THE 10,000 Post Thread

[un1 41]

I still have floppy discs and use them... In fact my computer was one of the last ones to be made with a floppy disc drives.

Today, my antivirus ran, and I found out I only had one virus, that was a HUGE shock to me, as this computer acts likes it has 400.

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[SomeRandomAmerican 5]

1442. Well, just one virus can wreak havoc on an entire system. One particularly nasty Trojan got into our old desktop and chewed it to pieces. Killed the basic components and made it impossible to turn on. A new hard drive and $400 later, it still barely works.

[Vahr 341]

1443

I haven't used a floppy on my laptop in ages....

And un, are you sure there aren't another 399 viruses hiding under your bed?

[Duke87 1,070]

(1444)

Originally posted by: un1

I still have floppy discs and use them... In fact my computer was one of the last ones to be made with a floppy disc drives.quote>

Rule of thumb: optical storage = "disc"; magnetic storage = "disk". CDs and DVDs are "discs". A floppy, on the other hand, is a "disk".

[Larks2242 251]

1445. Good Catch Duke

[Chptrk 86]

1446. Wow, floopy disks. I barely remember those. Ahh, old memories. Always bring back...everything.

[Shadow Assassin 336]

Fourteen forty-seven.

Memories. Ah... I remember owning a computer with Windows 3.1 and it had Word Rescue on it. Anyone remember that game? It was made by Apogee.

[GlobexCo 33]

1447 Floppy disKs! I use them everyday since my synthesizers (Yamaha DX7II -> 1987 and Ensoniq SQ80 -> 1989) use them as external storage (together with old cartridges!).

Today it's very hard to find 3.5' MF2DD floppy disks, so I don't know what I'll do when floppies will disappear (a near future...) ...

[citiesxlfan42 27]

1448. Looking out of the window, it appears we have, oh, i don't know, about 8 inches of snow on the ground and a projected 7 inches coming. We have a SNOW DAY!!!

[Duke87 1,070]

(1450)

The effects of elevation and urban "heat islands": where I live, off in the suburbs at an elevation of nearly 500 feet, there's snow on the ground. Where I go to class, in the city at an elevation of less than 100 feet, there is not.

[Muck308 55]

Originally posted by: Duke87

Almost only counts in Horseshoes, hand grenades, and Goldeneye 007 with auto-aiming on, Muck.

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I still play that game every now and then. Last week I was playing NES.

While we are being nostalgic... I used to use E-World. Anyone remember that?

Windy as all heck in Pittsburgh today.

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[SomeRandomAmerican 5]

1452. Chicago is a frozen hell today. Six inches on the ground, two to three more on the way. Now, by our standards that's nothing, but this morning a good portion of the snow melted and left huge puddles everywhere. And tonight the temperature's supposed to drop to the single digits, with a wind chill of -20. If that freezes over...I shudder at the thought of what will happen to the roads.

[Vahr 341]

1453

Its pretty windy right now... some snow occasionally. None sticks though.

[GlobexCo 33]

1454 Still sun here...

[Duke87 1,070]

(1455)

Yeah, it's been raining on and off all day.

EDIT: Oh, by the way, SA.... I never played Word Rescue, although I did have the "sequel", Math Rescue (even if only the shareware version) on the old Gateway 2000.

[Muck308 55]

1456

Oh yeah, a more accurate description of the current local weather... which we have a thread for now that I think of it.

There was quite a bit of debris on the roads on my way home from work today. And get this... I heard thunder today. Twice in fact. You don't hear thunder too often in Pennsylvania in December.

[citiesxlfan42 27]

1457. Weather here?Last aft, there was NO SNOW, only grass. Now I'm up to my KNEES in the middle of my backyard!!! And tonight? Well, winds of 45 mph will send power outages rampaging and snowdrifts taller than me rising. We are in snowstorm Allison!!!!

Now, off to shovel.

[Larks2242 251]

1458. No snow here either

[SomeRandomAmerican 5]

1459. Completely unrelated to the weather, but do you guys like the idea of a very story-based CJ? Just expanding on the old Acadia idea.

[617squad 52]

1460. Yo yo yo! lez get this parti started! rap off! XD

[Duke87 1,070]

(1461)

Party!? Where!?!?

[SomeRandomAmerican 5]

1462. Party at my place! I've got the keg!

[Chptrk 86]

1463. Yay! Party! Whoo!

And trainguy, I'd read a story based CJ. Heh, I'm reading a few of them right now.

[Larks2242 251]

1464. Yay cool a thread party!

[un1 41]

1465 - Is it for me?

[GlobexCo 33]

1466 Party? Do you need some music? - my band can do it!

[astronelson 339]

1467. Do you mind very much if I just go and sit quietly in this corner and read a book? Although if someone *looks at Chptrk* asks me to dance, I just might be persuaded to join in.

[Korot 6]

1468. Yeah, I'll get me a good book to, though I won't join in for a dance.

[GlobexCo 33]

1469 Don't you want to dance with me Korot?

[SomeRandomAmerican 5]

1470. May I cut in?