spsrich2

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by spsrich2 6y ago
I remember seeing the Exatron stringy floppy at a show around 1981 and being blown away by how high tech and relatively affordable it was !
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by spsrich2 6y ago
Theres a nice one of him on stage at the 1988 "Monsters of Rock" singing "Bomber"
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by spsrich2 6y ago
In 1927 col walter snetterton disappeared while trying to cross the Andes by frog. Maybe someone tried with mice?
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by spsrich2 6y ago
>> Why do leaders think lying, or obfuscating works so well? << because it got them where they are today ?
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by spsrich2 6y ago
"The bad news is we are merging with Swindon and some of you are going to be laid off.... The good news is, I've got a promotion!..... You're all still thinking about the bad news aren't you?"
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by spsrich2 6y ago
I've been using Whereby.com. It's clean, simple and 'just works'. No permissions popups or anything like that.
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by spsrich2 6y ago
McAfee? It has to be a joke. Worthless bloated crapware
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by spsrich2 6y ago
I've wondered about how churchill and roosevelt got to Yalta in wartime. Also the number of trips churchill made to the US risking U boats
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by spsrich2 6y ago
I have often eaten eels but I have never considered how they work
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by spsrich2 6y ago
at the end of that they give Kelly Johnson a flypast and he is too far gone to realize what is going on. Ben Rich says "Kelly, they are saluting you !". That part made me tear up.
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by spsrich2 6y ago
At the time they built this the motor industry could not even build a car with a clutch that lasted! How on earth did they build this out of Titanium? Is feels like progress has stopped or even reversed
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by spsrich2 6y ago
They had their own Unix port, called NDIX!
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by spsrich2 6y ago
My old college had an ND-570 and an ND-560. I learned ADA on those.
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by spsrich2 6y ago
Modern Business 101!
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by spsrich2 6y ago
it's amazingly useful. I have used it since 1987, most recently today.
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by spsrich2 6y ago
I am getting severely screwed by this
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The UK has had a radio based soap opera since 1950(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by spsrich2 6y ago|0 comments
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by spsrich2 6y ago
Just imagine if this had caught on. You'd pop down to Kwik-fit to get your control rods looked at.
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by spsrich2 6y ago
I hate Hcaptcha. It keeps presenting the same challenge over and over again. Everytime I need to access a site it protects it wastes so much time.
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by spsrich2 6y ago
not today but I used m4 in the late 80s to generate appropriate makefiles from a single source to allow me to compile my programs on HP-ux, Apollo Aegis, SunOS, AIX, etc. Happy days.
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by spsrich2 6y ago
awk is great. Started using it in 1987, still using it in production today!
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by spsrich2 6y ago
Making fun of people in AA. Beneath contempt.
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by spsrich2 7y ago
I thought it was the basis of consulting companies as was told to me by an old boss: "if you know 1% more than the other guy you are the expert!"
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by spsrich2 7y ago
VBA is never going anywhere. As long as Excel exists, VBA will exist
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by spsrich2 7y ago
loads of people still claim to write new apps in VB6! and good luck to them !
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by spsrich2 7y ago
All the US cops want is enough to arrest you. He went past her house 3 times. That's enough for most prosecutors. If you can't make bail you'll be jailed until trial - possibly as much as 3 years out. They drag the process ou
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by spsrich2 7y ago
This is just how they roll in the UK. Nobody has a clue what they are doing, or even cares
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by spsrich2 7y ago
Yes he's not talking about Trident missiles.
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by spsrich2 7y ago
I'm rooting for them too. I have a bunch of servers running various workloads. They have been great and I love their product. I really hope they are around for the long term
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by spsrich2 7y ago
in other news "Drunk man wakes up with hangover"

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