oldandcold

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by oldandcold 6y ago
Back in the 70's... everything seemed to be red LED. When I first saw the various VFD displays...well, that was cool . I thought they were dead...but here is an interesting take on VFD technology... amplification! https:/&#x2
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by oldandcold 7y ago
Just ask them to send you an invoice. I was in a similar bind decades ago. There was Western Union, but too much hassle. "Can you send me bill? Here's my name, address...that way you have a paper trail". At that time, m
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by oldandcold 7y ago
It didn't crash. It behaved as designed. Too much work to do, and the scheduler had to deal with priority problems.
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by oldandcold 7y ago
As a one-time DNS dev, this story is at once heartwarming and terrifying. Still the best thing I've read in a while! LOL!
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by oldandcold 7y ago
I've always enjoyed these beeps...to me, for technical radio comms, they lend a sense of "tightness" or maybe even "seriousness" that normal comms don't have. Control purposes aside, I just love them. And unt
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by oldandcold 7y ago
Growing up in Northern Ontario, one learns these lessons early. Anything on, or more importantly, embedded in, the ground was always subject to frost. Roads seemed to take a few yearly cycles to get moved enough to matter, but anything wi
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by oldandcold 7y ago
I knew some folks that worked for Natural Resources Canada. They were part of the "press team" who printed all sorts of wonderful maps. The press room held an enormous high-speed press... I loved the smell of the place. Ink, oil
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by oldandcold 7y ago
Hackers...the movie. "their only crime was curiosity". I suspect that line was lifted from this. As for the Manifesto itself, for the most part, looking back, this rings true. I was there... in the 80's...with colourful bo
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by oldandcold 7y ago
Wonderful read. I've been wearing glasses for 40+ years...and I agree with the generally subjective nature of the exam. "better 1 or 2". "this one or that one"... etc. Is it just a bit less blurry? Or am I guessin