GLASSMANOAK'S Contest Thread #103 ...for WINNERS and with MULTIPLE WINNERS !!

[CountBoredom]

8/2 #6

I really wanted the Squape R, but all of the clones seem to have issues, and I ain't spending that kind of money on an authentic.

My SquapeR still works fine... although it's now pretty much gathering dust since I picked up my Subtank Minis. Still, I received the new tank section, it has worked fine.

@Uncle I do not worry about legit keyloggers such as those from MS and Google. At this stage of the game, I truly believe that if you think you can hide AND use a computer, you are deluding yourself...

One doesn't even need to have a computer to be tracked. Databases are correlated all the time--and by using data-mining techniques, your life can pretty much be assembled without you even knowing it.

I am feeling pretty old after reading these. I started on a dumb terminal connected to a Cyber mainframe, then a dumb terminal connected to a Vax PDP/11-70. My first desktop was a Lisa (Apple) in which I later installed a Mac brain (a little software an Apple guy gave me at a convention) but the Lisa screen ratio was 2:3 and the Mac was 1:1 so the graphics were hosed (circles came out oval). The company started using Windoze 3.0 and 3.1, so I learned that, then got a real Mac (OS3 at only 33MHz - I still have it and it still works fine - slower than molasses, but it does work). Using the Mac, I missed Windoze 3.11 and 85 and 98 standard edition. When I came back to Windoze (at home), it was 98 special edition (98SE). I never did ME or Vista. I am running XP Pro now and Lannie has Windoze 7 Home (which I hate). One of the things Windoze did that ticked me off most was dumping my favorite mail program (Outlook Express) and that Live mail crap on 7 is something I don't even want to fuss with. So Shawn, keep us all updated on Windoze 10. Especially ways to defeat their "improvements" that take control out of the hands of the user. What Uncle says about "everything Ya' do goes to MS via a keystroker program" is, to me, a concrete wall stopper. I'll go to Linux before I let Microsoft have access to all my stuff.

I remember VAX systems--which I played around on but never actually used. I coded my first game on a Wang minicomputer and attempted to do the same thing on an Sinclair, but the 16k expander kept detaching from the unit, causing it to crash. I loved the TRS-80 in its day and then moved on to an IBM PC XT. My dad had a Mac SE that I played around with, but I hated how slow it felt. Unix in college, then DOS, and just about every version of Windows (including NT 3 and 4 and every flavor of 2000) except Vista. Along the way, there were also flirtations with OS/2, BeOS, and a couple early versions of Linux. I agree, Fuzzy: Win7 messed up mail and digital sound processing from the way things had run before; but overall, I like the interface.

So, we got home from my friend's house (obviously) and discovered that my son had turned on the heat in the bedroom... at about 1 pm. We didn't notice it before we left because it was a warm day, but now--when we should be enjoying the nice cool down of the evening, it's close to 90 degrees because he turned it all the way up.

Good night, Treefam. And, Blue, I can now fully empathize with you...

 

[Shawn Hoefer]

8/3
#1

I am feeling pretty old after reading these. I started on a dumb terminal connected to a Cyber mainframe, then a dumb terminal connected to a Vax PDP/11-70. My first desktop was a Lisa (Apple) in which I later installed a Mac brain (a little software an Apple guy gave me at a convention) but the Lisa screen ratio was 2:3 and the Mac was 1:1 so the graphics were hosed (circles came out oval). The company started using Windoze 3.0 and 3.1, so I learned that, then got a real Mac (OS3 at only 33MHz - I still have it and it still works fine - slower than molasses, but it does work). Using the Mac, I missed Windoze 3.11 and 85 and 98 standard edition. When I came back to Windoze (at home), it was 98 special edition (98SE). I never did ME or Vista. I am running XP Pro now and Lannie has Windoze 7 Home (which I hate). One of the things Windoze did that ticked me off most was dumping my favorite mail program (Outlook Express) and that Live mail crap on 7 is something I don't even want to fuss with. So Shawn, keep us all updated on Windoze 10. Especially ways to defeat their "improvements" that take control out of the hands of the user. What Uncle says about "everything Ya' do goes to MS via a keystroker program" is, to me, a concrete wall stopper. I'll go to Linux before I let Microsoft have access to all my stuff.

No need to feel old My first to use was an Apple II. The first I owned was a Timex Sinclair. Then a Commodore VIC-20. Then a Compaq luggable with a whopping 640 K of RAM, 10 MB of HDD, and a 5.25 floppy in a case the size of a sewing machine with a 9" mono green screen. Dos 3.0.

I stayed with PCs through Windows 3.11 (which was running on a self-built 386 DX 33 with 4 MB of RAM and a 512 MB HDD) and switched to Macs as I was in the newspaper business then. I owned a Mac SE, a Mac SE30, Mac II, a Mac IIsi, a Mac IIci, a Powermac 6400, a Powermac 5200, a Powerbook Duo 2400, and an original iBook. There's still a G4 eMac sitting in the back room. I ran everything from System 1 on up through OS X 10.4.

I got out of the newspaper business to run my craft business, but I kept all of the (now hopelessly outdated) software. Now, I run everything off of an HP Pavilion G laptop with a 17.3" screen (largest I ever had except for a couple of the very special Macs I used to run), 8 GB RAM, 500 GB HDD (and an eternal 1 TB for backups). Things have changed a little...

Oh, for the whistle and whine of a 2400 baud modem!

