From: aaron@space.ualberta.ca (Aaron Humphrey)
Subject: Re: A square grand
Reply-To: aaron@space.ualberta.ca
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 16:15:09 GMT

lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Speaker-to-Minerals) writes:
: In article <1992Aug25.220213.12174@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>, aaron@space.ualberta.ca (Aaron Humphrey) writes:
: >"I'd get myself a Color NeXT computer, and a gigabyte hard drive or two.  (I
: >amass >lots< of data, and this way I could archive a newsgroup or two.)
: 
: Friend, you don't know what >lots< of data is if you think a couple of
: gigabytes would do you for more than a few months.

"No, I freely admit that I don't.  I've got 47 Megs of data here at work, and
about 30 M at home.  With 1000 M, I could stop throwing things away, but I
might not...

"Mind you, if I started running a MUD, or an anonymous FTP site, or getting a
bunch of netnews with a two-week expiry time on all alt. groups(maybe I could
ditch the comp. groups to save space...;-}), I guess that might take up a bit
of space.  So, okay.  I'll get lots and lots of gigabyte drives, and lots of
tape stuff to back it up with.  Satisfied?"

: >I'd make my computer an Internet node--probably hiring a consultant to get it set
: >up and maintained, since I know very little about running an Internet node.
: 
: There's not really a whole lot to it, especially if you can afford to buy real
: software.

"I probably could, assuming it exists...and it would be fun to learn how to do.
Gee, maybe I'd have to read a comp. group or two after all..."

: >I'd call it azpiazu.ab.ca or something like that.  I'd give NeXTs to a few of
: >my friends, notably my brother, who I'd dearly love to see on the Net sometime.
: >They could be subnodes of azpiazu...  I'd get a few other kinds of computers,
: >basically the top of the line in Macs, Amigas, IBMs, etc.  Maybe I'd just rent,
: >so I could always keep up with the State of the Art.
: 
: You really ought to consider something with an operating system.

Alfvaen shrugs.  "I'm open to suggestions.  I'm thinking mainly of getting all
different types so I could play cool games on them, and they all have their
advantages and disadvantages.  But NeXTs have an operating system, don't they?
If you consider UNIX an operating system, which I do...but perhaps I should
get a VAX or something.  In case I want to run neat simulation programs."

: >"I'd get loads of computer games, but probably never play most of them, since
: >I rarely do.  I'd print out a list of the albums I have currently and the
: >albums I wouldn't mind getting, and make a >big< order from some record store,
: >or Columbia CD club or something.  Of course, I'd have to get one of those home 
: >entertainment centers with everything from a turntable to a CD player to a VCR
: >and a big-screen TV.  Anyway, I'd probably have to keep some of my tapes since
: >I imagine some of the stuff I have isn't available on CD.  (Say it's not so!)
: 
: It's not so.  You can have your own custom CDs cut.

"Coolness.  I suppose you'd need some kind of permission from people if you
wanted to put their music on CD...for your own stuff it'd be okay.  But I
could afford to reimburse them, and their record company if necessary."

--
---Alfvaen(a.k.a. Nysinra, rot13 Psycho)
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