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Gelf
Oct 1, 2005

Wake up and smell the psychosis!\

AEMINAL posted:


Downloading my first virus from limewire or kazaa age really set in stone that the internet isn't to be trusted

You just made me remember something, I haven't thought about in ~20 years!
Sister downloaded a virus from limewire which made the computer speakers randomly neigh like a horse, and intermittently make the CD drive open and close several times in a row.
Those were the days!

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Gelf
Oct 1, 2005

Wake up and smell the psychosis!\


Several days would pass, and I'd become satisfied in my teenage nerd boy confidence that I had resolved it.

As I relaxed and let my guard down, there were several occasions where I would once again be audibly slapped by a stray whinny, having silently bode its time for 48 hours+

Gelf
Oct 1, 2005

Wake up and smell the psychosis!\

titties posted:

gen x erasure

This is as close to a self-dox I will ever risk, however I really do miss these days and the folks from this cohort who we lost from my industry during downturns and pandemic BS!

We had internally developed OMR data editing software (OG version would have been 93/94) named "EDDI" - if you clicked "Help" on the dropdown menus, rather than offering help documentation, it would bring up a photo of Eddie Murphy.

It would also occasionally show the user pictures of the beloved office cat.

Some of the underlying tech in this area has not significantly changed since the 70s.
Down in this antipodean small pond I am increasingly finding it difficult to find printers and graphic designers who understand why it needs to be done the old fashioned way.......and that I'm not just ignorant!
And I'm not even 40 yet.......

Gelf
Oct 1, 2005

Wake up and smell the psychosis!\

titties posted:

Idk what any of this means but it doesn't sound very cool and i hope it works out for you

Thank you for extending your empathy to those without titties, titties.

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