Thanks for your reply. My oldest daughter is 55 years old this year so I am definitely over 60.
Life is like a hall of mirrors and never exactly what we believe it to be. Certainly the banking institutes worldwide are very similar to what you proclaim.
How does one "know" what is truth and what is fabrication? for government only releases what it wants us to know... or releases only parts of the truth painting a very different picture than what truth truly is.
I am a true blue American and served my country during war time and... yet... I find myself aligned more with Putin and his actions than with ANY political leader presently serving here in the USA. Perhaps, it is all publicity carefully crafted to make Putin look like something he is not, yet he seems to make so many choices that would parallel choices I would make if I were to be in his place.
Where in Thailand are you... if you are allowed to say?
In the military (60's) I had orders for "Bomb disposal" in Udorn, Thailand which was very near Laos and a stones throw from North Vietnam. Lots of "Special Ops" and other stuff occurring there. That is all a distant memory anymore.
My neighbor on one side of me has an open WIFI connection (apparently) as the grandson of my other neighbor walks into my backyard to pickup the signal with his iPOD. Last night he was sitting in a plastic chair in the middle of my yard in six inches of snow and freezing cold out so he can acquire a connection and do whatever it is he is downloading/reading for hours at a time.
I have decided to stay out of the situation as my neighbor has the right to have a non-password protected access point if he desires... however the interesting thing is he works as a guard in a prison system so depending what the teenager is downloading could create havoc for him if an investigation is ever performed.
I am pretty sure that more adjustment (probably a lot more) would be required by the Americans as opposed to the Swedish population. I can just see the good ole boys...
Having the benefit of hanging out with individuals from Sweden has taught me about the narrow mindedness of the USA. Also having lived in Australia for years has also widened my grasp of differences that most Americans are not aware of even existing leave alone accepting the differences.
For you sir... I hope this does happen. My ancestors arrived by boat... maybe you can too!
As I said... I am glad that input operations have been changed from punch cards.... should have added "and punch card coding devices like keypunches".... thanks for clarifying that for me.
Do you remember the "starwheels" used for the programming card?
Perhaps the only this worse than punch cards was paper tape. Remember loading in a new compiler from a large spool of paper tape only to have to hiccup someplace in the middle.
It has been decades since I have had to mess with a keypunch. And I hope to keep that record intact.
Actually I feel in the upcoming times whether measured in years or in decades that there will not be secrets any longer. That all actions will be open and all is known and accessible.
I do not know if a society that had no secrets would make the living on Earth more exciting or more mundane for I can see both possibilities.
I cut my teeth on the 024 and mainly the 026 keypunch for Fortran, Cobol, and RPG as well as the assembler level code for the CDC machines... think it was called compass or something like that.
If you yanked out the programming card too quickly from the 026 keypunch then you could strip out the star wheels and then have to find them on the floor which was always a pain.
Anyway, i am glad that the input operations have been changed from punch cards (sorry Mr. Hollerith) to keyboards and other techniques.
Back in the early 60's I was on a three man combat targeting team and we had two minuteman missiles to startup and target one day. So we went to the first site and the maintenance team had just finished installing a new guidance and computer package and the nuclear warhead. They closed the 80 ton door that protects the missile and so it was out turn to perform.
We started up the on-board computer and ran some checks and then began loading in the targeting data such as whether it was a air burst or ground burst and all of the war-plans associated with it as well as the launch codes and targets.
After this is accomplished then the guidance package goes through some testing and self calibration and finally becomes "ready"
Ready is actually called "Strategic Alert" and lights a green light on our console.
The missile system sat in strategic alert for a few minutes and so we figured we had completed our job and would button up the site and head to our second site.
Suddenly the "Launch Commanded" light lit on the console and a fraction of a second later the "Launch in Progress" light also lit.
I quickly popped out a bunch of the circuit breakers on adjoining panels causing the support equipment to stop functioning.
At this stage we did not know if we had a bad console (portable between sites) or a computer failure on-board. Anyway the missile did not blow the umbilical nor launch so we believe we stopped it just in time. If we tried to check our technical data then we would have been dead most likely.
We contacted job control and they agreed not to attempt a restart and rather have maintenance replace the guidance/computer package yet again and return it to Autonetics for repair.
The next site we went to for startup went perfect and the console worked flawlessly...
That has been nearly 50 years ago now and i still occasionally wonder if the missile had actually entered "launch" or if the on-board computer was giving erroneous launch status.
There is a guy named Haddad who does this on Amazon for all router bits made by Woodline. He says "I own many Woodline router bit sets, including this one, and every one of them has been very impressive with no exception. The bits are very well made with perfect carbide edges and never a scratch on any of them. They can cut all day without a problem. The cuts are always very smooth even when cuts are very aggressive using the larger bits. The bits have a lifetime warranty which is an indicator of the faith Woodline has in their own product."
