Also we had just had the film War Games, so there's that
My dad nagged me to learn COBOL for the millennium bug.
I didn't
Probably why nothing went wrong
Mine worked placing those people . Multi millionaire too.
My first computer job was for a state subsidiary and I used to do input and change those 1k reels
Right time , right place seems to be a common theme. Mine was in headhunting. I'm sure the old masonic handshake didn't hurt
My first school computer was a zx80, followed by the zx81. They encased it in perspex from the shop department.
Vic 20?
Precursor to the Commodore 64
I never had any of these cool toys.
Even though we were well off
Pong was all we got , years later
Cassettes, you lucky bastard. All we had were bits of card with holes in
Your dad sounds cool
Thems the buggers.
All this cool shit when we were kids, no wonder we are here
I feel ya fellow anon, hopefully it rubbed off on you and gets passed on tp the next gen
Stop giving a sh*t a long time ago
Quite, and in the early Q days a lot of coincidences would happen with me. I'm a lone voice where I am, and represent one of a few in a whole country. Basically, by saying where I am, which I do regularly, I'm already doxxing myself. And this is across all platforms. Plus, I wear the Armour of God, and have no Fear
Amen to that
I'll continue to shitpost to clear this bread as I have some possible notables
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/19/asap-rocky-trump-sweden
Trump says he is working to free rapper A$AP Rocky from Swedish custody
I\m not sure why he's bothering to do this, but ours not to question why
Noble aims. I like to think I share these. I lev this bread and all the anons who partake here. I do still pop over to QR when its slow, but that way madness lies
The crap that is going on in the UK:
The heartless Extinction Rebellion anarchists's crocodile tears as man fails to reach his dying fatherโs bedside because of HER roadblock
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-7266847/PLATELLS-PEOPLE-Heartless-Extinction-Rebellion-anarchist-cries-crocodile-tears.html
Extinction Rebellion eco-anarchists bring their week of climate change chaos to a close as they march through London with Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell
Bristol, Leeds, Cardiff, Glasgow and London all faced disruption from Monday
Eco-activists targeted Westminster in central London today as protests closed
A 14-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy were both arrested as part of the protests
City of London Magistrates's Court also dealt with Extinction Rebellion today
The court is dealing with protesters in batches following their 'Spring Rebellion'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7265557/Extinction-Rebellion-eco-anarchists-bring-week-climate-change-chaos-close.html
Extinction-Rebellion brought its week of climate change chaos to an end today, as the eco-anarchists marched through London with Labour's John McDonnell.
The climate change activists have been protesting in five cities this week - Bristol, Leeds, Cardiff, Glasgow and London - in a movement dubbed 'Project Mushroom'.
They have brought considerable disruption, holding up traffic and lying on pavements - and even preventing a man from seeing his dying father in hospital.
Today, the protesters were out in force in Westminster holding banners and urging the government to act now 'to avoid total catastrophe.'
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell joined the protesters, donning a yellow raincoat as the group marched through rain to get their message heard.
The Metropolitan Police monitored the protests and in Parliament Square arrested a 14-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy on suspicion of obstruction of a highway and taken into custody.
The force also announced today that boats could not be used by Extinction Rebellion to hold traffic up in the city.
In a condition imposed on the protests, the climate change activists were told that 'no boat, vehicle or other structure may form part of any procession by Extinction Rebellion.'
Commander Jane Connors said: 'The condition imposed today is limited and absolutely allows lawful protests to continue.
'My officers continue to engage with those exercising their right to protest however, we need to balance this with the rights of those wishing to go about their daily lives and action will be taken against those who choose to ignore this condition and/or break the law.'
The Metropolitan Police revealed in May how it had spent ยฃ7million dealing with protests in London, with more than 1,130 people were arrested and 10,000 officers deployed. During the two week long protests, activists also glued themselves to trains and buildings, alongside staging a 'die in' at the Natural History Museum.
