Yes, PC Magazine ran ads for porn. And as far as I know, no one ever complained.
Heh, and one of these is an ad for an H-game! "The first adult game with TRUE SOUND and 80 sizzling 256 color scenes - Sexual preference [pretty forward-thinking for 1992 there, guys!] and foreplay options - Play with 2-8 close friends [bwhaahahahah] - Over 5MB [be still my heart!] of pure action!"
They wanted $79 for this masterpiece. In 1992 USD. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Speaking of things that were way overpriced....PC Magazine had a BBS. It was not free in the slightest. While membership in the BBS itself was "only" $2.50 per month, you also had to pay CompuServe's ridiculously high connect charges: $6.30/hour for 300 baud, $12.80/hour for 2400, or if you dared, a hefty $22.80/hour for 9600. They didn't support anything faster then!
(I am on leave and meeting an old friend in a restaurant inside a mall. Since I don’t know the area, I get there early and decide to window-shop beforehand. An old guy in his 80s approaches me.)
Customer: “I remember the good days when I didn’t have to see many of you orientals. Now, you’re everywhere stealing our jobs. All you do is get in the way and take from my great country.”
Me: “Sir, I’m a Marine. I’ve been in Afghanistan on multiple tours for the last three years. I serve OUR great country.”
Customer: “Oh! That’s good. Better you than losing some American boys.”
(I think about how the Marines trained me to survive everything an enemy can throw at us, but not how to listen to an old racist white man.)
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
My mother worked for CompuServe in the 1990s, so we got their service for free...of course, this was late enough that the only thing anyone used CompuServe for was to access in the Internet.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You know, like a week after I took that picture, the "watch for stopped traffic" sign got knocked over.
The body text is Times New Roman, the sub-headlines are something Caslon-ish, and the section headers and photo captions look like one of the Font Bureau grotesques.
I still have a CompuServe email address, after all these years!
Granted, AOL has basically turned it into an AIM/AOL account, and we don't pay for it at all (honestly, I think they gave up on charging for the service a LONG time ago), but still, that's what the "cs" in "digitaltre at cs dawt com" stands for.
And no, I don't care that I just said my email, it's full of spam and I never check it anyway.
In other news, it's amazing how after all these years, the username "digitaltre" is still relevant. I came up with it when I was like 7 or 8, so it's been about 7.5 years since then.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Still reading old PC Magazines...."TCP/IP Packages for NetWare 3.11". This oughta be good, seeing as PC Mag couldn't even spell Internet in 1992. :lol:
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
If I ever make a Linux distro, I'm going to market it as an "operating system-style software product".
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
For some reason I wish I knew more about the history of Unix
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
^^ Congratulations!
^ THAT'S FRENCH. WE NEED MORE BRITAIN, NOT MORE FRANCE
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Great! All we need now are those traffic lights that light up red and yellow together!
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Nope, ours just go straight from red to green.
The thinking is that if drivers knew when the red was ending, they would start inching into the intersection even before it goes green...meaning you would have to make the all-red phase even longer to compensate, which would defeat the purpose.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Remember back in the 50s when they'd record like Elvis singing YOU AIN'T NOTHIN BUT A HOUND DOG and then they'd turn the record over and reverse it and it was all NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP and people were all like, "That is actually the voice of Satan coming from that song."
Night, Fouria.
It's kind of hard to believe that it's less than a week until my birthday already.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Remember back in the 50s when they'd record like Elvis singing YOU AIN'T NOTHIN BUT A HOUND DOG and then they'd turn the record over and reverse it and it was all NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP and people were all like, "That is actually the voice of Satan coming from that song."
20.
It's kind of weird. I don't feel like I should be at that age yet. But on the plus side, I'll be happy to get a few nice things and go out and about for a change.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Heh, I felt the same way when I turned 20.
Of course, at the time I had the maturity of a 12-year-old...
Remember back in the 50s when they'd record like Elvis singing YOU AIN'T NOTHIN BUT A HOUND DOG and then they'd turn the record over and reverse it and it was all NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP and people were all like, "That is actually the voice of Satan coming from that song."
My emotional maturity is all kinds of weird. I don't think I can even match it up to a certain age.
One thing I have noticed is that in recent years, I've been short on ideas for birthday requests. On one hand, it's a good thing because I know I'm not asking too much, but it also feels strange that the one and only thing I've asked for specifically this year is Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
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What is the rest of the magazine like?
...and now my mind has leaped to a desire to see the first issue of Sports Illustrated to use Knockout (which they commissioned in 1994).
Something about it does not appeal to me; my mind's preference is now for Knockout and Maple, and maybe other derivatives of its aesthetic.
Good night.
bam bam bam