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Graeme*Kustom*
19-08-2002, 23:45
Forget about Operating Systems - if you were on a desert island etc and you could only have one application with you - what would it be and why? What do you use most?
DaveMark
20-08-2002, 00:16
hey Graeme it would have to be Winamp and my 3000 mp3 :D is that aloud ?
The Pimp
20-08-2002, 00:50
Internet Explorer 6 & a decent satelitte connection as obviously knowing BT or NTL, there wouldn't be DSL or Cable :D :D
ross
20-08-2002, 10:01
Assuming the box had a LAN connection to the internet I'd have PuTTY then I could ssh to anywhere and get mail/web/irc/etc :).
Kynoch
20-08-2002, 11:23
Erm im assuming that there is a power station on this islnad or something, or do we just stick some solar panels to the top of our laptops to trickle charge the battery?

Erm im still thinking what the most useful proggy will be for me........
PQuiff
20-08-2002, 14:01
Has to be Maya or Photoshop...not sure what use they'd be on a desert island but wht the hey....

Comming to think about it a S.A.S. survival proggy might be more handy...
Alan
20-08-2002, 15:03
The most generally useful program, if only allowed one, is a spreadsheet as it is the most versatile. It can do word processing, free hand artwork and pre-defined shapes, database work, all after a fashion, and, of course the spreadsheet facility most likely could be used to maintain a list of all the different tortures you will impose upon the slimy b-----d who left you on the island in the first place!
Remember folks, the allusion to desert island is not to be taken seriously as we all know we wouldn't really bother about computer programs - food, water, shelter, escaping the sharks, hunting for our girl Friday (Now who's dreaming?) would all come first, and always remember, the sand gets absolutely everywhere!
Craig
20-08-2002, 16:46
C. S.
Graeme*Kustom*
20-08-2002, 19:34
Erm im assuming that there is a power station on this islnad or something, or do we just stick some solar panels to the top of our laptops to trickle charge the battery?

Do you have to take it so seriously?

You're spoiling the image :)
scottie
20-08-2002, 19:47
got 2 b winamp!
Lee Oakes
20-08-2002, 22:06
i'd have photoshop7, 3dmax5 or any other good powerful graphics program, coz great to use
:)
Kynoch
20-08-2002, 22:15
Im not spoiling it, i am just trying to picture what the island is like.
You know building up the scenario.
Graeme*Kustom*
21-08-2002, 00:09
ok gotcha. just pretend you got an everlasting UPS or something.
CrazyOC'er
21-08-2002, 15:04
Quake 3
Kynoch
21-08-2002, 16:26
Hmmm maybe MIRC so i can give an S.O.S to every1 that i know or BF1942 coz that will stop me from being bored.
Jonathan Oakes
21-08-2002, 19:06
how bout when ur on the island it gets nuked :D , then , u dont have to worry and why must all island be desert? why not an iceberg eh or a nasty smelly swampy island
Kynoch
21-08-2002, 19:20
Because we are very piccy over where we want to be stranded. :D
Graeme*Kustom*
21-08-2002, 19:21
If I had the choice I wouldn't want to be stuck in a swamp..
abe
21-08-2002, 21:55
ross beat me to it. It'd have to be putty for the same reasons already stated. :)
F A B Scott
02-08-2005, 06:19
As long as there's some decent speakers, it would have to be WMP or Winamp for me.


Note; a desert island is not necessarily all sand, it's normally defined as a small isolated unpopulated tropical island. :p
brumster
02-08-2005, 09:38
Assuming there's a wireless access point there (surely all tropical islands have one these days) then Firefox please - then I can download all the other stuff :p

Seriously, though, I guess I'd go for Eclipse, then I can spend my days writing java stuff (I take it I'm going to be on there for a while?). Keep me doing something and going out of my head.
Big Adam
02-08-2005, 10:02
I would bring the IE "Ancient-thread-resurrection-blocker" plug-in.

:rolleyes:
SiLvEr_SnAkE
02-08-2005, 10:21
Microsoft PAINT :D
Clarksy
02-08-2005, 10:36
Delphi or Visual c++

You can create anything you need from these...
kempez815
02-08-2005, 11:30
Delphi or Visual c++

You can create anything you need from these...

I woul go for FF - then download whatever I wanted :D
Osiris
02-08-2005, 12:12
Counterstrike - Source. :D
Sub
02-08-2005, 13:17
hmm itunes or css....
stdRaichu
02-08-2005, 14:30
Vim, without a doubt. You can take your fancy Eclipse IDE's and shove 'em up your emacs :p
Mar6
02-08-2005, 20:28
Mozilla Firefox and Antivir 6.
And windows also :rolleyes:
col
02-08-2005, 23:16
Civilization of course.