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Name something you wasted time doing that technology steamrolled over
Posted on 3/27/20 at 9:54 am
Posted on 3/27/20 at 9:54 am
I think I may have the ultimate waste of time; back in the early 1990s I remember sitting at my Macintosh IIci meticulously putting in every single one of my 2000 audio CDs and typing the names of each track in from the back cover of the CD..even getting the special characters right for the weird foreign track titles.
Then I realized those track titles would only show up on that one Mac..and then CDDB came out...
What have you spent an ENORMOUS amount of wasted time on?
eta #InbeforeCADsTDpostcount
Then I realized those track titles would only show up on that one Mac..and then CDDB came out...
What have you spent an ENORMOUS amount of wasted time on?
eta #InbeforeCADsTDpostcount
This post was edited on 3/27/20 at 9:59 am
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Posted on 3/27/20 at 11:51 am to CAD703X
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Then I realized those track titles would only show up on that one Mac..and then CDDB came out...
lol. And then Spotify came out....
Posted on 3/27/20 at 12:00 pm to CAD703X
Back in the 80's I learned how to hand letter architectural dwgs with a chiseled pencil lead. Now with CAD, I don't get to impress people with my lettering skillz.
Posted on 3/27/20 at 12:09 pm to Zappas Stache
quote:You're not that good, anyway
Now with CAD, I don't get to impress people with my lettering skillz.
Posted on 3/27/20 at 12:25 pm to CAD703X
C by ge thanks cad
Posted on 3/27/20 at 12:27 pm to CAD703X
Downloading porn from limewire.
Oh the first days of the internet.....
Oh the first days of the internet.....
Posted on 3/27/20 at 12:37 pm to CAD703X
In the early 80's, when I was like 13, I was a whiz at writing computer programs in BASIC. I was going to be the next great computer programmer and was going to build my fortune writing BASIC programs.
Didn't quite pan out.
Didn't quite pan out.
Posted on 3/27/20 at 2:04 pm to tigersmanager
quote:
C by ge thanks cad
I'M SO SO VERY SORRY
this one is going to stick with ne.
Posted on 3/27/20 at 2:05 pm to LSUGrad9295
quote:
In the early 80's, when I was like 13, I was a whiz at writing computer programs in BASIC. I was going to be the next great computer programmer and was going to build my fortune writing BASIC programs.
Posted on 3/29/20 at 9:53 pm to CAD703X
Would hacking H cards count? And unlooping them
Posted on 3/29/20 at 10:17 pm to HeadSlash
FTA
Posted on 3/30/20 at 1:02 am to HeadSlash
quote:Absolutely it counts, and man those were the days.
Would hacking H cards count? And unlooping them
I was into it just enough to be able to get TV, but not enough at the time to really understand it all. I had a programmer, and I remember downloading all the activation scripts and shite. I also remember all the updates leading up to black sunday.
I'm not sure if it was before or after black sunday, but at one point I got an emulator board and set up a pc with all that. It was much more stable and less prone to being fricked with than using cards directly.
Posted on 3/30/20 at 8:02 pm to CAD703X
Yeah I spent days ripping cds to iTunes.
fricking iTunes !!!!
Streaming services took over the next year.
fricking iTunes !!!!
Streaming services took over the next year.
Posted on 3/30/20 at 8:34 pm to elprez00
quote:
Downloading porn from limewire.
Oh the first days of the internet.....
First days of the internet we were downloading it from IRC channels (Dal.Net represent). Limewire came way after that.
Posted on 3/30/20 at 11:21 pm to Inadvertent Whistle
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First days of the internet we were downloading it from IRC channels (Dal.Net represent).
And newsgroups.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 12:08 am to CAD703X
Ripping movie and putting them on blank DVD disc's, and printing covers for them.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 12:10 am to Zappas Stache
quote:Omg! I used to do the same!
Back in the 80's I learned how to hand letter architectural dwgs with a chiseled pencil lead. Now with CAD, I don't get to impress people with my lettering skillz.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 7:41 am to DeoreDX
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And newsgroups.
Scary times. Never knew what you were getting for sure. Saw some shite I wish I could unsee.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 8:43 am to HubbaBubba
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Ripping movie and putting them on blank DVD disc's, and printing covers for them.
THANK YOU NASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
i have a funny story about this..the CEO of the company i still work for saw me and a co-worker walking to the library at lunch one day and by the time i got back to my desk he had already sent an email saying he knew exactly what we were up to; copying library DVDs.
i couldn't believe he put 2 and 2 together so fast.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 8:44 am to SG_Geaux
I spend hours doing income tax pre computer days.
quote:LINK
Using tax software to prepare your return- If the thought of preparing your return manually makes you cringe, consider the other do-it-yourself options that have become widely popular among taxpayers. You could choose either online tax preparation or downloading software to your computer.
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