I'm so old I Remember when:

[MROO]

I had the first laptop. It was probably more of a glorified calculator.

I played my first "real" computer game (not including the standalone Pong,) on my father's TRS-80 ... aka the Trash-80. It was Apple Panic, the predecessor of both Donkey Kong and Mario. LOVED it!

 

[jxp]

I’m a big fan of snakes, and die.

My brother is a big fan of snakes dying as well. In fact he helps them along as often as he sees one.

Me? Depends on the species but I do shudder and sometimes jump when even a helpful one slithers into my sight. Moccasins - gone. Copperheads - gone. Rattlers - gone. Garters - just go chase toads in someone else's flower bed while I'm weeding.

 

[jxp]

The One-and-Only! It's a shame Pennywise can't be put away for real. He killed clowns for everyone.

Stephen King "ruined" a lot of things in the most glorious way.

 

[Nomadicus]

 

[Rick589]

My brother is a big fan of snakes dying as well. In fact he helps them along as often as he sees one.

Me? Depends on the species but I do shudder and sometimes jump when even a helpful one slithers into my sight. Moccasins - gone. Copperheads - gone. Rattlers - gone. Garters - just go chase toads in someone else's flower bed while I'm weeding.

No, I actually like snakes and will make sure they survive and thrive. I have no fear of them and find them to be very beneficial.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I have no problem with snakes, either. Until they get in my hen house and start helping themselves to my eggs.

 

[MROO]

Ever dialled to a fax machine by accident? I remember I did long time ago.
Sounds about the same.

As a counterpoint, have you ever had a FAX machine dial YOU "by accident?" Hearing that sound dozens of times a day when you
work from home and have a baby in the house is nerve-destroying!

Before the days of "take-it-with-you" cell phones, I moved and had to change my phone number. The number had been assigned to a FAX machine before it became mine and I would get loooooooong fax signals multiple times a day.
Ignoring them didn't work. Auto-redial kept calling.
Picking up and immediately hanging up got the same result.

I tracked the number down to a medical facility. The secretary apologized and removed the number from her computer, but informed me that the entire hospital system and its' affiliates shared the database. There was no way to change every copy on every PC in the complex.

The calls continued.

Frustrated, I pestered that secretary until she gave me the number of the data management company in charge of the main database.
I lost count of how many layers of managers and IT professionals I spoke (ranted, railed and raised Hades) to and was told, at every turn, that there was absolutely NOTHING they could do about it, as again, so many systems were already linked into it.

This went on for several months! Beyond frustrated, really angry and determined to find a way to stop this nonsense, I hooked a PC/FAX up to the phone and waited. In just minutes, I got another FAX ... and was floored and horrified at the same time.

This document was a detailed list of patient files - names, addresses, phone numbers, insurance info - a whole laundry list of illegal-to-share personal information. I halted the download midway down the first page and got back on the phone with the highest manager I could reach. I briefly outlined the issue and the history. He dutifully tried to reiterate the previous responses ... until I started reading off the information I'd just downloaded.

Dead silence on his end. He then cleared his throat, apologized and assured me that he'd take care of it.

I never got another FAX call!

 

[Sally PB]

Trash-80

We had those in the darkrooms where I worked. There was a sensor in the enlarger head, you "read" the negatives in a scanner, put in the CMY (no K) values, and the computer sensed when the light was the right color to print the negative correctly. That was the idea, anyway. Where it really helped was when you had to print the same negative a week later and the computer could recall the information for that negative.

 

[tripletfeb]

The One-and-Only! It's a shame Pennywise can't be put away for real. He killed clowns for everyone.

Not me. But the movie "Killer Klowns from Outerspace" is another matter

 

[notabitail]

As a counterpoint, have you ever had a FAX machine dial YOU "by accident?" Hearing that sound dozens of times a day when you
work from home and have a baby in the house is nerve-destroying!

Before the days of "take-it-with-you" cell phones, I moved and had to change my phone number. The number had been assigned to a FAX machine before it became mine and I would get loooooooong fax signals multiple times a day.
Ignoring them didn't work. Auto-redial kept calling.
Picking up and immediately hanging up got the same result.

I tracked the number down to a medical facility. The secretary apologized and removed the number from her computer, but informed me that the entire hospital system and its' affiliates shared the database. There was no way to change every copy on every PC in the complex.

The calls continued.

Frustrated, I pestered that secretary until she gave me the number of the data management company in charge of the main database.
I lost count of how many layers of managers and IT professionals I spoke (ranted, railed and raised Hades) to and was told, at every turn, that there was absolutely NOTHING they could do about it, as again, so many systems were already linked into it.

This went on for several months! Beyond frustrated, really angry and determined to find a way to stop this nonsense, I hooked a PC/FAX up to the phone and waited. In just minutes, I got another FAX ... and was floored and horrified at the same time.

This document was a detailed list of patient files - names, addresses, phone numbers, insurance info - a whole laundry list of illegal-to-share personal information. I halted the download midway down the first page and got back on the phone with the highest manager I could reach. I briefly outlined the issue and the history. He dutifully tried to reiterate the previous responses ... until I started reading off the information I'd just downloaded.

Dead silence on his end. He then cleared his throat, apologized and assured me that he'd take care of it.

I never got another FAX call!

You could have returned the favor with a few sheets of all black paper faxed to them if they didn't fix it.