Announcing the action this week, a statement on the Extinction Rebellion website read: 'Although Extinction Rebellion welcomed the UK Parliament's declaration of a Climate and Environmental Emergency shortly after we raised the alarm during our Spring Rebellion, we are yet to see substantive action.
'Today's announcement by the Committee on Climate Change shows the situation is dire. We are not turning this boat around nearly fast enough.
'People are coming together through a set of UK wide regional acts of nonviolent civil disobedience to demand the Government ACT NOW to halt biodiversity loss and reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2025.'
Extinction Rebellion activists dumped brightly-painted boats emblazoned with climate change slogans in five major UK cities during the week-long protests to bring chaos to the UK as part of their 'summer uprising'.
It followed a 'Spring Rebellion' which saw activists glue themselves to trains and buildings, alongside staging a 'die in' at the Natural History Museum.
Westminster Magistrates' Court has set aside two rooms a day for the next 18 weeks to deal with more than 1,000 Extinction Rebellion protesters - following the 'Spring Rebellion'.
And today at City of London Magistrates, around 39 protesters were seen today alone. The court was forced to group the protesters together in batches. And members of the environmental protest group continue to be arrested.
The court heard that those protesters who gave a guilty plea at the earliest opportunity would receive a conditional discharge as long as they did not re offend within six months.
One batch at City of London Magistrates consisted of the defendants Marc Cooper, 30, Andrea Stewart, 32, Gillian Gale, 72, Gabrielle O'Connell, 26, Gregory Dring, 69, and Simone Wilkie, 63.
Each plead not guilty to one count of failing to comply with a condition of public assembly.
Another defendant, Edward Michael Tolkien, 29, indicated a plea of not guilty via a solicitor as he was not required to attend.
District judge Nicholas Rimmer said: 'There are 1,000 of these cases coming through the courts and they need to be time managed.'
Raj Chada, representing Wilkie, replied: 'We are protest lawyers, we are well used to making sure court time is well used.'
He added:'Even the Crown are not going to deny the issue of the climate crisis', he said.
He submitted that the trial would take three days.
A trial date for the first batch was set for November 3 at City of London.
They were all released on unconditional bail.
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A second batch of defendants consisted of Richard Tabor, 63, Joanne Lyons, 51, Melissa Starr, 27, Jack Rogers, 27, Jacqueline Allison, 63, Chris Neill, 62, Jacqueline Baynes, 57, and Tegan Louis Puttick, 20, who all denied one count of failing to comply with a condition of public assembly.
They were also all released on unconditional bail.
A trial date for the second batch was set for October 14 at City of London.
In another courtroom District Judge Dean was also dealing with Extinction Rebellion protestors.
One protestor, Jane Kostelnik, 54, a GP from Devizes, Wiltshire, admitted her guilt.
She then gave a statement to the court where she said that as a GP she had been moved to act based on the scientific evidence of climate change.
'As a GP I am trained to act on high quality scientific evidence', she said.
'In an emergency we act quickly on this evidence to save lives. I am a law abiding person I have never been arrested before. I do not want to break the law.'
She was given a conditional discharge.
Extinction Rebellion yesterday came under fire after a grieving man revealed how he could not see his dying father at a hospital in Bristol in time because protesters were blocking the M32 into the city.
He rang his local radio station to tell his story yesterday afternoon, sparking fury among listeners who branded the demonstrations selfish.
After hearing the BBC Radio Bristol clip, Extinction protester Zoe Jones said she was 'incredibly sorry' but still believed she was 'doing the right thing'.
In a statement on their Facebook page, the Bristol branch of the climate protest group said: 'We're very sorry for the immense disruption that we caused to Bristol residents.
'Some have not only been inconvenienced but have also been deeply impacted on a personal and emotional level, and it really saddens us.
'We're sending great empathy and love from our community to them.
'Despite this, we were there to cause disruption because our government isn't acting on the climate and ecological crisis.
'We'd prefer to not have to create any disruption at all. Unfortunately this is our last chance to save humanity from extinction.'
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These people are nuts. So, so brainwashed