Posts by notoriusR2

Muppet broke the datacenter every day, in its own weighty way

I can't believe you said "Fortran"

The first computer programming class I ever took was in Fortran Watfiv G which ran on an IBM 360 at the University I attended..never could get the hang of it, but it was an experience running your stack of cards through the reader at midnight (only time you could get decent turn-around time) only to find out your "program" didn't make it through the compiler (or some such thing) and you had to try and debug it at 1:00 AM..the good old days?

BOFH: The Boss pulled the plug on our AI, so we pulled the pin on him

Re: Sun

"HP LaserJet 500s "

LOL my father had that printer in his office. I wrote a HPPCL program for it to draw pleading paper and one for Letterhead. Much simpler times.

FTC asks normal folks if they'd like AI impersonation scam protection, too

With the current members of the Supreme Court, this will likely be eliminated as a rule by declaring it an illegal extension of their bureaucratic authority.....sadly.

Researchers confirm what we already knew: Google results really are getting worse

I sometimes use dogpile but I really used altavista back in the day..

Google results have become a "hot mess"...steaming

Russia to ban all VPNs – again – says senator

Re: Everyone's at it..

btw, I just tried to access RT.com and found no problem (US ISP)....except I don't believe the content.

BOFH: WELCOME TO COLOSSAL SERVER ROOM ADVENTURE!!

Zork? Is that you?

This reminds me of the first and last time I tried to play Zork back in the 80's.

BOFH and the case of the Zoom call that never was

Re: Kali Linux

and Brilliant!