Post 1186778 by Photocrimes@freeradical.zone
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(DIR) Post #1186409 by Photocrimes@freeradical.zone
2018-11-14T01:18:26Z
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So thank to @TheGibson I got the inspiration to introduce my 14yo daughter to the movie Hackers. It also reminded me of that movie's only redeeming qualities. The music and a young Angelina Jolie. Lol
(DIR) Post #1186410 by thegibson@hackers.town
2018-11-14T01:36:20Z
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@Photocrimes Well... I find some other value in that film... but I get your point.
(DIR) Post #1186491 by Photocrimes@freeradical.zone
2018-11-14T01:39:07Z
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@TheGibsonIt's actually one of those bad film masterpieces. Having grown up in the age prior to what it's trying to represent, back when phone phreaks were all the rage, I still to this day find it highly entertaining. Just the shot of Jolt cola brings back memories. I actually drank that shit! Lol
(DIR) Post #1186587 by thegibson@hackers.town
2018-11-14T01:44:23Z
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@Photocrimes We are about the same age then.
(DIR) Post #1186716 by Photocrimes@freeradical.zone
2018-11-14T01:50:23Z
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@TheGibsonIf you are in your 50s then yes ;-) and if you can believe this, I'm a second generation engineer from when computers so to speak were just a subset of electrical engineering. Dad just recently gave up OS2 but he was the one that told be about this new hobby OS, and now I actually have code in it. Give me a second and I'll post a pick that should bring back some memories.
(DIR) Post #1186778 by Photocrimes@freeradical.zone
2018-11-14T01:54:00Z
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@TheGibsonThe year was 1995 and I was busy writing software in XMotif and TCL/TK ;-)Seems like yesterday.
(DIR) Post #1187198 by thegibson@hackers.town
2018-11-14T02:14:06Z
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@Photocrimes You've got a few years on me. But I'm not far behind you... my first computer was at age 5... it was a sinclair learned basic before English.I came into it all at the very tail end of the phreaking scene, but was fortunate to live in an area with an analog phone network until 1993. :)
(DIR) Post #1187218 by thegibson@hackers.town
2018-11-14T02:14:29Z
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@Photocrimes Slackware!!!!
(DIR) Post #1187347 by Photocrimes@freeradical.zone
2018-11-14T02:19:51Z
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@TheGibsonThat's awesome, I had a Sinclair as well. Ordered it out of the back of a Popular Science magazine. My uncle worked for Texas Instruments and brought home a TI99 before they hit the market. I can remember him telling me it was going to change the world. Dad work for No such Agency and got me hooked on the free Unix ;-) I too ended up in government servitude.Sadly I lost the interest about 10 years ago. I just burned out. It was all I'd ever done. Retired.
(DIR) Post #1187405 by thegibson@hackers.town
2018-11-14T02:23:08Z
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@Photocrimes Yeah, I hit that burnout period, but have been ascending for the past 2 years again... found my jams again.That said... I had a TI-99/4A... I loved that beast. It was awesome. It was the first one that was really mine.
(DIR) Post #1187420 by Photocrimes@freeradical.zone
2018-11-14T02:23:34Z
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@TheGibsonI still have the CD too. My favorite part is the wav file of Linus telling you how to pronounce Linux. Lol
(DIR) Post #1187443 by thegibson@hackers.town
2018-11-14T02:24:22Z
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@Photocrimes Slackware and Mandrake were my distros.
(DIR) Post #1187559 by Photocrimes@freeradical.zone
2018-11-14T02:28:56Z
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@TheGibsonI stuck with Slackware forever. I ended up messing with all of them however. I worked quite a bit with SuSE at IBM. I was a big supporter of the ReiserFS until that knucklehead went and murdered somebody.