Thread: One year ago, five years ago, ten years ago...what were you doing?

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April - siesta month.
I had more travel in between while working out of Thailand, but as for April - 2023, 2019, 2014, all in Chanthaburi province; 2009 Phuket.
And for 2024 - still here.

Originally Posted by david44

my old watch or phone can do what needed a room full of huge machines did just 50 years ago

The technological singularity is coming.

Stay safe folks.

Originally Posted by david44

Used up to the 70s when tape/discs in stacked layers, often seen in spy films of the era Ipcress file , later floppy the usb all same funtion, my old watch or phone can do what needed a room full of huge machines did just 50 years ago, the chip/wafer have enabled big data.Our grandchildren will laugh at pcs laptops iphones as wearable /implants take over

The smartphone, best example of Moore's Law. Changed all of computing and marketing.

Originally Posted by aging one

The smartphone, best example of Moore's Law. Changed all of computing and marketing.

You obviously don't know what Moore's Law is. :-)

hello my troll, I do indeed know what it is. So I will give you the attention you so badly desire. The number of transistors in an integrated circuit "IC" double every two years. I also know its coming to an end.

https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/moores-law-is-the-reason-why-your-iphone-is-so-thin-and-cheap/


Moore's Law is the reason your iPhone is so thin and cheap


Intel co-founder Gordon Moore's observation 50 years ago set the groundwork for self-driving cars on the road and computers in our pockets today.

Originally Posted by aging one

The number of transistors in an integrated circuit "IC" double every two years.

Originally Posted by aging one

The smartphone, best example of Moore's Law.

Looks like you can still read, but comprehension is long gone.

Will happens to us all at some stage.

Originally Posted by david44

Used up to the 70s when tape/discs in stacked layers, often seen in spy films of the era Ipcress file

they were still used into the 80s in some areas

Some of us that are completely uneducated do struggle dont we?

Originally Posted by malmomike77

they were still used into the 80s in some areas

This was my first experience of a computer:

BBC Micro in school.

Eventually we got them at home and it was either Atari, Commodore 64 or Spectrum 128.

I still remember playing Lemmings and Sim City on my C64 until about 4 in the morning.

God, I love reminiscing.

Ah Sim City a ravre from the grave before entering the comfy chairs of consltancy bs, I saw George 3, learnt IBM assembler COBOL, Fortran and bits of SQL and other long forgotton trivia, buried like griddle and strouger in the annals of history.

AI will replace a lot of munane tasks leaving people lots of possibly unpaid free time to be their real selves or Edmundo

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Originally Posted by david44

other long forgotton trivia

The best kind of trivia IMO.

It can make you look really impressive in the pub.

Or a right twat.

1 year ago, I was missing the beach, problem solved
5 years ago, I was happy I wasn't going to prison, that the Supreme Court ruled in my favor
10 years ago, I didn't think I'd be convicted

Thanks again for everyone's support!!!!!!

Originally Posted by hallelujah

This was my first experience of a computer:

BBC Micro in school.

Eventually we got them at home and it was either Atari, Commodore 64 or Spectrum 128.

I still remember playing Lemmings and Sim City on my C64 until about 4 in the morning.

God, I love reminiscing.

i'll see that and give you

At first glance I thought it was a launderette.

That's some fucking quiff as well.

Is that how you used to roll when you were pulling the ladies on scrumpy and sputnik?

Originally Posted by hallelujah

Is that how you used to roll when you were pulling the ladies on scrumpy and sputnik?

i did have some time in that sort of set up, programming

Originally Posted by hallelujah

I still remember playing Lemmings

91 or 92 my older sister was living in London, her boyfriend went to work, she spent that day playing Lemmings, when he returned she was sitting at the end of the bed crying.

Couldn't get past one level.

For me it was Championship Manager. 97/98 was brilliant, as was 00/01 and 03/04. I remember I scammed Uni's 4 week work experience by using one of my dad's companies and then wrote my own (glowing) reports and spent the full 4 weeks playing CM from morning to night. The smell of McDonald's BBQ sauce still brings me back to that room.


Come to think of it I also used one for my first 12 month Thai visa, wrote off to the embassy with that company's letterhead and GM's signature that I'm being sent over to explore export and manufacturing opportunities within the region, got a 12 month Multi-Entry Non-B visa (of all things) back and off I went.

Originally Posted by Edmond

For me it was Championship Manager. 97/98 was brilliant, as was 00/01 and 03/04. I remember I scammed Uni's 4 week work experience by using one of my dad's companies and writing my own reports and spent the full 4 weeks playing CM from morning to night. The smell of McDonald's BBQ sauce still brings me back to that room.

That was the other one. I used to go round to my mate's and play it on his Atari(?) I think.

It was Atari that had the best games, wasn't it?

Funnily enough, my abiding memory of this game is one night we were playing it and he had a stapler next to the computer. Being an inquisitive young lad, I wondered what would happen if I stapled my finger.

So, I did, with the inevitable consequences.




As a young teenage lad, that fucked up my joystick controls for a few days, I can tell thee.

Originally Posted by Simon43

One year ago I was returning back to Laos after a prostate biopsy in the UK (my private insurers refused to cover the cost, but the NHS stepped up to the plate, even though my doctors knew I lived outside the UK).

5 years ago (or thereabouts), I had just returned from teaching in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.

I spent a month near Napyitaw one weekend.

Which of the two was more painful?

Originally Posted by hallelujah

I used to go round to my mate's and play it on his Atari(?) I think.

Atari is well before my time, I'm afraid.

These were all Windows PCs and/or laptops.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

As a young teenage lad, that fucked up my joystick controls for a few days, I can tell thee.

and you told your mate that the only reason why he won over you was because you were injured.

Is that the computer with punch cards in post #41? I remember that my dad brought home some punch cards when I was a kid.

My first PC to use was a Windows PC but I learned how to type on a manual Brother typewriter. The typewriter is from my parents. I think it's still functional, if I decide to unearth it.

Funnily enough, there are now Gen Z and Gen Alpha students who bring manual typewriters to their classes. Gens Z and A grew up with the Internet and social media and some of them are choosing to refrain from using them. There are also millenials who choose to buy analogue phones.