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  • seeric
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    • Aug 2004
    • 41917

    #1

    Here's something to put this all in perspective

    many of us are products of the computer age, especially alot of the younger webmasters i have met in the last 5 years or so.


    how many of you programmed on a mac II se? or a commodore 64?

    i did.

    having owned a mac II se and now about to buy a g5 in a few weeks for home, it really made me think.

    when i first started in this biz, 386 and a 233mhz processor was the shit.

    where the hell are we gonna be in 10 years?

    nearly 20 years since i started on commodore 64 in a math class in roughly 10th grade.

    absolutely ridiculous the pace of the growth and maturing of technology.

    think about it for a second where you started and the stuff you used back when. i tell you, it really shocks and amazed me how we all bob and weave with technology, and actually how short the time period really is and the tremendous amount of growth experienced during that period.



  • martinsc
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    • Jun 2005
    • 27043

    #2
    i know what you mean...
    i remember trying to update my RAM from 32 MB to 64MB... damn, that shit was expensive...
    or recording code to a tape on my c64....
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    • sharp
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      • Jan 2003
      • 7006

      #3
      All I have to say is "Oregon Trail."

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      • DWB
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        • Jul 2003
        • 31779

        #4
        Here's something to put this all in perspective....

        All of this, everything we do, is for some guy to jack off and bust a nut.

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        • pornguy
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          #5
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          • DaddyHalbucks
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            #6
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            • seeric
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              • Aug 2004
              • 41917

              #7
              shit. atari 2600 and 1mhz. i know some of you have these in your closet.

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              • seeric
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                • Aug 2004
                • 41917

                #8
                Originally posted by DirtyWhiteBoy
                Here's something to put this all in perspective....

                All of this, everything we do, is for some guy to jack off and bust a nut.
                the animal always needs feeding. new content, new meal, new CC.

                you my friend, get a gold star.

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                • Profits of Doom
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                  • Feb 2004
                  • 4978

                  #9
                  Wow, I'm 33 years old and I can remember my first computer, a Commodore Vic 20, and the one game I think they had at the time, Blue Meanies from Outer Space. It's been a LONG time but if I remember correctly the games came with a booklet of code you had to type in word for word before you could play, and if you made one mistake you got the dreaded "syntax error". A buddy of mine had an Apple (fucked if I can remember what model back then) and used to play Castle Wolfenstein for hours. I can't believe what were essentially stick figures shooting each other could hold our attention for so long.
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                  • seeric
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                    • Aug 2004
                    • 41917

                    #10
                    what really tripped me out was going through all my emulators and roms that i have and theres this show on history channel about technology. while watching it i questioned myself if i am old and why do i understand and relate to all this?


                    ROFL.

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                    • CaptainHowdy
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                      • Dec 2004
                      • 94102

                      #11
                      Originally posted by DirtyWhiteBoy
                      Here's something to put this all in perspective....

                      All of this, everything we do, is for some guy to jack off and bust a nut.
                      !! Amen... I'd wish I could see things as clear as DWB.

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                      • seeric
                        ..........
                        • Aug 2004
                        • 41917

                        #12
                        Who here owned or frequented a BBS for porn before you were a webmaster?

                        haha. shit i rememer sending checks through snail mail and waiting for the BBS owner to receive it and give me access. haha. shit good times.

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                        • scotty2hotty1111
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                          • Apr 2006
                          • 1113

                          #13
                          Originally posted by A1R3K
                          the animal always needs feeding. new content, new meal, new CC.

                          you my friend, get a gold star.
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                          • tony299
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                            • Aug 2002
                            • 57021

                            #14
                            I was upgrading from my colo computer and buying a xt the salesman told me this clone had the new 30mb hard drive. He then said you will never use all that space. lol

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                            • spasmo
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                              • Dec 2005
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                              #15
                              Originally posted by A1R3K
                              what really tripped me out was going through all my emulators and roms that i have and theres this show on history channel about technology. while watching it i questioned myself if i am old and why do i understand and relate to all this?


                              ROFL.
                              Gee. Thanks. Thanks a lot.

                              Started with an Atari 800 in 1980. I was the SHIT because my parents actually sprung for a floppy drive.

