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1980 = 30 years
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Not surprised by that...I've been saying for a few years that I've been gaming for 30+ years.
*ugh*
*ugh*
Relique du Madde
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In other news, does it surprise you that Star Trek First Contact will take place in 43 years, and that the Jetsons also takes place 43 years into the future? Does it also surprise you that Rosie the robot (whose 'age' was 45) should have been built 2 years ago so that the Jetson's time-line would work?
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What about how Big Brother isn't the same concern these days as it was back in 1984?
Then, the concern was government monitoring our every move. Now its US monitoring everyone else's every move...AND a bad reality TV show.
I'm not sure which is worse.
Then, the concern was government monitoring our every move. Now its US monitoring everyone else's every move...AND a bad reality TV show.
I'm not sure which is worse.
Relique du Madde
Adventurer
*Steps away from Danny and starts looking for laser dots*
Theo R Cwithin
I cast "Baconstorm!"
I find it more distressing that I slept through the Eugenics Wars and the tyranny of Kahn Noonien Singh.
Fortunately for us all, he was exiled by President Clinton-- though the news media sure paid a lot more attention to the Lewinski thing at the time, as I recall.
Aaaaanyway ...
To return to a slightly lighter note, I'm trying to think of what I was doing back in 1980, and what I thought then that I'd be doing now.
I played a lot of football (or soccer, to most people on these boards -- though I'd never heard the word then). I was set to become a techno geek: even at that age I was a maths wiz. I had a tremendous crush on the girl who lived three doors down. And I reckoned that by the year 2000 we'd all be living under the sea or in space.
The last time I touched a football was a year ago, with my best friend's son. Before that, it was back in my student days, probably fifteen years ago or longer.
I gave up on becoming a geek when I was fourteen and stopped paying attention during maths class. I still work with computers every day, which I suppose was a bit of a dream back then, but then I reckon that most people spend a lot of their time at the keyboard.
I lost touch with the girl about a year later when we moved to a different part of the country.
And I live in suburbia, not under the sea, though we're below sea level here (western part of Holland) and if all the doomsday scenarios come true I might actually find myself living that part of the dream.
To return to a slightly lighter note, I'm trying to think of what I was doing back in 1980, and what I thought then that I'd be doing now.
I played a lot of football (or soccer, to most people on these boards -- though I'd never heard the word then). I was set to become a techno geek: even at that age I was a maths wiz. I had a tremendous crush on the girl who lived three doors down. And I reckoned that by the year 2000 we'd all be living under the sea or in space.
The last time I touched a football was a year ago, with my best friend's son. Before that, it was back in my student days, probably fifteen years ago or longer.
I gave up on becoming a geek when I was fourteen and stopped paying attention during maths class. I still work with computers every day, which I suppose was a bit of a dream back then, but then I reckon that most people spend a lot of their time at the keyboard.
I lost touch with the girl about a year later when we moved to a different part of the country.
And I live in suburbia, not under the sea, though we're below sea level here (western part of Holland) and if all the doomsday scenarios come true I might actually find myself living that part of the dream.
I turn 30 in November, so no, no it doesn't.
It has been a good run so far. Soon I will be over the hill. I would ask where the time went, but a good portion of it was spent right here.
By the way, I haven't used Betamax, but I have used LP records. I still have a VHS player, which isn't that weird; it does collect dust, though. I have also used digital cassettes for the Atari 2600. Oh, I also had a teacher who had a laser disc player; like a cd, but much bigger. My first ever dialup modem was 14.4. I connected to AOL around April 1996 and my own hometown ISP the next month.
Hopefully later I can grouch and complain in the nursing home how in my day the Internet came on phones lines*, and the first ones made noise and were slow.
*I figure in the future the Internet will be based on telepathy hivemind of sorts
It has been a good run so far. Soon I will be over the hill. I would ask where the time went, but a good portion of it was spent right here.
By the way, I haven't used Betamax, but I have used LP records. I still have a VHS player, which isn't that weird; it does collect dust, though. I have also used digital cassettes for the Atari 2600. Oh, I also had a teacher who had a laser disc player; like a cd, but much bigger. My first ever dialup modem was 14.4. I connected to AOL around April 1996 and my own hometown ISP the next month.
Hopefully later I can grouch and complain in the nursing home how in my day the Internet came on phones lines*, and the first ones made noise and were slow.
*I figure in the future the Internet will be based on telepathy hivemind of sorts
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