Registered: 08/19/03
Posts: 1371
Loc: Queens, New York City
Originally Posted By: benjammin
Yes, it is a double edged sword, but the computer would be the one techno thing in my life that has the greatest present impact on me, and the one thing I would be happiest to be rid of.
Sounds like a true computer Geek. Almost every programmer/IT Person I know is addicted to this box, and they all say "I hate computers"
Registered: 02/06/04
Posts: 4020
Loc: Anchorage AK
Yep.
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Registered: 04/13/07
Posts: 627
Loc: A Canadian Back in Canada
Originally Posted By: kc2ixe
Originally Posted By: benjammin
Yes, it is a double edged sword, but the computer would be the one techno thing in my life that has the greatest present impact on me, and the one thing I would be happiest to be rid of.
Sounds like a true computer Geek. Almost every programmer/IT Person I know is addicted to this box, and they all say "I hate computers"
Speaking as a geek/nerd, from my stand point this is true ;-)
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Ah, flash bangs. If I'd had those in college I'd have slept so much sounder, or in a jail cell.
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Clean water pouring from the faucet and maybe flash/bang grenades.
-Blast
So, the perfect survival retreat would be one that sported a drilled well that served up equal quantities of fresh water and natural gas? Acetylene might be too much to hope for...
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