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TG didn't have too many stairs, but they did have the "wait outside with your PC in the queue for over an hour" experience: By the time I went it was entirely different from the small demo parties, but it was still fun in its own way:  Mine's the AOpen HQ45 under the desk. 
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If I remember right, this was at Insomnia in Birmingham, some time back in the early 2000s - and a strip club sent some of their employees in to hand out cards.
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I wasn’t at this particular party but something about this picture just gives me pangs of nostalgia, it really captures a vibe I never experienced before or since.
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Haha awesome edit! But this was basically how it was when the Cult "babes" walked around promoing stuff. Or AMD's booth babes. Until girls (gasp) finally began joining parties. But then they all (except Revision now?) had just become gaming conventions anyway.
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lol it took me way too long to figure out what was going on with this picture
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Found this beauty the other day. I found the manual on the internet, it has some cool features 
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:Found this beauty the other day. I sure as heck hope you bought that. I have your address and will give you a noogie if you didnt. Humphreys has a new favorite as of 10:10 on Apr 15, 2024 |
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I was actually looking at those on ebay the other day and you can get them for about $100 American. Weirdly the one I was looking at was also missing its Panasonic badge, those must rip off real easy.
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Merritt (if it's the same Merritt I think it is, merrittk.com on Bluesky) just did a whole book on LAN Parties IIRC.
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Neito posted:Merritt (if it's the same Merritt I think it is, merrittk.com on Bluesky) just did a whole book on LAN Parties IIRC. previous page (https://aftermath.site/lan-party-merritt-k-book-read-only-memory-rom because gently caress twitter embeds)
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Ah, I only quickly breezed the previous page, my b.
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It's too late. I've already reported you to the authorities.
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I've fallen down a rabbit hole after I acquired some telco gear that supports ISDN BRI interfaces. I got this thing sort of working properly recently. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s29CHewGq-o The next thing I'm working on is ISDN dialup internet.
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I'm trying to do my household budget. How much do you guys spend a week on blank minidiscs?
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:I'm trying to do my household budget. How much do you guys spend a week on blank minidiscs? Six, sometimes five.
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:I'm trying to do my household budget. How much do you guys spend a week on blank minidiscs? I try to limit it to $500 a week For real though film photography is the new tech relic analog storage moneyhole for me. A roll of Kodak portra 800 is $20! 
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The Wurst Poster posted:I've fallen down a rabbit hole after I acquired some telco gear that supports ISDN BRI interfaces. There's just something I love when seeing things that were technically magical to me as the end user when seeing how the sausage is made. This and similar connections like seeing an analog cup modem connecting to a server in the same room. Beve Stuscemi posted:I try to limit it to $500 a week Here's a playlist of the 3 part documentary from Smarter Every Day of his tour of the Kodak plant. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1Pvh2R-30hnwQpfuGvyoLkyI3SikexhU It's saddening that due to the move to digital there were probably 5-10x more people working there at a time. Though seeing those people still making rolls and rolls of film to feed  YOUR HORRIBLE ADDICTION is funny and great.
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anyone want a brand new stereo system from 2002?
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:anyone want a brand new stereo system from 2002? Something about this reminded me of 'White Van Speakers'
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Humphreys posted:Something about this reminded me of 'White Van Speakers' I had some dudes trying to scam me with those lovely speakers in some gas station parking lot in 1999. Luckily I was broke and also already had a decent stereo. That really was the origin of dropshipping.
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Nah, what about all those old "wait 3 to 5 weeks" shipping times were about?
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Humphreys posted:Something about this reminded me of 'White Van Speakers' I see what you mean, but assuming that this is what it says on the box, that was some rather nice kit when new. Those B&W 603 S3 were on my list of used speakers to look for when I was thinking about upgrading.
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:Found this beauty the other day. Two zero zero? As in two hundred dollars?!?!?!
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AlternateAccount posted:Two zero zero? As in two hundred dollars?!?!?! He must have found one of the last thrift stores that haven't caught on to bump the price of literally everything by 100%+. The stores finally caught on that people can make lots of money from things in the stores. And not just electronics. Kitchen gadgets, some old/rare DVDs VHS, and unknown brand name clothing that now has a group dedicated just to that brand. Even the non-chain stores are doing the same thing in rural-as-hell towns.
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EVIL Gibson posted:He must have found one of the last thrift stores that haven't caught on to bump the price of literally everything by 100%+. It's a waste of time going to Goodwill anymore because all the good poo poo ends up on their auction site - https://shopgoodwill.com/home For a while people were raiding Burlington locations on Tuesday for good poo poo to arbitrage and apparently they got wise to that too
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EVIL Gibson posted:He must have found one of the last thrift stores that haven't caught on to bump the price of literally everything by 100%+. That price suggests to me they have indeed caught up to the price bumping
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Those are Australian dollars.
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^ That's truly a hell of a time capsule. The vicar's parting words are just amazing: https://i.imgur.com/4D2Kbnr.mp4 The different experiences the couple had re: gender are... uh, well, I've got some bad news about the internet 30 years later.
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History Comes Inside! posted:Who were PIP TVs even for My dad used it to watch something else while commercials were on whatever he was actively watching because he hated commercials that much.
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History Comes Inside! posted:Who were PIP TVs even for Families with a Sports Dad
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History Comes Inside! posted:Who were PIP TVs even for my step dad used it to switch between cops and nascar all the time
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Serious nostalgia - I was in at least two of those locations as a kid
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History Comes Inside! posted:Who were PIP TVs even for degenerate sports gamblers
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Make sure you get the TV with the dual tuners if you want to experience the true PIP
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