Calling all old timers...
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8 out of 10! Called the IBM Portable the Compaq Portable and missed the Emac.
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By the Great Prophet Zarquon, you're right. Only the Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy can solve it. The answer's 42 dagnabit.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
Ay yes, the only holy book worth the name. All others are works of fiction written by shepherds on hills thousands of year ago, THHGTTG is the Ultimate Truth! (Written on a Lisa I believe!)
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I didn't recognize any of them, but I got 4 by random selection.
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8 out of 10! Called the IBM Portable the Compaq Portable and missed the Emac.
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I got both of those wrong as well. And also the 2 vintage gamer systems.
John
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8 out of 10.
"Love people and use things, not love things and use people." - Unknown
"The brick walls are there for a reason...to stop the people who don't want it badly enough." - Randy Pausch
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8/10 at age 29, thats harsh :(
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6/10 - but I'm only 29....
It definitely isn't definatley
6/10 here as well. I'm also 29, but many of them were unfamiliar due to them not being marketed in the United States (such as Amstrads, Acorns, and Sinclairs). The first one (which looked straight out of the original Star Trek series), I only knew from knowing the history of computer games.
I don't claim to be a know it all, for I know that I am not...
I usually have an answer though.
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Yes, it is:
Dec | Oct
0 | 0
1 | 1
2 | 2
3 | 3
4 | 4
5 | 5
6 | 6
7 | 7
8 | 10
9 | 11
10 | 12Classic joke (perhaps misquoted): Why do Unix sysadmins confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because Dec 25 = Oct 31
I don't claim to be a know it all, for I know that I am not...
I usually have an answer though.
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9/10 :) Who are you calling an old timer? :mad: ;) ;P
Well, I scored a 5 so 9 should be OK for you. ;P
Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal - Friedrich Nietzsche .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. [Microsoft MVP - Visual C++]
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Well, I scored a 5 so 9 should be OK for you. ;P
Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal - Friedrich Nietzsche .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. [Microsoft MVP - Visual C++]
Oh OK. I did not know we are supposed to compute on an inverse proportion. ;P :-D
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7 out of 10 :-O
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3 out of 10 but I think you'd need to be British to do any good at that quiz and games consoles don't exactly fit in there. The Commodore PET was super easy because it's the first pc I cut my teeth on (though that was a SuperPET).
"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson
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8/10 at age 29, thats harsh :(
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Oh OK. I did not know we are supposed to compute on an inverse proportion. ;P :-D
Come on, no way! I certainly look older than I am. I guess you are definitely 'senior' to me. But that's only a guess. :)
Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal - Friedrich Nietzsche .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. [Microsoft MVP - Visual C++]
modified on Saturday, October 18, 2008 6:22 AM
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Come on, no way! I certainly look older than I am. I guess you are definitely 'senior' to me. But that's only a guess. :)
Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal - Friedrich Nietzsche .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. [Microsoft MVP - Visual C++]
modified on Saturday, October 18, 2008 6:22 AM
You're right... good guess :) though I guess it wasn't all that tough
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You're right... good guess :) though I guess it wasn't all that tough
ChandraRam wrote:
I guess it wasn't all that tough
:laugh: You see, two things made me guess it - you were positioned as PM, and me a Senior dev (at least 25 years of difference ;P ). You're a married now and may be a mother too? (remember it from one of your previous posts). Also, you used to call me "beta". ;P :laugh:
Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal - Friedrich Nietzsche .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. [Microsoft MVP - Visual C++]
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ChandraRam wrote:
I guess it wasn't all that tough
:laugh: You see, two things made me guess it - you were positioned as PM, and me a Senior dev (at least 25 years of difference ;P ). You're a married now and may be a mother too? (remember it from one of your previous posts). Also, you used to call me "beta". ;P :laugh:
Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal - Friedrich Nietzsche .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. [Microsoft MVP - Visual C++]
Ok, so 2 out of 4 correct - by my standards you just scraped through with a pass grade :) My son is 12 years old... I have already talked about him in some posts here, I believe.
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Ok, so 2 out of 4 correct - by my standards you just scraped through with a pass grade :) My son is 12 years old... I have already talked about him in some posts here, I believe.
ChandraRam wrote:
I have already talked about him in some posts here, I believe.
Ah! I hadn't noticed then. :)
ChandraRam wrote:
you just scraped through with a pass grade
I've been doing this since my 10th standard. :-\
Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal - Friedrich Nietzsche .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. [Microsoft MVP - Visual C++]
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Yes, it is:
Dec | Oct
0 | 0
1 | 1
2 | 2
3 | 3
4 | 4
5 | 5
6 | 6
7 | 7
8 | 10
9 | 11
10 | 12Classic joke (perhaps misquoted): Why do Unix sysadmins confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because Dec 25 = Oct 31
I don't claim to be a know it all, for I know that I am not...
I usually have an answer though.