Can someone get me one of these please?
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Quote: billwill @ April 12 2010, 7:15 PM BSTTo liven up this thread a bit.
Jokes from CiX
================What if people treated cars like computers?
General Motors doesn't have a help line for people who don't knowhow to
drive, because people don't treat cars like they do computers. But,
imagine if they did....HelpLine: "General Motors HelpLine, how can I help you?"
Customer: "I got in my car and closed the door and nothing happened!"
HelpLine: "Did you put the key in the ignition slot and turn it?"
Customer: "What's an ignition?"
HelpLine: "It's a starter motor that draws current from your battery and
turns over the engine."
Customer: "Ignition? Motor? Battery? Engine? How come I have to know all
these technical terms just to use my car?"HelpLine: "General Motors HelpLine, how can I help you?"
Customer: "My car ran fine for a week and now it won't go anywhere!"
HelpLine: "Is the gas tank empty?"
Customer: "Huh? How do I know?"
HelpLine: "There's a little gauge on the front panel with a needle and
markings from 'E' to 'F'. Where is the needle pointing?"
Customer: "It's pointing to 'E'. What does that mean?"
HelpLine: "It means you have to visit a gasoline vendor and purchase some
more gasoline. You can install it yourself or pay the vendor to install it
for you."
Customer: "What? I paid $12,000 for this car! Now you tell me that I have
to keep buying more components? I want a car that comes with everything
built in!"HelpLine: "General Motors HelpLine, how can I help you?"
Customer: "Your cars suck!"
HelpLine: "What's wrong?"
Customer: "It crashed, that's what wrong!"
HelpLine: "What were you doing?"
Customer: "I wanted it to run faster, so I pushed the accelerator pedal
all the way to the floor. It worked for a while and then it crashed and it
won't start now!"
HelpLine: "It's your responsibility if you misuse the product.What do you
expect us to do about it?"
Customer: "I want you to send me the latest version that doesn't crash any
more!"HelpLine: "General Motors HelpLine, how can I help you?"
Customer: "Hi, I just bought my first car, and I chose your car because it
has automatic transmission, cruise control, power steering, power brakes,
and power door locks."
HelpLine: "Thanks for buying our car. How can I help you?"
Customer: "How do I work it?"
HelpLine: "Do you know how to drive?"
Customer: "Do I know how to what?"
HelpLine: "Do you know how to drive?"
Customer: "I'm not a technical person. I just want to go places
in my car!"
Nicely put in perspective Bill!
Quote: zooo @ April 17 2010, 11:35 PM BSTCan someone get me one of these please?
What is it?
Binatone thingy! Plays Pong.
Quote: zooo @ April 18 2010, 9:56 PM BSTBinatone thingy! Plays Pong.
I got a unit which plugs into the TV which has 5 basic games.
I heart retro games.
I have some '80s ones!
eBay?
Yep, had a look, not too expensive! I mean it is a crap game obviously, but retro stuff is usually lots of moneys.
I have one.
I've got something like this somewhere. I'm not sure if it has Pong on it though.
Quote: zooo @ April 18 2010, 10:22 PM BSTYep, had a look, not too expensive! I mean it is a crap game obviously, but retro stuff is usually lots of moneys.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2E9iSQfGdg&feature=related
video of worlds second oldest computer game
Quote: zooo @ April 18 2010, 9:56 PM BSTBinatone thingy! Plays Pong.
Ooo, I've got an original Pong game from about 1977 in my cupboard in the bedroom, I wonder if it sill works.
It's not a COMPUTER game you understand. It pre-dates any significant home-micro-computers and is basically one chip with lots of analogue computer type circuitry, i.e amplifiers and comparators.
The output was a TV signal, not a computer monitor signal (though there are similarities of course between those two).