For me, the Internet literally was black and white & white—and sometimes black & amber or green.
And it came in about as fast as I could read it, cuz yes I had 300bps at first and then got 1200 when neighbor in the dorm moved up to 2400.
@DoctorDNS If I recall, our first family modem modem was either 110 or 160baud, and it as not connected to the Internet, just to Compuserve and the local BBSes and timeshare systems. 300 was my earliest personally-owned modem.
Early-voted in runoff today. 👃💩 Election folks said I was the first person in the door at 7:55. A handful of politickers were out there. They asked if I knew who I was voting for. I told them I was voting for the "least crazy" person I could find. They laughed, and one said, "good luck." So if you know your candidate is crazy, why are you out there politicking? Perfect opportunity for some bright person to say, "My candidate isn't crazy and here's why..." Except in the #GOP primary...
On my way out, one of them asked if I marked both sides of the ballot. That was confusing, but I was lucky I looked at both sides One side was blank, even though top of the ballot said "1 of 2." I told him it only had one side, and he made a sheepish laugh.
I just don't think that is something to joke about.
What killed Red Lobster? Sure, blundered promotions, but that is not the big thing--they might have recovered from that. The big thing is PE & their propensity to kill things off, sucking marrow from the bone of generally productive concepts. Debt loading is one way, but also real estate shenanigans. Don't come in and pretend you're helping a company grow by selling off assets then making the lease them back at above-market rates. #DebtLoading#RealEstate#RedLobster https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/21/business/red-lobster-endless-shrimp-bankruptcy/index.html
Just saw a video on Superfest glass, which used ion exchange to produce stronger glass. The process was developed by Corning at about the same time. While there was a ready market in DDR for #Superfest, there wasn't much market for either in the West. Superfest closed in the early 1990s, and Corning shelved their product, until smartphone manufacturers came looking for tougher screens. #MaterialScience#Glass https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfest
How was my weekend? I went to an alt country show with an old friend, a very Trumpy dude.
I saw a lot. lol
Interesting crowd. The headliner, Race Ricketts, opened with the lyric, "Imma pacifist.... pass a fist right through your jaw." Crowd was whooping and hollering. Gotta admit, it's a good line. I'm still humming it in my head lol
A 'drop to his knee, ring on her finger' engagement happened right next to me, at the front of the stage, during the song Honky Tonk Hell.
An hour earlier, the prospective groom started talking to me on the patio at Dan's because I had a Cubs hat on.
"Holy shit! Are you a Cubs fan?"
"No"
"Are you a baseball fan?"
"No, it's just a hat that fits"
"Well, I'm from Illinois, but don't tell anyone I'm really a Cardinals fan."
"Ah, my dad's family is from St Louis"
"You seem like a pretty cool guy. Can I give you my mom's phone number? She gives the best blowjobs in the history of the world"
"Uh, thanks, but I'm good on that right now"
I took their engagement photo on the patio after the show. Early 20s probably. Dude-o asked if I had a dollar, rolled it up and they kissed, with the rolled dollar stuck up both their noses. I didn't ask for my dollar back. Then he asked me if I wanted a bump. Still good, dude-o
Ice cream machine displays $1 ice cream but says you have to go to front counter. So we go to front counter and order the $1 ice cream. They said they don’t have it, but they have a $3. So we order that. They give us a beeper for our order. Then the guy comes out from the back and opens the vending machine with a key and gives it to us. 😝🥳