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"Fed Up" Colorado Man, 38, Busted For Killing His Computer In Cold Blood
The Smoking Gun ^
| APRIL 21, 2015
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Posted on 04/21/2015 3:34:59 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey
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To: Daffynition
Back when I had a television I was very often tempted to shoot it...
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posted on
04/21/2015 6:31:46 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: ExCTCitizen
Mac System software runs as I understand it, on a Linux “core” sort of deal.
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posted on
04/21/2015 6:33:12 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: FredZarguna
I remember this huge card sorting machine which was of course,,,in another part of the buikding as it didnt require the cold environment of “the computer room:”
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posted on
04/21/2015 6:34:36 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: MeshugeMikey
After 35 years in IT....Ive let the magic smoke out of a few boxes ...you just dont let them see you do it
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posted on
04/21/2015 6:35:12 PM PDT
by
tophat9000
(An Eye for an Eye, a Word for a Word...nothing more)
To: clamper1797
that in this day and age would be seen...in the minds of some people...particular those in California .as an environmental hate crime ...
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posted on
04/21/2015 6:35:58 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: tophat9000
I bought my very first computer...20 years ago.
Previously my contacts were somewhat peripheral to jobs I had at one time and another.
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posted on
04/21/2015 6:38:00 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: kiryandil
I used not to mind printers too much or even supporting them but in the past few years, just about every call is about a printer failing at my facility.
HP, Zebras, and some other makes. None of them hardly built good any more.
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posted on
04/21/2015 6:45:52 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: MeshugeMikey
We had a room dedicated to card utility machines, including duplicators, sorters, and collators. Most outfits at least had a mod-82 or 83. If you dropped your deck but had numbers punched in the last eight columns they were lifesavers.
This is a Mod-83 sorter:
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posted on
04/21/2015 6:47:47 PM PDT
by
FredZarguna
(It looks just like a Telefunken U-47 -- with leather.)
To: al baby; Albion Wilde; Allegra; BufordP; EveningStar; Gefn; GunsareOK; JRios1968; Lazamataz; ...
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posted on
04/21/2015 6:50:01 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Celebrate Holy Week by flogging a banker. It's what Jesus would have done.)
To: FredZarguna
such memories THAT brings back!!
the room...where the beast I used ti use was considerably less well lit so this is actually the best veiw I have ever HAD of a card sorter!!
I remember dropping a couple of boxes of punch cards in my time...
the system alos used a retail tag reading machine...which had tiny holes punched into them.
the data from the holes was read and figured into the system in a way thats still a total mystery to me.
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posted on
04/21/2015 6:52:13 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: Gator113
I bought a Nerf Gun to help me get through the day without costing me a fortune every time I see a lib on the news.I remember being younger and throwing pillows at my roommate's TV when some liberal said something disgusting.
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posted on
04/21/2015 6:54:22 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Celebrate Holy Week by flogging a banker. It's what Jesus would have done.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Indeed.
Im thinking he may have taken this personally!!
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posted on
04/21/2015 6:55:14 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: MeshugeMikey
The computer just needed a new API.
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posted on
04/21/2015 6:57:57 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Darth Obama on 529 plans: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.)
To: MeshugeMikey
Paper tape punch like this?
The Agile Terminal® had a paper tape punch attachment. But by the time ordinary grunts like me got 110 Baud typewriter terminal all my storage was on tape.
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posted on
04/21/2015 7:02:57 PM PDT
by
FredZarguna
(It looks just like a Telefunken U-47 -- with leather.)
To: FredZarguna
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posted on
04/21/2015 7:03:48 PM PDT
by
FredZarguna
(It looks just like a Telefunken U-47 -- with leather.)
To: wally_bert
“Printers are evil incarnate.”
AMEN! I just junked one that refused to print and with the help of an expert got a new different one, a Brother. It refuses to take a password without which it won’t work. It even refuses to accept the password it suggests itself.
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posted on
04/21/2015 7:08:51 PM PDT
by
kitkat
(STORM HEAVEN WITH PRAYERS FOR OUR COUNTRY)
To: FredZarguna
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posted on
04/21/2015 7:08:59 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: bmwcyle
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posted on
04/21/2015 7:28:01 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
To: sparklite2
[They always blame the monitor. Its just wrong, I tell you.]
Yeah, talk about killing the messenger.
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posted on
04/21/2015 7:29:01 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
To: MeshugeMikey
Did you see the article?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimball_tag
They kinda describe how it was physically read.
Despite what the article says the holes definitely do not describe any kind of Hollerith compatible code as far as I can tell, even if you throw some junk bits in for error control and card orientation.
So I'm going to guess the encoding is strictly proprietary despite the fact that the article says the machine translated holes to Hollerith. There are just too damn many holes punched in that sample tag in any given column to be BCD-H.
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posted on
04/21/2015 7:59:53 PM PDT
by
FredZarguna
(It looks just like a Telefunken U-47 -- with leather.)
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