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Comment Tandy 1000 with King's Quest (Score 1) 523

I had a couple friends with Commodore 64s, so that was my introduction to computers at the age of 10 in 1984. I would play with the one on display at the local Caldor department store frequently with hopes my parent would get the hint. One day, I rode my bike past the Caldor to the neighboring Radio Shack and went inside to see this new computer they had on display. It was big. I looked serious. It was playing a game where you can walk a guy around in a primitive 3 dimensional world and interact with objects and characters by typing your commands. Move rock. Get dagger. I was playing with power. The first day I saw King's Quest running on the Tandy 1000, I was hooked. By my next birthday, I had that all in hand. A year later I got a 1200 baud modem and discovered BBSs, which opened up a whole new world to me. Its amazing how much impact those early days had on me... they were the first inspiration into my subsequent career as a software developer, and here nearly 40 years later, are significantly responsible for the person I am today.

Comment Re:Unions = Mafia (Score 1) 90

If corporations increasing wages and improved working conditions then there would be nobody wanting to join a union.

Not quite. There have been recently examples demonstrating otherwise. Google, for example, offers very generous compensation for its employees as well as near spa-like work environment compared to what is experienced in the average Joe's office. Once content at those levels, some workers will just look for new buttons to push and new demands to make. In Google's case, some workers decided they want more power in the business decision making and in determining the clients that they do business with. One could only imagine that if such demands were ultimately met, that would most likely prove detrimental to the company, and said workers would just find the next thing that they want to assert their control over.

Comment Re:5 million per charging station? (Score 1) 322

Must they build a station every 50 miles, or simply ensure that one exists every 50 miles? My understanding is that each station needs to be located within 1 mile of the interstate it is serving. Given that, I suspect current infrastructure covers a large amount of this goal, assuming again that current infrastructure counts towards this goal. If so, they can afford to splurge a little more on those that are likely to be more costly and/or require additional support infrastructure (such as in very remote areas).

Comment Re:Theaters here aren't opening anytime soon (Score 1) 97

Honest question... I'm aware of ISPs coming down on users for directly downloading pirated content. I received a nasty-gram from mine many years ago for doing so. I am surprised, however, by your concern about VPN usage to access content from other markets. I've never heard about ISPs punishing users for engaging in such activity. As far as I understand, when one is using a VPN, that is all the ISP is aware of.... the customer is communicating with VPN. What content is being served in unknown to them. Since the basic act of VPN usage is common and must be allowed, how does an ISP come down on a user for using them in the manner you described?

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