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Posted on 01/18/2005 10:00:14 AM PST by bahblahbah
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To: ChadGore
That does look suspiciously like a Mac back there. And were'nt the Macs introduced in '84? Maybe that was a prototype. The PC looks like either a PC/AT, or an XT clone, and has a 1/2 height floppy drive. The PCs that I saw in the early 80's were still sporting full height floppy drives, and there weren't too many clone makers at the time other than Compaq, The PC/ATs were also introduced in '84, IRRC.
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posted on
01/18/2005 10:18:01 AM PST
by
dfwright
To: Luddite Patent Counsel
Many Apple computers were around a few years before Macintosh. Yes, I know.
I used to program on them.
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posted on
01/18/2005 10:18:11 AM PST
by
Prime Choice
(I have to keep my expectations low. I can't fake looking impressed.)
To: AppyPappy
Is that an Apple computer behind him or an IBM Lisa? It looks like the misbegotten IBM PCjr.
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posted on
01/18/2005 10:18:35 AM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: dead
What a contrast. One guy is a mega bazillionaire who could be the real Art Vanderlay, and the other is an Art Vanderlay wannbe who lives with his parents!
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posted on
01/18/2005 10:18:38 AM PST
by
Rebelbase
(Who is General Chat?)
To: Hardastarboard
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posted on
01/18/2005 10:18:57 AM PST
by
rabidralph
(Keep your laws off my money.)
To: stainlessbanner
Is he throwing a floppy in the second picture? No, he's mentally levitating it using his superhuman powers.
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posted on
01/18/2005 10:19:01 AM PST
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
Billion Gates looks more like a child molester in these pics....
Just damn.
If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...
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posted on
01/18/2005 10:19:12 AM PST
by
mhking
(Do not mess with dragons, for thou art crunchy & good with ketchup...)
To: ChadGore
What a flippin'-sweet picture!
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posted on
01/18/2005 10:19:42 AM PST
by
rabidralph
(Keep your laws off my money.)
To: AppyPappy
Actually, it is one of the old IBM PCs!
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posted on
01/18/2005 10:20:13 AM PST
by
Redleg Duke
(Pass Tort Reform Now! Make the bottom clean for the catfish!)
To: Prime Choice
MS Word worked on the Mac first. There'd be nothing scandalous about Gates having one in 1983.
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posted on
01/18/2005 10:20:30 AM PST
by
Petronski
(Alles klar, Herr Kommissar?)
To: Boxsford
Thanks. Slow day at work today.
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posted on
01/18/2005 10:20:52 AM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: Petronski; Prime Choice; cyborg; arasina; fortunecookie
A demented Toby Maguire? Oh, that's not fair to Tobey Maquire! But, LOLOL!
I had some computer geeky friends and I remember that photo! Yikes.
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posted on
01/18/2005 10:21:00 AM PST
by
fortunecookie
(My grandparents didn't flee communism so that I could live in Kerry's Kommune - and I won't have to.)
To: Dont Mention the War
It's entirely possible for this to be a December 1983 issue with the MacIntosh TV commercial debuting the following month at the Super bowl in January 1984.
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posted on
01/18/2005 10:21:10 AM PST
by
ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 60,608,582 Bush fans.)
To: bahblahbah
From the properties of the picture:
Bill Gates, CEO of Microsoft, throws a Windows 1.0 floppy disk in his office soon after the product's release. 1985 Bellevue, Washington, USA
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posted on
01/18/2005 10:21:20 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
To: Prime Choice
Don't be so sure, I think that notebook contains Bush-Guard memos, printed on a daisywheel.
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posted on
01/18/2005 10:21:48 AM PST
by
rabidralph
(Keep your laws off my money.)
To: Luddite Patent Counsel
That ain't a 3 1/2 incher he is shwinging!
Thats a 5 1/4 inch floppy!!
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posted on
01/18/2005 10:21:52 AM PST
by
expatguy
(http://laotze.blogspot.com/)
To: Prime Choice
From Slashdot:
Actually, if you look at the EXIF tags inside the JPG files, you will see the following comment: Bill Gates, CEO of Microsoft, reclines on his desk in his office soon after the release of Windows 1.0. 1985 Bellevue, Washington, USA
And, here is the original image in Corbis [corbis.com].
So, as always, Slashdot is wrong. It is from 1985, not 1983. But, amazingly enough, it actually is Bill Gates, and it is real.
To: bahblahbah
Also
Bill Gates, CEO of Microsoft, reclines on his desk in his office soon after the release of Windows 1.0. 1985 Bellevue, Washington, USA
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posted on
01/18/2005 10:22:22 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
To: AppyPappy
Is that an Apple computer behind him or an IBM Lisa? Whatever he was ripping off at the time.
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posted on
01/18/2005 10:22:30 AM PST
by
Wolfie
To: bahblahbah
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posted on
01/18/2005 10:22:40 AM PST
by
cyborg
(http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
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