The Friday Five

[Jax]

1. PC or Mac? PC
2. When did you first get online? August of 1995..hit some local BBS & then went on to on AOL, back when it was $3 an hour.
3. Do you have your own computer or do you use your work/school/family computer? I have 3, though my kids use one of them.
4. What's your one 'can't live without it' piece of software? PaintShopPro
5. What's your favorite browser? Firefox

 

[Horus]

The Internet used to be $3 an hour?

 

[Jax]

Yup.

 

[RequiemX]

1. PC or Mac?
Mac (maxxed-out iBook)

2. When did you first get online?
I started visiting BBS systems in 1993.

3. Do you have your own computer or do you use your work/school/family computer?
My laptop is my baby.

4. What's your one 'can't live without it' piece of software?
QuickSilver and TeXShop (can't choose between them)

5. What's your favorite browser?
Firefox with Adblock Plus, Greasemonkey, Stylish, and CustomizeGoogle extensions.

 

[Tubbs]

Today's questions:

1. PC or Mac?
2. When did you first get online?
3. Do you have your own computer or do you use your work/school/family computer?
4. What's your one 'can't live without it' piece of software?
5. What's your favorite browser?

1. Linux
2. When I was 10 years old...
3. I have two of my own and a third in my Info Tech class.
4. Audacity (or any recording program tbph)
5. Firefox; it used to be IE for some strange stupid reason.

 

[Beelzebub]

1. PC or Mac?
PC

2. When did you first get online?
When I was around 13?

3. Do you have your own computer or do you use your work/school/family computer?
I have my own at schoool, but when I'm at home I use the family computer.

4. What's your one 'can't live without it' piece of software?
I don't know

5. What's your favorite browser?
Firefox/Opera

 

[HackerX]

Today's questions:

1. PC or Mac?
2. When did you first get online?
3. Do you have your own computer or do you use your work/school/family computer?
4. What's your one 'can't live without it' piece of software?
5. What's your favorite browser?

1. PC
2. 94/95 sometime around then
3. I have my own computer, my own work computer & a family computer.
4. A half decent syntax highlighting text editor (I use jedit at work) & a good music player (Amarok is my favourite, but i use itunes most of the time)
5. I use firefox most of the time, but Konqueror is my favourite.

 

[greenaxer]

Today's questions:

1. PC or Mac?
2. When did you first get online?
3. Do you have your own computer or do you use your work/school/family computer?
4. What's your one 'can't live without it' piece of software?
5. What's your favorite browser?

1. I gotta say both. In the graphics field, I need to use both regularly.
2. when I was 18
3. I have my own, use others at work and school.
4. Adobe Creative Suite
5. IE

 

[Anonymous]

Today's questions:

1. PC or Mac?
2. When did you first get online?
3. Do you have your own computer or do you use your work/school/family computer?
4. What's your one 'can't live without it' piece of software?
5. What's your favorite browser?

1. PC, I hate Mac's trendy image.
2. Holy fuck, I can't remember... I never had a computer as a kid so I'd go to computer access centers after school, I must have been like 10 when I started that routine.
3. Mom's PC/Girlfriend's PC
4. Difficult choice, either Guitar Pro, Media Player or MSN Messenger.
5. Fizzlefox.

4. speakers

That's hardware, actually.

 

[Phanto]

Today's questions:

1. PC or Mac?
2. When did you first get online?
3. Do you have your own computer or do you use your work/school/family computer?
4. What's your one 'can't live without it' piece of software?
5. What's your favorite browser?

PC.

Been using the internet for as long as I remember using a computer.

I got three of my own, four if you count the broken trash in the corner.

Direct Connect or Photoshop I guess.

Mozilla Firefox.

 

[ABQShredHead]

1. PC or Mac?
PC
2. When did you first get online?
Back in college we used to chat through the VAX/VMS servers to other people at other universities. My first time through that was 1990 Spring semester. I got onto AOL in 1994, I think, if memory serves me. I don't know what version that was...
3. Do you have your own computer or do you use your work/school/family computer?
I have one at home for the family and my work laptop.
4. What's your one 'can't live without it' piece of software?
Nothing, really. MapInfo? Pathetic...
5. What's your favorite browser?
I just use IE. Better than trying to dig up FTP addresses back in the early '90s, that's for sure.

 

[J-Dubya 777]

2. When did you first get online?
Back in college we used to chat through the VAX/VMS servers to other people at other universities. My first time through that was 1990 Spring semester. I got onto AOL in 1994, I think, if memory serves me. I don't know what version that was....

Sigh......VAX/VMS was my last grand source of income. Too bad Carly F. let those systems go down hill towards retirement, and ruined HP with their merger. Now look, you got me all emo!

J-Dubya

 

[SilentRealm]

1. PC or Mac? - PC, Macs aren't too popular here in Aus yet..

2. When did you first get online? - around May 1998, my ex-bf at the time had just discovered the joys of the internet and told me about his escapades online.. I got curious and went about buying a comp for myself and checking it all out..

3. Do you have your own computer or do you use your work/school/family computer? - I have my own.

4. What's your one 'can't live without it' piece of software? - hmm.. do PC games count? Not sure if there's anything I can't live without but I do like fireworks coz I can make sigs and wallpaper etc with it.

5. What's your favorite browser? - not sure that its my fav but I use IE.

 

[proulxski]

1. PC or Mac? Being in a webdesign/computer graphics course at college I must say they both pwn alot! For gamming/web surfing and making coding for websites I prefer the PC, I wouldn't wan't to do all my work on a MAC! However when it comes to computer graphics, Adobe Photoshop CS2, Adobe Illustrator CS2, and countless other programs the MAC kicks alot of ass! I guess it all depends on how much money you got eh? (ALIENWARE)

2. When did you first get online? Man I do not even remember its been so long, I just remember my first online game was Starcraft FTW!

3. Do you have your own computer or do you use your work/school/family computer? I use my school computers alot since all my classes are in a computer lab for the most part, but I do have my own PC!

4. What's your one 'can't live without it' piece of software? Adobe Photoshop CS2 or Windows Media Player!

5. What's your favorite browser? I hate Netscape, and Firefox despite its glory now days i've never really used! I prefer IE the most, pretty solid! (the one thing that fucking sux with macs is SAFARI EEK)

 

[Matt]

That's hardware, actually.

Thanks for pointing out a mistake that would have gone unnoticed.

 

[Anonymous]

Any time dude

 

[Matt]

Fine, I will revise that to windows media player. ftw

 

[Anonymous]

^FTW indeed. I hate Winamp.

 

[Jax]

Today's belated-cuz-I-just-worked-12-nights-straight-&-slept-most-of-the-day questions:

1. What, if any, holiday(s) do you celebrate this time of year?
2. What are your plans this year for that/those holiday(s)?
3. What's the favorite holiday gift you ever received?
4. What's the favorite holiday gift you ever gave someone?
5. Name one person you wish could share your holiday celebration this year.

 

[Horus]

Today's belated-cuz-I-just-worked-12-nights-straight-&-slept-most-of-the-day questions:

1. What, if any, holiday(s) do you celebrate this time of year?
2. What are your plans this year for that/those holiday(s)?
3. What's the favorite holiday gift you ever received?
4. What's the favorite holiday gift you ever gave someone?
5. Name one person you wish could share your holiday celebration this year.

1. Hannukah, Metal Day and Winter Solstice.
2. My holiday ends in a half hour.
3. I just get cash every year. That works out fine for me.
4. Not sure.
5. I wanna celebrate Hannukah on an episode of Jesus N' Pals.