quote Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]: Rinse, unrelated question... did you have any involvement in Atari Corporation? I noticed you're in Sunnyvale, and it's really just a tiny off-shoot of San Jose... just curious if you had anything to do with them back in the day. Atari just came out with a new video game system a few months ago called the Atari VCS. Lol, I know... it's the same name as the original, but it doesn't use cartridges, but streams games.

No. I never had any involvement of any kind with the Atari Corporation, or even with its products.

I've never been a video gamer.

I had the experience of designing and programming or coding some databases and software that were part of some really awesome NASA, Air Force and passenger airline (Lufthansa) flight crew trainers that were immersive in concept. The trainee or user would be seated in a mockup of a cockpit with motion actuators, and looking onto synchronized video displays to have the experience of looking out through the cockpit window(s). Full color. 3D perspectivized. Special weapons effects (not for NASA or Lufthansa .) The Space Shuttle landing environment at Edwards AFB and the payload manipulator arm and cargo bay simulation.

I guess that was close enough to video gaming for me.

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quote Originally posted by cvxjet: The rich and powerful.....(Our betters) should never have to suffer for their bad decisions...... Ted Cruz is ABOVE all of the rest of Texas, and as such, you should never question what he does.......Now, if he was a democrat or hadn't backed Lord Trump to the hilt, then you should have a recall....... Hyp-O-crisy........I just wonder how all of those people with wrecked pipes/walls/floors/etc are going to pay for all of that damage....? And you gotta wonder about a "Conservative" who names his dog....."Snowflake".......

I'd love to know the story of how that dog got it's name.
Other than that, the above is pure
Did you ever tell us the flavor of that kool aid?

The vast majority of those folks that haven't gone south, wish they could have. Reference those pipes, that's what insurance is for.
And if they didn't have insurance, bad choices have bad consequences.

While it's obvious that Senator Cruise's trip was and is a politically silly move, tell me what he could have accomplished?
Any anger should be directed at those responsible for the electrical grid issues.

Rams

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