tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post534693021115821660..comments2023-08-15T06:33:53.114-07:00Comments on Bison Prepper: rent money-article 2 of 2 todayJames M Dakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-9479700087382033332017-11-16T08:30:51.586-08:002017-11-16T08:30:51.586-08:00Your benchmark for Windows is probably a good poin...Your benchmark for Windows is probably a good point in time where tech saw diminishing returns. I haven't been impressed with anything since solid state hard drives and thumb drives ( and even thumb drives are too expansive which keeps them too expensive. Almost makes me miss 3.5 floppy ).James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-9506880197627612552017-11-16T07:22:07.158-08:002017-11-16T07:22:07.158-08:00HA! I got a Commodore VIC20 in 1983 and was instan...HA! I got a Commodore VIC20 in 1983 and was instantly addicted. No hard drive, was connected to the 19" color TV (no remote) and I pounded that keyboard for days (living in Florida I hoped a storm wouldn't cut the power) just to see the look on my son's face when he saw his name in bright flashing lights popping up all over the TV. I was a coding maniac and this was in the days before debuggers. If there was a syntac error it meant unraveling hundreds of lines of code the old way. What a pain. 5 years later, in 1988 I got an honest to gawd PC and started pounding out DOS coding, then in 1992 I got my first Windows (3.11) machine that, can you believe this?, it only allowed 1 application to run at a time. LOL I started building my own machines in 1996 and used the best components available.<br /><br />As far as I'm concerned Windows XP, SP3 was the best, the pinnacle, in OS's and it's been steadily downhill since. My main workstation (for CAD) now is an XP machine and I have a Windows 10 for online stuff. I also have an XP notebook and a 10 notebook, an RCA android 10" tablet/keyboard, and an android phone. I'm slowly getting burned out on everything tech and the inherent problems with all of it. Things are going way too fast and nobody gives a dam about anything.ghostsniperhttp://www.deadcenter.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-90480268390204428772017-11-15T15:15:59.742-08:002017-11-15T15:15:59.742-08:00I'm sure everyone appreciates the word count g...I'm sure everyone appreciates the word count going down :). I can't remember, it's been too long, but I seem to remember I figured out local feed stores carry something like two bags ( fifty pounds each ) per thousand population.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-82026011357095445402017-11-15T13:29:13.779-08:002017-11-15T13:29:13.779-08:00You're knocking out some really great stuff la...You're knocking out some really great stuff lately. <br /><br />All thrilla no filla!<br /><br />Recently I got 2 years supply of deodorant & toothpaste at silly prices I just couldn't pass. I'll ensure they don't fall below 18 months whilst building up my other supplies. <br /><br />Talking about wheat my local supplier only keep a few bags due to birds raiding his stock. Dingonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-50686025852553682992017-11-15T13:07:58.269-08:002017-11-15T13:07:58.269-08:00My primary influence on survivalism was a cop who ...My primary influence on survivalism was a cop who worked with my dad. He had Surviving Doomsday and was rather enthusiastic. Reading, I slowly transitioned from guns to Poor Mans James Bond to Kurts survivalist stuff, but that was after the above intro. Then I was watching the TV specials and reading Ruff and all the rest, everything in Loompanics and Desert Publications and Paladin. I got sidetracked by libertarianism and politics but never stopped studying survivalist stuff. I just never bought guns or wheat until the late 80's, a decade after my introduction in '79 or '80. It took me a decade to go from being introduced to PC's to actually using and buying a Mac ( I had tried the deals to plugged into the TV but couldn't figure it out. Same with the Commodore-couldn't grok it ). Ten years from learning about mail order land and living on one. I don't know if I'm slow or methodical. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-58281335176418501472017-11-15T12:33:40.056-08:002017-11-15T12:33:40.056-08:00What or who was your influence that got you into s...What or who was your influence that got you into survivalism? I know that you’ve touched on this before, but I don’t recall. I’d guess Saxon, but that’s probably too easy. For me, I wasn’t really interested in survivalism per se, it was more that as early as the 1980’s, mainstream society was already such a cesspool, that I knew that I didn’t want to live anywhere near it then. It’s become so much worse now that it’s actually surprised me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com