(August 15, 2024 at 11:18 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: I remember those days. I used a FRITTER II, basically an email machine the size of an arcade game with no color but green.

I was in when we went from handwritten to computer AARs. Being fire dept and low on the totem pole, we had zero-point-zero connectivity, and the computers were mainly hard-drives saving file space for needed paperwork. It made finding stuff a little easier for the geeks, I suppose, but we had to learn how to save to the proper file and so on.

Sure couldn't learn about incidents at other bases outside of the usual Air Force Times stuff, unless it was so bad they had to go through wing comms via either telex or that early Arpanet stuff and the Chief heard about it from the CSG Colonel.

We did, though, have the smoke alarms rigged to notify our alarm room in case a butterbar burnt his microwave popcorn in BOQ.

(August 15, 2024 at 11:56 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:

(August 15, 2024 at 11:18 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: I remember those days. I used a FRITTER II, basically an email machine the size of an arcade game with no color but green.

I was in when we went from handwritten to computer AARs. Being fire dept and low on the totem pole, we had zero-point-zero connectivity, and the computers were mainly hard-drives saving file space for needed paperwork. It made finding stuff a little easier for the geeks, I suppose, but we had to learn how to save to the proper file and so on.

Sure couldn't learn about incidents at other bases outside of the usual Air Force Times stuff, unless it was so bad they had to go through wing comms via either telex or that early Arpanet stuff and the Chief heard about it from the CSG Colonel.

We did, though, have the smoke alarms rigged to notify our alarm room in case a butterbar burnt his microwave popcorn in BOQ.

We are old.

(August 16, 2024 at 12:10 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote:

(August 15, 2024 at 11:56 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I was in when we went from handwritten to computer AARs. Being fire dept and low on the totem pole, we had zero-point-zero connectivity, and the computers were mainly hard-drives saving file space for needed paperwork. It made finding stuff a little easier for the geeks, I suppose, but we had to learn how to save to the proper file and so on.

Sure couldn't learn about incidents at other bases outside of the usual Air Force Times stuff, unless it was so bad they had to go through wing comms via either telex or that early Arpanet stuff and the Chief heard about it from the CSG Colonel.

We did, though, have the smoke alarms rigged to notify our alarm room in case a butterbar burnt his microwave popcorn in BOQ.

We are old.

Not as old as AWTY, of courxe!

(August 16, 2024 at 12:17 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: Not as old as AWTY, of courxe!

All right you!

I was going to add that and a get off my lawn for good measure.

(August 16, 2024 at 12:20 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:

(August 16, 2024 at 12:17 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: Not as old as AWTY, of courxe!

All right you!

I was going to add that and a get off my lawn for good measure.

You'd a got away with it if it weren’t for those meddling kids.

Boru

Hmm, I would be interested in seeing a movie based on these photos which look more imaginative even than the current Hollywood movies.

(August 7, 2024 at 3:49 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Yeah, no. I can’t be convinced that computer-generated cartoons qualify as ‘art’.

Boru

Especially when they're cgi cartoons that plagiarise off better artists.

(August 8, 2024 at 12:39 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:

(August 7, 2024 at 11:46 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote:  Not gonna lie, that’s actually tame in comparison to some stuff I’ve tried to get out of AI art. This one in particular is almost like a “find everything wrong with this picture” picture. And that’s even before factoring in that the man was actually supposed to be The Driver from Drive. At least it looks like Ryan Gosling this time.

I'll take two microphones, eight string-posts, six string-winders, seven guitar-strings, an extra guitar-strap, and a missing finger.

I'm certain that is an incomplete list.

The mic is growing out of the right arm of his jacket (which in itself is all kinds of wrong) and the buttons on his right sleeve look like string winders.

(August 16, 2024 at 12:17 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: Not as old as AWTY, of courxe!

Less of that you. Ladies never grow older than 21, I was informed of that by my granny, and grannies never lie.