mr_a500

[mr_a500]

I just did a search for "mr_a500" and found this thread. Wow, a thread about me. Fascinating. I thought I might as well respond.

I can understand that you are a sensitive person, but leaving a forum just because someone gave you negative ratings for the pictures you posted (I don't remember what was the exact reason, actually) it's just stupid. Try to understand that.

I'm not sensitive. People insult me all the time, threaten me with death, etc. and I just laugh it off. The screenshots have nothing to do with me not logging in. I admit I was a bit annoyed about the idiot who trashed the ratings, but I didn't really care that much.

The main reason I stopped coming here was because it felt like a waste of time. Also, nothing much was happening here. I just kept seeing the same threads over and over. So I decided to stop wasting time, get Linux and join the modern world. I never quite made it. I quickly discovered that Linux sucks. So I'm still using Amigas for everything. (..and I'm still wasting time making screenshots)

I'm touched (...and surprised, actually) that people missed me. People never miss me. Even my own family doesn't miss me. They usually say something like, "Don't bother coming for Christmas this year, maybe we'll see you next year ...or whatever." ;-)

So this is a new experience. Thanks. :-D

Errr..... Prehaps he is referring to all the 7's in his profile. 771 posts + 6 posts would make 777 posts. mr_500 last logged in on 2007/7/7

I did have 777 posts when I last logged in. Somehow, 6 posts got deleted. Maybe they were posts in News threads or in threads that expired or something. I even made sure my last login time was 7:07:07 and was thrilled when I made it, but I was disgusted when I logged out and saw that I got screwed by daylight savings time. (I have no idea how it later ended up 6:33 though) See, when you're wasting time, you've got to waste time right. I waste time like a pro. ;-)

Is it the number of times he complained about the screenshot ratings?

Hey! I only complained a couple times. (maybe 3 times total if you include two complaints in the same thread)

Nah, his most interesting post count will be: 42240

I'll let someone else guess why...

I still haven't figured that one out. Is that some kind of insult or something? That's it! I'm outta here! ;-)

[mr_a500]

Thanks guys. :elvis:

[mr_a500]

Wow, more responses than I expected... and nobody has called me a delusional psychotic freak (...yet). ;-)

So, you are still on Amigas, but are you interested in MorphOS of AOS4.x?

I've never tried them. I don't feel like paying for the expensive (obsolete) hardware. I'm really looking forward to the Natami though. I hope that's not a load of BS... like OS5 was. (my prediction was pretty accurate on that one)

I've been looking for an "Amiga replacement" since 1994, but I still haven't found it. I now have a NeXTstation, SGI Indy (IRIX), a bunch of classic Macs, a G3 with OSX, PCs (free...I'd never buy a PC) with BeOS & Ubuntu. I've used (been forced to use) every single version of Windows from 3.0 to Vista... and lots of older stuff like OS2 Warp, Novell, CP/M, QNX (and experimental stuff like MenuetOS). I've done lots of research and wasted lots of time.

Of ALL the computers and operating systems I've ever used, I still like Amiga the best. BeOS would come next, but it's still missing many Amiga features I like. Everything else is a combination of "too bloated", "too unresponsive", "too tedious", "too restrictive", "not enough software" or just plain "badly designed, intensely frustrating piece of rotten crapware".

I don't see any hope for future operating systems either. It's now all about controlling and limiting the user rather than giving the user control over his own computer. Amiga is far from perfect, but at least I control it rather than it attempting to control and block what I want to do.

Still, it's obvious that I can't continue using a 20-year-old computer for internet. Next month I'm getting high-speed internet connection (no more dialup for Amigas) and get the Mac, BeOS and Ubuntu on the internet. My Amiga internet days will finally be over. (...until I have enough cash to waste on an accelerator, Deneb and network card for my A3000)

Do you plain to switch to a bit newer Amiga? May be 1200PPC or Efika/SAM? Or at least AGA chipset?
It's interesting to get maximum from a500, but may be in AGA you can better realise you art potential?

I had been trying to get an AGA Amiga for years. Last year I finally got an A4000 (free!), but it has a motherboard problem. Fast RAM isn't recognized. I need an accelerator with RAM before I can play around with it. (but no money for that at the moment... I just bought a house so I'll have enough room for my "computer museum" :-D)

[mr_a500]

I'm already a celebrity. Read about my TV series and movie roles. :-D ;-)

(photo of me was scanned using DCTV on A500, by the way)

Seriously though, I was in a movie - filmed in Paris. Sadly, it was a made-for-TV movie(ABC), filmed in Paris, Ontario and I was an extra. (...but at least I had a fake gun - I was a Texas sheriff)