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monolithburger posted:This is his son, right? This guy looks like he regularly calls people "civilian". I guess the trend is more heavily armed, less devices. So currently, its a guy with a Minigun and an iphone.
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Tacopocalypse posted:There was a lot of mention of Van Eck Phreaking in Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon, which I just finished reading for the first time recently. A cursory check on Google shows that it's only a topic of discussion among conspiracy theorists. Searching on Youtube, the second video is a guy convinced his "fat pig" of a neighbor has been spying on him using this method and a majority of his channel are videos of random people he's convinced are gang stalking him. Fun stuff. Still totally possible. Less than $2000 to spy on LCD monitors near you.
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monolithburger posted:This is his son, right? The whole setup is pretty normal except for having a PDA and a phone.
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chitoryu12 posted:The whole setup is pretty normal except for having a PDA and a phone. I assume it was taken before smart phones.
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twistedmentat posted:I assume it was taken before smart phones. I found the original source and it looks like it's only 3 years old.
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chitoryu12 posted:I found the original source and it looks like it's only 3 years old. Now that's weird. Also, the guy who posts the image of the 5 guns. Is he saying he's going to shoot up Planned Parenthood? http://i.imgur.com/dV5LZ.jpg
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chitoryu12 posted:I found the original source and it looks like it's only 3 years old. Holy poo poo, it's a Dell PDA.  Edit: Given the cell phone, I think that photo HAS to be older than 3 years.
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Jan 21, 2016 02:45
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twistedmentat posted:Now that's weird. That poor Mosin.
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TotalLossBrain posted:Edit: Given the cell phone, I think that photo HAS to be older than 3 years. I worked in a RadioShack 4 years ago and I still had the odd customer bring in a beat up Razr either looking for a charger or as the old phone being replaced during an upgrade. I saw maybe half a dozen of them the whole time I worked there but there were definitely some stragglers still using them.
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Zonekeeper posted:I worked in a RadioShack 4 years ago and I still had the odd customer bring in a beat up Razr either looking for a charger or as the old phone being replaced during an upgrade. I saw maybe half a dozen of them the whole time I worked there but there were definitely some stragglers still using them. I have out-of-state family visiting right now and they brought two flip phones. At least the phones now all use microUSB instead of some proprietary format.
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At the training institute I work at, some instructors and staff (all old men) still use flip phones or 2008 vintage touchscreen phones. They're just very stubborn and don't get what all the hubbub is about smartphones, and may not even care about using a cell phone for anything except making calls and maaaaybe short texts. So in TYOOL 2016, you will continue to see people in their 60s, 70s, and onward loving around with technology from a decade ago. The best thing I heard today was the CEO of the company I work for, who's 68 at the moment, outright saying "I don't wanna learn nuthin" when someone offered to teach him how to use LinkedIn instead of just controlling his account for him. That sums up pretty well what the problem is.
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chitoryu12 posted:I found the original source and it looks like it's only 3 years old.
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I legitimately own a flip phone. It has a camera that takes loving awful photos and a high pitched "chhhhhk" sound effect that no, you can't mute. It can't get most smilies, but thankfully most photos formats aren't yet beyond its pitiful reach. I text with that Abc# format poo poo all the time. Upside is that it's unbelievably hardy. I've dropped this thing from heights that would destroy any smartphone's screen and it still works fine. Downside is that its a constant reminder of my crippling poverty.
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Gromit posted:It's interesting that VCD allowed for about 800MB of data on the CD instead of the usual 700MB because it got rid of a bunch of the error correction stuff that you normally have.
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WebDog posted:Didn't that image come off here? It's nearly a decade old. From what I recall he didn't even work for NASA, he just wore that shirt. Yeah myrtar is (or was) a goon who used to post in TFR back in the 00s. I think that daily inventory thing was one of his first posts, it's been bouncing around the forums since 06 or so. I think he said he got the polo shirt from an internship with the Florida Space Agency or something like that
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tacodaemon posted:Yeah myrtar is (or was) a goon who used to post in TFR back in the 00s. I think that daily inventory thing was one of his first posts, it's been bouncing around the forums since 06 or so. I think he said he got the polo shirt from an internship with the Florida Space Agency or something like that Wasn't he a janitor there or something? e: I can't believe there's nothing about this on SAclopedia.