                              Now that's old, man. You have a few more years of partying left.

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                              • seeric
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                                • Aug 2004
                                • 41917

                                #16
                                Originally posted by spasmo
                                Gee. Thanks. Thanks a lot.

                                Started with an Atari 800 in 1980. I was the SHIT because my parents actually sprung for a floppy drive.

                                Now that's old, man. You have a few more years of partying left.
                                i think at this point you may have to adopt me.

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                                • spasmo
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                                  • Dec 2005
                                  • 2678

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by A1R3K
                                  i think at this point you may have to adopt me.


                                  Hardcore BBSer here (was in the 408). If my parents only knew what I was up to in 1981 right under their very noses...

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                                  • 96ukssob
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                                    • Mar 2003
                                    • 12991

                                    #18
                                    funny to think about. I dont remember my first computer name, but I do remember having to save shit to those 5 1/2" "floppy" discs. all i used to for was to play lame games, and type papers on a program called "bank street writer"

                                    shit, i remember when i graduated high school my dad made me buy a laptop. i was so pissed i had to spend my money on this. when i first went to college, all i used to do is use it to look up porn and beat off while my roomate was gone... then one day i thought "huh, wonder what this webmaster link thing is"
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                                    • spasmo
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                                      • Dec 2005
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                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by bossku69
                                      shit, i remember when i graduated high school my dad made me buy a laptop. i was so pissed i had to spend my money on this. when i first went to college, all i used to do is use it to look up porn and beat off while my roomate was gone... then one day i thought "huh, wonder what this webmaster link thing is"



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                                      • quiet
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                                        • Sep 2001
                                        • 25115

                                        #20
                                        tandy trs - first computer. then used the apple II in elementary, programming with logo lol
                                        we'll miss you our friend. RIP

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                                          #21
                                          sorry im not as old as you guys (21), i didn't get into computers till 1999, but i do remember playing Oregon Trail back in grade school

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                                          • seeric
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                                            • Aug 2004
                                            • 41917

                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by quiet
                                            tandy trs - first computer. then used the apple II in elementary, programming with logo lol
                                            holy shit you are right!!!!!!!


                                            you are ahead of me by 6 years or so.

                                            holy shit, i remember my teacher talking about tandy.

                                            you all need to understand, this is in rural pennsylvania in like 1984.


                                            shit we were lucky to have what we had at the time.

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                                            • seeric
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                                              • Aug 2004
                                              • 41917

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by spasmo


                                              Hardcore BBSer here (was in the 408). If my parents only knew what I was up to in 1981 right under their very noses...
                                              shit man 1981 i was 11.

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                                              • seeric
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                                                • Aug 2004
                                                • 41917

                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by Madrox
                                                sorry im not as old as you guys (21), i didn't get into computers till 1999, but i do remember playing Oregon Trail back in grade school
                                                you are the future. the next 10 years are your growth years where you will influence technology. you are very powerful now.

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                                                • spasmo
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                                                  • Dec 2005
                                                  • 2678

                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by A1R3K
                                                  shit man 1981 i was 11.

                                                  I was only 14 in 1981 and I'm 39 now. One of us is bad at math right now and I don't know which one.


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                                                  • marketsmart
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                                                    • Dec 2004
                                                    • 20419

                                                    #26
                                                    apple II is where i started. didnt do much on it... i curse myself regularly for not taking computer basic class more seriously in jr high...

                                                    i was on the net early on and just didnt get it... i did make some money spamming aol in the early 90's and by spamming i mean sending 1 email at a time whne i had a telecommunications company...

                                                    i remember getting flamed by people and getting scared i was going to get in trouble... LOL....

                                                    technology moves so fast now. i cant wait to see what is around in the next 10 years...

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                                                    • The Other Steve
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                                                      • Dec 2001
                                                      • 2106

                                                      #27
                                                      I used a Vic20 to write a simple Basic program based on a random number generator and actually got it published in magazine.

                                                      I thought I had really made the big time - now I couldn't write 'hello world' in any computer language.
                                                      Left intentionally blank ... just like my brain

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                                                      • dissipate
                                                        The Dirty Frenchman
                                                        • Nov 2005
                                                        • 8904

                                                        #28
                                                        I remember my first computer was a Packard Bell 133mhz with 32MB of ram... that thing was a speed machine!

