Our baby computer grew up
Welcome to my new technology. It's actually not that new. It's a computer we've had for many years, but we had a fellow do everything you can do. It's got the dual core processor and 500megs of memory. It's got that new Windows 7 but most important is it is sitting on the shelf right next to my 42 inch television hooked up to the hdmi and gives me wireless connection to our other computer and the printer. I have a wireless mouse and a wireless keyboard, and this time a wireless brain. Absolutely amazing where technology has gone. When I started in computers it was back in the 1950's.
The first real computers I worked on were top secret part of the Minute Man Guidance System. That's what the air force first trained me to do was to repair minute man missile guidance systems. When they realized the mistake they had made that they were going to phase out the silos, and the minute man missile had no place in Viet Nam. Since I had a top secret clearance with crypto and Q access (about as high as you could get) they decided not to waste the cost of all those background checks and psychological evaluations they put me thorough to see if I was a threat to our country. They decided to train me in repairing tele-type and cryptographic equipment. We even fixed the neatest little do-dad called the teleautograph. It was a pad that used a stylus like a pen and whatever you wrote on the pad would appear in the command centers or wherever they had it going to. That way they could instant message in authenticated handwriting.
The main reason I ended up in Viet Nam was because they decided to phase out the Minute Man Missie and they didn't have any missile silos in Viet Nam anyway. Ergo no holes in the ground filled with rockets, no technicians to fix said rockets. But they did need people to fix super secret code machines. Super mechanic to the rescue! If you have read some of my previous blogs you'll know what a wonderful position this was. I lived in officers quarters, ate in the officers mess, drank in the officers club, flew in the F4 Phantom jets, or flew in the bellies of the fastest jet that was going in the direction that had a broken code machine. I was one of the happiest guys in the world every time something broke down. That meant I got to put on a flight suit and nine times out of ten climb into the back seat of an F4 Phantom they call a jet. I called it a "rocket". That was the funest thing I have ever ridden in. And I have ridden in them a couple hundred times.
Well, not to bore you. Oh yeah, the great thing about this new computer is when I am not feeling well I can still write to you because it has a wireless keyboard and mouse and this great big tv screen. It talks to our wireless hub router and I could write on this computer with my head on my pillow. Talk about the epitome of laziness. Of course I have a feeling that even though my wife has her own computer in the office here in the house she is going to be enjoying the advantages of snuggling to my sleeping body and doing a lot of her computer work from a more comfortable position. Snuggled up to that wonderful me. Pretty neat huh?
Thank you all - God Bless - tell your friends to tell their friends to visit. We get new folks every day. To me it takes a brave soul to carry on a conversation and actually put it on paper for others to see. After all I am sure if they got their chance the shrinks would have a hey day with me. My only excuse is life should be fun. And happy. And fair. And shared with someone who shares their love with you.
God Bless you all,
Ken, the afterlife messenger
The first real computers I worked on were top secret part of the Minute Man Guidance System. That's what the air force first trained me to do was to repair minute man missile guidance systems. When they realized the mistake they had made that they were going to phase out the silos, and the minute man missile had no place in Viet Nam. Since I had a top secret clearance with crypto and Q access (about as high as you could get) they decided not to waste the cost of all those background checks and psychological evaluations they put me thorough to see if I was a threat to our country. They decided to train me in repairing tele-type and cryptographic equipment. We even fixed the neatest little do-dad called the teleautograph. It was a pad that used a stylus like a pen and whatever you wrote on the pad would appear in the command centers or wherever they had it going to. That way they could instant message in authenticated handwriting.
The main reason I ended up in Viet Nam was because they decided to phase out the Minute Man Missie and they didn't have any missile silos in Viet Nam anyway. Ergo no holes in the ground filled with rockets, no technicians to fix said rockets. But they did need people to fix super secret code machines. Super mechanic to the rescue! If you have read some of my previous blogs you'll know what a wonderful position this was. I lived in officers quarters, ate in the officers mess, drank in the officers club, flew in the F4 Phantom jets, or flew in the bellies of the fastest jet that was going in the direction that had a broken code machine. I was one of the happiest guys in the world every time something broke down. That meant I got to put on a flight suit and nine times out of ten climb into the back seat of an F4 Phantom they call a jet. I called it a "rocket". That was the funest thing I have ever ridden in. And I have ridden in them a couple hundred times.
Well, not to bore you. Oh yeah, the great thing about this new computer is when I am not feeling well I can still write to you because it has a wireless keyboard and mouse and this great big tv screen. It talks to our wireless hub router and I could write on this computer with my head on my pillow. Talk about the epitome of laziness. Of course I have a feeling that even though my wife has her own computer in the office here in the house she is going to be enjoying the advantages of snuggling to my sleeping body and doing a lot of her computer work from a more comfortable position. Snuggled up to that wonderful me. Pretty neat huh?
Thank you all - God Bless - tell your friends to tell their friends to visit. We get new folks every day. To me it takes a brave soul to carry on a conversation and actually put it on paper for others to see. After all I am sure if they got their chance the shrinks would have a hey day with me. My only excuse is life should be fun. And happy. And fair. And shared with someone who shares their love with you.
God Bless you all,
Ken, the afterlife messenger
Posted by Ken - The Afterlife Messenger at 2/6/2010 8:05 PM 
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Tags: repair laziness 42 inch television Minute Man Missle air force computers technology wireless
Very cool setup you got there. I might need to look into something like that for myself.
Or wait...maybe for the four year old. That should keep him occupied for a few hours and then I could get some things done.
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THINGS I LEARNED LIVIN' IN LOUISIANA
1) A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road.
2) There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in Louisiana
3) There are 10,000 types of spiders, and all 10,000 of them live in Louisiana
4) If it grows, it'll stick ya. If it crawls, it'll bite cha.
5) "Onced" and "Twiced" are words.
6) It is not a shopping cart, it's a buggy..
7) "Jawl-P?" means, "Did y'all go to the bathroom?"
8) People actually grow and eat okra.
9) "Fixinto" is one word.
10) There is no such thing as lunch. There is only dinner and then there is supper...
11) Iced tea is appropriate for all meals, and you start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar.
12) Backwards and forwards means, "I know everythin' 'bout you.
13) The word "jeet" is actually a phrase meaning, "Did you eat?"
14) You don't have to wear a watch, because it doesn't matter what time it is. You work until you're done or it's too dark to see...
15) You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH 'em.
16) You measure distance in minutes..
17) You switch from heat to A/C in the same day.
18) All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect, or animal..
19) You know what a "Dawg" is.
20) You carry jumper cables in your car - for your own car.
21) You only own five spices: salt, pepper, Tony Chachere's, Tabasco ,
and ketchup.
22) The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local gossip and LSU football...
23) You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
24) You find 100 degrees "a bit warm."
25) You know all four seasons: Almost summer, summer, still summer, and Christmas.
26) Going to Walmart is a favorite past time known as
"Goin' Walmartin" or "off to Wally World."
27) You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good gumbo weather.
28) Fried catfish is the other white meat.
29) We don't need no dang Driver's Ed. . . if our mama says we can drive, we can drive..
30) You understand these jokes and forward them to your Louisiana friends and those who just wish they were from Louisiana !!!
Hi Ken...how ya do taday? I just got this from a good friend back in louisiana..Hope you find some of these funny, if you dont and want to know, then let me know. I will write and comment on this email of yours soon. How you like that branch? Lov, Corky
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the wonders of technology. does this mean you're retiring your typist?
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