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TotalLossBrain posted:Holy poo poo, it's a Dell PDA. I'm getting straight up Zimmerman level of wannabe cop from this guy. Does he live in South Central LA during the 80s that he needs to be strapped all the time? Though to bring it on topic, I love that everyone but apple has decided micro USB is the cable standard. I can use the same cables to charge my kindle, phone and ps4 controllers. That was really annoying to have to keep track of a zillion different cables.
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twistedmentat posted:I'm getting straight up Zimmerman level of wannabe cop from this guy. Does he live in South Central LA during the 80s that he needs to be strapped all the time? USB-C is becoming more common and it owns
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FruitNYogurtParfait posted:USB-C is becoming more common and it owns It will own once everything uses it but right now it's kind of a pain in the arse - not only do you need to buy a bunch of new cables but you also need to be careful about which ones (lots are out of spec). You could buy them directly from Google, but then they'll take ages to arrive (mine have been stuck in 'processing' for 15 days now. Also thanks Google for providing a USB A to C cable with the phone, pity it's only 6 inches long.
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A White Guy posted:I legitimately own a flip phone. It has a camera that takes loving awful photos and a high pitched "chhhhhk" sound effect that no, you can't mute. This is standard on modern smartphones too, at least in Asia. It's to try and cut down on people taking pervy photos without permission.
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It's actually a legal requirement in Japan and it's highly illegal to modify your phone to disable it.
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dissss posted:It will own once everything uses it but right now it's kind of a pain in the arse - not only do you need to buy a bunch of new cables but you also need to be careful about which ones (lots are out of spec). The cable that came with my G6, the attachment to the phone is way too short to actually fit in the slot, but the Ps4 and kindle cables work perfectly.
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I still use a flip phone......as an alarm because I'm pretty sure it could wake the dead when set on vibrate, something I'm sure is probably obsolete in the smartphone age.
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twistedmentat posted:Though to bring it on topic, I love that everyone but apple has decided micro USB is the cable standard. I can use the same cables to charge my kindle, phone and ps4 controllers. That was really annoying to have to keep track of a zillion different cables. Working at a store that sells cameras, I hate it when someone comes in cause they lost the usb cable for a camera that's about 4-5 years old, cause I first have to figure out which of the dozen mini-usb variations it can be.
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davidspackage posted:Working at a store that sells cameras, I hate it when someone comes in cause they lost the usb cable for a camera that's about 4-5 years old, cause I first have to figure out which of the dozen mini-usb variations it can be. those aren't even standard USB cables. every camera made before 4-5 years ago has its own special snowflake cable
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davidspackage posted:Working at a store that sells cameras, I hate it when someone comes in cause they lost the usb cable for a camera that's about 4-5 years old, cause I first have to figure out which of the dozen mini-usb variations it can be. A few years back my bosses wanted a Composite Output cable for one of our aging Sony Z7P video cameras. For some reason we had a project that required recording to CF card, HDMiniDV AND output to a webstream through the composite out to a composite capture card on a laptop rigged to a phones mobile data connection. Fot the time it was a massive feat. But holy crap that Composite out cable was one of those 'looks like USB but isnt' deals. No camera stores had them. I had a rough idea of where our cables were but we had just moved the company to a new building. I ended up spending all day on the phone trying to find any camera shop within overnight express shipping range for one. Finally, Sony Australia spares had one, only one. It was somewhere in their labyrinth of a central warehouse. To this day that stock boy who spent countless hours finding it physically has my adoration. It was a $10 cable and they went to all ends to find it for us and get it before overnight express closed. Used it once, then lost it! gently caress!
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Humphreys posted:Used it once, then lost it! gently caress!
