Evolv-ing Thread

[Steamer861]

Greatest company I ever worked for. 1st company to win the Malcolm Bainbridge 6 sigma award, and it was an integral part of the culture

They made the best! Phones back in the day.
I held on to my StarTac for as long as I could. I even bought my last one used from a Guy when they were no longer available. Their bag phones were incredible to
Full 3 watts with an external antenna The good old days! When you carried a phone, not a small pc that tracks every thing you do! From your finger print to your location

 

[Alexander Mundy]

And back then it was analog so if you dialed the factory Motorola service code you could manually change channels and listen to any conversation on that channel.

 

[Steamer861]

When I was a kid we had a "party line" You had to wait your turn to make a call.
You also had to listen for that click, to make sure no one was listening to your conversation

As a teenager we figured a way to cheat the pay phone! We would cut a strip off the phone book & slide it down the quarter slot, put a penny in the nickel slot as we pulled out the strip of paper & volla a 10 cent phone call for a Penny

 

[Alexander Mundy]

There was the number to dial that Bell would give you the number you were dialing from and the frequency sweep number. I used to make calls by tapping the number into the hook on pay phones when I was a kid. After Bell went digital adding the 4th tone row in the keyboard matrix was awesome till they added that inaccessible international dialing line.

 

[Alexander Mundy]

Wonder what ever happened to MomaTried? He was a kindred spirit (hacker) back in the day.

 

[CMD-Ky]

Wonder what ever happened to MomaTried? He was a kindred spirit (hacker) back in the day.

MomaTried, now that is a blast from the past.

 

[Alexander Mundy]

He wasn't doing well physically last I talked to him. He had been doing some good work IIRC using his skills to track down pedophiles.

 

[stylemessiah]

Never heard of him, i do remember John Draper of course though...

 

[Alexander Mundy]

I assume you mean ledgendary Capt Crunch?

 

[stylemessiah]

I assume you mean ledgendary Capt Crunch?

Aye, the Cap'n

 

[CMD-Ky]

Aye, the Cap'n

Interesting guy, I searched him out.

 

[ShamrockPat]

As a teenager we figured a way to cheat the pinball machines. A piece of tape holding thread and quarter together. Lowering it slowly down the slot, you could hear it trip the credit counter. A gentle up/down and you could rack up 20 credits quickly.

I remember when Bell sent computer punch cards as bills. Well it was right around the time I started programming and we used punch cards.

 

[CMD-Ky]

Gotta love it.

As a teenager we figured a way to cheat the pinball machines. A piece of tape holding thread and quarter together. Lowering it slowly down the slot, you could hear it trip the credit counter. A gentle up/down and you could rack up 20 credits quickly.

I remember when Bell sent computer punch cards as bills. Well it was right around the time I started programming and we used punch cards.

 

[Alexander Mundy]

Well it was right around the time I started programming and we used punch cards.

 

[Steamer861]

As a teenager we figured a way to cheat the pinball machines. A piece of tape holding thread and quarter together. Lowering it slowly down the slot, you could hear it trip the credit counter. A gentle up/down and you could rack up 20 credits quickly.

Nice!
We had a pretty good use for the punch out's from electrical boxes!
Just a little hammering & they resembled a quarter perfectly
Even worked in Cigarette Machines
We used our ingenuity as kids But all ways for Bad things
Heck any machine that was put out there needed to be Challenged. Right?

 

[classwife]

Heck any machine that was put out there needed to be Challenged. Right?

And things don't change...


Clouds bro !

 

[stylemessiah]

As a teenager we figured a way to cheat the pinball machines. A piece of tape holding thread and quarter together. Lowering it slowly down the slot, you could hear it trip the credit counter. A gentle up/down and you could rack up 20 credits quickly.

I remember when Bell sent computer punch cards as bills. Well it was right around the time I started programming and we used punch cards.

Also worked on plenty of vending machines, until they got wise...

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[cigatron]

And things don't change...


Clouds bro !

Right? and some guy on youtube vaping hot pepper sauce.

 

[stylemessiah]

Right? and some guy on youtube vaping hot pepper sauce.

At least it wasn't his own sauce

I think we all remember that one...

Ive vaped some objectionable stuff, at vape meets where we had Dare To Vape comps...sadly they couldn't come up with anything that would stop most competitors from all claiming the first prize lol, but I draw the line at .......



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[cigatron]

Is there an emoticon that pukes?