Usually he is the only one that has rated the device and it always gets five stars. That can lead you down the path of making a flaky choice... I really do not know if the Woodline bits are good or not as I usually use Magnate.
I was stationed at Vandenberg years ago and really enjoyed all of the secret things that landed and took off from there. What was really interesting was a secret launch say at 2:00 AM and in driving to the launch site there would be a few hundred cars parked around the area. Some secrets were difficult to keep when the husband or wife had to be on site or near the site then everyone knew something was up and the word spread.
part of my job was to optically align missiles for flight and to program in their targets, launch codes and operating system.
We had a family friend (he has passed now) who could go to a railroad crossing with a train going 60 miles per hour down the track and correctly add the 7 digit (or more sometimes) numbers on each train car as the train passed.
He said that he would not "add" the numbers but allow for them thus coming up with a total more through allowing the right answer than by math manipulation like we would have to do consciously.
The whole thing was sort of spooky to behold... here we were writing down the numbers of each car and he effortlessly knew the running total. It was if he allowed his unconscious part of his brain to observe the number, add it to the running total without interfering with the process mentally and then his conscious mind would retrieve the answer from the unconscious mind at the end of the train or after 20 cars have passed or other terminating choice.
Thanks for your comments... they are appreciated. There is a lot of room for improvement in the ole USA but having lived all over the world from China to Australia... I agree with you... there is a lot right with the USA too when compared to most other systems around the world.
From your post "I look forward to the age when I start going deaf - I could sit in a bus and disable my hearing aid - bliss!"
Being nearly deaf is not what you crack it up to be. I lost nearly all of my hearing from the guns in the military in the 60's... I struggle to hear and others who have lost their hearing also struggle. Better hope that your hearing remains normal for your entire life
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Thanks for your reply. My oldest daughter is 55 years old this year so I am definitely over 60.
Life is like a hall of mirrors and never exactly what we believe it to be. Certainly the banking institutes worldwide are very similar to what you proclaim.
How does one "know" what is truth and what is fabrication? for government only releases what it wants us to know... or releases only parts of the truth painting a very different picture than what truth truly is.
thanks for your replying to my original question.
I am a true blue American and served my country during war time and ... yet... I find myself aligned more with Putin and his actions than with ANY political leader presently serving here in the USA. Perhaps, it is all publicity carefully crafted to make Putin look like something he is not, yet he seems to make so many choices that would parallel choices I would make if I were to be in his place.
What do other see that perhaps I am missing?
Where in Thailand are you... if you are allowed to say?
In the military (60's) I had orders for "Bomb disposal" in Udorn, Thailand which was very near Laos and a stones throw from North Vietnam. Lots of "Special Ops" and other stuff occurring there. That is all a distant memory anymore.
Thanks for sharing your insights.
Maybe they did not realize the gravity of the situation.
My neighbor on one side of me has an open WIFI connection (apparently) as the grandson of my other neighbor walks into my backyard to pickup the signal with his iPOD. Last night he was sitting in a plastic chair in the middle of my yard in six inches of snow and freezing cold out so he can acquire a connection and do whatever it is he is downloading/reading for hours at a time.
I have decided to stay out of the situation as my neighbor has the right to have a non-password protected access point if he desires... however the interesting thing is he works as a guard in a prison system so depending what the teenager is downloading could create havoc for him if an investigation is ever performed.
His fingers appear to be touching both metal probes of the meter so 2 meg-ohms seems about right for his internal resistance.
She probably got fired for scanning her city streets using Google during company time and using company resources.
and she lost her underwear... it was confiscated as evidence.
Seeing those undies hanging there brings a whole new meaning to the word "on-line".
That must have been Scotland you visited... yea, they don't wear underwear there... it gives the sheep anxiety.
I am pretty sure that more adjustment (probably a lot more) would be required by the Americans as opposed to the Swedish population. I can just see the good ole boys...
Having the benefit of hanging out with individuals from Sweden has taught me about the narrow mindedness of the USA. Also having lived in Australia for years has also widened my grasp of differences that most Americans are not aware of even existing leave alone accepting the differences.
For you sir... I hope this does happen. My ancestors arrived by boat... maybe you can too!
I have a couple of friends who use snus here in the states. So far it has not been outlawed here like in Europe.
Is the snus here in the states the same as you have there in Sweden?
If anything should ever be marked "Insightful" it is this parent post of yours.
Masking tape and a paper clip... wow.
You are one of the original true hackers.
Nice exchanging thoughts/memories with you!
Only in my nightmares do I use them.
As I said... I am glad that input operations have been changed from punch cards.... should have added "and punch card coding devices like keypunches".... thanks for clarifying that for me.
Do you remember the "starwheels" used for the programming card?