Shawn - I have a regular Goblin and so far it's my favorite RTA! Only drawback, I have to refill it 2-3 a day, which is why I ordered the Zephyrus.

The original Goblin did not come with the plug that allows it to be used as a single coil device, did it? I was seriously looking at the Goblin V2, but want to build single coils...

 

[Fuzzy Thunderbear]

NOT AN ENTRY

I remember VAX systems--which I played around on but never actually used.

Yup, good old Vax. It ran Unix and we had to code all our text in order to get the printers to make something that looked like a technical manual... you had to insert codes in the same way you'd type: (SP) for start paragraph when (later) MS Word just required you to hit the return key. There are a few advantages to the modern world.

Oh, for the whistle and whine of a 2400 baud modem!

I remember when our division of the company (Tektronix, if you ever heard of it) moved to a remote area (a corporate experiment), all of the engineering personnel were extremely excited when we got off modems and got a dedicated 9600 baud line back to the parent site. That was the very fastest thing in the world as far as we were concerned. Now I am running 10Mbps on a DSL line in the middle of nowhere South Dakota and often cursing that it isn't loading fast enough. Go figure...

 

[liblue1]

8/2 #6
Good night Treefam......lots to say...but not tonight....... Thank you all....good night.........

 

[mac63]

8/3
#1

way way behind today
network at the office had lots of stuff block and couldn't get on here.

 

[mac63]

8/3
#2
15 min

Blue!

 

[mac63]

8/3
#3
15min

22 hours away from here leaves a LOT of catching up to do.

 

[mac63]

8/3
#4
15 min

lots of clicking and scrolling going on here

 

[mac63]

8/3
#5
15 min

Making progress on the forum - still have my other net stuff to look at.

 

[mac63]

8/3
#6
15 min

Hoping they open the network by tomorrow - I know I probably missed some stuff by rushing through everything.

 

[tiggerrts]

8/3 - 1: Good morningnight all. Rained almost all night with very loud cracking thunder, didn't sleep much.

 

[Uncle]

Well - "MoringNite" - "Tree People" . . .

. . . Start of a NEW DAY . . .

Time for - COFFEE

YES - COFFEE - TIME . . .

@Uncle I do not worry about legit keyloggers such as those from MS and Google. At this stage of the game, I truly believe that if you think you can hide AND use a computer, you are deluding yourself...

One doesn't even need to have a computer to be tracked. Databases are correlated all the time--and by using data-mining techniques, your life can pretty much be assembled without you even knowing it.

Okay - Both of "You" - I not stupid (Crazy/Insane/Off the wall - Yes) . . . AND - While I do realize, especially in this day and age - that if someone really wants to find "You" or what Ya' are doing they can . . . However, there is absolutely no reason for "Me" (or anyone else for that matter) to make it any easier for them to do so . . . Just Sayin' . . .

RANT . . .

IMO - The worse thing is all the people (particularly the "Younger" Generations) that just accept the fact that this can happen and do nothing to prevent it, or at least put out some fences or walls up . . . Top that off with interconnecting everything via the Internet, all the Social Media marketing, and I want to be a "Celebrity" mentality - There You Are . . . "My" life is an open book - come look . . . All That I Am & Have Is YOURS ! ! ! So Please - Do with it what Ya' wish . . .

Rant Over . . .

Anyway, in all seriousness, I am not that worried about someone really wanting to get any information I have on "My" Computer (or any other piece of equipment) - nor what I do via the internet . . . I just despise the unwarranted intrusion from an unknown entity without "My" knowing and/or permission . . . Guess it has to do with the fact that I come from a "We Keep Our Personal Business Private" generation, were we didn't discuss our personal lives and everything we did with just anyone . . .

Way too early in the morning for this type of discussion - I NEED MORE COFFEE ! ! !

My first to use was an Apple II.

AH - "My" first personal computer, a used Apple IIe and why I moved over to PC Land . . .



Okay - Guess it is time to check out some of the other ECF neighborhoods . . .



See You Later . . .

 

[jpf880]

#1
8/3



Good Morningnite All!

 

[rangerrobin]

8/3 #1

Good Mornin' / G'Night Tree Fam!

 

[bellastarr]

8/3
1. Good morning treefam!

Vapemail cometh today.

Off to make some coffee. Have a great day everyone.

 

[crystalluv545]

Good Morning ☺

Sent from my SPH-L720T using Tapatalk

 

[angelphyre]

8/3
1. Morning Treefam...didn't get enough sleep last night, ended up staying up way too late finishing a book...now I'm dragging.

Welcome @crystalluv545 to one of the best threads on ECF...go back and edit your post to include a date and number so it can be counted for the contest.

 

[rangerrobin]

8/3 #2

Welcome @crystalluv545!

Ugh, MUNday, gotta get ready and leave for work...

Have a lovely day, everyone!

jpf - Happy Saturday!

 

[Shawn Hoefer]

8/3
#2
Once again, stayed up way too late, but this time I woke up on time... we're making our monthly run to parts north for broom making supplies.

@Uncle I'm not suggesting people become complacent. Vigilance is needed. Benign logging has been used for quite some time.

 

[CountBoredom]

8/3 #1
Good morning, everyone.

I agree, Uncle. There is no reason to make things easier. I am also quite security conscious and have stayed away from social media. I was merely pointing out that people who think they are "off the grid" or "not in the system" are likely mistaken.