Technica Cornucopia

[passedpawn]

I did not know of this guy. But he was the originator of digital communities, very similar to HBT. I spent a lot of time on them! Also, created the xmodem xfer protocol, which I remember using a lot.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/202...d-architect-of-our-online-age-dies-at-age-78/

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Hmm... I actually operated a BBS back in the mid-90s.

The discussion forums were interesting. You would have the ability to post on a specific BBS, but there were networks set up such that the posts would sync with a wider audience. Not in real time of course as you had to call into a hub, I think I had it set up to do twice a day, to sync with the wider network. But it opened up a much wider community for discussion.

RIP, good sir!

 

[PCABrewing]

Ahh, the good old days back when you had options like whether to use software handshaking or hardware handshaking.
And when it was worth understanding the emerging OSI 7-layer model.
I do remember his name as a key player in the industry. I was surprised to learn that he lived in the Chicago suburbs.

 

[passedpawn]

 

[PCABrewing]

But does it allow entry of frame based on SMPTE code?
Wow 1993, that is right about the time I was authoring some technical training videos for my company.
We started with an old (relative) edit suite that was very mechanical but the last production that I was part of was edited on a Macintosh based system can't remember the name, began with an "A" I believe maybe Avid?
Offered similar features to the Toaster 4000.
I'd spend two days in production and 3 to 5 days in edit and overdubbing voice over where needed.
Those were the days....

 

[passedpawn]

 

[doug293cz]

This incident is arguably more of a student pilot's nightmare - flying solo, and wheel falls off of the airplane immediately after takeoff (spoiler, she walks away):



Brew on

 

[passedpawn]

This incident is arguably more of a student pilot's nightmare - flying solo, and wheel falls off of the airplane immediately after takeoff (spoiler, she walks away):



Brew on

I've seen just about them all lol. I watched most of Pilot Debrief and TheFlightChannel on youtube. Check them out if interested. TFC is interesting in that there is no talking head - I like that a lot.

 

[passedpawn]

I'll bet someone finds this as interesting as I did. This guy likely killed more people than Hitler.

 

[doug293cz]

I'll bet someone finds this as interesting as I did. This guy likely killed more people than Hitler.

Fascinating.

Fortunately, replacements for leaded aviation gasoline are nearly ready for deployment. The challenge was to find a replacement for leaded fuel that doesn't harm the 100's of thousands of engines currently in service.

On a personal note, I use ethanol free premium unleaded auto gasoline in my airplane, since I have an engine (Rotax 912 ULS) that can use current (premium) unleaded fuels without issues.

Brew on

 

[passedpawn]

It's called "the electrical grid" because if any part of it fails, there many other connections from other power sources that can keep the power up. In theory. I don't know why Cuba can't get this right, but it's pretty sad. So, the ENTIRE COUNTRY is dark. Think about that.

https://www.reuters.com/world/ameri...ntire-country-again-without-power-2024-10-19/

 

[Bramling Cross]

Think about that.

https://www.reuters.com/world/ameri...ntire-country-again-without-power-2024-10-19/

Anyone that has had to put up X-mas tree lights intimately understands this.

 

[Bramling Cross]

I did not know of this guy. But he was the originator of digital communities, very similar to HBT. I spent a lot of time on them! Also, created the xmodem xfer protocol, which I remember using a lot.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/202...d-architect-of-our-online-age-dies-at-age-78/

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I miss the good ol' days of the utopian internet. It was supposed to bring us all together and foster understanding between each other.

Then the Reinheistgestapo turned up and ruined everything.

 

[day_trippr]

Corner cases abound IRL, and some places don't have electrical grids at all. My favorite Caribbean island is 120 miles long with dino fueled generator stations at each end of a branched trunk line - and neither station can hold up the whole load. In fact if either station loses one of its two gensets, it's rolling blackout time for the whole island...

 

[Jonakr]

Hmm... I actually operated a BBS back in the mid-90s.

The discussion forums were interesting. You would have the ability to post on a specific BBS, but there were networks set up such that the posts would sync with a wider audience. Not in real time of course as you had to call into a hub, I think I had it set up to do twice a day, to sync with the wider network. But it opened up a much wider community for discussion.

RIP, good sir!

Hmm. I was on BBSs in the '80s. By '91 I had dial up access to the internet through school, and therefore usenet access.

 

[day_trippr]

I was working at Digital Equipment Corporation with its own private network through the 80s. They had a huge hand in what became "the internet" - their Western Research Lab site was one of the largest gateways extant. And many DEC employees in my town had connectivity to the mothership over the regional coax cable television network before the internet was realized...

Cheers!

 

[passedpawn]

I was working at Digital Equipment Corporation with its own private network through the 80s. They had a huge hand in what became "the internet" - their Western Research Lab site was one of the largest gateways extant. And many DEC employees in my town had connectivity to the mothership over the regional coax cable television network before the internet was realized...

Cheers!

LOL. The internet wasn't controlled by anybody in the beginning, and certainly not now.

Talk about socialist communes LOL. I'd say for most of its existence the Internet has been as open-range and free as any society ever was. If you think about it, it's a global community mostly free from any local government and laws. It's pretty much a virtual utopia. The knerds of the world brag we were there in the beginning, that's true, but irrelevant. It's a global leveler. Go freedom!

 

[passedpawn]

If anyone wants to read a great book regarding the very early internet and a very early hacker, read The Cukoo's Egg. Great memories of early stuff.

https://a.co/d/0kXhm8R

 

[passedpawn]

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Talk about socialist communes LOL. I'd say for most of its existence the Internet has been as open-range and free as any society ever was. If you think about it, it's a global community mostly free from any local government and laws. It's pretty much a virtual utopia. The knerds of the world brag we were there in the beginning, that's true, but irrelevant. It's a global leveler. Go freedom!

I think that's what we all hoped it would become.

I think what it has become is a virtual dystopia, where everything falls to the level of the lowest common denominator. Just look at Twitter. It's a cesspool.

At one point we all thought it would be a great idea for news sites to have a comment section, where regular people could respond and discuss the articles. Then we saw what people act like, and said "nope! gotta shut that crap down!"

It's its own meme...

 

[passedpawn]

Found footage of the pyramids being built. Giants!

 

[passedpawn]

Woopsie.

 

[day_trippr]

Holy crap that was a hella big mistake!

 

[passedpawn]

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/202...ca-onlines-youve-got-mail-has-died-at-age-74/

 

[day_trippr]

He had a good run...

 

[passedpawn]

You old knurds might get lost here.

https://winworldpc.com/library/operating-systems

 

[passedpawn]

I am a fan of the Oxford comma. To wit:

• I only speak of beer subjects with my girlfriends, day_tripper and bwiarny.
• I only speak of beer subjects with my girlfriends, day_tripper, and bwiarny.

The second sentence contains the unnecessary Oxford comma. As you can see (?), it is useful. However, it wasn't considered proper grammar until recently.

Counterpoint?

 

[day_trippr]

My mom graduated as an English major and was a book editor for Simon & Schuster. She insisted the Oxford comma (aka Harvard or serial comma) was proper and only heathens refused to use it.

As for operating systems, given I went to college for a BSEE in the late 60s and started designing IBM mainframe memory systems in the early 70s, DEC in the 80s and 90s, and Stratus in the 2000s, I've seen my fair share and across many system architectures...

Cheers!

 

[passedpawn]

The Blue LED. Nichia. I love this lol.

 

[doug293cz]

The Blue LED. Nichia. I love this lol.

Very interesting. Too bad the lawyers got all the settlement money.

Brew on