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Title: Whitney Houston Dead @ 48.
Post by: SysAdmin on February 12, 2012, 05:55:52 AM
Very sad news!

Anyone know if she ever owned an Amiga?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_LPKEPReUo

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&btnmeta_news_search=1&q=whitney+houston+dead&oq=whitney+&aq=1z&aqi=d1g-z3g7d-o1&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=335928l337091l0l338562l8l8l0l2l2l0l233l893l3.1.2l6l0

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney_Houston

http://remembering.whitneyhouston.com/
Title: Re: Whitney Huston Dead @ 48.
Post by: ChaosLord on February 12, 2012, 06:45:05 AM
Houston not Huston.
Title: Re: Whitney Huston Dead @ 48.
Post by: SysAdmin on February 12, 2012, 06:47:39 AM
Quote from: ChaosLord;680243
Houston not Huston.


Thanks, fixed. It's late here in Chicago.

:laughing:
Title: Re: Whitney Houston Dead @ 48.
Post by: Tension on February 12, 2012, 09:12:18 AM
So?
Title: Re: Whitney Houston Dead @ 48.
Post by: bloodline on February 12, 2012, 09:50:27 AM
Quote from: Tension;680248
So?
I guess, like the Amiga she was also big in the late 80s early 90s :-/
Title: Re: Whitney Houston Dead @ 48.
Post by: orb85750 on February 12, 2012, 01:51:05 PM
Oh no, now I'm sure someone is going to feel the need to make a Hollywood movie about her.  I'm probably more likely to go to the forthcoming (purportedly) Milli Vanilli movie. (OK, maybe not.)
Title: Re: Whitney Houston Dead @ 48.
Post by: MobbyG on February 12, 2012, 02:42:27 PM
I'm betting, all the fallout from this is going to land on Bobby Brown. The stories we didn't hear, about the drugs and such will be coming out. While he can't be held responsible for her death, the public will blame him for the path he set her on. The microwave will be working overtime making popcorn.
Title: Re: Whitney Houston Dead @ 48.
Post by: Tripitaka on February 12, 2012, 10:09:06 PM
Quote from: Tension;680248
So?


Yeah, I must admit I'm wondering why this piece of completely non-Amiga related news was on the front page but then Transition has been a bit odd lately (just between the two of us I think he has some weird OCD that makes him bump CUSA threads too). Who knows, maybe I'll find some good cooking recipes on the front page tomorrow or something else equally irrelevant.
Title: Re: Whitney Houston Dead @ 48.
Post by: Karlos on February 12, 2012, 10:24:31 PM
Saddening news, 48 is no age.

I could have sworn I moved this thread to CH/Entertainment earlier. I'm not entirely sure this is the correct forum for it. I had assumed Transition had posted it in the wrong forum by accident. Now that he's moved it back again and left a redirect, it's pretty obvious he wants it here.

Must be a big fan, I guess.
Title: Re: Whitney Houston Dead @ 48.
Post by: SysAdmin on February 12, 2012, 11:04:22 PM
Quote from: Tripitaka;680309
Yeah, I must admit I'm wondering why this piece of completely non-Amiga related news was on the front page but then Transition has been a bit odd lately. Who knows, maybe I'll find some good cooking recipes on the front page tomorrow or something else equally irrelevant.


Yes it's true, I hope you like Spicy food.

:laughing:
Title: Re: Whitney Houston Dead @ 48.
Post by: Tension on February 12, 2012, 11:27:39 PM
Quote from: Transition;680312
Yes it's true, I hope you like Spicy food.

:laughing:


barry do the money dance!!
Title: Re: Whitney Houston Dead @ 48.
Post by: SysAdmin on February 13, 2012, 12:05:33 AM
@Tension

I think "I'll have Taco's Tonight!".

