Yeah. The kids would give up halfway through IPLing it via a teletype.
Posts by c0al
9 publicly visible posts • joined 30 Sep 2015
US nuke arsenal runs on 1970s IBM 'puter waving 8-inch floppies
Thursday 26th May 2016 00:32 GMT
Holy cow.
I programmed on this system at HQ SAC in 1991-1994.
Nice to know the the old system is still around. :)
I keep hoping to see an SCP setup with a couple VDU/KB and LPUs out at the SAC museum. That would make kind of a cool, interactive cold war exhibit. Send and Ack some EAMs. Watch the 8" floppy jukeboxes rattle and grind. Peer through the tempest/EMP hardened screen at the monitor. Mash on the :)
So, replace away (and good luck - difficult technical requirements)! The hardware was obsolete in 1991 too.
But, move the STF gear or OSCP to the museum when you do, please.
PETA monkey selfie lawsuit threatens wildlife photography, warns snapper at heart of row
Wednesday 30th September 2015 20:25 GMT
PETA are idiots but...
He completely changed his story about how this happened as it became increasingly clear that he was going to lose his copyright via the US copyright office.
Originally, regardless of what he has labeled as "original" in his blog, in his own words, the monkey stole the camera and then took a bunch of pictures. His claim to authorship was that he paid for the vacation, he owned the camera and that he was visiting the monkeys and that he cropped and rotated the images afterwards.
Then he started changing his story to be that it was his intention all along for the monkeys to take the camera and now the tripod seems to be a new bit (which seems obviously false given the results (not the cropped and rotated ones - before that was done).
No one bought his ever changing story then. And I see no need to rehash it now that the plaintiffs are PETA idiots grandstanding (as they have NO chance of this working in US courts) instead of wikipedia protecting the public domain.
Wednesday 30th September 2015 02:57 GMT
What Slater said before he talked with the lawyers
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8615859/Monkey-steals-camera-to-snap-himself.html
"David, 46, said: "One of them must have accidentally knocked the camera and set it off because the sound caused a bit of a frenzy.
"At first there was a lot of grimacing with their teeth showing because it was probably the first time they had ever seen a reflection.
"They were quite mischievous jumping all over my equipment, and it looked like they were already posing for the camera when one hit the button."
""The sound got his attention and he kept pressing it. At first it scared the rest of them away but they soon came back - it was amazing to watch.
"He must have taken hundreds of pictures by the time I got my camera back, but not very many were in focus. He obviously hadn't worked that out yet.
"I wish I could have stayed longer as he probably would have taken a full family album.""
Wednesday 30th September 2015 02:12 GMT
Re: when will this madness stop?
Yes. Exactly.
Not to be a jerk. But none of those things creates a picture.
I don't get copyright on my kid's pictures even though I bought the camera, charge the camera, installed the memory card, drove them to the national park, let them out of the car, set the settings, watch them as they take the picture, download the picture from the camera, post the picture onto the internet, etc.
The authorship is established when they point the camera and press the button to do the exposure.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
