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,…
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…
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…
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…
That's why the were called PS/2 mice and keyboards. I still have a couple of serial-to-PS/2 adapters here somewhere.
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.
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…
When payday rolls around again I'll get this, thanks for pointing it out.
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
That's why the were called PS/2 mice and keyboards. I still have a couple of serial-to-PS/2 adapters here somewhere.
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.
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…
When payday rolls around again I'll get this, thanks for pointing it out.
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…