windows 10 (I tried this first), while it technically works, it's way to slow/sluggish for general use but with Linux Mint on it, it's usable since it does not waste resources running other random junk Windows 10 has on it.
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Post by gameboy on Jan 6, 2020 16:10:45 GMT
gameboy Yeah, basically you got one in the earlier day's of computers being mainstream with the common person as, like I was saying, it was probably about 1998-2000 before they started to take off with the common person. or I could say this... around 1995 I would not expect too many average people to have a computer in their homes, but by the early 2000's plenty of people did by that point. Yeah, I agree as I can't stand using a smart phone for anything outside very basic stuff. like if I really want to use something for any length of time it's going to be a desktop computer (or at least a laptop with a mouse connected) since you get a bigger screen and everything is just much faster/more efficient to use (and not to mention likely more secure since they get security updates quickly unlike many android phones). p.s. if you got spare computer (like say a older one with older hardware etc) I suggest installing something like Linux Mint (i.e. linuxmint.com/ ; completely free ) to it (like completely delete the data on your hard drive and install that from scratch) as that will give you a secure internet machine for doing stuff online. basically the average person is safer using Linux than they are Windows online simply because one is a lot less likely to get a virus on Linux than they would be on Windows (especially those more computer illiterate types). hell, I don't even have Windows installed on any of my computers right now. well, I partially do but only in a virtual machine (through VirtualBox software) for occasional use as Linux Mint is the only OS I have installed on all of my computers right now. it only requires 1GB of RAM but 2GB+ is best for decent all around performance (I am sure with 4GB+ it's plenty for general use). or ill say... if you got a decent computer Linux Mint v19.3-Cinnamon is probably what I would go with. if your a little low on RAM etc, I suggest the Xfce version. in fact, I got a hold of a used HP2000 laptop for very little $$$ and wiped the drive and installed Linux Mint v19.3-Xfce on it as with Windows 10 (I tried this first), while it technically works, it's way to slow/sluggish for general use but with Linux Mint on it, it's usable since it does not waste resources running other random junk Windows 10 has on it. Thanks for the Linux suggestion. My old desktop is in the garage. I used to think I would retrieve all the old info from it but it's been years and it's too much hassle now. I find a laptop is fine for around the house. You have mobility and you're not tied to a desk.
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Post by 🎄Jan El Señor🎄 on Jan 6, 2020 17:38:09 GMT
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Post by ᵗʰᵉᵃᵘˣᵖʰᵒᵘ on Jan 6, 2020 18:13:07 GMT
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Post by teddybear on Jan 7, 2020 1:45:22 GMT
MTV
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Post by ellynmacg on Jan 8, 2020 7:25:13 GMT
1980 - I met the love of my life. 1985 - Married him. 1988 - Our first child was born. Oh, and besides such personal matters... Music (in no particular order, and including some bands who started in the '70's and/or continued into the '90's): Tears for Fears, Midnight Oil, The Fixx, Men at Work, The Police, The Battlefield Band (formed in '69!), The Tannahill Weavers, The Pretenders, The Eurythmics/Annie Lennox, El Rayo X, feat. David Lindley, Joe Jackson; New Age: Vangelis, David Arkenstone, Eric Tingstad and Nancy Rumbel, William Ackerman, and (sob) Michael Hedges. Jazz: Jean Luc Ponty Movies (again, in no particular order): Star Wars Eps. V & VI (The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi); Star Trek II, III, IV, & VI; The Princess Bride; This Is Spinal Tap; E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial; Raiders of the Lost Ark; Chariots of Fire; Back to the Future; Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective, aka Basil of Baker Street; The Little Mermaid TV (you know the drill by now, I hope  ): The renaissance of high-quality TV cartoons, including Tiny Toon Adventures and The Disney Afternoon; Night Court; The Cosby Show (back in those days, before we found out a few things about ol' Bill  ); Murder, She Wrote; and probably some more that I'm too tired to think of right now.  |
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Post by James Bond on Jan 8, 2020 21:16:13 GMT
The music, the godawful TV, and some of the movies.
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Post by Sarge on Jan 10, 2020 0:08:58 GMT
Blue jean jackets and shorts. Levis that fit, now they are too baggy in the ass or too tight in the legs. No cell phones. Making plans in advance without a bunch of last minute texting.
