Comments on: Twittjr

By: fluxster

fluxster — Fri, 15 May 2009 16:01:14 +0000

@ cptfalcon

no not sarcastic, just thru observation of technology, it has the same concept. we used a radio and computer with a special interface(tnc)
on a freq. in the mhz(147)sending dos (text mesaages). twitter on the other hand uses a cell phone (which is almost technically a radio) uses a computer interface(built in)and sends text messages (dos base)over the air in the digital spectrum (gigahertz). only we were doing 20 years ago on IBM XT with 4 megs of ram and green monochrome monitors…..just look up PACKET Radio

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 15 May 2009 04:57:56 +0000

Making something old interface with something new is cool. Making an old computer access TWITTER, not so cool. Try making it do something more interesting, like count sand.

By: cptfalcon

cptfalcon — Thu, 14 May 2009 18:32:00 +0000

@fluxter

I’m not sure if you are being sarcastic, and I’m no fan of twitter, but what you describe is quite a bit different and cooler :)

Just because a bike and a car provide similar functionality does not mean they are the same…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:01:25 +0000

“Why not turn it into a twitter browsing machine?”

I can think of at least three reasons.

By: Pip

Pip — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:00:42 +0000

300 baud, geez, I feel old now! I remember having a 1200 when it was considered fast. Then my best friend got a 2400 before I did and all I did was whine. I never had a faster modem than him again. :(

I miss the intimacy of the BBS, my first was my neighbor.

By: getatme

getatme — Thu, 14 May 2009 05:40:21 +0000

Yes, lets bash a web 2.0 technology that does nothing but allow friends to see what everyone is doing in the quick pace of modern times. Stop bashing twitter because you only have one or two close friends. That is your choice to have a a few close friends as well as your choice as how you contact them. No one judges you and the comment mechanism of almost all web 2.0 websites because that is how some people communicate. Learn to invent/hack/code and then talk.

By: original-green

original-green — Thu, 14 May 2009 04:09:44 +0000

The reason they call it Twitter is that only Twits use it. Why would I care what ANYONE does every minute of the freakin’ day?

By: Wwhat

Wwhat — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:35:38 +0000

At least twitter is limited in the message length so it doesn’t impact internet that much.
And once somebody hacks half a billion people with a tiny url link I’m sure it’ll lose popularity.

By: ithink

ithink — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:46:31 +0000

i think the nasty comments are called for in the case of twitter.
one of the ‘news’ websites did a fashion write up on the ‘geniuses’ that invented twitter.
good grief.

By: tikka

tikka — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:33:29 +0000

The nasty comments are far worse than the article.

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I remember using computers like these and I am feeling the nostalgia.

By: tikka

tikka — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:32:59 +0000

The nasty comments are far worse than the article.

By: Chris Lockfort

Chris Lockfort — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:27:35 +0000

Misha: It does have an RS-232 port, and this is what is being used in the example setup to use the modem over.

By: anon

anon — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:23:04 +0000

@johnny johnserson
Exactly. I’m sick of twitter articles.
“Look! My toilet twitters when I flush lololololz!”
Stop filling the internet with (more) useless bullshit.

By: will d.

will d. — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:21:44 +0000

i like the picture, but hate for twitter and love for the pc jr equal out into a blah sort of feeling.

By: mosheen

mosheen — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:15:01 +0000

I’v grown so tired of reading about twitter. It’s such a silly fad.