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💡Technology Tip Thursday💡: Napster & Your All-Time Playlist 🎶
Hello everyone, the Thanksgiving holiday passed and another Thursday is here: a 💡Technology Tip Thursday💡 to be exact! This is a thread where we sprinkle tidbits of knowledge to the community on technology milestones that happened throughout the years during this month! This week we're bringing you some crucial musical tech history. Did you know that is was this month, December 7, 1999 The Recording Industry Association of America Sues Napster, the music file sharing service? The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) sued Napster in December 1999 for copyright infringement, alleging the peer-to-peer file-sharing service enabled the illegal distribution of copyrighted music. The lawsuit, which involved multiple record companies, argued Napster was facilitating widespread music piracy, leading to a landmark legal battle that eventually contributed to Napster's shutdown in 2001. Napster didn't exactly invent file sharing, but its peer-to-peer (P2P) created a massive, decentralized data ecosystem seemingly overnight. This legal battle eventually pushed the music industry fully into the digital age. It forever changed how we access and listen to music, leading us all to create massive digital libraries! So for our community question this week: What is your go-to song or songs and albums that you could listen to over and over? Share your memories below! Be sure to comment on your peers' replies!
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Thanksgiving Gratitude: What Are You Grateful For This Season? 🍂
Hello everyone! With the Thanksgiving holiday in just a few days for many of us, we want to take a moment for some quick reflection. In this spirit of the Thanksgiving holidays, whether you're celebrating or just in a grateful mood for the season, we want to know: What are you grateful for? Don't be afraid to let us know the details! From big wins, to even small ones or milestones you celebrated. It doesn't have to be storage related of course. Maybe you had a successful launch, put together a great team and more. We want to celebrate with you! Share your answer in the comments below and make sure to thank another Community Member that helped you along the way as well. Cheers all!
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Welcome Train & ICYMI: Highlights from the week of Nov 21!
Hello everyone! We had a good week here in the forums, with many new faces joining us and some great conversations taking place. A special welcome to all the newest members of our community! ncupery kmille1398 MikeK bpkelsey Jason_Valentine NWIRunningMan rhenson929 We're so happy to have all of you here! If you haven't already, please take a moment to introduce yourselves in our dedicated section. We'd love to get to know you! In case you missed it, here are some highlights from the past week. Join the Conversation! Take a breather, catch up and participate in some of our recent discussions: Pong Started It All: What's Your All-Time Favorite Gaming Setup? 🕹️ Healthcare AI: Why the "Build Reflex" is Killing Your ROI And if you have a friend to bring along to the community, click here! We're looking forward to another week of great discussions with all of you!
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14 days ago Place General
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Pong Started It All: What's Your All-Time Favorite Gaming Setup? 🕹️
Thursday is here Pure Storage Community! That brings the community another thread of 💡Technology Tip Thursday 💡 where we expand your personal knowledge base on technology milestones that have happened throughout the years during this month! This week we're bringing a gaming piece of knowledge history. Did you know it was this month Nov 29, 1972: Atari announced "Pong," the game that became the first commercially successful arcade video game. On November 29, 1972, Atari released the video game Pong, which became the first commercially successful arcade video game. Created as a simple training exercise by engineer Allan Alcorn, the two-dimensional table tennis game was an instant hit that established Atari and the video game industry. Videogames are a huge source of entertainment for many today. It's amazing to see how fast the technology got better of over time since it's beginnings. So for our community question: What is and was your most favorite gaming hardware and a game you had a hard time putting down? Share your memories below! Be sure to comment on your peers' replies!
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15 days ago Place Fun
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Help Grow the Community & Get Rewarded - The New Refer-a-Friend Program
We know our community is best because of members like you! And we want to grow our network and reward you for helping us. To celebrate your commitment and expand our peer-to-peer connections, we're launching a brand new program to reward you for bringing a friend along! By referring a peer, you help them access valuable expert advice and connections, all while you earn great rewards as a thank you! Click here to submit your referral. Let’s expand our community conversations together! Terms and Conditions: The first 140 eligible participants will receive one (1) Pure Storage Customer Appreciation Kit (value of $65 USD). Referral contest open to verified Pure Storage customers only.