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                                                        • seeric
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                                                          • Aug 2004
                                                          • 41917

                                                          #29
                                                          Originally posted by spasmo
                                                          I was only 14 in 1981 and I'm 39 now. One of us is bad at math right now and I don't know which one.

                                                          me for sure.

                                                          fuck it.


                                                          i remember when the guidance counselor suspended me from school because i refused to take advanced trigonometry. he argued until he wanted to hit me that i would need all that shit. i told him, sorry, im going into an art, i don't need it. at the time i had no idea what the hell i was gonna do.

                                                          now that i am knee deep in metrics. i am glad i mastered business math and the basics.

                                                          none of that other shit is in play. i may stand corrected when i get through my programming classes that i am in now.

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                                                          • Aquarius
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                                                            • May 2004
                                                            • 4754

                                                            #30
                                                            The first pc I had was a 8086 or something like that, no hard drive, it used 5 1/4 disk to load DOS. I'm 27.

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                                                            • SPACE GLIDER
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                                                              • Oct 2006
                                                              • 1550

                                                              #31
                                                              Originally posted by A1R3K
                                                              shit. atari 2600 and 1mhz. i know some of you have these in your closet.
                                                              I do! What was the name of that crappy game it CAME with?
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                                                              • travelingmike
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                                                                • Nov 2005
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                                                                #32
                                                                i remember some teletype machine in 8th grade, you up a telephone in some ruber cup, and theis big machine spit out a bunch of dots and dashes... they called it a computer
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                                                                • seeric
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                                                                  • Aug 2004
                                                                  • 41917

                                                                  #33
                                                                  Originally posted by SPACE GLIDER
                                                                  I do! What was the name of that crappy game it CAME with?
                                                                  PONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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                                                                  • spasmo
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                                                                    • Dec 2005
                                                                    • 2678

                                                                    #34
                                                                    Straining my brain here.

                                                                    I think the 2600 came with Combat. And that game where you shot ducks out of the sky.

                                                                    Could be wrong. Bed time ensues for this old man.

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                                                                    • seeric
                                                                      ..........
                                                                      • Aug 2004
                                                                      • 41917

                                                                      #35
                                                                      Originally posted by spasmo
                                                                      Straining my brain here.

                                                                      I think the 2600 came with Combat. And that game where you shot ducks out of the sky.

                                                                      Could be wrong. Bed time ensues for this old man.
                                                                      hahahahahaha you are correct!

                                                                      i have all those on rom emulators. LOL.




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                                                                      • woj
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                                                                        #36
                                                                        yea, good ol' times, or upgrading from windows 3.1 to windows 95... had to upgrade my memory from 8 megs to 16, lol....
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                                                                        • seeric
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                                                                          • Aug 2004
                                                                          • 41917

                                                                          #37
                                                                          haha yeah windows 3.1 lol

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                                                                          • interracialtoons
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                                                                            #38
                                                                            Originally posted by DirtyWhiteBoy
                                                                            Here's something to put this all in perspective....

                                                                            All of this, everything we do, is for some guy to jack off and bust a nut.
                                                                            Now think about this...everything we do is so we can get into a good position and maintain our lifestyle so some chick will like us enough so we can bust a nut.
                                                                            Done.

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                                                                            • stickyfingerz
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                                                                              • Oct 2005
                                                                              • 24984

                                                                              #39
                                                                              Originally posted by A1R3K
                                                                              holy shit you are right!!!!!!!


                                                                              you are ahead of me by 6 years or so.

                                                                              holy shit, i remember my teacher talking about tandy.

                                                                              you all need to understand, this is in rural pennsylvania in like 1984.


                                                                              shit we were lucky to have what we had at the time.
                                                                              Whacah talking bout willis? I was just slightly north of you in New Castle, and had a trs80 in late 79 early 1980. Think I was 7.

