tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8025049.post4234674967331790227..comments2024-01-22T02:25:19.520-08:00Comments on Confessions of a Local Fish: Downgrading is the new Upgradinggrrouchiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03619493798073601300noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8025049.post-10406361673857512252012-03-03T13:03:40.962-08:002012-03-03T13:03:40.962-08:00Your mentioning of a scuzzi drives reminds me of o...Your mentioning of a scuzzi drives reminds me of one of the many catch phrases that my pal "Norm" (of my blog comments) and I have. Years ago we were at Fry's and Norm was thinking of getting some kind of scuzzi hard drive for his system, back when scuzzi was considered somehow better than IDE or whatever was the standard back then.<br /><br />We were looking at drives and he picked up one to look at and some other customer was standing next to us and saw Norm pick up the drive and he said, totally unsolicited, "Whatever you do, don't go making that scuzzi mistake." <br /><br />We looked up and before whe could ask the guy what the hell he meant or why it would be a mistake to go with scuzzi, he had already turned around and started walking away. We never got a chance to ask him for an explanation. Norm and I both cracked up and to this day you can still get either one of us laughing just by saying, "Don't go making that scuzzi mistake."<br /><br />Norm eventually got the scuzzi drive and never thought it was a mistake, getting many years of fine service out it. And we never saw that (un)masked stranger again.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05767080296489122846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8025049.post-16712637890411952822012-03-02T21:45:28.769-08:002012-03-02T21:45:28.769-08:00My first PC (they weren't even called that bac...My first PC (they weren't even called that back then) was a TRS-80 in 1983. No hard drive and no 3" floppies (only 5 1/4), but hey, it was a computer. I was taking computer classes from North Carolina State University and could use it to phone in and do my homework programs instead of standing in line at the computer lab. There were games on it and a simple word processor. Operating system was TRS-DOS (pronounced trysdos). Good times.Memphis MOJOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653631347560307425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8025049.post-64994594762853214892012-03-02T05:55:52.537-08:002012-03-02T05:55:52.537-08:00Yes, they did go up a lot but have come down consi...Yes, they did go up a lot but have come down considerably since then.<br />I was looking at a 1 TB for my PS3 and when I started looking it was like 90 bucks - then the floods happened and it tripled in price. After multiple months and waiting and waiting the lowest I ever saw it get back to was $129 - and I still only have a 60gig in my PS3 lol.grrouchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03619493798073601300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8025049.post-16916478563705134102012-03-01T22:55:06.906-08:002012-03-01T22:55:06.906-08:00Ha ha -- my cell phone is so old and simple that m...Ha ha -- my cell phone is so old and simple that most people would be embarrassed to carry it. Works for me, though.<br /><br />Hard drive prices went through the roof because of last year's flooding in Thailand. Just bought a replacement internal 1.5 TB for my son's desktop. Sheesh.lightning36https://www.blogger.com/profile/05641629003610446976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8025049.post-41898898210317574612012-03-01T20:51:16.046-08:002012-03-01T20:51:16.046-08:00I have heard this from a lot of people.
It's b...I have heard this from a lot of people.<br />It's been on my "too get mindlessly addicted to" list for a few months now.<br />I think 1.2 is about to come out soon - and they have been working on an Xbox version (which I've been kind of waiting for since most of my gaming is done on a console and not on computer).grrouchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03619493798073601300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8025049.post-49162858900522069052012-03-01T19:55:12.012-08:002012-03-01T19:55:12.012-08:00If you are feeling nostalgic but want a good time ...If you are feeling nostalgic but want a good time suck (I know...), check out Minecraft. I swear best ugly game ever.<br /><br />SplitterSplitter's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730691188111394478noreply@blogger.com