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1977 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977 The world's first personal all-in-one computer (keyboard/screen/tape storage), the Commodore PET, is demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago Apple Computer is incorporated. (2 years after Microsoft) Snow falls in Miami (despite its ordinarily tropical climate) for the only time in its history. Snowfall has occurred farther south in the United States only on the high mountains of the state of Hawaii. Space Shuttle program: First test taxi flight of Space Shuttle Enterprise. The rings of Uranus are discovered. Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic. Led Zeppelin sets a new world record attendance for an indoor solo attraction at the Pontiac Silverdome when 76,229 persons attend a concert here on the group's 1977 North American Tour. Scientists report using bacteria in a lab to make insulin via gene splicing. Star Wars IV: A New Hope opens in cinemas. The first Apple ][ series computers go on sale. The Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner, and Ed Oates. Led Zeppelin presents its last American concert in Oakland, California, at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. A brawl erupts between Led Zeppelin's crew and the staff of the promoter Bill Graham, resulting in criminal assault charges for several members of the Led Zeppelin group including the drummer John Bonham. The NASA Space Shuttle, named Enterprise, makes its first test free-flight from the back of a Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. Supertanker Pierre Guillaumat is launched at Saint-Nazaire; she is the all-time world's largest ship (by deadweight tonnage and length overall) at launch. Voyager program: The United States launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft. The Commodore PET computer is first sold. Voyager program: Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay. (yes, after Voyager 2 is launched) Interpol issues a resolution against the piracy of video tapes and other material, which is still cited in warnings on opening pre-credits of videocassettes and DVDs. Atari, Inc. releases its Video Computer System in North America. A nuclear non-proliferation pact is signed by 15 countries, including the United States and the Soviet Union. The modern Food Stamp Program begins when the Food Stamp Act of 1977 is enacted. The Atari 2600 game system is released. Three members of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd die in a charter plane crash outside Gillsburg, Mississippi, 3 days after the release of their fifth studio album Street Survivors. 2060 Chiron, first of the outer Solar System asteroids known as Centaurs, is discovered by Charlie Kowal. Lockheed's top-secret stealth aircraft project, designated Have Blue and precursor to the U.S. Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, makes its first flight. The first children's cable channel The Pinwheel Network (later known as Nickelodeon), is launched.
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I looks like orange juice!
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Because it annoys him.
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"Guh?"
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1975 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975 Volkswagen introduces the Golf, its new front-wheel-drive economy car, in the United States and Canada as the Volkswagen Rabbit. The United States Patent and Trademark Office is renamed U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. (woopty doo) The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress. The Atomic Energy Commission is divided between the ERDA and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. In response to the energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly 2 months early in the United States. The United Nations proclaims International Women's Day. Bill Gates and Paul Allen found Microsoft in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In Washington, DC, the Rockefeller Commission issues its report on CIA abuses, recommending a joint congressional oversight committee on intelligence. Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: A manned American Apollo spacecraft and the manned Soviet Soyuz spacecraft for the Soyuz 19 mission, docks in orbit, marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the 2 nations. U.S. President Ford posthumously restores the U.S. citizenship of General Robert E. Lee, military leader of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Viking program: NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars. Elizabeth Seton is canonized, becoming the first American Roman Catholic saint. U.S. President Gerald Ford survives a second assassination attempt, this time by Sara Jane Moore in San Francisco. The Hughes Helicopters (later McDonnell-Douglas, now Boeing IDS) AH-64 Apache makes its first flight. NBC airs the first episode of Saturday Night Live (George Carlin is the first host; Billy Preston and Janis Ian the first musical guests). An independent audit of Mattel, one of the United States' largest toy manufacturers, reveals that company officials fabricated press releases and financial information to "maintain the appearance of continued corporate growth." United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379: By a vote of 72–35 (with 32 abstentions), the United Nations General Assembly approves a resolution equating Zionism with racism. The resolution provokes an outcry among Jews around the world. It is repealed in 1991. The "Group of 6" (G-6) industrialized nations is formed. (later upgraded to G-8) Former California Governor Ronald Reagan enters the race for the Republican presidential nomination, challenging incumbent President Gerald Ford. The 1975 cult classic movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show is released in America. The heavy metal band Iron Maiden is formed by Steve Harris in London. Some members of Jehovah's Witnesses believed that Armageddon will occur this year based on the group's chronology[6] and a few sold their houses and businesses to prepare for the new world paradise which they believed will be created when Jesus establishes God's Kingdom on Earth. The first Monster Truck, Bigfoot, is created by Bob Chandler. World population is at 4 billion.