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                                                                              • free4porn
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                                                                                #40
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                                                                                • Spunky
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                                                                                  • Jun 2002
                                                                                  • 133978

                                                                                  #41
                                                                                  I wish I grew up with computers when I was in school.it amazes me how computer savvy these kids are nowadays.My 10 year old nephew blows me away with the stuff he knows

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                                                                                  • Hunter_ST
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                                                                                    • Feb 2003
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                                                                                    #42
                                                                                    I remember recording BASIC code to tape cassette that i had programmed into my Atari 600XL...

                                                                                    I used to buy code books that had programs in them.

                                                                                    Just getting a fucking square to draw on the screen was sweet!

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                                                                                    • Ambergirl
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                                                                                      • Oct 2001
                                                                                      • 1269

                                                                                      #43
                                                                                      Originally posted by Profits of Doom
                                                                                      Wow, I'm 33 years old and I can remember my first computer, a Commodore Vic 20, and the one game I think they had at the time, Blue Meanies from Outer Space. It's been a LONG time but if I remember correctly the games came with a booklet of code you had to type in word for word before you could play, and if you made one mistake you got the dreaded "syntax error". A buddy of mine had an Apple (fucked if I can remember what model back then) and used to play Castle Wolfenstein for hours. I can't believe what were essentially stick figures shooting each other could hold our attention for so long.
                                                                                      OMG!! Castle Wolfenstein was the first game I ever played on a computer and I Loooved that game! My brother's and I used to fight over the computer just to play it - stick figures and all.

                                                                                      A1R3K, you are so right! It's crazy to think about how quickly and how much technology has evolved!!

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                                                                                      APPLE II AND II+ Introduced in 1977, the Apple II came with 4K RAM and hooked up to a TV and cassette tape recorder. A floppy disk was available in 1978. In 1979, an enhanced II+ came with 48K of RAM. Screen resolution 280x192x6.



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                                                                                      • DateDoc
                                                                                        Outside looking in.
                                                                                        • Feb 2005
                                                                                        • 14243

                                                                                        #44
                                                                                        lol, reading this is a trip down memory lane. I first used one of these:

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                                                                                        • jayeff
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                                                                                          • May 2001
                                                                                          • 2944

                                                                                          #45
                                                                                          My grandfather died in 1964 when I was still a typically naive teenager. Shortly after his death I was thinking about how I envied him for all the changes he had seen in his life, the like of which I wouldn't experience.

                                                                                          I soon realized that I couldn't have been more wrong, although it took me a little longer to realize how much social change also occurs in quite short periods of time, as well as the more obvious technological changes.

                                                                                          Nowadays there are all kinds of discussions I avoid, because I learned a long time ago that however strongly people may feel about a particular moral or political issue today, wait 10 or 20 years and they will be equally passionate about a different point of view. Over the years it gets hard to take many things very seriously, as you realize how transitory they are.

                                                                                          There is however another perspective, which is that beneath the surface of all the changes, a great deal remains fundamentally the same. The automobile is a good example: packed into it is technology which has been largely unchanged for 50, 60, 70 years and more.

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                                                                                          • Choppa
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                                                                                            • Mar 2006
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                                                                                            #46
                                                                                            yes weve grown in leaps and bounds, i remember using Dos 3.1 on a 386, i also remeber 5 and 1/4" floppy drives
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                                                                                            • Ambergirl
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                                                                                              #47
                                                                                              Originally posted by BusterPorn
                                                                                              lol, reading this is a trip down memory lane. I first used one of these:


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                                                                                                • 32189

                                                                                                #48
                                                                                                When I started dabbling in online communications, everyone was on 2400bps modems and EGA/VGA was the shit. When 9600 bps modems, I remember reading Computer Shopper and dreaming of forking over the $500 to buy one. LOL

                                                                                                I anticipate WIFI getting better and faster. HSDPA is getting big here in the Philippines now with 3G

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                                                                                                • germ
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                                                                                                  • Oct 2002
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                                                                                                  #49
                                                                                                  i go through this in my head everytime i buy a new computer.

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                                                                                                  • SPACE GLIDER
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                                                                                                    #50
                                                                                                    Originally posted by A1R3K
                                                                                                    PONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                                                                                                    No, it wasn't pong. Though that IS a crappy game. This one involved the military somehow, but you could barely tell because of the crappy graphics.
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