:laughing:

http://foolocracy.com/2012/01/connecticut-mayor-on-what-he-will-do-for-latinos-ill-have-tacos-tonight/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFCm5RwWrpU
Title: Re: Whitney Houston Dead @ 48.
Post by: Tripitaka on February 13, 2012, 01:48:14 AM
Quote from: Transition;680312
Yes it's true, I hope you like Spicy food.

:laughing:


I assure you my tolerance of chilies is legendary.

As for Whitney, yeah, tragic waste but that's what crack does to people. Very typical record company behavior too, all too willing to make a killing but they don't look after the golden goose.

Well, I guess they can always find another star.
Title: Re: Whitney Houston Dead @ 48.
Post by: hooligan on February 13, 2012, 05:19:35 AM
She will surely be missed by a lot of people who lent money to her.. serves them drugdealers right
Title: Re: Whitney Houston Dead @ 48.
Post by: amigadave on February 13, 2012, 05:35:15 AM
Quote from: Karlos;680310
Saddening news, 48 is no age.

I could have sworn I moved this thread to CH/Entertainment earlier. I'm not entirely sure this is the correct forum for it. I had assumed Transition had posted it in the wrong forum by accident. Now that he's moved it back again and left a redirect, it's pretty obvious he wants it here.

Must be a big fan, I guess.

This being an Amiga forum, I agree with your moving it and disagree with Transition moving it back.  Sad news when anyone dies, but hardly front page Amiga news item.
Title: Re: Whitney Houston Dead @ 48.
Post by: hooligan on February 13, 2012, 05:43:23 AM
Quote from: Tripitaka;680327
I assure you my tolerance of chilies is legendary.

As for Whitney, yeah, tragic waste but that's what crack does to people. Very typical record company behavior too, all too willing to make a killing but they don't look after the golden goose.

Well, I guess they can always find another star.


The label will make best of it, be sure of that. First 1-2 albums of unreleased material and then the Best of and Very best of-collections. Add to that all of these will also comes as collectors edition costing twice more. Add to that old releases start selling like bananas for monkeys... money just started rolling in baby :)
Title: Re: Whitney Houston Dead @ 48.
Post by: Tension on February 13, 2012, 09:37:54 AM
Quote from: hooligan;680341
The label will make best of it, be sure of that. First 1-2 albums of unreleased material and then the Best of and Very best of-collections. Add to that all of these will also comes as collectors edition costing twice more. Add to that old releases start selling like bananas for monkeys... money just started rolling in baby :)


Death is one of the best career moves an artist can make.
Title: Re: Whitney Houston Dead @ 48.
Post by: Tension on February 13, 2012, 09:42:30 AM
A lot of you may not know this but Whitney Houston was avid Amiga user. All the way from the mid 1980s until her death. One of the reasons Bobby Brown was so abusive was because he felt Whitney loved her Amiga more than she loved him. In fact there are rumours going about that the last email Whitney ever sent was from an Amiga 4000T running YAM on OS 3.5. I was watching an old interviews with Whitney from the late 1980s today and in one she said that she often felt that if it weren't for the Amiga she would not have been enough motivated to express herself through her music. She also said that she planned to have one song on each of her albums honoring the Amiga. Whether she followed through with this I do not know but the world has lost a truly great Amigan.*
Title: Re: Whitney Houston Dead @ 48.
Post by: ChrisUnionNJ on February 13, 2012, 03:18:35 PM
Quote from: MobbyG;680265
I'm betting, all the fallout from this is going to land on Bobby Brown. The stories we didn't hear, about the drugs and such will be coming out. While he can't be held responsible for her death, the public will blame him for the path he set her on. The microwave will be working overtime making popcorn.

No one puts you on a path you pick it...:laughing:

:rtfm:
Title: Re: Whitney Houston Dead @ 48.
Post by: hooligan on February 13, 2012, 03:57:36 PM
Ladies and gentlemen.. the snowball has started rolling.

albums price boost (http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a365322/whitney-houston-death-apple-accused-of-cashing-in-with-lp-price-boost.html?visibilityoverride)