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Zenman

#2552
May 25, 2016, 08:12:28 PM
Quote from: Walks_At_Night on May 25, 2016, 07:21:19 PM
Now there is an interesting question.

"What was the first computer you ever worked on?" 

Good old DEC PDP-11 for me.



Commodore 64, if I don't count the Sinclaire 2000, lol.

Ah, those were the days, when I could still beat the chess program.

TigerLily

#2554
May 25, 2016, 08:13:54 PM
Quote from: albrecht on May 25, 2016, 08:10:47 PM
Big time. But it was 'acceptable' because cost get pushed back on consumers and merchants and the costs to the company to implement the better security, get people/merchants to use it and the costs involved with people to sort it out, teach people, etc, the equipment/standard, plus the difference between a 'push' or 'pull' system, etc. But really they figure "what consumers and our merchant don't know, why bother. We will just charge some extra fees, have lower interest-rates, or just customer service to cover whatever costs and personally indemnify the account holder when fraud happens."
No wonder I'm a socialist

Zenman

#2557
May 25, 2016, 08:17:01 PM
Quote from: starrmtn001 on May 25, 2016, 08:11:26 PM
Howdy all! ;D

Hey, starr! Looks like much of the old gang is here. I think I even saw WOTR.   :D

Walks_At_Night

#2558
May 25, 2016, 08:17:12 PM
Quote from: Zenman on May 25, 2016, 08:12:28 PM
Commodore 64, if I don't count the Sinclaire 2000, lol.

Ah, those were the days, when I could still beat the chess program.

Commodore 64 was awesome!  Played M.U.L.E. like crazy on it

Zenman

#2560
May 25, 2016, 08:19:57 PM
Quote from: Walks_At_Night on May 25, 2016, 08:17:12 PM
Commodore 64 was awesome!  Played M.U.L.E. like crazy on it

We had a music sequencer set up on it. It was pretty much state of the art till Apple started getting good at it.

starrmtn001

#2563
May 25, 2016, 08:21:40 PM
Quote from: Zenman on May 25, 2016, 08:17:01 PM
Hey, starr! Looks like much of the old gang is here. I think I even saw WOTR.   :D
Zenman my friend!  That ya did. :D

albrecht

#2564
May 25, 2016, 08:23:07 PM
Quote from: TigerLily on May 25, 2016, 08:13:54 PM
No wonder I'm a socialist
Well I don't think it was mandated by the government but organizations like SWIFT etc and the banks themselves. The main thing is you need a centralized system and a standard technology (there were competing "chips" etc and different theories of best design. Which can start it all over again because once similar or centralized those system can get hacked or intercepted (like SIM cards) etc. So who knows. A big mistake, I think though, or the more socialist side is the failure (or near failure) of the Postal System- they COULD'VE jump ahead in technology and started offering banking service and money xfer service (like many European country ones did) especially to smaller, poorer, inner-city, rural etc whose main income is government pensions or welfare. Then again it might make it easier to take it back in times of crisis (Cyprus, Greece, etc!)

Walks_At_Night

#2565
May 25, 2016, 08:23:19 PM
Quote from: Zenman on May 25, 2016, 08:19:57 PM
We had a music sequencer set up on it. It was pretty much state of the art till Apple started getting good at it.

Did you have Captain Crunch's Fone Freak proggy?   

Play the tones, record them on the good ole Maxwell tape in the Boom Box.  Pop the tape
into Walkman.  Cruise down the block to the pay phone, play the tape and give your
sweet heart a buzz long distance.    *I* of course did not do such a thing.

albrecht

#2566
May 25, 2016, 08:25:36 PM
Quote from: Walks_At_Night on May 25, 2016, 08:23:19 PM
Did you have Captain Crunch's Fone Freak proggy?   

