I hope you've taken good resolutions for the new year    

oo i just found this old pic

I took another pic of my old workstation and the crap under the desk, here:



The curious looking thing to the right of the powerstrip happens to be a barcode scanner.

thats not jam its sweet and sour sause lol.

ya those slot loading drives own but they dont make them that size any more i think.  Compaq made that one its only a 8x tho

what is the use of a codebar reader unless you want to be a pro thief

Quotewhat is the use of a codebar reader unless you want to be a pro thief

No real point to it, really. I got it for free from someone (so I can't complain!)

But, there might be some possible uses for it, for example, I might use it to catalog various CDs and DVDs that I have laying around. (Print a barcode on each of the discs, and by a simple scan I can know what's on the disc)

There might be other uses for it as well. If I collected things I could use it for that (but I'm not a collector, so there).

Who knows.

LMFAO!  Hacker has a cue cat!  There's one in my house...somewhere...

QuoteBut, there might be some possible uses for it, for example, I might use it to catalog various CDs and DVDs that I have laying around. (Print a barcode on each of the discs, and by a simple scan I can know what's on the disc)

Ever tried just writing on the CDs    

oh... so im not the only one that forgot to write on top of the cd and then have to one day check every cd out!!!

LOL Lordly_dragon. I've got the same issue.

I burned the 2004 Income report to a CD in December, and just threw it in a case, and put it in the archives room.

Yesterday, an employee from archives came to me and is like "Mr. Merchant, what's up with you and labels?" And I'm all WTF? What's up?

Turns out I didn't write anything on it, and everyone's looking for the Income reports so they can compare them to this year so far, but nobody has them- apparently.

Seriously, I pay these people all this money, but they can't put a disc in a drive and find out what it is for themselves? lol

Barcode scanner - good idea. I'll think of implementing that sometime soon.

Chris

QuoteEver tried just writing on the CDs 

Or get a LightScribe drive and media...

QuoteBarcode scanner - good idea. I'll think of implementing that sometime soon.

Only if you want to keep stuff a tad more secretive.

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QuoteBarcode scanner - good idea. I'll think of implementing that sometime soon.

Only if you want to keep stuff a tad more secretive.

That when you start getting the following message:

"Error: you are not allowed to know the contents of this disc"

Sure, I'll write the whole directory structure of a disc on the label.

Besides, it's easy to just scan the disc and see what's on it.

There could be other uses too. For example, to catalog some of these strange computer parts I have.  :unsure:  

Fofl! I have a cue cat too!!
I'd take a picture of my desk but i lost my webcam

My baby

uhhh lev in your first pic there is some un blurred boobs! and freeza no offence but you look like you belong in the lord of the rings lol

So?  they breasts are covered by either a bra or a swim top from what I can see of each of the posters on lev's walls.

BTW, it's only in america where the female chest is censored

So galactic77, what kind of PDA do you have? (The one in the picture)

lol, I think its all censored.

I have 3 comp cases at my desk, one is the one I use, one is torn apart and holds my unused boards (sound, modems, etc) and I have a totally clear plexiglass case w/ 7 fans, has a water cooling system (not set up) but my CPU parts were too small for it. Also: a printer (broke), a laptop (120Mhz!,1.99GB HDD, semi-broke) and a collection of about 500 floppies.

3" or 5"?

all are 3" floppz. got 'commander keen', 'duke nuk'em 1', stuff from the early ninties

Quotelol, I think its all censored.

Nope. Look more closely to the right side of Lev's first picture...

*rolls eyes* I see a top of some kind on that one