Intergalactic Bounty Hunters Wanted

myukew wrote in to let us know about a viral marketing campaign by Nintendo that went awry. A while back Nintendo posted an opening on the jobs board Monster.com for an "Intergalactic Bounty Hunter". The response they received was unnerving. From the article: "Within the first day of posting the job, we had several replies from real applicants who seriously wanted to be an intergalactic bounty hunter for a living. The skills and experience these people listed went beyond surprising into the realm of frightening. We never expected such a wide array of replies from so many people who were actually pursuing interviews for gainful employment as a space warrior."

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Re:Military Tech

[MerlynEmrys67]

3 or 4 generations ahead ??? I don't think so. Was in the army late 80's - Did communications, what did I do - basically a digital mobile phone network.

What was the computer that drove this in 1989? Well to start with it had 64K of Iron Core memory and a 8 MB tape drive. My 486 of the day kicked its ass for processing power, memory (20 MB), and had a 120 MB hard drive.

What were the links ?
Basically wireless T-1 links, quite a bit behind the T-3 lines that were common at the time.

Would I call this generations ahead ?
I don't think so - Cell networks weren't mobile - but mounting all the equipment on the back of a Humvee isn't all that radical
Cell networks weren't digital at the time either - but it wasn't long until they were
And frankly the phones were huge compared to the brick phones you could buy in Radio Shack at the time.

Advanced - sure, cutting edge - I'll buy, 3 generations ahead - not a chance in hell