SSgt Baloo Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures I have one of these: When I was in the service I worked on a data collection/analysis/redistribution device that used these to store its programs on. Before it could be used every day the tapes had to be loaded in several stations, each the size of a refrigerator, which were, when purchased, highly advanced. Before I worked on it the setup was all giant tape drives and racks of specially-designed "computer circuity", controlled by an old room-sized computer. By the time I started working on it, the room-sized computer part had been replaced with an early general-purpose minicomputer (the size of a washing machine), and numerous operators no longer controlled it through dumb terminals, but through Sun Microsystems workstations (with perhaps 640 kbytes of ram) that each could have run the whole operation independently, but a software rewrite would cost more than the scrap cost of the eliminated equipment, so the core of the system remained an early multi-cabinet computer from the '60s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures I have one of these: Argh, flashbacks! Around 1990 we learned that 3M Blackwatch™ tape began a self destruction process after about 3 years of age. I spent many hours running those through 9-track tape drives trying to save irreplaceable astronomical and meteorological data. And in between I'd clean the 3M Blackwatch™ residue off the tape heads with alcohol. Good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Of course, they improved on that technology with Exabyte drives where the data on the tape had a maximum life of a year or so. And the Exabyte drives themselves ... about the same, actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrix3 Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures "You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all different." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrix3 Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures "You are in a maze of twisty little passages' date=' all different."[/quote'] That's going to be my backyard. Any boy that wants to date my daughter will have to make it through the maze. I may breed special creatures to populate the maze to fight the potential suitors, but since all my money will go into the maze I'll probably have to start with a few really nasty geese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures "In the Year Two Thousaaand ..." "War Was Beginning" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrix3 Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures He visits his buddy every Friday night and continues the tradition of having a beer together. Then he packs up, pats the tombstone, and heads back to his truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bazza Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Wall-E and Eve got a bit of a superhero upgrade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures I assume he's a supporter of the home side, which lost the match? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures I assume he's a supporter of the home side' date=' which lost the match?[/quote'] Got it from today's Cracked: 5 Badass Photos of People Walked Through Insane Situations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrix3 Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Perhaps fictional, but still a good story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures On the set of Jaws, in pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Sorry, but I only count 6 Gremlins, not 72. (Okay, 7 if you count the sticker.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Sorry' date=' but I only count 6 Gremlins, not 72.[/quote'] Wait, it's 72 gremlins?!bomber> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Wait' date=' it's 72 [i']gremlins?![/i]bomber> I don't care who you are, that's funny right there. Repped, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Sorry, but I only count 6 Gremlins, not 72. (Okay, 7 if you count the sticker.) It's a file publicity photo for the hugely successful "Gremlins '72" show, which ran at the Stardust Hotel here in Vegas. The show was so popular that American Motors named a compact car line after it. JoeG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Got it from today's Cracked: 5 Badass Photos of People Walked Through Insane Situations World's Toughest Milkman [ATTACH=CONFIG]44797[/ATTACH] Lucius Alexander the palindromedary says, move over Reid Fleming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures World's Toughest Milkman [ATTACH=CONFIG]44797[/ATTACH] Lucius Alexander the palindromedary says, move over Reid Fleming Must be MilkmanDan's ancestor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures World's Toughest Milkman [ATTACH=CONFIG]44797[/ATTACH] Lucius Alexander the palindromedary says, move over Reid Fleming To give it some context: According to Cracked, this is London, WWII, right after an air raid. If you look to the milkman's left, two firemen are engaged in dousing a fire as the milkman picks his way through the rubble to make his deliveries. Lucius Alexander And the world's toughest palindromedary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Plus, that photo was staged. The "milkman" is the photographer's assistant, with borrowed gear. It was featured in a historical magazine here a few months ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures World's Toughest Milkman The Milkman, Kenora, Ontario, Canada, Gestalt of Milk. Every morning in Kenora Ontario, since February 24, 1994, a mysterious white milk truck appears out of nowhere at 6:12 a.m. and delivers bottles of milk to households within a one-mile radius, free of charge. When the milk has been tested, it’s been found to be low-fat, tasty, and extremely nutritious. Examinations of humans and animals who drink this milk show improved health. Laboratory attempts to reproduce this milk have yielded normal milk. The Milkman rarely speaks with anyone, except a few paperboys and early risers with whom he is polite but highly formal. The Milkman is obviously a pure gestalt. No one knows where he goes when he finishes his deliveries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Ronnie Soak in a nutshell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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