# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1159
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23164 "2014-02-25T19:00:46Z")
Electronics / computer companies that no longer exist as a stand-alone entity. 1. Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) 2. Wang 3. Osborne Computers 4. NeXT 5. Kaypro ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23165 "2014-02-25T19:13:55Z")
Electronics / computer companies that no longer exist as a stand-alone entity. 1. Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) 2. Wang 3. Osborne Computers 4. NeXT 5. Kaypro 6. Commodore ---
**Author:** ![Puzzler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d07c76/32.png) [@Puzzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Puzzler)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23166 "2014-02-25T19:52:53Z")
Electronics / computer companies that no longer exist as a stand-alone entity. 1. Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) 2. Wang 3. Osborne Computers 4. NeXT 5. Kaypro 6. Commodore 7. Palm ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23167 "2014-02-25T20:00:27Z")
Electronics / computer companies that no longer exist as a stand-alone entity. 1. Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) 2. Wang 3. Osborne Computers 4. NeXT 5. Kaypro 6. Commodore 7. Palm 8. Compaq (acquired by HP in 2002) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23168 "2014-02-25T20:08:43Z")
Electronics / computer companies that no longer exist as a stand-alone entity. 1. Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) 2. Wang 3. Osborne Computers 4. NeXT 5. Kaypro 6. Commodore 7. Palm 8. Compaq (acquired by HP in 2002) 9. Burroughs ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23169 "2014-02-25T20:30:15Z")
Electronics / computer companies that no longer exist as a stand-alone entity. 1. Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) 2. Wang 3. Osborne Computers 4. NeXT 5. Kaypro 6. Commodore 7. Palm 8. Compaq (acquired by HP in 2002) 9. Burroughs 10. Nortel Networks ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23170 "2014-02-25T20:50:14Z")
Electronics / computer companies that no longer exist as a stand-alone entity. 1. Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) 2. Wang 3. Osborne Computers 4. NeXT 5. Kaypro 6. Commodore 7. Palm 8. Compaq (acquired by HP in 2002) 9. Burroughs 10. Nortel Networks 11. Lucent ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23171 "2014-02-25T21:04:19Z")
Electronics / computer companies that no longer exist as a stand-alone entity. 1. Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) 2. Wang 3. Osborne Computers 4. NeXT 5. Kaypro 6. Commodore 7. Palm 8. Compaq (acquired by HP in 2002) 9. Burroughs 10. Nortel Networks 11. Lucent 12. National Semiconductor ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23172 "2014-02-26T00:13:38Z")
Electronics / computer companies that no longer exist as a stand-alone entity. 1. Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) 2. Wang 3. Osborne Computers 4. NeXT 5. Kaypro 6. Commodore 7. Palm 8. Compaq (acquired by HP in 2002) 9. Burroughs 10. Nortel Networks 11. Lucent 12. National Semiconductor 13. Amiga Next: The most recent celebrity you’ve met. 14. Wil Wheaton. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23173 "2014-02-26T00:16:14Z")
Next: The most recent celebrity you’ve met. 1. Wil Wheaton 2. Ed Asner (Or what’s left of him- actually he seems very sharp of mind, but his body’s a wreck; he’s in a wheelchair other than for short distances and puffs an e-cig constantly.) ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23174 "2014-02-26T00:30:52Z")
Next: The most recent celebrity you’ve met. 1. Wil Wheaton 2. Ed Asner 3. Richard Anderson (Oscar Goldman on “The Six Million Dollar Man” and “The Bionic Woman”) (At Comic-Con last year. Sweet guy, though mentally I don’t think he’s all there anymore. He did seem genuinely pleased when I told him (truthfully) that Oscar was my favorite character on those shows.) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23175 "2014-02-26T01:25:03Z")
The most recent celebrity you’ve met. 1. Wil Wheaton 2. Ed Asner 3. Richard Anderson 4. S. Epatha Merkeson The lieutenant on _Law and Order_; she was in town working on a small indie film. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23176 "2014-02-26T01:36:48Z")
The most recent celebrity you’ve met. 1. Wil Wheaton 2. Ed Asner 3. Richard Anderson 4. S. Epatha Merkeson 5. Ke$ha ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23177 "2014-02-26T01:45:25Z")
The most recent celebrity you’ve met. 1. Wil Wheaton 2. Ed Asner 3. Richard Anderson 4. S. Epatha Merkerson 5. Ke$ha 6. Stephen King (Some years ago; made a subtle joke about one of his short stories–AND HE GOT IT!) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23178 "2014-02-26T02:03:27Z")
The most recent celebrity you’ve met. 1. Wil Wheaton 2. Ed Asner 3. Richard Anderson 4. S. Epatha Merkerson 5. Ke$ha 6. Stephen King 7. Eve Golden ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23179 "2014-02-26T03:00:07Z")
The most recent celebrity you’ve met. 1. Wil Wheaton 2. Ed Asner 3. Richard Anderson 4. S. Epatha Merkerson 5. Ke$ha 6. Stephen King 7. Eve Golden 8. Billie Joe Armstrong (since I never meet celebrities this would be the most recent - he was 5 years old) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23180 "2014-02-26T04:07:59Z")
The most recent celebrity you’ve met. 1. Wil Wheaton 2. Ed Asner 3. Richard Anderson 4. S. Epatha Merkerson 5. Ke$ha 6. Stephen King 7. Eve Golden 8. Billie Joe Armstrong 9. Barack Obama Not long before #4. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23181 "2014-02-26T04:16:20Z")
The most recent celebrity you’ve met. 1. Wil Wheaton 2. Ed Asner 3. Richard Anderson 4. S. Epatha Merkerson 5. Ke$ha 6. Stephen King 7. Eve Golden 8. Billie Joe Armstrong 9. Barack Obama 10. Alex Trebek (Why did you have to remind me? Sob!) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23182 "2014-02-26T06:43:08Z")
The most recent celebrity you’ve met. 1. Wil Wheaton 2. Ed Asner 3. Richard Anderson 4. S. Epatha Merkerson 5. Ke$ha 6. Stephen King 7. Eve Golden 8. Billie Joe Armstrong 9. Barack Obama 10. Alex Trebek 11. Malcolm McDowell If you can call it meeting; I spoke to him and he said hi as we were getting drinks. This was at DragonCon in Atlanta, same place as Ed Asner. In fact, McDowell was supposed to be on the same voice acting panel as Asner, but claimed he was ill, which was odd because I saw him all over the convention after that. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23183 "2014-02-26T10:26:16Z")
The most recent celebrity you’ve met. 1. Wil Wheaton 2. Ed Asner 3. Richard Anderson 4. S. Epatha Merkerson 5. Ke$ha 6. Stephen King 7. Eve Golden 8. Billie Joe Armstrong 9. Barack Obama 10. Alex Trebek 11. Malcolm McDowell 12. Weird Al Yankovic [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1158) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1160)