Posts by BearGriffin@discuss.systems
(DIR) Post #ASJhTtDswAHQIXDT8q by BearGriffin@discuss.systems
2023-02-03T22:48:17Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@lowqualityfacts There is a wonderful history of the development and use of the U-2 and SR-71 (Oxcart) called "The U-2 and Oxcart programs: 1954 - 1974". Doc C05653421. Declassified 16 Jan 2011. Has a historic/histerical note on the US Air Force's attempt at launching balloons to float/fly over Russia.
(DIR) Post #ASL1PvXCaqdmYAbDw8 by BearGriffin@discuss.systems
2023-02-04T14:05:57Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@lauren While traveling to the west coast, I noticed HIGH tension power polls with just ONE point of contact with the ground, vs the east's use of four legs towers. Talk about a push over!
(DIR) Post #ASTnegHxuPY0fsFkAK by BearGriffin@discuss.systems
2023-02-08T19:44:34Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@lowqualityfacts I would be a bloody mess ifI tried that. These are CATS, for god's sake!
(DIR) Post #AUcNS1uDvOb9zLtdFA by BearGriffin@discuss.systems
2023-04-13T18:47:16Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@lauren Re security clearance: where very young is under 30. There are also GIGANTIC changes in how classified material is being stored and the absence of accounting of who has what & when did they use it. I am too old for this stuff.
(DIR) Post #AtaBhpGvgNXuVUhHAe by BearGriffin@discuss.systems
2025-04-29T12:09:05Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@ricci Re Officially old: Welcome to the club, brother.
(DIR) Post #Aw9hryzpBSH7CkpnHM by BearGriffin@discuss.systems
2025-07-15T11:08:33Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@ricci RE Geology types: My favorite intro class in college was in Geology. Lots of slides, great pictures. Later we were shown a picture with an old bus with a woman beside the bus.The Professor had taken his new wife on a honeymoon.
(DIR) Post #AxEGqmCBJPrqZTcIvg by BearGriffin@discuss.systems
2025-08-16T13:51:27Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@ricci Make DC another city in Maryland.
(DIR) Post #B05VObRF0RfjuxntgG by BearGriffin@discuss.systems
2025-11-09T13:30:40Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@ricci @dan My first intro to the ethernet was on DEC equipment with thick coax cables, marked where a vampire tap could be squeezed on.
(DIR) Post #B05YHMIbCB5GnbzzPs by BearGriffin@discuss.systems
2025-11-09T13:26:25Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
Publicly presentable proof that I have cats. The tower is 2+ sets of catkins (198o's product, Not avail now) that has been recovered at least 3 times. Cat on hammock is Zuzu. The tower is 8 ft tall.
(DIR) Post #B05qwBX1vmBAS9Ml3g by BearGriffin@discuss.systems
2025-11-07T15:52:02Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@ricci Re Original UNIX on mag tape: Will anyone be able to read it?
(DIR) Post #B0P3hvfJH0MSq3zDX6 by BearGriffin@discuss.systems
2025-11-19T12:22:18Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@ricci Without knowing it, I too took up the roll of nature below, annoy above at an early (30;s) age.