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16 days ago Place Fun
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Welcome Train & ICYMI: Highlights from the week of Nov 14!
Hello everyone! We had a good week here in the forums, with many new faces joining us and some great conversations taking place. A special welcome to all the newest members of our community! SD psalisbury cskelton bbengs PeterB MichaelBal wscheffner shafeeq45 pureusert Frank88 We're so happy to have all of you here! If you haven't already, please take a moment to introduce yourselves in our dedicated section. We'd love to get to know you! In case you missed it, here are some highlights from the past week. Join the Conversation! Take a breather, catch up and participate in some of our recent fun discussions: Happy Monday! What Are You Dreaming of Learning? 💡 Let's get Creative Pure Community! 🎨 And if you have a friend to bring along to the community, click here! We're looking forward to another week of great discussions with all of you!
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21 days ago Place General
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Let's get Creative Pure Community! 🎨
Hello everyone! Monday started our week off on a fun note and now it's time to get creative! As we get deeper into the depths of the Winter season, it can give us more time to work on the things that bring us joy. This thread is your place to share those creations! Are you building something new in the backyard? Already designing some unique gifts this year for the holidays? Or perfecting that special recipe for Thanksgiving? We want to hear about it! Here's how to share: Share a photo, a link, a demo even (if you're feeling up to it!), or simply tell us about what you've been working on. Remember to comment on other community members' creations as well! Let's inspire each other and celebrate the diverse talents within our community. We can't wait to see what you've been up to!
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23 days ago Place Fun
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Happy Monday! What Are You Dreaming of Learning? 💡
Hello everyone, happy Monday! Before we kick off the grind of the week, let's have some fun and inspire each other to make some time for new interests! Since daylight savings time came around for a lot of us, it can tend to make you wish there was more time in the day for the things we love to do. We all have those skills, hobbies or even languages we've always wanted to take on, but haven't had enough time to do so. Therefore today's question of the week is: What’s something you’d love to learn to do but have yet to start? We want to know what you've always dreamed of doing! It could be a certification to amp up your skills, a new hobby like learning an instrument or photography or something completely fun. Share your thoughts in the comments below and make sure to hype up other community members' in their undertakings as well! Maybe you'll find someone who is interested in the same!
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25 days ago Place Fun
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Welcome Train & ICYMI: Highlights from the week of Nov 7!
Hello everyone! We had a good week here in the forums, with many new faces joining us and some great conversations taking place. A special welcome to all the newest members of our community! snigdhamovva azuser LK snowmobileguy77 WhiskyPair ryon35 justink tletofsky aweiler We're so happy to have all of you here! If you haven't already, please take a moment to introduce yourselves in our dedicated section. We'd love to get to know you! In case you missed it, here are some highlights from the past week. Join the Conversation! Take a breather, catch up and participate in some of our recent fun discussions: 💡Technology Tip Thursday:💡Beyond Windows, What Was Your First OS? IT'S PURITY UPGRADE TUESDAY AGAIN! And if you have a friend to bring along to the community, click here! We're looking forward to another week of great discussions with all of you!
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28 days ago Place General
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💡Technology Tip Thursday:💡Beyond Windows, What Was Your First OS?
It’s another Thursday and your 💡 Technology Tip Thursday 💡 is here! This month shares many technological milestones, but one extremely important one that changed the trajectory of computers is what we’ll focus on today. Did you know that this month in 1983, Bill Gates unveiled Windows as a graphical operating environment for MS-DOS at a press conference? There was no Microsoft Windows 1983 release; instead, the first version, Windows 1.0, was announced by Bill Gates on November 10, 1983, but was not released to the public until November 20, 1985. The 1983 date marks the public announcement of the project, not the commercial launch of the product, which was a graphical user interface (GUI) for MS-DOS. Windows is such an integral part of the computer ecosystems today, however there are numerous other operating systems that we’ve all tinkered with as well. So the question is: What was the very first Operating System (OS) or Shell you remember working with, and what was your favorite feature (or frustration) of that system? Share your memories below! Did you start with DOS, OS/2, maybe an early version of Linux, or something else entirely? Be sure to comment on your peers' replies!
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29 days ago Place Fun
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