Perhaps the only this worse than punch cards was paper tape. Remember loading in a new compiler from a large spool of paper tape only to have to hiccup someplace in the middle.
It has been decades since I have had to mess with a keypunch. And I hope to keep that record intact.
Actually I feel in the upcoming times whether measured in years or in decades that there will not be secrets any longer. That all actions will be open and all is known and accessible.
I do not know if a society that had no secrets would make the living on Earth more exciting or more mundane for I can see both possibilities.
Actually Sweden wishes to become the 51st state and if they play their cards just right then it will be a done deal.
This is just the first step as America grows even more powerful... Who will be number 52? Spain??? Germany??? Cuba???
This is all in the reports yet to be leaked and even Assange is reluctant to let that secret out.
I cut my teeth on the 024 and mainly the 026 keypunch for Fortran, Cobol, and RPG as well as the assembler level code for the CDC machines... think it was called compass or something like that.
If you yanked out the programming card too quickly from the 026 keypunch then you could strip out the star wheels and then have to find them on the floor which was always a pain.
Anyway, i am glad that the input operations have been changed from punch cards (sorry Mr. Hollerith) to keyboards and other techniques.
Back in the early 60's I was on a three man combat targeting team and we had two minuteman missiles to startup and target one day. So we went to the first site and the maintenance team had just finished installing a new guidance and computer package and the nuclear warhead. They closed the 80 ton door that protects the missile and so it was out turn to perform.
We started up the on-board computer and ran some checks and then began loading in the targeting data such as whether it was a air burst or ground burst and all of the war-plans associated with it as well as the launch codes and targets.
After this is accomplished then the guidance package goes through some testing and self calibration and finally becomes "ready"
Ready is actually called "Strategic Alert" and lights a green light on our console.
The missile system sat in strategic alert for a few minutes and so we figured we had completed our job and would button up the site and head to our second site.
Suddenly the "Launch Commanded" light lit on the console and a fraction of a second later the "Launch in Progress" light also lit.
I quickly popped out a bunch of the circuit breakers on adjoining panels causing the support equipment to stop functioning.
At this stage we did not know if we had a bad console (portable between sites) or a computer failure on-board. Anyway the missile did not blow the umbilical nor launch so we believe we stopped it just in time. If we tried to check our technical data then we would have been dead most likely.
We contacted job control and they agreed not to attempt a restart and rather have maintenance replace the guidance/computer package yet again and return it to Autonetics for repair.
The next site we went to for startup went perfect and the console worked flawlessly...
That has been nearly 50 years ago now and i still occasionally wonder if the missile had actually entered "launch" or if the on-board computer was giving erroneous launch status.
There is a guy named Haddad who does this on Amazon for all router bits made by Woodline. He says "I own many Woodline router bit sets, including this one, and every one of them has been very impressive with no exception. The bits are very well made with perfect carbide edges and never a scratch on any of them. They can cut all day without a problem. The cuts are always very smooth even when cuts are very aggressive using the larger bits.
The bits have a lifetime warranty which is an indicator of the faith Woodline has in their own product."
Usually he is the only one that has rated the device and it always gets five stars. That can lead you down the path of making a flaky choice... I really do not know if the Woodline bits are good or not as I usually use Magnate.
I was stationed at Vandenberg years ago and really enjoyed all of the secret things that landed and took off from there. What was really interesting was a secret launch say at 2:00 AM and in driving to the launch site there would be a few hundred cars parked around the area. Some secrets were difficult to keep when the husband or wife had to be on site or near the site then everyone knew something was up and the word spread.
part of my job was to optically align missiles for flight and to program in their targets, launch codes and operating system.
I really enjoyed that duty.
We had a family friend (he has passed now) who could go to a railroad crossing with a train going 60 miles per hour down the track and correctly add the 7 digit (or more sometimes) numbers on each train car as the train passed.
He said that he would not "add" the numbers but allow for them thus coming up with a total more through allowing the right answer than by math manipulation like we would have to do consciously.
The whole thing was sort of spooky to behold... here we were writing down the numbers of each car and he effortlessly knew the running total. It was if he allowed his unconscious part of his brain to observe the number, add it to the running total without interfering with the process mentally and then his conscious mind would retrieve the answer from the unconscious mind at the end of the train or after 20 cars have passed or other terminating choice.
Please mod up this insightful comment
Thanks for your comments... they are appreciated. There is a lot of room for improvement in the ole USA but having lived all over the world from China to Australia... I agree with you... there is a lot right with the USA too when compared to most other systems around the world.
From your post "I look forward to the age when I start going deaf - I could sit in a bus and disable my hearing aid - bliss!"
Being nearly deaf is not what you crack it up to be. I lost nearly all of my hearing from the guns in the military in the 60's... I struggle to hear and others who have lost their hearing also struggle. Better hope that your hearing remains normal for your entire life
May we say a prayer for you?