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glowing-fish posted:You've had it since 1976? In September of 1976, the country was still flush with the celebration of the Bicentennial, excitement was in the air, and a young man, not yet known as Genesplicer, was heading off to his first year of high school, in an historic village outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Initially, I had signed up, as any self-respecting nerd would, for the a/v club. This involved video production of our daily announcement show. (The host of the show was a senior named John Rennie, who would later go on to become the Editor-in-chief of "Scientific American" Magazine.) The teacher who was in charge of the A/V group was also in charge of the computer club. When he found out that I had actually used a computer (My dad and I built a Heathkit computer over the summer) He encouraged me to transfer from A/V to computers. The only problem was the fact that the school did not actually have any computers. What we did have was a teletype unit and a suitcase-sized modem. With this, we could contact various colleges in the area, including MIT. Our job on the "computer" was to dial into MIT's mainframe, and access their file on colleges. With this we assisted seniors in locating colleges that had the classes and majors that they were interested in. We accessed all this by entering in a series of numerical codes. One day, when nothing was going on, I started entering random numeric codes, just to see what else the computer could do. Most of the codes proved useless, or were password protected. Finally, I came across a master list of all the codes and what they did. Using this, and guessing a password, I was able to access several locations in the mainframe where students and professors could share ideas, much like a BBS, and also a proto-email system. At this time, my biology teacher required us to do a report on some biological topic. I chose the then new field of genetic engineering. (Remember, this was 1976, and the first genetic recombinations were done in 1973.) I used my (Illegal) access to ask several grad students about their work in this field. They were a bit confused as to my identity. I explained the situation and they informed me that what I was doing was technically illegal, but that they would talk to the guy in charge and see what they could do for me. I was given limited access in exchange for my promise not to do any more cracking of thier system. This allowed me to gather information for my report. Since the good people at MIT have a sense of humor, they gave me the access name of "Genesplicer" (Actually, it was gensplcr, because the name field was limited to 8 characters). With this I was able to access part of the MIT computer system, including something called the ARPANET, which allowed me to contact people at other colleges that were involved in genetic engineering. Not only did I get a great username, I got an A on my report. Genesplicer fucked around with this message at 20:35 on Sep 28, 2016 |
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Sep 28, 2016 20:29
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I'm through page 20.
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Sep 28, 2016 20:34
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genesplicer posted:Not only did I get a great username, I got an A on my report.
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Sep 28, 2016 20:58
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genesplicer posted:Not only did I get a great username, I got an A on my report. My username is also how I got an A on my report card.
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Sep 28, 2016 21:04
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I was Facebook Aunt. This is probably an improvement.
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Sep 28, 2016 21:16
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Winners: George H W oval office, really queer christmas, no mom very hungry, black labia in my face, Toys For Twats, Plump and ready, work the balls sally, Burger King Bathroom
some bust on that guy fucked around with this message at 21:22 on Sep 28, 2016 |
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Sep 28, 2016 21:20
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look at my cool name
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Sep 28, 2016 21:22
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im gay posted:look at my cool name hell, same
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Sep 28, 2016 21:24
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I'm Radical. Also BADical. Emphasis on the bad. Like horrible...
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Sep 28, 2016 21:24
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some guy on the bus posted:Winners: George H W oval office, really queer christmas, no mom very hungry, black labia in my face, Toys For Twats, Plump and ready, work the balls sally, Burger King Bathroom
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Sep 28, 2016 21:28
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I never posted in gbs before so you don't remember me. I like my new name tho, even tho my old one was p cool too
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Sep 28, 2016 21:36
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genesplicer posted:In September of 1976, the country was still flush with the celebration of the Bicentennial, excitement was in the air, and a young man, not yet known as Genesplicer, was heading off to his first year of high school, in an historic village outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Initially, I had signed up, as any self-respecting nerd would, for the a/v club. This involved video production of our daily announcement show. (The host of the show was a senior named John Rennie, who would later go on to become the Editor-in-chief of "Scientific American" Magazine.) The teacher who was in charge of the A/V group was also in charge of the computer club. You have this story in a txt file to c/p don't you?
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Sep 28, 2016 21:38
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Burt Sexual posted:You have this story in a txt file to c/p don't you?
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Sep 28, 2016 21:41
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I was a nobody before, maybe now I can be a cool kid.
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Sep 28, 2016 21:44
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Fish and Chimps posted:I never posted in gbs before so you don't remember me. I will remember you always, Fish and Chimps.
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Sep 28, 2016 21:50
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I would like to change my name to "Buttchug Backwash" but I'm too lazy.
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Sep 28, 2016 21:52
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How are you coming up will all of these hundreds of names its amazing I love my new name
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Sep 28, 2016 21:52
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Pussy Quipped posted:How are you coming up will all of these hundreds of names its amazing
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Sep 28, 2016 21:53
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Hey FAU, do you have some sort of batch script to automate this or are you doing them by hand? ps thanks i guess
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Sep 28, 2016 21:52
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The annoying part is having to change HTML in avatars to BBCode because Radium.
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Sep 28, 2016 21:52
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Big Bad Beetleborg posted:Hey FAU, do you have some sort of batch script to automate this or are you doing them by hand?
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Sep 28, 2016 21:53
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Oraculum Animi has become do u believe in marigolds. I approve and thank the higher ups for the fresh new duds.
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Sep 28, 2016 21:54
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The gimmick was that I posted 32 words and then died mid-sentence. ... I'm sorry I'll leave quietly.
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Sep 28, 2016 22:51
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if i got a new name thatd be the second time an admin gave me a new name just for asking
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Sep 28, 2016 23:25
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i used to be a good poster
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Sep 28, 2016 23:29
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So should I log out and back in with my new username? I'm still logged in under my old UN; just wondering if there's a time limit to do so.
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Sep 28, 2016 23:30
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I guess I'm a plebian parasite now. I guess i kinda was one before.
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Sep 28, 2016 23:43
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cocks out for lockout posted:this name is really bad No it's great for Halo 2
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Sep 28, 2016 23:52
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Kuato posted:Looks like you was Kuato too from your AV. How many gosh dang Kuato's have been running around this place. i used to be a kuato...
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Sep 29, 2016 00:12
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There are some who call me... Komrade Hitlerstalin.
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Sep 29, 2016 00:39
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My previous name was mod given and was an anagram of a Pokemon and I think this one is too
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Sep 29, 2016 00:42
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You're dad gay, son
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Sep 29, 2016 00:44
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punk crock pot posted:I was a nobody before, maybe now I can be a cool kid. Lmao this name and new phone who dis
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Sep 29, 2016 00:46
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test driving my new gender
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Sep 29, 2016 00:59
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i used to be King REoL
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Sep 29, 2016 01:48
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I went to log in and didn't know what my name was. I love it.
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Sep 29, 2016 02:00
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I didn't realize my old name had been changed so fast and when I saw "obviously i hosed it's Private Messages" at the top, I thought, "What the gently caress is up with my faggotchimp of an account now?" Also, I went to reddit for a while when GBS was away. I guess a lot of the internet likes to say "Harambe"? Anyhow, I love my new name and missed the company of goons.
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Sep 29, 2016 02:05
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GBS also likes to say harambe
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Sep 29, 2016 02:06
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obviously I hosed it posted:faggotchimp
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