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The home computer in 2004
« on: 4 August 2005, 15:47 »
Are any of you any good at foretelling the future? They thought they were in the 50
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Re: The home computer in 2004
« Reply #1 on: 4 August 2005, 16:12 »
That picture is photoshopped.  The terminal in that picture is from the late 60s or early 70s.

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Re: The home computer in 2004
« Reply #2 on: 4 August 2005, 16:48 »
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Refalm, have you seen this site before?

Never seen the site before, but it links to BITS OF FREEDOM, so it's all right in my book :)

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Re: The home computer in 2004
« Reply #3 on: 4 August 2005, 16:52 »
I  need to learn a seconed language:(
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Re: The home computer in 2004
« Reply #4 on: 4 August 2005, 17:36 »
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I  need to learn a seconed language:(

I recommend Dutch, the most difficult language in western Europe ;)

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Re: The home computer in 2004
« Reply #5 on: 4 August 2005, 17:38 »
I will try but i will probably get it all wrong and say something insulting to someone:(
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Re: The home computer in 2004
« Reply #6 on: 4 August 2005, 18:27 »
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I recommend Dutch, the most difficult language in western Europe ;)



Then you haven
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Re: The home computer in 2004
« Reply #7 on: 4 August 2005, 19:07 »
i Wouldnt even dear to try and learn welsh
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Re: The home computer in 2004
« Reply #8 on: 4 August 2005, 19:23 »
You should just work on mastering English before you tackle any other languages.

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Re: The home computer in 2004
« Reply #9 on: 4 August 2005, 19:26 »
If you want me to, i will master english
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Re: The home computer in 2004
« Reply #10 on: 4 August 2005, 21:14 »
That photo is actually a museum display of a submarine.  The panel in the front is actually a plexi-glass case where the details of the submarine controls are listed.  The monitor perched perspectivally impossibly above the display is stock photography.  I have actually seen the real picture, and I was fooled at first too.

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Re: The home computer in 2004
« Reply #11 on: 4 August 2005, 21:40 »
ya, i was kinda wondering what all the gauges and steering wheel  were for
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Re: The home computer in 2004
« Reply #12 on: 5 August 2005, 22:20 »
OT:
Dutch is quite far on my list... I struggled hard to learn French this year in Canada. German is next. Russian, then Hebrew... I probably won't get that far though. My grandfather was supposed to speak seven lingos fluently and fourteen I think enough to get by.

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Re: The home computer in 2004
« Reply #13 on: 5 August 2005, 22:26 »
Damn. And right now I only speak French and English natively, Spanish and still learning German.

I need to learn Russian someday. Dutch sounds OK too.

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Re: The home computer in 2004
« Reply #14 on: 6 August 2005, 11:29 »
English is my first language, I'm about 50% fluent in American.