Comments on: Osculate your Altair today! http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/12/24/osculate-your-altair-today/ the blog that is not dansdata.com Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:46:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Red October http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/12/24/osculate-your-altair-today/#comment-3929 Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:52:02 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/12/24/osculate-your-altair-today/#comment-3929 Dr. Wang's legacy lives on in the Wang Center for the Performing Arts. In the US, at least, certain cell phone carriers support abbreviated dialing codes for popular numbers. The Wang center's code is "#WANG". Or as a commercial spoke it "Pound Wang" -causing my buddy Mike to crack up when something performed at the Wang center was advertised on the radio. Pound Wang indeed. Dr. Wang's legacy lives on in the Wang Center for the Performing Arts. In the US, at least, certain cell phone carriers support abbreviated dialing codes for popular numbers. The Wang center's code is "#WANG". Or as a commercial spoke it "Pound Wang" -causing my buddy Mike to crack up when something performed at the Wang center was advertised on the radio. Pound Wang indeed.

]]> by: Mark Cocquio http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/12/24/osculate-your-altair-today/#comment-3928 Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:17:21 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/12/24/osculate-your-altair-today/#comment-3928 I can verify the existence of Tungkiss. I so wish one of us had kept a copy. That box art was brilliant. As for Wang... well "Wang Cares" was probably the worst thing their marketing people ever came up with for promotional t-shirts... I can verify the existence of Tungkiss. I so wish one of us had kept a copy. That box art was brilliant.

As for Wang... well "Wang Cares" was probably the worst thing their marketing people ever came up with for promotional t-shirts...

]]> by: Cokey http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/12/24/osculate-your-altair-today/#comment-3908 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:32:27 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/12/24/osculate-your-altair-today/#comment-3908 I'm surprised you didn't link to http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2000/12/27/ when you mentioned kissing your computer. :) I'm surprised you didn't link to http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2000/12/27/ when you mentioned kissing your computer. :)

]]> by: Ziggyinc http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/12/24/osculate-your-altair-today/#comment-3879 Thu, 25 Dec 2008 08:23:25 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/12/24/osculate-your-altair-today/#comment-3879 Lots of Wang on E-bay.... tho Tungkiss tho. Lots of Wang on E-bay.... tho Tungkiss tho.

]]> by: FuzzyPlushroom http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/12/24/osculate-your-altair-today/#comment-3878 Thu, 25 Dec 2008 07:58:53 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/12/24/osculate-your-altair-today/#comment-3878 Oh, man. I can't beat the Batter Blaster. Actually, one certainly <i>could</i> "beat the Batter Blaster". Oh, man. I can't beat the Batter Blaster.

Actually, one certainly could "beat the Batter Blaster".

]]> by: Chris L http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/12/24/osculate-your-altair-today/#comment-3877 Thu, 25 Dec 2008 05:09:16 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/12/24/osculate-your-altair-today/#comment-3877 They probably went out of business after the failed Tungkiss Anti-Virus. They probably went out of business after the failed Tungkiss Anti-Virus.

]]> by: cfexrun http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/12/24/osculate-your-altair-today/#comment-3876 Thu, 25 Dec 2008 04:51:48 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/12/24/osculate-your-altair-today/#comment-3876 Wang. Piffle. I dare you to find a product that tops this- http://www.batterblaster.com/ Wang. Piffle. I dare you to find a product that tops this-
http://www.batterblaster.com/

]]> by: phrantic http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/12/24/osculate-your-altair-today/#comment-3875 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:01:28 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/12/24/osculate-your-altair-today/#comment-3875 I used to own a Wang computer. I've always regretted not keeping it, if just to fill the case with a nintendo 64 or something. I used to own a Wang computer. I've always regretted not keeping it, if just to fill the case with a nintendo 64 or something.

]]> by: Red October http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/12/24/osculate-your-altair-today/#comment-3874 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:53:06 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/12/24/osculate-your-altair-today/#comment-3874 Could'a been worse, I suppose. I live right near Wang Towers. I will let that sink in. It is called Wang Towers. Wang Laboratories was one of the many, many tech firms that used to live in my area (With DEC probably being the most well-known). Their founder was Oriental, you see, a brilliant Doctor An Wang. His company is gone, (Like so many founded by a genius, once his vision was gone it foundered and died) but his influence is felt. Could'a been worse, I suppose. I live right near Wang Towers. I will let that sink in. It is called Wang Towers. Wang Laboratories was one of the many, many tech firms that used to live in my area (With DEC probably being the most well-known). Their founder was Oriental, you see, a brilliant Doctor An Wang. His company is gone, (Like so many founded by a genius, once his vision was gone it foundered and died) but his influence is felt.

]]> by: Daniel Rutter http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/12/24/osculate-your-altair-today/#comment-3873 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:55:16 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/12/24/osculate-your-altair-today/#comment-3873 No, it doesn't <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernicia_fordii">mean</a> anything more in Australia than it does anywhere else in the English-speaking world. Perhaps the company that made the software was run by a Mr Tung or something; I don't remember. No, it doesn't mean anything more in Australia than it does anywhere else in the English-speaking world.

Perhaps the company that made the software was run by a Mr Tung or something; I don't remember.

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