IT Guy
samvimes990.bsky.social
IT Guy
@samvimes990.bsky.social
Navy vet. Computer guru.
No shit, Sherlock.
December 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
As a Navy veteran, I am profoundly ashamed. This is not what we were then.
December 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Now, now, unfair comparison; a rectal thermometer serves a useful purpose.
December 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
That's gonna leave a mark.
December 16, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Had a 73 Pinto. Pretty reliable for the time. Put 100,000 miles on it with no major issues.
December 16, 2025 at 2:27 AM
First car in high school was a 61 Dodge Dart with the slant-six, push-button automatic. Reliable, easy to work on, ugly as home-made sin.
December 16, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I Go Pogo!
December 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Ran a VAX shop single-handed for 15 years in an R&D facility that designed equipment for electric utilities. At the end we switched over to Sun systems running SunOS. Factory was a pure IBM shop, running MVS.
December 16, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Been IT (or equivalent) since the 60s (crypto in the Navy). Worked with almost every major computer/OS except IBM mainframes.
December 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Not really engaging, just thought I'd comment.
December 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Um, last position I worked was with a company that handled transactions between credit unions, scanning them for indications of possible fraud or identity theft. Don't think I was being evil...
December 15, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Started on DDP-516 at NASA; bare metal, no OS.

Then DEC RT-11, and VAX/VMS. Later added Windows, SunOS/Solaris, HP/UX, AIX, Tru64, SCO Unix and finally Linux.

Only after this will you know what hating the computer is!🙂
December 14, 2025 at 1:37 AM
On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament], "Pray Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.

Charles Babbage
1792-1871
December 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM
For all his flaws, LBJ was a kind and compassionate man.

How very different from the current troll squatting in the White House.
December 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
For Classical, try Idagio. They only stream classical. Android app is pretty clunky, and they only support up to CD-quality, but they have a lot that the others don't. Qobuz is good for Classical also, but sometimes hard to search for works by composer.
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
While I don't doubt that this is true, the Epoch Times is not exactly a trustworthy news source.
December 4, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Only thing his name belongs on is a garbage incinerator.
December 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Navy veteran here. I fully support Senator Kelly. Thank you for your service, sir.
December 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Go for it!
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Not being a drinker, I fortunately don't have to make that choice.
December 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This is typical of the regime's attitude towards the military.
December 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Systems like that only work if you follow the rules. Ask me about getting programmers to use a software version tracking system properly. 🙄
November 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
You got that straight!
November 28, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The true "First Family".
November 28, 2025 at 3:48 AM
They look like they were made by people who had heard about shoes, but had never actually seen one.
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM