i am so there

and by there, i mean there. think about it as the sims online, only with the brakes off and the imagination on. or at least that’s what there looks like from out here. but i got the good word today and i’ve been tapped to be part of the first there beta testing group.

so i’ll let you know what there is like when i get back here… from there. or somewhere.

addendum: well, after a 64mb download that took just over an hour and a half (something tells me that somebody’s servers weren’t up to the challenge of scores of beta testers), i have been stopped dead in my tracks. the install checks your system, you see. the beta requires an 800mhz processor, you see. my mighty dell is only a 600mhz processor. so no install for me. the setup program simply says no and do not pass go.

oh, well. guess i’m not going there after all.

January 23, 2003 – 7:24 pm | By Thomas | Posted in Distractions | Comments (4)
  • JO

    OH LORD…

  • Darrell

    While abrupt and seemingly rude, the installer has a good point. You can’t handle it, you can’t have it. I can name a few situations that I wish had come equipped with such foresighted installers. Imagine how much less trouble there would be in the world. If there had been a conscientious installer for the British Prime Minister, it could have just said, “No, Neville. You can’t handle it. Something’s going to turn out to be too tough for your wishy-washy attitude. Somebody’s trying to build a bridge made of tanks to our little Island and we can’t have you trying to pacify them with that velvet hand.”

    Or if that fourth Margarita ran a little installer app. “Umm…no. If you can’t even manage to hit the floor when you fall over, you can’t have this drink.”

    Forget cloning. This could be the new great debate. Is it better to avoid all the pain and suffering that could be alleviated? But, without the pain and suffering what could be learned? Who could live in a society without risk and innovation?

    McDonald’s could put it on their hamburgers. The Secret Service could put one on the White House door. Florida could put it in their voting booths.

    I’m going to start writing code for a bagel.

  • http://psycht.net jason

    Thomas… our motherboards will support up to a 1.3Ghz chip. pricewatch has them cheap.

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