b06timmer

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by b06timmer 4y ago
I was on the Ranger (CV-61). ( https://i.imgur.com/Wma9k84.jpg ) We also had the Bear's and the trawlers. I think that had a lot to do the spy John Walker Jr.. He gave the Russians the cryptographic codes for the Navy,
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by b06timmer 4y ago
I did two Western Pacific tours (West-Pacs) while in the Navy. On the first one in 1979 we had the F-4 Phantoms and on the second one we were introduced to the Tomcat's. For me, this was a mind blowing experience. The F-14 is a very
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by b06timmer 4y ago
While in the US Navy (1977 ~ 1981) I can distinctly remember the unique facial structures of the people in Southeast Asia and being able to tell what country they were from because of this. A couple of decades later with the mixing of popu
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by b06timmer 4y ago
Am in New Orleans and folks are talking about an in-river levee to keep the salt water from intruding into the river from the Gulf of Mexico, because of the low river levels. I know there are water restrictions in most of the USA but I neve
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by b06timmer 4y ago
I thought OS/2 Warp was really neat. I worked IT at Bloomingdale's and at the time they were a strictly IBM house. They used IBM computers running OS/2 Warp in their Bridal Registry kiosks. Since this was a kiosk they had
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by b06timmer 4y ago
That's why the were called PS/2 mice and keyboards. I still have a couple of serial-to-PS/2 adapters here somewhere.
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by b06timmer 4y ago
I loved the old Compaq web site, as everything was easy to find. It may have been the merge with HP that made things more difficult. CL is like a breath of fresh air.
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by b06timmer 4y ago
I did the same thing on a server for a major department store chain in the '90s. I booted a Linux diskette and copied the SAM file to it. I also ran l0phtcrack, or John the Ripper on a 486 (?) PC in my apartment. I think I bought a
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by b06timmer 4y ago
When payday rolls around again I'll get this, thanks for pointing it out.
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by b06timmer 4y ago
Early explorers, journalists, etc., wore Rolex watches because they could barter the watch to get them out of a jam. I currently have a Seiko 5 mechanical watch. It doesn't hack or keep time particularly well (runs fast) but I love it