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Post by 🎄Jan El Señor🎄 on Jan 10, 2020 0:35:04 GMT
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Post by mslo79 on Jan 14, 2020 11:18:50 GMT
gameboy I guess I tend to favor a bigger screen/more power/usability as using a touchpad on a laptop is a pain in the ass vs a mouse. so while a laptop beats a smart phone for general use, I think a desktop easily tops both overall especially if your using the touchpad on a laptop which is a chore to use. like a little use here and there is okay, but since I tend to really use my computers, a desktop is flat out superior. but I guess one could always get a actual mouse for their laptop and that would solve most of the issue and make the laptop close enough to the desktop then lacking screen size and probably less powerful to. like outside of very basic stuff, I always prefer a proper desktop over anything else because they tend to be more powerful and you can really use them without it being a chore as typing on a smart phone is a pain in the @$$ vs a keyboard and a bigger screen is much easier on your eyes etc and with a laptop, while it mostly solves the typing issue on a smart phone, without a mouse, it's still mostly a pain to use unless your use of it is fairly brief. but yeah, you can even use a Linux Mint bootable USB stick (or DVD (if your old school  )) to retrieve any data on your computer before you wipe the drive and install Linux to it. basically it's good for those situations where if someones Windows installation is totally out of whack but you still have important data you want to get off the hard drive before wiping it as you can boot with the Linux Mint thing, plug in another USB stick (or external hard drive etc) to it, then transfer important data to it before wiping it.
hell, at the very least... putting Linux Mint on your desktop would be good for situations where your doing higher sensitivity stuff online like banking etc as it's more secure than just about everything else be it Windows or Android/iOS or even Apple desktop computers (just about everything attacks Windows since it's dominate as it's roughly 87% of the desktop/laptop market share where as Linux is only around 2%). hell, you don't even need anti-virus software on Linux which says a lot and will free up resources especially if your CPU is a bit weak etc. NOTE: hell, for even extra security on Linux (it's already quite good by default though) one can run a program called 'Firejail' which is a sandbox program. so even if you got hit by a drive-by download (i.e. can infect your computer just from visiting a website), it's damage would be quite limited since even once it by-passed the browser, it would be pretty much stopped by the Firejail sandbox program as it would have to escape both your browser and the sandboxing program to gain access to anything sensitive on your computer and that's quite unlikely to happen. but anyways, you can keep your laptop/smart phone for lower sensitivity stuff and use the Linux computer for banking or credit card related etc. I also strongly recommend you never use the same password for multiple sites, especially higher sensitivity sites and especially be careful with your email since it can be used to reset a lot of your password for other accounts if some shady cyber criminal ever compromised it. that's why with a password manager, since it generates random password for each site you use, even if one site became compromised, your other sites would be uneffected. because with a password manager all you have to do is remember the master password and once you enter that it gives you access to a file stored on your computer which stores all of the other passwords to websites you use. but if you do use a password manager I strongly recommend you make backup copies of your password database file so if your computer's hard drive ever dies you won't be screwed as it would be a major chore to lose access to your password managers database file.
p.s. but if you do clean install say Linux Mint v19.3 it's a good idea to change from the default v5.0 kernel back to the v4.15. because v5.0 is only supported til Feb 2020 where as the v4.15, which is a LTS(long term support) kernel, will be supported for the life of Linux Mint v19.x, which is til the year 2023. but I won't explain how to do this for now as if you went to v19.3 I would tell you how to do it which is not hard. in Mint v19.2 and a bit prior, the default kernel was the LTS one. but they mostly shipped it with a newer kernel for those who use Mint on newer hardware since more recent hardware might not be supported by the v4.15 kernel where as with v5.0, like say ones hardware did not work with v4.15, and it does work with v5.0, in this case one can just upgrade to a newer kernel after Feb 2020. so even though that would work it's more of a pain because you got to keep up with the stuff where as if you can run v4.15 you ain't got to worry about it basically and just apply any updates as they come in the 'Update Manager'. because all system updates, your web browser and general security updates for the OS etc, all come through the 'Update Manager' and you have to manually allow them to install.
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Jan 14, 2020 18:36:47 GMT
New Wave Morrissey Perestroika and the fall of the Berlin Wall Free base cocaine Almost no one had computers Nobody stared at their phone for hours New Wave Perestroika and the fall of the Berlin Wall Almost no one had computers Nobody stared at their phone for hours 4 out of 6 aint bad
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)) to retrieve any data on your computer before you wipe the drive and install Linux to it. basically it's good for those situations where if someones Windows installation is totally out of whack but you still have important data you want to get off the hard drive before wiping it as you can boot with the Linux Mint thing, plug in another USB stick (or external hard drive etc) to it, then transfer important data to it before wiping it.