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Collateral Damage posted:Those special snowflake cables are the kind that you attach a hub cap/file/radiator/anvil to just so you don't leave it somewhere by accident. Oh hey a perfectly good hub cap/radiator/anvil just laying about in a closet. I'll put it to good use! Just need to paint over the "DO NOT TAKE" text *cuts cable and throws it in the bin*
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chitoryu12 posted:That poor Mosin. What are you talking about? It's a perfectly standard M91. I guess it is a little bit out classed by the Karabiner, but don't be hating. And, ok, it probably wouldn't like to hang out next to that dumb space gun thing just below it. Hey, what's that lovely thing below the space gun? Oh... that Mosin.
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Elliotw2 posted:It's actually a legal requirement in Japan and it's highly illegal to modify your phone to disable it. The unlocked iPhone I got for my daughter had that. Pissed her off to no end as kids these days take lots of selfies but apparently don't want everyone in the room knowing they're taking lots of selfies.
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Krispy Kareem posted:The unlocked iPhone I got for my daughter had that. Pissed her off to no end as kids these days take lots of selfies but apparently don't want everyone in the room knowing they're taking lots of selfies. So she wanted to take pictures of herself to put on social media for everyone to see, but didn't want anyone to know she was taking pictures of herself to put on social media for everyone to see? I just don't get kids these days 
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GOTTA STAY FAI posted:So she wanted to take pictures of herself to put on social media for everyone to see, but didn't want anyone to know she was taking pictures of herself to put on social media for everyone to see? Instagram likes are positive attention. Bystanders glaring because your phone is making a bunch of loud shutter noises is negative attention.
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Jedit posted:Ah, but did you know the secret of the bulletproof necktie? Mister Kingdom posted:Say what? Bringing this back from a page ago, but the video this was linked to was Wizard of Wor. The bulletproof necktie was from Berzerk- the player sprite had a head that was separated from the body by 1 pixel, and if you happened to get shot in that pixel, the bullet wouldn't collide with the player sprite and you would live- the game didn't have a separate hitbox, nor had the concept of "hitbox" even been invented yet. You can see it in this video at about 30 seconds in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl9K4btHT28 Wylie has a new favorite as of 19:16 on Jan 21, 2016 |
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GOTTA STAY FAI posted:So she wanted to take pictures of herself to put on social media for everyone to see, but didn't want anyone to know she was taking pictures of herself to put on social media for everyone to see? Have you ever taken a picture of yourself before? You sometimes need to go through a lot of them before you get one that's worth sharing.
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twistedmentat posted:I'm getting straight up Zimmerman level of wannabe cop from this guy. Does he live in South Central LA during the 80s that he needs to be strapped all the time? Nintendo uses mini-B for the Wii U pro controllers for some dumb reason
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GOTTA STAY FAI posted:So she wanted to take pictures of herself to put on social media for everyone to see, but didn't want anyone to know she was taking pictures of herself to put on social media for everyone to see? You might wanna take a pic for someone specific, or just for your friends, without alerting the entire train car full of total strangers that you're taking pics.
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Keiya posted:Nintendo uses mini-B for the Wii U pro controllers for some dumb reason That's what the Dualshock 3 uses and it's a bit stronger and easier to figure out than Micro-B.
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Lurking Haro posted:That's what the Dualshock 3 uses and it's a bit stronger and easier to figure out than Micro-B. It probably just feels stronger because it's bigger.
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xlevus posted:I believe the design of micro b is meant to be more robust than mini b. Some googling only leads me to supposedly higher plug-in cycle life, 5k vs. 10k. Micro-B also slips more easily out of the socket. So if you aren't dependent on a small formfactor, Mini-B is fine if not even better, since you'll probably have killed your cable anyway before it fails from wearing out.
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monolithburger posted:I still use a flip phone......as an alarm because I'm pretty sure it could wake the dead when set on vibrate, something I'm sure is probably obsolete in the smartphone age. Big contrast to my android phone randomly deciding to drain itself full to empty overnight and giving me an unexpected sleep-in.
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