vervalin@AUSTIN.LOCKHEED.COM (Paul Vervalin) (01/04/91)
Another Amiga sighting!!! I was just watching the Discovery channel when Beyond 2000 came on. It looked interesting so I watched it. About 15 minutes into the episode (episode 77 to be exact) they started talking to Timothy Leary, of 1960's fame, when he started talking about computers and how wondeful they are, etc... Then I saw an Amiga 500, then a 2000, then a 1000. This guy was surrounded buy Amigas. Then he was showing some animation which I didn't recognize and he starts saying things like, you know to do graphics of this quality used to cost many thousands of dollars, but now it is affordable enough, and easy enough to do that a 14 year old can do it!!! Then there was a DeluxePaint screen with some guy using a brush that looked like Spock's head. The whole thing lasted about 5-10 minutes, and was very enjoyable. Annnnnnnnd, its going to come on again this Saturday. So for those of you who missed it, episode 77 will be coming on at 6:00 P.M. (Eastern Standard Time) on Saturday, January 5th. Don't miss it. The only drawback was that once again there was no mention of the Amiga specifically, BUT, you can clearly read the name on the monitor in several of the close up shots. Happy viewing.... vervalin@austin.lockheed.com
hunter@phoenix.pub.uu.oz.au (James Gardiner [hunter]) (01/08/91)
In <449@shrike.AUSTIN.LOCKHEED.COM> vervalin@AUSTIN.LOCKHEED.COM (Paul Vervalin) writes: >Another Amiga sighting!!! >I was just watching the Discovery channel when Beyond 2000 came on. It looked >interesting so I watched it. About 15 minutes into the episode (episode 77 to >be exact) they started talking to Timothy Leary, of 1960's fame, when he started >talking about computers and how wondeful they are, etc... Then I saw an Amiga >500, then a 2000, then a 1000. This guy was surrounded buy Amigas. Then he >was showing some animation which I didn't recognize and he starts saying things >like, you know to do graphics of this quality used to cost many thousands of >dollars, but now it is affordable enough, and easy enough to do that a 14 year >old can do it!!! Then there was a DeluxePaint screen with some guy using a >brush that looked like Spock's head. The whole thing lasted about 5-10 minutes, >and was very enjoyable. Annnnnnnnd, its going to come on again this Saturday. >So for those of you who missed it, episode 77 will be coming on at 6:00 P.M. >(Eastern Standard Time) on Saturday, January 5th. Don't miss it. The only >drawback was that once again there was no mention of the Amiga specifically, >BUT, you can clearly read the name on the monitor in several of the close up >shots. Happy viewing.... >vervalin@austin.lockheed.com Beyond 2000 is made in Australia so I know a few interesting facts about it. Beyond 2000 has some BIG sponcers over here and One of the BIGGEST is Apple Mac. Because of this, the amiga is a NO-NO to show on the program The amiga has made its way into some stories however. You will notice that they always use a MAC when any computer will do. Ie for cosmatics in a example. Hunter -- James Gardiner [Hunter]. System Admin, Public Access UNIX Melbourne, Australia PubNet: phoenix!hunter | (voice)+613-532-8030 (data)+613-523-9865&+613-532-8029 Internet: hunter@phoenix.pub.uu.oz.au | PO BOX 54 Chadstone Centre UUCP:..!uunet!munnari!labtam!eyrie!phoenix!hunter | Melbourne Australia 3148
ifarqhar@sunc.mqcc.mq.oz.au (Ian Farquhar) (01/09/91)
In article <1991Jan8.004830.26455@phoenix.pub.uu.oz.au> hunter@phoenix.pub.uu.oz.au (James Gardiner [hunter]) writes: >Beyond 2000 is made in Australia so I know a few interesting facts about it. >Beyond 2000 has some BIG sponcers over here and One of the BIGGEST is >Apple Mac. Because of this, the amiga is a NO-NO to show on the program >The amiga has made its way into some stories however. You will notice >that they always use a MAC when any computer will do. Ie for >cosmatics in a example. Beyond 2000 is low-quality pseudo-science for the terminally stupid, so I don't think that the absence of Amigas on it is a major drawback. Let's look at the record of this show: * A recent program where someone claiming to be an astronomer (no justification for this title was presented) showed "proof", their word, that astrology