Author Topic: How old is our reliance on technology? (Read 7776 times)

Strings · « **Reply #25 on:** January 26, 2007, 09:22:20 PM »

fistful... did you hear anythng? I could sworn I heard somebody crying. What... just the wind? Oh... ok... :neener:

Matthew Carberry · « **Reply #26 on:** January 26, 2007, 09:25:26 PM »

[milton voice]... I could burn down the forum...[/milton voice]

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #27 on:** January 27, 2007, 03:34:24 AM »

Yeaaaah, I'm just gonna go ahead take that stapler. You won't need that down in the basement.

K Frame · « **Reply #28 on:** January 27, 2007, 05:16:39 AM »

Jesus, from Connections to Office Space in about 3 messages.

Lovely.

HERE'S YOUR FLAIR, STAN!

Matthew Carberry · « **Reply #29 on:** January 27, 2007, 09:13:55 AM »

Considering that's how "Connections" worked, I think it highly appropriate. grin

My favorite "Connections" episode (if I remember it right) was the one that started with an irrigation pump, that allowed deeper mining, that allowed cannon barrels to be end bored which made them much stronger than the welded types prior.

Because I like cannons.

K Frame · « **Reply #30 on:** January 27, 2007, 09:20:25 AM »

I remember that one, that was really good.

But, I think my favorite was the one about coal tar.

Does anyone know if Connections is available on DVD? If not, it damned well should be.

I've got some web searching to do.

K Frame · « **Reply #31 on:** January 27, 2007, 09:24:05 AM »

Reporting back results of search...

Amazon has a five-DVD set for.... $134.95. shocked

That's the best price I could find in a short search.

I think I'll just wait for it to come on the History Channel again.

Brad Johnson · « **Reply #32 on:** January 27, 2007, 09:28:25 AM »

Quote

Connections to Office Space...

Stop whining or I'll set you an appointment with the two Bobs.

Speaking of History Channel, they have some darn interesting stuff in their online store and the prices usually aren't too outrageous.

Brad

K Frame · « **Reply #33 on:** January 27, 2007, 11:47:49 AM »

"Stop whining or I'll set you an appointment with the two Bobs."

That's fine...

I HAVE PEOPLE SKILLS!

Gewehr98 · « **Reply #34 on:** January 27, 2007, 07:26:01 PM »

Mike, if the Connections series is difficult for you to get on DVD, guess what...

They're downloadable for free. Seriously. See here:

http://clickcaster.com/connections

Be advised, they're in MP4 format, though.

K Frame · « **Reply #35 on:** January 28, 2007, 06:28:49 AM »

MP4.

Squap. I don't have any means of playing them.

Matthew Carberry · « **Reply #36 on:** January 28, 2007, 10:03:05 AM »

Duh, just turn your Mp3 player up one "p".

Why do some people think this technology stuff is so hard? rolleyes

Seriously, what the heck is Mp4?

K Frame · « **Reply #37 on:** January 28, 2007, 12:05:21 PM »

Quote from: carebear on January 28, 2007, 09:03:05 AM

Duh, just turn your Mp3 player up one "p".

Why do some people think this technology stuff is so hard? rolleyes

Seriously, what the heck is Mp4?

I don't like this technology. Last time I asked an MP if he could play my 3s, he gave me a wood shampoo.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #38 on:** January 28, 2007, 07:43:52 PM »

Wood shampoo? That means a drubbing with a wooden club? Huh?

Matthew Carberry · « **Reply #39 on:** January 28, 2007, 09:23:02 PM »

Unless it was from a sailor MP...

get it? wood? shampoo? sailor?

comedy gold grin

280plus · « **Reply #40 on:** January 29, 2007, 01:31:13 AM »

But a sailor would be an SP not an MP.

Now THAT'S semantics!

grin

K Frame · « **Reply #41 on:** January 29, 2007, 04:19:19 AM »

Quote from: fistful on January 28, 2007, 06:43:52 PM

Wood shampoo? That means a drubbing with a wooden club? Huh?

Yes.

Gewehr98 · « **Reply #42 on:** January 29, 2007, 06:44:15 AM »

I just watched the first of the series, using the latest version of the free QuickTime, which has no problems playing MPEG-4 (MP4) files. Wink

K Frame · « **Reply #43 on:** January 29, 2007, 06:58:37 AM »

How many Meg is the download?

mtnbkr · « **Reply #44 on:** January 29, 2007, 07:00:34 AM »

Quote from: Mike Irwin on January 27, 2007, 10:47:49 AM

"Stop whining or I'll set you an appointment with the two Bobs."

That's fine...

I HAVE PEOPLE SKILLS!

Bwahahahahaaahhaaa <snort>

Cheesy

Chris

roo_ster · « **Reply #45 on:** January 29, 2007, 07:04:53 AM »

Office Space is an underappreciated classic of American cinema.

It is so gut-wrenchingly hilarious because us cube-farm-dwellers have worked with all the archetypes portrayed in the movie.

BTW, nobody touches my Swingline.

Gewehr98 · « **Reply #46 on:** January 29, 2007, 07:15:04 AM »

The first episode, "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" was 324 megs, no biggy for my cable modem, but for somebody on dial-up, I could see them having problems.

K Frame · « **Reply #47 on:** January 29, 2007, 07:15:46 AM »

"Bwahahahahaaahhaaa <snort>"

Chris snorted!

"Office Space is an underappreciated classic of American cinema."

The scene that REALLY cemented it for me was the one where the three of them are walking in the field, carrying baseball bats, and they proceed to beat the printer to death. The angles, the song, even thing about the scene was both hysterically funny AND made me want to take revenge on the printers that have given me grief over the years.

Crap. I'm going to have to buy Office Space now.

I still say Grandma's Boy is funnier, though.

"My Grandma drank my pot!"

K Frame · « **Reply #48 on:** January 29, 2007, 07:18:30 AM »

Quote from: Gewehr98 on January 29, 2007, 06:15:04 AM

The first episode, "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" was 324 megs, no biggy for my cable modem, but for somebody on dial-up, I could see them having problems.

I got rid of the cable last year when it started failing miserably, and no one from the local butt munch festival known as Cox (yeah, that's appropriate) wanted to figure out why my connection speed would go from (literally over a period of 10 seconds) 2.5M to 110K to 1.1M to 305K to 7.5M to 55K... and it just kept doing that all the time. It was a freak show.

What I'll do is start the download and then go to dinner or something. Should take about an hour on my DSL.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #49 on:** January 29, 2007, 07:19:48 AM »

Man it feels good to be a gangsta.

I say the best scene is Michael Bolton turning down his rap music and locking the doors when the flower salesman approaches.

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Author Topic: How old is our reliance on technology? (Read 7776 times)

Strings