Linux has driven me to buy Windows Vista

[James Knott]

Lindsay A. B. Moniz wrote:
> James Knott wrote:
>> Lennart Sorensen wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 10:23:23AM -0500, JoeHill wrote:
>>>> Oh yes they will. I remember _black and white_ TV. Vietnam War on
>>>> black and
>>>> white, actually. One of the first phrases I remember is 'body count'.
>>>
>>> I remember having black and white TV at home, with all 1 channels to
>>> choose from (not much need for a remote then and no arguing over
>>> what to
>>> watch).  And I am only 33.
>>>
>>
>> We (living in Oakville) had 5 channels to choose from.  Then, when
>> CFTO started, we had 6!
> We were living in Brampton when Rogers first started to roll out his
> cable service. I believe he started in Brampton, so it seemed we were
> living on the bleeding edge. That box with a push button for each
> channel, a wire to the converter box and big enough to sit on your lap
> was really something. Now THAT was a remote control. I'd say it
> qualifies as the first remote laptop.... :-).

Brampton???  I didn't think television reached that far into the
sticks!  ;-)

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