was a scientific fact. * Carmel Travers mixing up the concept of a bit with a byte, ("64 kilobits, the same amount of memory as in a common home computer." Of what decade, I suppose the question would be.) * Innumberable useless gadgets and a fascination with cars. * Their repeated inability to present primary-school science and get it right. Also, quite a lot of statistics abuse, though I suspect that this is not deliberate. They are too stupid to realise that a statistic is nonesense. * Their continued use of non-metric measurements (this is a science show produced in Australia, remember.) * The original presentation of the Amiga in mid-'86 where it was shown genlocking and doing graphics, but where the name of the machine was never even mentioned, and no closeups of the unit were taken. The team does tend to use Apple Macintoshes, and it is true that they are parraded out whenever the team needs an "official looking desk." I am not sure if they are sponsored by Apple, but it would not surprise me one bit. They do mention the Mac commonly, when they almost always refer to it as the "Apple Macintosh", but otherwise they refer to computers as "PC's" or "Personal Computers." Anyway, I am not terribly concerned that this bunch of moronic reporters didn't mention the Amiga. If they did, perhaps they would repeat something that the Sydney Telegraph Mirror did recently, when they announced: "the program, which runs on the Omega computer..." Some press can be done without. Disclaimer: A world that needs disclaimers needs laywer hunting season. Standard ones apply, anyway. -- Ian Farquhar Phone : 61 2 805-9400 Office of Computing Services Fax : 61 2 805-7433 Macquarie University NSW 2109 Also : 61 2 805-7420 Australia EMail : ifarqhar@suna.mqcc.mq.oz.au
bwdavies@rodan.acs.syr.edu (01/10/91)
-------- To be fair, I'd like to point out that all of the episodes of _Beyond 2000_ that I've seen were between three and five years old. As a result, we are constantly seeing "amazing new technology" that is not only out of date, but in most cases has never even made much of a splash in the world anyway. For the record, the most interesting items (other than the Leary piece) that I've seen were the 3M device that used electrical current to force the release of endorphins and the wave-powered electrical generator. I like to watch _Beyond 2000_ when there's nothing else on because it's usually good for a laugh. The Leary/Amiga piece was interesting, but I believe that Tim has a couple more software packages available by this point. As usual, he came off looking slightly silly. So did Devo. Jeez! (Question for Australians -- the black woman is an American, right? She always seems to get the really silly stories.) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sam Hill Cabal "If there's anything insidious going bwdavies@sunrise.bitnet on in the world, the media is behind bwdavies@rodan.acs.syr.edu it!" -T.J. Teru
rxtgep@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Glen Pill) (01/10/91)
From article <1071@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz>, by ifarqhar@sunc.mqcc.mq.oz.au (Ian Farquhar): > > Beyond 2000 is low-quality pseudo-science for the terminally stupid, so > I don't think that the absence of Amigas on it is a major drawback. > As I remember from the ads on TV for this show, one of their last shows for the 1990 ratings period showed some "amazingly new technology" in the form of a Fax card for PC's. So much for them supposedly being at the forefront of new technology. They don't even provide a contact service so viewers can find out more about a product they report about in sketchy detail. -- Glen Pill ACSNet: rxtgep@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au RMIT Computer Centre Snail : 124 LaTrobe St, Melb. Oz. 3000. Phone : +61 3 660 2538
xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) (01/10/91)
Just to comment, this is a typical c.s.a.advocacy thread; please move it there
as soon as possible, for instance by following up this posting.
/// It's Amiga
/// for me: why
Kent, the man from xanth. \\\/// settle for
<xanthian@Zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <xanthian@well.sf.ca.us> \XX/ anything less?
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