Play the tones, record them on the good ole Maxwell tape in the Boom Box.  Pop the tape
into Walkman.  Cruise down the block to the pay phone, play the tape and give your
sweet heart a buzz long distance.    *I* of course did not do such a thing.
That is awesome. Have you heard anything of Capt Crunch recently? Last I heard him (on Alex Jones) sometime ago he had a real bad back and was trying to get money to go to Thailand (I think) for surgery (cheaper over there)

WOTR

#2567
May 25, 2016, 08:26:41 PM
I was just reading about the guest needing a "lift van" for the wheelchair and remembered seeing the coolest truck in town a short time ago.  This raised truck pulls up and the topper lifts from the front to the back hydraulically and then an arm with a wheelchair attached swings out and drops the chair.  Kind of looked like this truck- but cooler.

Zenman

#2568
May 25, 2016, 08:27:04 PM
Quote from: Walks_At_Night on May 25, 2016, 08:23:19 PM
Did you have Captain Crunch's Fone Freak proggy?   

Play the tones, record them on the good ole Maxwell tape in the Boom Box.  Pop the tape
into Walkman.  Cruise down the block to the pay phone, play the tape and give your
sweet heart a buzz long distance.    *I* of course did not do such a thing.

I missed that one. Probably just as well. I likely would've tried it out and gotten caught.

Walks_At_Night

#2569
May 25, 2016, 08:27:11 PM
Quote from: albrecht on May 25, 2016, 08:25:36 PM
That is awesome. Have you heard anything of Capt Crunch recently? Last I heard him (on Alex Jones) sometime ago he had a real bad back and was trying to get money to go to Thailand (I think) for surgery (cheaper over there)

That interview was the last I heard from him was well.   

Lilith

#2570
May 25, 2016, 08:27:16 PM
"American Blackout"  Haven't seen that, jotted it down to watch.

WOTR

#2571
May 25, 2016, 08:28:14 PM
Quote from: Zenman on May 25, 2016, 08:17:01 PM
Hey, starr! Looks like much of the old gang is here. I think I even saw WOTR.   :D
Odd to be home so early...

It is nice to see so many familiar faces here. :)

Zenman

#2572
May 25, 2016, 08:29:38 PM
Quote from: albrecht on May 25, 2016, 08:25:36 PM
That is awesome. Have you heard anything of Capt Crunch recently? Last I heard him (on Alex Jones) sometime ago he had a real bad back and was trying to get money to go to Thailand (I think) for surgery (cheaper over there)

Maybe Amy can find him. Those kinda guys are understandably hard to find tho of course.

WOTR

#2573
May 25, 2016, 08:30:53 PM
Quote from: starrmtn001 on May 25, 2016, 08:20:30 PM
WOTR!  Sup dude?
I have no life tonight... In one way it's depressing.  But Bellgab is saving me.  ;)

starrmtn001

#2574
May 25, 2016, 08:31:56 PM
Quote from: WOTR on May 25, 2016, 08:30:53 PM
I have no life tonight... In one way it's depressing.  But Bellgab is saving me.  ;)
God Bless BellGab and

PRAISE MV!

GravitySucks

#2575
May 25, 2016, 08:33:05 PM
Quote from: starrmtn001 on May 25, 2016, 08:31:56 PM
God Bless BellGab and

PRAISE MV!

Yeah, verily, I sayeth unto thee...

Walks_At_Night

#2577
May 25, 2016, 08:33:39 PM
Quote from: Zenman on May 25, 2016, 08:29:38 PM
Maybe Amy can find him. Those kinda guys are understandably hard to find tho of course.

Sounds like the Capn' got his surgery but is still fighting his back issues:

http://www.webcrunchers.com/geekfest-2016-healing-slowly-and-back-to-attending-conferences/

Would make a great guest - if he could be cornered.    *hint* *hint*

Zenman

#2578
May 25, 2016, 08:34:48 PM
Quote from: WOTR on May 25, 2016, 08:30:53 PM
I have no life tonight... In one way it's depressing.  But Bellgab is saving me.  ;)

Good to see ya, WOTR. I'm home early too. This thread and topic are perfect. Like old times.

I think maybe Amy is saving Bellgab.   :D

starrmtn001

#2579
May 25, 2016, 08:35:13 PM
Has anyone found out what happened to our BellGab today?
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