Video Game Trivia
Someone asserted to me that the Macintosh was the wellspring from whence all great games descended…
where do you think Sims (SimCity) and Tetris came from?
SimCity? First released in 1987 on Commodore 64 (first demo in 1985!). Re-released in 1989 simultaneously on PC and Mac. Also released in 1989 for Amiga, Spectrum/Timex-Sinclair, Amstrad, and Atari ST.
Tetris? First implemented on Electronica 60 (PDP-11 clone!) in 1985. Ported to IBM PC during 1986 and circulated. Ported to Apple II and Commodore 64 in 1986. Spectrum Holobyte commercial re-release on IBM PC in 1986.
UN, corruption and OIL?
Oil and corruption, bed fellows…
more un corruption. nothing to do with oil…
The tempest inside the World Meteorological Organization began with a single check.
An accountant working late one night in July 2003 at the United Nations-affiliated weather agency in Geneva spotted a check that he had signed, but noticed that someone had endorsed it to an unknown third party, one L. Khalil. The accountant’s curiosity was piqued, and he began nosing around.
“Within half an hour I had found about 25 checks worth about $400,000 that had not gone to where they were supposed to go,” said the accountant, Luckson Ngwira.
For the love of God, don’t try to argue with Mac zealots; life is too short for such Sisyphean tasks.
P.
Mac n Cheese: Good
Mac n Blog: Bad
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