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mousestalker
May 15th, 2009, 08:48 PM
I mean Linux is great and all, but this OS raps (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmEvPZUdAVI).

Having switched my main PC to Ubuntu Jaunty, I feel suddenly inadequate....

:)
Michael.Godawski
May 15th, 2009, 08:56 PM
Oh my god... some things cannot be unseen :shock:
fatality_uk
May 15th, 2009, 09:03 PM
It's like watching a train crash in sloooow motion! Ouch
"It frees up a whole 45k of extra memory", Genius!!! :lol:
MikeTheC
May 15th, 2009, 09:04 PM
Oh my god... some things cannot be unseen :shock:

I know what you mean, Mr. Godawski -- that was God-awful.

That was almost as bad as Leonard Nimoy sining "If I had a Hammer". And, while it was only half as awful as William Shatner singing "Mr. Tambourine Man" and 2/3 as wrong as Phillis Diller giving voice to "I Can't Get No Satisfaction," it might actually even be worse than getting rickroll'd.
Sealbhach
May 15th, 2009, 09:55 PM
Shatner did a pretty decent job with Common People (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRPa0GhxGUs).


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drawkcab
May 15th, 2009, 10:51 PM
Wow, i totally need this!
Carl Hamlin
May 15th, 2009, 11:14 PM
"It frees up a whole 45k of extra memory", Genius!!! :lol:

At the time, 45k was a hell of a lot of memory.
lisati
May 15th, 2009, 11:23 PM
I think my poor old laptop is trying to tell me something - when the clip got do the bit about more memory the first time, it froze and did a good impression of a skipping CD!

EDIT: I just remembered: a few years back I got hold of some MS-DOS 5 disks from somewhere for nothing..... I didn't like the GUI.
Vitamin-Carrot
May 15th, 2009, 11:41 PM
at the time, 45k was a hell of a lot of memory.

memmaker ftw!
meho_r
May 15th, 2009, 11:46 PM
Man, I'm trying to remember when I saw something more idiotic... I mean, I'm trying really hard :)
speedwell68
May 16th, 2009, 12:01 AM
memmaker ftw!

Memmaker was shite, you could get much more below 640k doing it manually.:p
yabbadabbadont
May 16th, 2009, 12:28 AM
Memmaker was shite, you could get much more below 640k doing it manually.:p

You misspoke... the whole point was to get as much as possible above 640k into upper memory (the first 64k above 640k), and high memory. ;)

(and using memmaker was a good place from which to start when manually fine-tuning)
Kareeser
May 16th, 2009, 12:34 AM
Oh dear lord, he's started rapping.

I can't imagine so much interest and fanfare over a command line!! Imagine if we did that kind of stuff...

"Welcome, to the Linux Ubuntu GNOME gnome-terminal 2.26 UPGRADE!"

Edit: Watched it to the end. Pure gold. Who else danced along? :D
pbpersson
May 16th, 2009, 12:34 AM
I remember when they came out with mouse support and the Dos shell.

That seemed SOOO high tech at the time :o
Rainstride
May 16th, 2009, 02:05 AM
I mean Linux is great and all, but this OS raps (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmEvPZUdAVI).

Having switched my main PC to Ubuntu Jaunty, I feel suddenly inadequate....

:)

MMMMYYYYYY EEYYYYYEEEESSSSS!!!!!!:evil: THAT WAS JUST WRONG!!!......just wrong.....(:D)
MikeTheC
May 16th, 2009, 02:12 AM
Shatner did a pretty decent job with Common People (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRPa0GhxGUs).


.
Wow, that was actually enjoyable.
MikeTheC
May 16th, 2009, 02:14 AM
I remember when they came out with mouse support and the Dos shell.

That seemed SOOO high tech at the time :o

At the time I was using a Mac that came with 1MB of RAM and was expandable to 4MB of RAM (which I ultimately did). I remember wondering what people saw in MS-DOS.
dragos240
May 16th, 2009, 03:12 AM
Well.... at least it didn't crash like windows did.
kk0sse54
May 16th, 2009, 03:16 AM
A little piece of my soul just died...
buzzmandt
May 16th, 2009, 03:19 AM
I feel a little cheaper now, I need a hot shower with bleach....

couldn't watch it to the end, omg!!
ninjapirate89
May 16th, 2009, 03:22 AM
I couldn't make it through the entire thing. I made it about a minute in and my ears started bleeding.
sailthesea
May 16th, 2009, 03:28 AM
Man, I'm trying to remember when I saw something more idiotic... I mean, I'm trying really hard :)

Did you ever see someone try to install it?
I tried once
:D
Chilli Bob
May 16th, 2009, 03:33 AM
Just one more reason to switch to DR-DOS!

Actually DOS-Shell was amazing when it first came out. A pirated copy of X-Tree Gold was better though. Not that I did such a thing as a kid, of course.
meho_r
May 16th, 2009, 12:21 PM
Did you ever see someone try to install it?
I tried once
:D

Hahaha, no, I didn't :D Did you record your attempt?
gnomeuser
May 16th, 2009, 04:01 PM
I suddenly feel the need to pour industrial grade acid into my eyes and ears to cleanse them
JiggyMan
May 16th, 2009, 04:13 PM
omg...that brings back memories. Bad memories, mind you...
Mister LinOx
May 16th, 2009, 04:39 PM
That has scarred me. XP Dude, look at all of the cheap 300 GB hard drives today and see how easy it is to get one, then look back only about one decade and maybe five years ago. Technology is advancing very quickly.
Newuser1111
May 16th, 2009, 04:53 PM
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sailthesea
May 16th, 2009, 05:40 PM
Hahaha, no, I didn't :D Did you record your attempt?

Sadly, no :(
I don't know what was worse, the rising tide of floppy based insanity or nearly starving to death during the proccess
alexandari
May 16th, 2009, 05:46 PM
I was going to die laughing while watching this ROFLROFLROFL
calrogman
May 16th, 2009, 07:28 PM
That was...

Wow...

It's like flashbacks from /b/! Aaaarrggh!

(in terms of horrifyingness)

http://www.sophiehoulden.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=106&g2_serialNumber=2
lykwydchykyn
May 17th, 2009, 04:24 AM
Did you ever see someone try to install it?
I tried once
:D

I know I upgraded my DOS machine sometime around '91 or '92, so I can only assume it was to move to DOS 5. I have blocked it all out though.

I dumped DOS shell for norton commander in college, though. Less pretty, but way more functional.