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Reminds me of a rumor in the first dotcom boom, where it was said that Larry Ellison would do 'laptop clay pidgeon shooting' from his yacht(s). He allegedly wou
by roel_v 3y ago
Reminds me of a rumor in the first dotcom boom, where it was said that Larry Ellison would do 'laptop clay pidgeon shooting' from his yacht(s). He allegedly would have entire pallets of laptops carted onto the ships, take it out to open water, have some sort of contraption launch the laptops over sea and guests would shoot at them like you would at clay pidgeons. Seemed to be too outrageous to be true, but at the time (if I recall correctly) there were pictures of the setup on the boat. But this would have been 25 years ago, maybe I'm misremembering. I did a quick google but nothing obvious shows up. Anyway recall this?
- kaivi 3y agoThis is crazy. Brings back a vivid memory from y2k when I was ten, how I was very sad after looking at a $5000 laptop behind a shop window. I had a reference for $5000 in my head, because we have then just sold our apartment for the same amount, before leaving the country for the West. I was absolutely certain that neither I nor my parents would ever be able to afford it.