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...you could make 'em say 'shell oil' inverted, too; heh,
I think we're fairly close in age (42 here)
I'm 40 - so my life's just beginning
Yep, I remember "ShELL OIL", and "Oh hELL" - ah, a more innocent age!
I only got on the net in '87 because all my friends at Uni were doing computing - I read politics, but I buttered up the Comp.Sci department and wangled an account of my own (unheard of in those days!)
well, at least its not newspeak, or doublethink...
Amen to that brother. (late form reply, but since you just mentioned my favortie book of all time, i couldnt help it)
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I'm afraid I am. I've been on the Net since '87 - I'd call that a generation. Indeed, I remember the proto-l33t-sp33k that we thought was so cool using the first generation of LED pocket calculators. As I recall you could only make them say a few random things like "heLL0" (0.7734) or "BOO hOO" (0.04008), by holding them upside down, but it seemed quite cool when I was 12 
And then they invented ASCII and programmable calculators, and it's been downhill since then.
And then they invented ASCII and programmable calculators, and it's been downhill since then.
...you could make 'em say 'shell oil' inverted, too; heh,
I think we're fairly close in age (42 here)
You got on the 'net in '87... I first got online in '98. Guess that makes me an 8 year old-- a-hem, nevermind
btw, I read your leetspeak with no trouble at all~~ I'm not sure if that's good or bad, though
I think we're fairly close in age (42 here)
You got on the 'net in '87... I first got online in '98. Guess that makes me an 8 year old-- a-hem, nevermind
btw, I read your leetspeak with no trouble at all~~ I'm not sure if that's good or bad, though
but I try to I think we're fairly close in age (42 here)
I'm 40 - so my life's just beginning
Yep, I remember "ShELL OIL", and "Oh hELL" - ah, a more innocent age!
I only got on the net in '87 because all my friends at Uni were doing computing - I read politics, but I buttered up the Comp.Sci department and wangled an account of my own (unheard of in those days!)
I think everyone thought spelling things on calculators upside down was cool when they were twelve. My generation did that too, and I was born in '87. There's probably a cosmic rule that every pre-algebra class must spend at least half the time learning how to make their calculators spell BOOBIES.
It is heartening to hear it survived so long, but I bet it's a lost art by now. I doubt text-message-literate kids with camera-phones would see the point.
psimagus
Yes, yes... I am still older, but you're right we are not thaaaat far apart in age. I was interested in computer stuff when it began with basics, but... heh... I have tought myself everything I know, my school notes weren't good enough to have me considered a candidate for attending college even. Dumb teachers. Oh..oh.. revealed some secrets now.. :O
Yes, yes... I am still older, but you're right we are not thaaaat far apart in age. I was interested in computer stuff when it began with basics, but... heh... I have tought myself everything I know, my school notes weren't good enough to have me considered a candidate for attending college even. Dumb teachers. Oh..oh.. revealed some secrets now.. :O
i've been going on the internet for a few years now. i think i am the youngest on this site ( i am 14)
Old age and treachery always beat youth and skill...
as one of my fencing coaches say. hes 84 and will tear anyone apart. ;P
as one of my fencing coaches say. hes 84 and will tear anyone apart. ;P
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