#Cringely sez …
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From Cringely's column in the May 16 Inforworld (hey John, that you?) …
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"WHAT'S 'TOASTER' IN KOREAN? Being an optimist, I think that the
impending sale of Commodore's Amiga computer line to Samsung might be a
very good thing.
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-sja
The Amiga was mentioned in Infoworld, WOW things are looking better
already! 🙂
Richard -> AutoPilot on the A1000
Not necessarily. Cringely is a closet Amiga fan. I called him up to yell
about the way he mentioned the Amiga in his column a couple of years ago, and
he talked about how much he liked the machine. Makes you wonder if Pammy will
ever show up in the Bandito's columns.
-R
He should really come out of the closet. 🙂
Richard -> AutoPilot on the A1000
Naturally, my subscription to InfoWorld ran out a few weeks ago, and so
far they haven't renewed it as a freebie. I like reading Bob's column and
Cringley's, but not $150/yr's worth.
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Dale L. Larson, Intangible Assets Manufacturing
It would be kind of funnyif what america(press,software developers etc..)
stuck their nose up at (the amiga&toaster) turns out to be a smashing
hit in the hands of asians. Kind of like the thing that happened with
the automobile industry. America was the standard with automobiles
now basically japan is.
HAHAHA – can you imagine exec's from IBM, Apple, Intel, ect. going to Asian C=
factories to re-learn how to make computers? hahaha
LOL!
Charles,
<<America was the standard with automobiles…>>
But it seems they still havent learned anything! I hired a car from Avis last
week – a Buick Century, I think – but it looked like a 1970's pimps car with a
horrible maroon velour interior! Its no surprise that the Japanese are still
making massive inroads into the US car market. I hope they're as good at
running the Amiga!
Mal
Mal,
You haven't check market share lately. The imports including the Japanese have
slipped a lot in the last 3 years. A Buick Century is not a good example of
current American cars. Try a Regal, a LeSabre or the new Riv. Personally I'm
biased toward the Chrysler line myself.
Bill
"Personally I'm biased toward the Chrysler line myself."
So am I, on the compact end. The Shadow/Sundance and Neon are hot.
-Chris
>> the Shadow/Sundance…
ACK! My wife has a '94 Shadow and it has been nothing but JUNK! I do
like the looks of the Neon, however!
Chris – Fast and Low on my '020!
"If you don't straighten up young man, you'll grow up to be President!"
I recently traded in an '89 Sundance for a Neon. The Sundance was a major
pain in the butt, and was in the shop about 40 times over four years
(thank God for extended warranties!) After the warranty ran out at 70,000
miles, I traded it in for the Neon. I miss the horsepower the Sundance
had (2.5 L turbo) but my wife really likes the Neon, and she drives it all
the time anyway.
David Settlemoir
AG&FC Video Productions
I had a friend test drive one… he said they are really nice. But any
emergency vehicles behind you are SOL… as the cabin is so quiet.
My wifes '94 has been in the shop 6 times. The second time was on a trip
to her parents in Knoxville. It spent the whole week in the shop, while
they replaced the transmission. (It was 3 weeks old by this point) Now
it pops out of reverse (or won't go in to reverse at times.) and pops out
of second quite frequently. The service department insists there is
nothing wrong, yet the problems continue. That nice V-6 engine is pretty
kickin' tho!
As for me, I traded in my '89 Suzuki Sidekick for a '94 Suzuki Sidekick.
It worked like a dream the first time, so why tamper with greatness!
Chris – Fast and Low on my '020!
Is it significant that my spell-checker doesn't know "Intel"?
Also, Mal hasn't checked that Korea and Japan are VERY different places with
very different people!
Brian
The Japanese and Koreans may be very different, but they sure as hell know what
most people want to buy!
Mal
"It would be kind of funnyif what america(press,software developers etc..)
stuck their nose up at (the amiga&toaster) turns out to be a smashing
hit in the hands of asians."
Yes, it truly would. However, you still need North America to maintain
good software support for a platform. The Asian parent company will have a
challenge in increasing the market share here (which it _must_ do…
Europe is nice and all, but it cannot yet act as the foundation for
anything more than a game console). The best possible outcome right now
would be for a Silicon Valley company to buy the Amiga.
-Chris
Where are those Korean flash cards anyway ? We might need them <g>.
Margaret,
Yep, I keep bugging Ben about 'em cuz I need to come up to speed on han
gul.
ahn-nyonghi gasipsiyo
-sja
My wretched attempt at 'Intensive Japanese' at Berkeley summer school was
shadowed by this gentleman who already had his masters in Korean. He gave me a
bit of an introduction to that language – NOT ! I only lasted two weeks in
Mandarin. Maybe flashcards would help. The same guy who knew his Korean was
telling me that there is a Korean equivalent to the Tales of Genji. Since there
isn't much of a clue in Japanese or Korean as to gender – you didn't get the
idea that the main character was a man not a woman until you would have
translated I don't know how many pages.
Japanese is easy compared to Korean … at least I thought so … I picked it
up fairly fluently while in high school there.
I think I could havegotten Japanese down if I'd had more of an immersion
approach. I got sidetracked with the writing and reading it part. My eyes
started to cross after the first five hundred characters
Cool! If Cringely says its so, I very often is. Now, I look forward to hearing
what Sammy's intentions are towards our Ami.
Jonathan 🙂
Ami & Sammy sittin in a tree
K-I-S-S-I-N-G…
First we have a thread about Howard Stern, now one about lesbians kissing
in a tree. What is this forum coming to? Is the FCC going to start
fining Steve?
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Dale L. Larson, Intangible Assets Manufacturing
Ami & Sammy, lesbians?
Dale,
>>lesbians kissing n a tree
I think you've lost it.
Dale,
There was a move out a few years ago (created quite a stir) called Sammy And
Rosie Get Laid. There must be a joke here, somewhere…
Jonathan
>>lesbians kissing in a tree<<
BIG chuckle.
Robb
And what exactly is the word for "girl friend" in Korean?
More importantly, will my keyboard support spelling it? <g>
Chris – Fast and Low on my '020!
"If you don't straighten up young man, you'll grow up to be President!"
This place is getting absolutely nutty. <shaking head>
"Getting"?…
Mr. C (Amiga: Muerte O Suerte?)
Michael,
the Amiga community has _ALWAYS_ been slightly, if not totally, nutty.
Why else do I hang out here? Always a suprise, if not a chuckle.
Perhaps I should rephrase that, since I'm a denizen. Naw. I'm just as
nutty.
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Fire, Flood, Earthquake, and Riot.