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It's male, and evening/early morning...
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Banned for thinking that accents can be accurately transcribed.
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Penn & Teller bullshitting...
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Take the environmentalist quiz: tXkGzbwkMic If you didn't see one of the founders of Greenpeace saying that modern environmentalists are ignorant of what environmentalism actually is, then you need to get your eyes and ears checked.
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Nice! How many sealant layers, and what type of sealant?
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Deciding what to do over the next couple hours...
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Wait, other forums are like a B.B. King song? zJzaUzhZ6zE
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SPAZ... Working on the Insane playthrough achievement, and I'm over 1/3 of the way through...
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Thank you very much for attempting a search, it was kind of you. Just to make you aware though, one of the links in that site was pretty sketchy. No problem, I was kinda wary of that site link as well... But better to present all available than potentially cut from the actual material desired. Avast Internet Security, a custom made anti-malware program, and frequent scans/checkups using various programs on this end. (MBAM gets too many serious false positives with the software I use frequently)
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You might also want to look into putting your podcasts into a torrent... Bandwidth is limited only by your own connection until more computers have it, then you have the bandwidth of those computers as well. I think there's even a streaming feature to the torrent protocol.
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I sometimes believe that well-meaning but ignorant people can be more dangerous than actively malicious people. That's the vast majority of environmental activists right there... Well-meaning ignoramuses.
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"WTF?"
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1973 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973 The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. The pilot episode of the longest-running TV comedy series in the world, Last of the Summer Wine, is broadcast in the United Kingdom. Elvis Presley's concert in Hawaii is the first worldwide telecast by an entertainer, that is watched by more people than watched the Apollo moon landings. It was never shown in the Eastern Bloc Countries because of Communism. U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ends with the signing of the Paris Peace Accords. Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, one of rock's landmark albums, is released. The first handheld mobile phone call is made by Martin Cooper of Motorola in New York City. Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched. Skylab 2 is launched on a mission to repair damage to the recently launched Skylab space station. A patent for the ATM is granted to Donald Wetzel, Tom Barnes and George Chastain. The United States Drug Enforcement Administration is founded. Bruce Lee, American actor, philosopher, founder of Jeet Kune Do, dies in Hong Kong of cerebral edema (six days later his final film Enter the Dragon is released). The Norrmalmstorg robbery occurs, famous for the origin of the term Stockholm syndrome. Writer J.R.R. Tolkien dies. Yom Kippur War begins: The fourth and largest Arab–Israeli conflict begins, as Egyptian and Syrian forces attack Israeli forces in the Sinai Peninsula and Golan Heights on Yom Kippur. The Arab Oil Embargo against several countries which support Israel triggers the 1973 energy crisis. NASA launches Mariner 10 toward Mercury (on March 29, 1974 it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet). U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline. Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook." Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter. The American Psychiatric Association removes homosexuality from its DSM-II. The Endangered Species Act is passed in the United States. Lite Beer is introduced in the U.S. by the Miller Brewing Company. (and people have been drinking piss ever since)
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Banned for messing up profanity.
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Back to 4'33" again...
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Trying to find a reason to care about anything, but right now, everything is boring.
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You should see this weird stuff that's coming out of my ear...
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Which ones? The ones that were talking about "make peace not war", the ones calling it "better than doing nothing", the ones saying that they "prefer drones rather than troops, because no troops get hurt that way", or the ones that are merely saying "I don't give a fuck" in long drawn-out paragraphs?
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Yeah, but he did have some freaky notions about robots being commonplace right about now. (damn you governments for not advancing technology fast enough! We need a war to help us along)
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Riiiiiight... So, evidence that supports my claims is "you just got lucky"?