Watching the movie "Pirates of Silicon Valley" was a hoot. I like how it jumped around in time, at least at the beginning. I tend to like stories (movies, books, etc.) that involved flashbacks and show the main characters at different ages. This one started in 1984, went ahead to 1997 and then jumped back to when Jobs and Gates were young adults (early 20s?).
In the flashback to the riots at UC Berkeley it was interesting to note that these people were not so interested in the political goings on of the time, but were embarking on a separate but equally (or even more) revolutionary path.
The parts of the film that involved the early IBM PC and Apple Lisa were fun to watch. I also liked some of the film's music, with some 80s rock and funky 70s stuff.
Different subject:
Last week my computer was attacked and pretty much taken out of commission by a virus. I did reinstall the OP (Vista) but it is still having problems. The Geek Squad says the problem could be one of two possibilities. Either the OP was not installed properly or there is a problem with the hard drive. To have the Geeks run diagnostic tests would cost $70 so I am going to try reinstallation again and this time I am going to wipe the hard dive first. If I still have problems, I will take it back to the Geeks. Even though I was not able to install a new patch or service pack this week, I think this trouble should earn me one point toward the OS assignment. I have learned things from this problem.
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